Category APEGS

Q51. Technical societies provide well-organized Information for professionals with similar Interests. Which of the following statements related to technical societies is false?

Q52. A licensed professional Is a mediator at a firm specializing in resolving contractual disputes between Businesses. Recently, the professional was assigned to be Die mediator In a business contract dispute Involving their father-In-taw’s company.
What is the most reasonable course of action for the professional to take?

Q53. When an allegation Is made against a licensed professional, the following three-stage disciplinary process is undertaken Stage 1: Evidence gathering Stage 2: Complaint investigation and review Stage 3: Discipline hearing Which stage or stages are confidential?

Q54. Sal and Wang are licensed professionals who work for the same company. When Sal leaves the company for another opportunity, their supervisor asks Wang to create drawings of a structural weldment that Sal designed. While creating the drawings, Wang notices that there are no stress calculations in the project folder that verify the safety of the Resign. This Is out of the ordinary because it is standard practice to include all relevant calculations in the project folder.
Which of the following actions would be best for Wang to take?

Q55. According to most professional associations’ codes of ethics. licensed professionals are required to take all of the following actions except

Q56. Accepting personal responsibility for the quality of the work performed by a member of an occupation is often considered to be an indication of

Q57. A “dummy run” for commercial software is best described as

Q58. What is the term used to refer to a special form of contract whereby one party guarantees the performance by a second party of certain obligations and what is the term used to refer to the first party?

Q59. Jaspreet Is a licensed professional member who belongs to a science education society. She edits a Journal paper for her society. Can Jaspreet use this activity to obtain Professional Development Units (POUs) or Continuing Education Units (CEUs) to maintain her professional registration?

Q60. For more than 10 years, a licensed professional has been a key employee at DLB Ltd., a small engineering firm that specializes in rotary drill pit technology for the oil and gas sector. Over the years, the professional leads the development of Innovative drill bit designs that significantly Improve DLB Ltd.’s profitability.
Though the work is stimulating, the professional feels overworked, under-appreciated, and underpaid.
Recently, the professional is actively courted by Gyre Ltd, an engineering company specializing in tunnel-boring technology m the urban transportation industry.
Which of the following actions least conflicts with the professional’s responsibilities and loyalties to DLB Ltd?

Q61. A professional member employed by Company A is leaving soon to work for Company B, a competitor in the same Industry. The member has submitted his resignation and a departure date has boon agreed upon.
After submitting his resignation, the member Is asked by Company A to attend an Industry conference, which will occur prior to the agreed departure date. In order to promote its products. Company B will also send representatives to this conference to promote its own products.
If the member agrees to attend but then promotes his upcoming association with Company B, which of the common codes of ethical principles listed below will the member breach?
1. Professionals shall. In their areas of practice, hold paramount the health, safety, and welfare of the public and have regard for the environment.
2. Professionals shall undertake only work that they are competent to perform by virtue of their training and experience
3. Professionals shall conduct themselves with integrity, honesty, fairness, and objectivity in their professional activities.
4. Professionals shall comply with applicable statutes, regulations, and bylaws in their professional practices.
5. Professionals shall uphold and enhance the honour, dignity, and reputation of their professions and thus the ability of the professions to serve the public Interest.

Q62. In order for a corporation to practice engineering or geoscience. in most associations. It must

Q63. As used by professional regulators in many Canadian Jurisdictions, a basis for conducting practice/assurance reviews on Individuals is to

Q64. The following statements, except for one, give valid reasons for a licensed professional to strive to follow existing codes, standards, and regulations. Which Is the exception?

Q65. Alex, a professional member, is a manager at a construction firm. His boss asks him to fill two student job positions (a student engineering position and a student geoscience position) for the summer. After creating a Job posting and advertising the positions for one month, Alex receives 40 applications. During the review process, he discovers that the daughter of his old friend from university is one of the student job applicants.
Alex is concerned that proceeding with the review of the applications will create a conflict of interest for him.
What actions can Alex take to remove any possible conflict of Interest in this situation?

Q66. Federal, provincial, and territorial Occupational Health a Safety (OHS) laws typically give employees all of the following basic rights, except the right:

Q67. Person is trying to determine the best solution to an ethical problem by applying Mill’s Utilitarianism theory; that Is, she Is trying to determine the maximum benefit for the greatest number of people in the situation.
Which of the following factors Is least likely to Influence the solution?

Q68. Which of the following statements about environmental stewardship is false?