Unit 5 – Integrity & Professionalism - Professional Ethics
Objective Questions
1. Professional ethics primarily refers to ___________ in a profession.
a) Technical skills b) Profit-making c) Behavioural standards & moral principles d)Leadership qualities
2. Which of the following is included in professional ethics?
a) Corporate ethics b) Only personal ethics c) Technical expertise only d) Work speed
3. Personal integrity in professional ethics includes:
a) Honesty and fairness b) Profit-making c) Aggressive competition d) Ignoring rules
4. The main reason professionals follow ethical rules is to:
a) Impress colleagues b) Avoid work c) Prevent abuse of trust & avoid harm d) Earn money
5. Which of the following is NOT part of professional ethics?
a) Responsibility b) Trustworthiness c) Technical skill alone d) Integrity
6. Which of the following is a core value of professional ethics?
a) Transparency b) Laziness c) Deception d) Ignorance
7. Loyalty in professional ethics refers to the:
a) Blind obedience b) Responsibility towards clients & society c) Avoiding work d) Gain profit
8. Which professional field is mentioned as having ethical codes?
a) Engineering b) Sports c) Farming d) Music
9. Accountability in professional ethics ensures:
a) Professionals are answerable for their actions b) Professionals avoid work
c) Professionals earn more profit d) Professionals gain popularity
10. Confidentiality in ethics requires a professional to:
a) Share client information b) Avoid responsibilities c) Work in teams d) Keep information secretive
11. The fundamental canon for engineers is to:
a) Maximise profit b) Hold safety, health, and welfare of the public paramount
c) Complete work faster d) Please their clients
12. An engineer asked to make a bridge unsafe should:
a) Follow the employer’s instructions blindly b) Refuse to compromise safety
c) Cut corners secretly d) Leave the profession
13. In accounting, integrity:
a) Can be ignored for loyalty b) Means helping employers falsify accounts
c) Is optional d) Overrides loyalty when reporting truthfully
14. Professional ethics in business ensures:
a) Misreporting financial accounts b) Ignoring clients c) Truthful reporting and integrity
d) Follow only company orders
15. Which of the following is an example of ethical practice?
a) Falsifying data to please the manager b) Reporting financial transactions truthfully
c) Cutting safety corners in engineering d) Hiding professional misconduct
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Unit 5 – Integrity & Professionalism - Professional Ethics
Objective Questions
16. Professional codes of ethics are usually written by:
a) Professional societies or regulatory bodies b) Media c) Clients
17. A major benefit of ethics codes is:
a) Maximising profit for employees b) Reducing work hours
c) Protecting the public from exploitation d) Avoiding training
18. Which of the following is enforced by professional codes?
a) Moral and quality standards b) Meeting deadlines c) Social networking
19. Ethics codes help the profession by:
a) Increasing competition b) Preserving its reputation & legitimacy c) Reducing training costs
d) Avoiding responsibility
20. What can happen if a professional ignores ethics?
a) Public trust may be violated b) Personal skill improves c) Society benefits
21. When a security flaw is found, professional ethics demands:
a) Ignoring it b) Reporting and fixing it c) Hiding it from managers d) Blaming others
22. Consulting colleagues or ethics committees is recommended to:
a) Navigate ethical dilemmas b) Reduce work c) Avoid responsibility d) Increase profit
23. Acting ethically sometimes requires:
a) Courage to speak up b) Avoiding work c) Obeying illegal instructions d) Gaining popularity
24. Ignoring ethical dilemmas can:
a) Help the company b) Improve the product c) Put users at risk d) Reduce costs ethically
25. Ethics committees provide:
a) Legal services b) Technical instructions c) Marketing advice d) Guidance for ethical decision-making
26. Professional responsibility to society includes:
a) Personal profit b) Ignoring rules c) Avoiding clients d) Sustainability & honesty
27. Doctors should prioritize:
a) Individual profit b) Public health c) Only research d) Advertising
28. Engineers must consider:
a) Cost-cutting b) Marketing strategies c) Only deadlines d) Environmental impact
29. Society grants professionals:
a) Trust and privileges b) Unlimited freedom c) Exemption from ethics d) Shortcuts in work
30. In return, professionals are expected to:
a) Act responsibly b) Maximise personal profit c) Avoid public welfare d) Work only for employers
31. First canon of NSPE code of ethics is to:
a) Maximise profit b) Hold public safety, health, welfare paramount
c) Meet deadlines d) Satisfy employers
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Unit 5 – Integrity & Professionalism - Professional Ethics
Objective Questions
32. Engineers should only:
a) Take projects beyond competence b) Concern about own safety c) Competence in work areas
33. Engineers must act:
a) Deceptively b) Honourably & lawfully c) Only for profit d) Secrecy
34. Avoiding conflicts of interest is part of:
a) Technical skill b) Project management c) Ethical practice d) Marketing
35. Codes of ethics exist for:
a) Doctors b) Lawyers c) Private companies d) Worldwide
36. A lawyer violating ethics may be:
a) Promoted b) Disbarred c) Ignored d) Praised
37. Whistle blowing is:
a) Ignoring misconduct b) Reporting misconduct c) Following illegal orders d) Avoid responsibility
38. Whistle blowing is difficult because:
a) It requires money b) It is easy c) It is optional d) It can conflict with the organisation
39. Minor ethical violations may result in:
a) License revocation b) Reprimand (additional) training c) Disbarment d) Legal punishment
40. Professional ethics enforcement aims to:
a) Punish only b) Ignore misconduct c) Maintain standards d) Reduce work
41. First-year students learn professional ethics to:
a) Gain technical skills only b) Understand the right way to do things
c) Avoid teamwork d) Focus only on exams
42. Ethical behaviour in team projects includes:
a) Ignoring others’ contributions b) Pulling your weight and crediting others
c) Falsifying work d) Avoiding responsibility
43. Unethical behaviour leads to ________________
a) Improve career b) Ruin career c) Be ignore
44. Ethics overlaps with human values like:
a) Empathy, responsibility, fairness b) Profit, speed, popularity c) Ignorance, laziness, deception
45. Ethical practice in engineering includes:
a) Thinking only of profit b) Considering users, community, environment
c) Ignoring safety d) Avoiding responsibilities
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