A senior licensed professional engineer was hired by a municipality to be an expert witness in a lawsuit brought by the municipality against a local engineering Arm for flaws in their structural design of the newly opened city hall. During the course of Investigating the facts, the senior engineer discovers a serious structural design flaw that could be dangerous to the public if corrective action is not token immediately. The two parties decide to settle out of court, and as port of the settlement, the parties enter into a confidentiality agreement and the engineering firm rectifies oil structural flows to the municipality's satisfaction. The municipality that hired the senior engineer requests that the senior engineer keep aII facts learned during the investigation confidential.
TO whom does the engineer owe a duty and what. If any, action should the engineer take?

• A.The engineer owes a duly to the client only; the engineer should keep all facts confidential.
• B.The engineer owes a duty to the client and to the profession; the engineer should keep all facts found during the investigation confidential due to the confidentiality agreement.
• C.The engineer owes a duty to the public, the client, and the profession; the engineer should keep all facts found during the Investigation confidential due to the confidentiality agreement.
• D.The engineer owes a duty to the public, the client, and the profession; the engineer should disclose all facts found during the investigation despite the confidentiality agreement as the public could have been at risk.

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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?

• A.Yes. editing journal papers generally qualifies for PDU or CEU credits
• B.No, not usually unless the paper is written in mora than one language
• C.No, editing Journal papers generally does not qualify for PDU or CEU credits
• D.Yes, but only if the paper is as long as the length stipulated by her association

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A professional member wishing to use a former employer's confidential Information:

• A.is still bound by the duty of confidence concept.
• B.may disclose the information to others as long as the employee advises the former employer of the disclosure.
• C.may submit the matter for an arbitration ruling.
• D.must refrain from using it for a minimum of one year.

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Professional engineers and geoscientists are not required to perform validation tests for software

• A.previously tested by a qualified team within the same company
• B.developed In-house oy another engineer or geoscientist
• C.open-sourced through an active online community
• D.commercially purchased by the same company

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In each of the following situations, a licensed professional is Behaving unprofessionally. In which case would the professional be least likely subject to disciplinary action for negligence?

• A.A professional managing a large construction project frequently took small amounts of money from the project for use in online gambling games.
• B.A professional stamped construction drawings tor a new bridge across a river without thoroughly checking them in order to prevent any further project delays.
• C.A professional working on a building design decided not to use the latest building codes as part of the design because It would cost more money and delay the project.
• D.A professional who recently moved to a new city designed a new stormwater management system based on standards that the professional had previously used, unaware that different standards were used in the new city.

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