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The following are extracts from Professional Review Rules regarding Section B paper.
Paper B Communication Skills, Code of Conduct and awareness of events taking place in
the Society
1. Written Paper B would be of 03 hours duration and will consist of two Sections. Section I will be
on Engineering Ethics and Code of Conduct whilst Section II will be on topics based on issues
taking place in society, both local and foreign, and in other spheres other than engineering that
has direct impact on the society.
2. Out of the questions in Section II, half of the questions will be on topics of general nature where
specific knowledge about the area subjected to the question is not necessarily required to
answer them. Candidates are usually asked to analyse, express opinions, comment, giving views,
elaborate etc. on certain issues taking place in the society. A candidate who is generally
sensitive to what is taking place around him and who can form his opinion about them should be
able to answer these questions without difficulty.
The other half of questions (about 04) will be based on specific pre-identified areas, the list of
which will be revised and published by the IESL periodically and sufficiently in advance.
Candidates can read and gather information about these areas either by reading the write-ups
provided by the Institution on them or by self-study.
3. Candidates are required to answer four (04) questions; selecting one (01) from Section I and
three (03) from section II.Candidates can select any mix of questions irrespective of the type in
Section II.
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Each question will carry 25 marks and the pass mark for the paper will be 50.
An engineer having two years of engineering experience after graduation and with one year of
Associate Membership is permitted to sit for the Section B Paper examination.
ANNEX A
Syllabi for Paper B (Vide PR Rule 9.4)
1. Communication skills - The art of communicating clearly, concisely and intelligibly in English. The
art of structuring an answer, the beginning, the body and the conclusion, presentation and the
flow, transition from one point to another, proper use of paragraphs, writing grammatically
correct English, spellings, writing answers to the point etc.
3. Issues effecting the Society Social, Economic Political factors, Gender Issues, behavioral
sciences, National Development, Industry, Commerce, Role and responsibility of engineers as a
member of the society and as a professional, public perception of engineers, strengths ,
opportunities and threats to the profession, role of the civil society, environmental issues,
emerging technologies, International affairs, Governments national policy and Sri Lankan
economy, major infrastructure projects taking place and planned for future etc.
4. Also refer the list of specific topics published by IESL from time to time on which few questions
will be directly based upon.
(Candidates are encouraged to read National papers, the IESL Newsletter (Sri Lanka Engineering News),
Central Bank Reports and watch television programmes on business and finance.)
ANNEX A I - SAMPLE TOPICS
Main Topic
1
Environment
National Policy
and SL
Economy.
Emerging
Technologies
International
affairs
Quality
Management
systems.
Engineering
profession
Behavioral and
Social sciences
Leadership,
Motivation,
Decision making,
Conflict resolution,
Negotiation,
Contract Law,
Consultation , Consensus, Compromise
Alternative dispute resolution procedures (arbitration a n d
adjudication.)
Gender issues/Equal opportunities
Moral Conduct/Professional Integrity