MS 215 (Section B) : CLASS QUIZ ON CHAPTER 1 and 3

NAME: DATE: 1 NOVEMBER 2011 PARTICIPANT ID: No copying and kindly read each question carefully and then answer.

1. Apply act-utilitarianism and rule-utilitarianism to the following situation. First, define each term and then use them in the discussion. [10] Asher is in his 3rd year of electrical engineering. He has passed all his final examinations in the 6th semester except one. He gets a supplementary examination for Wireless Communication. When he goes for the paper viewing before the supp exam, some other students leak out the memorandum and photocopy it. Asher has access to the copy and he knows the lecturer is known to repeat questions. He cannot afford to fail the subject or he will lose his bursary because his GPA is already border line and he has already gotten one warning from the University. Who are the stakeholders? Discuss the situation fully.

2. Define the following terms : Right ethics [2]

Duty ethics [2]

Virtue ethics [2]

Prima Facie duties [2]

Teamwork virtues [2]

Conscientiousness [2]

Ethical egoism[2]

Self realization ethics[2]

Self-interest[1]

Causal responsility [2]

3. Discuss Immanuel Kants views on ethics. [3]

4. What do you understand by macro and micro issues? Define and explain each one. Give an example of each type. [6]

5. Name and define the three types of inquiries [3]

6. Name and discuss the 10 practical skills (that help produce autonomous thought about moral issues) that are developed while studying engineering ethics.[10]

7. Name and discuss the four meanings of responsibility [4]

8. Give and explain 8 reasons that result in a shortcoming on the part of the engineer, supervisor, vendor or operator of a product. [8]

9. Name and describe the three characteristics of a profession.[3]

10. Name 8 engineering tasks and their possible related problems.[16]

11. Discuss the role of engineers in terms of responsibility towards stockholders and the general public/society. [5]

12.Define engineering ethics? [2]

13. Do you think we need to study engineering ethics and why or why not? [1]

14. Name the three engineer motives and give an example of each type.[5]

15. In the Pinto case, did Ford Company have a duty to inform the public of the hazard with its gas tank, and did the public have rights to be so informed? If so, how might such information have been made available to the public? [5]

Total [100]