UNIT 3 - GE8076 PROFESSIONAL ETHICS IN ENGINEERING - MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (MCQs) - UNIT III

                                    GE8076 PROFESSIONAL ETHICS IN ENGINEERING

UNIT 3  ENGINEERING  AS SOCIAL EXPERIMENTATION

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (MCQs) 

                                                                                        by Dr. S. Selvaganesan, Prof. & HoD/IT, JJCET 

UNIT III ENGINEERING AS SOCIAL EXPERIMENTATION

Engineering as Experimentation – Engineers as responsible Experimenters – Codes of Ethics – A Balanced Outlook on Law.

1) __________ means a scientific test done carefully to study what happens and to gain new knowledge.

A. Experiment

B. Experimentation

C. Trial

D. None of the above

Ans: A

 

2) ____________ refers to activity, process or practice of making experiments.

A. Experiment

B. Experimentation

C. Trial

D. None of the above

Ans: B

 

3) One can view each engineering work/project/activity as an experiment. In this context, which of the following are true?

A. In engineering, each and every stage of product or process development, experiments are conducted. In each stage, there may be uncertainty.

B. Engineers cannot afford to delay projects until all information is received.

C. Thus the final outcome of an experiment could be uncertain.

D. All of the above

Ans: D

 

4) Engineering is not an experiment solely in a lab under controlled conditions. It is an experiment on society involving lives of human beings. Engineering can be referred as a _____________.

A. Social experimentation

B. individual experimentation

C. both A and B

D. None of the above

Ans: A

 

5) Similarities between Engineering Projects and Standard Experiments are the following.

A. Partial Ignorance, Uncertainty, Continuous Monitoring and Learning from the past

B. Partial Ignorance, Uncertainty, Continuous Monitoring and Experimental Control

C. Partial Ignorance, Uncertainty, Humane touch and Experimental Control

D. Partial Ignorance, Informed Consent, Humane touch and Experimental Control

Ans: A

 

6) Contrast between Engineering Projects and Standard Experiments are the following.

A. Partial Ignorance, Uncertainty, Continuous Monitoring and Learning from the past

B. Partial Ignorance, Uncertainty, Continuous Monitoring and Experimental Control

C. Partial Ignorance, Uncertainty, Humane touch and Experimental Control

D. Experimental Control, Humane touch, Informed Consent and Knowledge gained

Ans: D

 

7) Experimental control is adopted in _____ field.

A. Engineering

B. Medical

C. legal

D. None of the above

Ans: B

 

8) ______________ refers to the agreement or the permission to conduct an engineering experiment.

A. Consent

B. Informed consent

C. Controversy

D. None of the above

Ans: B

 

9) Basic elements of the informed consent are:

A. Knowledge and Voluntariness

B. Knowlege and enforcement

C. Ignorance and voluntariness

D. None of the above

Ans: A

 

10) When bringing an engineering product to market, ‘Informed Consent’ helps the customer to know the following:

A. Knowledge about the product

B. Risks and benefits of using the product and

C. All relevant information on the product

D. All of the above

Ans: D

 

11) Engineer, as an experimenter, owe the following responsibilities to the society.

A. Conscientiousness, Comprehensive Perspective, Moral Autonomy and Accountability

B. Conscientiousness, Comprehensive Perspective, Moral Dilemma and Accountability

C. Conscientiousness, Comprehensive Perspective, Moral Autonomy and Liability

D. Conscientiousness, Moral Dilemma, Moral Autonomy and Liability

Ans: A

 

12) Which of the following are true about Conscientiousness?

A. People must be conscientious about their responsibilities and moral values. (Conscientious moral commitment).

B. Engineers must possess open eyes, open ears, and an open mind (i.e., moral vision, moral listening, and moral reasoning).

C. It makes the engineers as social experimenters, respect foremost the safety and health of the affected, while they seek to enrich their knowledge, rush for the profit, follow the rules, or care for only the beneficiary.

D. All of the above

Ans: D

 

13) _______________ means (i) Being sensitive to full range of responsibilities and moral values

(ii) Willingness to develop skills and expend energy needed to reach the balance possible among those considerations.

A. Conscientious moral commitment

B. Accountability

C. Responsibility

D. None of the above

Ans: A

 

14) Which of the following is/are true in the context of Engineers as Responsible Experimenters?

A. A conscientious commitment is necessary to live by moral values, and there should be a comprehensive perspective on relevant information.

B. There should be unrestricted free-personal involvement in all steps of the project/product development (autonomy).

C. There should be accountable for the results of the projects (accountability).

D. All of the above

Ans: D

 

15) _________ Ethics involves the application of fundamental ethical principles to a variety of topics involving scientific research.

A. Medical

B. Research

C. Engineering

D. None of the above

Ans: B

 

16) Which of the following are correct about research integrity?

A. Research should be guided by what Richard Feynman calls a kind of utter honesty.

B. Integrity in research is about promoting excellence in pursuing truth.

C. There should be no scientific misconduct (fraud, fabrication of data).

D. All of the above

Ans: D

 

17) Research ethics are important for the following reasons.

A. They promote the aims of research, such as expanding knowledge.

B. They support the values required for collaborative work, such as mutual respect and fairness, and important social and moral values, such as the principle of doing no harm to others.

C. They provide opportunity to make more money.

D. both A and B

Ans: D

 

18) Researchers should not do the following as per the standard of research ethics

A. Avoid any risk of considerably harming people, environment or property unnecessarily.

B. Obtain informed consent from all involved in the study.

C. Preserve privacy and confidentiality whenever possible.

D. Commit science fraud and falsify research data

Ans: D

 

19) A _______ of ethics is a guide of principles designed to help professionals (Engineers) conduct business honestly and with integrity.

A. book

B. code

C. concept

D. None of the above

Ans: B

 

20) A code of ethics serves as a guide, and strengthens a professional by his correct behavior.

which one of the following is not the purpose of Code of Ethics?

A. It provides a framework for ethical judgment for a professional.

B. It does not express the commitment to ethical conducts by a professional.

C. It does not establish new ethical principles and standards, but re-implement them.

D. It defines roles, and responsibilities of professionals.

Ans: B

 

21) The highest ethical obligation of engineers is to

A. the safety, health and welfare of the public.

B. the money only

C. both A and B

D. None of the above

Ans: A

 

22) Features of Engineering Code of Ethics are the following:

A. Engineers must also act for clients or employers as faithful agents or trustees.

B. Engineers must practice only in their areas of competence.

C. Engineers must act objectively, truthfully and in a way that avoids deception and misrepresentation, especially to the public.

D. All of the above

Ans: D

 

23) As per National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) code of ethics, Engineers, as the fulfillment of their professional duties, shall do the following:

A. Hold paramount the safety, health, and welfare of the public.

B. Act for each employer or client as faithful agents or trustees.

C. Perform services only in areas of their competence, and Avoid deceptive acts.

D. All of the above

Ans: D

 

24) Role of codes includes the following.

A. inspiration and guidance & support to engineers

B. support to engineers & discourage to act immorally

C. Create good public image & protect the status quo

D. All of the above

Ans: D

 

25) The codes have many limitations which include the following.

A. General and vague wordings

B. Not applicable to all situations & Often have internal conflicts

C. They cannot be treated as final moral authority for professional conduct. Codes have flaws by commission and omission.

D. All of the above

 

26) The ________________ in engineering practice stresses the necessity of laws and regulations and also their limitations in directing and controlling the engineering practice.

A. enforcement of law

B. regulation

C. balanced outlook on law

D. None of the above

Ans: C

 

27) Laws are necessary because of the following:

A. People are not fully responsible by themselves and because of the competitive nature of the free enterprise, which does not encourage moral initiatives.

B. Laws are needed to provide a minimum level of compliance.

C. both A and B

D. None of the above

Ans: C

 

28) Role of law in Engineering includes the following.

A. Precise rules and enforeable sanctions are appropriate in cases of ethical misconduct.

B. It also provides a self-interested motive for most people and corporations to comply.

C. Reasonable minimum standards are ensured of professional conduct.

D. All of the above

Ans: D

 

29) The problems of law in engineering are the following.

A. Minimal compliance (fulfillment)

B. Continually updating laws and regulations may be counter-productive and will make law always lag behind technology. This also overburdens the rules and regulators.

C. Many laws are non-laws (laws without enforeable sanctions). These frequently give a false sense of security to the public.

D. All of the above

Ans: D

 

30) The following codes are typical examples of how they were enforced in the past:

A. Code for Builders by Hammurabi

B. Hammurabi the king of Babylon in 1758 framed the following code for the builders:

C. both A and B

D. None of the above

Ans: D

 by Dr. S. Selvaganesan, Prof. & HoD/IT, JJCET