GE6075-Professional Ethics in Engineering Question bank

VELAMMAL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, MADURAI.

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

QUESTION BANK
SUBJECT : Professional Ethics in Engineering
YEAR/SEM : IV/VIII

UNIT I – HUMAN VALUES

Morals, values and Ethics – Integrity – Work ethic – Service learning – Civic virtue –
Respect for others – Living peacefully – Caring – Sharing – Honesty – Courage – Valuing
time – Cooperation – Commitment – Empathy – Self-confidence – Character –
Spirituality – Introduction to Yoga and meditation for professional excellence and stress
management.

Course Course Outcome statement Blooms

Outcome Level
CO1 Explain about the morals, Ethics, social and human values K2

PART A

S.No Questions K-Level Competence

What are the objectives of professional ethics in
1 engineering? K1 Remember
2 Define moral K1 Remember
3 What is morality? K1 Remember
4 Compare moral and morality K2 Understand
5 List down the types of morals. K1 Remember
6 Explain the different types of morals K2 Understand
7 Define descriptive morality K1 Remember
8 Define normative morality K1 Remember
9 What is morality synonymous with ethics? K1 Remember
10 Define value K1 Remember
11 List some of the examples of human values K1 Remember
12 List the types of values` K1 Remember
13 What the values of Right conduct K1 Remember
14 List the values related to peace K1 Remember
15 What are the values related to truth K1 Remember
16 What are the values related to love K1 Remember
17 What are the values related to non-violence K1 Remember
18 Define perseverance K1 Remember
19 Define accuracy K1 Remember
20 What is discernment? K1 Remember
21 Why human values are evolved? K1 Remember
22 Define the word “ethics” K1 Remember
23 How ethics is categorized? K1 Remember
24 Compare morality and ethics K2 Understand

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25 Define integrity K1 Remember

26 What does integrity includes? K1 Remember
27 Define moral integrity K1 Remember
28 Define work ethics K1 Remember
29 What does work ethics aimed at? K1 Remember
Why does complex social problems exist in
30 industrial/business scenario? K1 Remember
31 What is service learning? K1 Remember
32 What does service learning includes? K1 Remember
33 What is virtue? K1 Remember
34 Define civic virtue K1 Remember
How can an individual exhibit civic virtue? What are his
35 duties? K1 Remember
36 How virtues are categorized? Explain it K1 Remember
What are the factors that promote living with internal and
37 external peace? K1 Remember
38 Explain about caring K2 Understand
39 Explain about sharing K2 Understand
40 What does honesty refers to? K1 Remember
41 How honesty is mirrored? K1 Remember
List down some of the actions of an engineers that leads to
42 dishonesty K1 Remember
43 What is courage? How it is classified? K1 Remember
44 Define cooperation K1 Remember
45 Define commitment K1 Remember
46 What is empathy? K1 Remember
What characteristics to be developed by leader to practice
47 empathy? K1 Remember
48 List down the benefits of empathy K1 Remember
49 When self-confidence develops? K1 Remember
50 What are the characteristics of people with self confidence K1 Remember
51 What are the factors that shapes self confidence in a person? K1 Remember
List down some of the methodologies used to develop self
52 confidence in a person K1 Remember
53 What is character? What does it include? K1 Remember
54 How people are classified based on character? K1 Remember
55 Define temperament? How it is classified? K1 Remember
How managers employ the importance of good character in a
56 workplace K1 Remember
57 Define spirituality K1 Remember
58 What does spirituality includes? K1 Remember
List down some of the activities for promoting spirituality in
59 the workplace K1 Remember
List down the spiritual traits to be developed for excellence
60 in corporate activities K1 Remember
61 What is meditation? List down its procedure? K1 Remember
Explain the individual oriented strategies for coping with
62 stress K2 Understand
63 Define self-respect and self esteem K1 Remember

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PART B

S.No Questions K-Level Competence

(i) Explain about moral and values with their importance
64 (ii) Explain the importance of ethics in Engineering K2 Understand
(i) Explain the meaning of integrity and its importance in
ethics
65 (ii) Explain the meaning of work ethics and its importance K2 Understand
(i) Interpret the importance of service learning in detail
66 (ii) Outline the importance of civic virtue in detail K2 Understand
(i) Show how respect for others plays an important role in
ethics
67 (ii) Explain in detail about art of living peacefully K2 Understand
(i) Summarize the importance of caring
68 (ii) Explain about the art sharing with others K2 Understand
(i) Interpret the importance of honesty in detail
(ii) Outline the meaning of courage and its importance in
69 detail K2 Understand
(i) Explain the importance of valuing time
70 (ii) Infer the importance of co-operation in detail K2 Understand
(i) Outline the importance of commitment in detail
71 (ii) Explain the importance of empathy K2 Understand
(i) Explain in detail about self-confidence and its importance
72 (ii) Explain about character and its importance K2 Understand
(i) Explain in detail about spirituality
73 (ii) Interpret the importance of yoga in detail K2 Understand
Explain how yoga and meditation are useful for stress
74 management and professional excellence K2 Understand
(i) Explain how time can be managed in detail
75 (ii) Compare and contrast self –respect and respect for other K2 Understand
76 (i) Explain about some of the human values in detail K2 Understand

APTITUDE

S.No Question Answer

1 ________ are the welfare principles enunciated by the wise people, (a) Morals
based on their experience and wisdom
(a) Morals (b) Ethics (c) Values (d) Morality
2 ___________ is concerned with principles and practices of morals (c) Morality
(a) Ethics (b) Values (c) Morality (d) norms
3 Breaking the norms is called _______, and invite specific punishment (b) Crime
(a) action (b) Crime (C) laws (d) abuse
4 A ______ is defined as a principle that promotes well-being or prevents (d) Values
harm
(a) Ethics (b) Morals (c) Morality (d) Values
5 Human values are _______ (d) all the above
(a) Right conduct (b) Peace (c) Truth (d) all the above mentioned mentioned
6 Values related to RIGHT CONDUCT is _______ (a) Social skills
(a) Social skills (b) attention (c) accuracy (d) empathy
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7 Values related to right conduct is _______ (d) ethical skills

(a) attention (b) accuracy (c) empathy (d) ethical skills
8 Values related to right conduct is _______ (b) self-help skills
(a) curiosity (b) self-help skills (c) friendship (d) loyalty
9 Values related to peace is _______ (b) attention
(a) Social skills (b) attention (c) accuracy (d) empathy
10 Values related to peace is _______ (c) self-respect
(a) reverence (b) perseverance (c) self-respect (d) sympathy
11 Values related to truth is ________ (b) accuracy
(a) attention (b) accuracy (c) empathy (d) ethical skills
12 Values related to love is ______ (a) forgiveness
(a) forgiveness (b) trust (c) loyalty (d) universal love
13 Values related to non-violence is _____ (b) happiness
(a) tolerance (b) happiness (c) optimism (d) ingenuity
14 ________ means freedom from mistake or error (b) accuracy
(a) Perseverance (b) accuracy (c) discernment (d) service
15 _______means the power to see what is not obvious to the average mind (c) discernment
(a) Perseverance (b) accuracy (c) discernment (d) service
16 _______ builds character (d) Perseverance
(a) Love (b) social skills (c) friendship (d) Perseverance
17 ________ is the word that refers to morals, values, and beliefs of the (a) Ethics
individuals, family or the society
(a) Ethics (b) Values (c) Morality (d) norms
18 ______is defined as the unity of thought, word and deed (honesty) and (d) Integrity
open mindedness
(a) Morals (b) Ethics (c) Values (d) Integrity
19 _______is defined as a set of attitudes concerned with the value of (c) Work ethics
work, which forms the motivational orientation.
(a) Ethics (b) Integrity (c) Work ethics (d) morals
20 _____ lays a moral and meaningful foundation for life. (c) Work
(a) Ethics (b) Integrity (c) Work (d) morals
21 _____ refers to learning the service policies, procedures, norms, and (b) service
conditions, other than „the technical trade practices learning
(a) Work ethics (b) service learning (c) Integrity (d) truth
22 _____helps the individuals to interact ethically with colleagues and to (c) service
effectively coordinate with other departments learning
(a) Work ethics (b) Integrity (c) service learning (d) truth
23 ________ may be defined as the non-paid activity (a) Service
(a) Service learning (b) ethics (c) non-violence (d) integrity learning
24 ______ are positive and preferred values (d) virtues
(a) Service learning (b) ethics (c) non-violence (d) virtues
25 The _____ person is the ethical person. (d) virtuous
(a) moral (b) kind (c) honest (d) virtuous
26 An individual may exhibit _____ by voting, volunteering, and (d) civic virtues
organizing welfare groups and meetings.
(a) Service learning (b) ethics (c) non-violence (d) civic virtues
27 _____ are the moral duties and rights, as a citizen of the village or the (c) civic virtue
country
(a) Work ethics (b) duty ethics (c) civic virtue (d) service learning
28 _______ is a basic requirement for nurturing friendship, team work, (c) respect for
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and for the synergy it promotes and sustains others

(a) Virtues (b) honesty (c) respect for others (d) work ethics
29 To______, one should start install peace within (a) live peacefully
(a) live peacefully (b) respect for others (c) be honest (d) be courage
30 _______ includes showing respect to the feelings of others, and also (b) caring
respecting and preserving the interests of all others concerned
(a) live peacefully (b) caring (c) be honest (d) be courage
31 Honesty is a virtue, and it is exhibited in which aspects __________ (a)truthfulness
a) truthfulness (b) happiness (c) awareness (d) comfortness
32 In _____courage, the thrust is on the adequacy of the physical strength (b) physical
a) Social (b) physical (c) Intellectual (d) self
33 _________ means alignment to goals and adherence to ethical principles (c) Commitment
during the activities
a) Welfare (b) empathy (c) Commitment (d) rural
34 Many psychologists world over, during the last ____years have given a (a)40
large quantity of acute observations on the topic of character
(a)40 (b) 20 (c) 50 d) 30
35 _____ has been defined as “natural temperament completely fashioned (d)Character
by the will
a) Humidity (b) Hormones (c) Choleric(d)Character
36 The aim of education is not only the cultivation of the intellect but also (d)moral
the formation of_____ Character
a) Intelligence(b)Power (c) Benefit(d)moral Character
37 _____ includes creativity, communication, recognition of the individual (a) Spirituality
as human being
(a) Spirituality (b)Honesty (c) Indivuality(d)Charity
38 _____Realization of self-potential. A human has immense capability but (b)Self awareness
it needs to be developed
(a) Courageness(b)Self awareness(c) Character(d)Academy
39 ____ Sympathy, empathy and concern for others (b)Self awareness
(a) Compassion (b) Holism (c) Alertness d) Being visionary
40 Demonstrate your own _____and spirituality in all your action (c) Self-
(a) Education(b) Property(c) Self-Knowledge (d) Wealth Knowledge
41 Demonstrate your own _____and spirituality in all your action (d) Sense of
(a) adversity( b) Humility (c) constant reasoning (d) Sense of vocation vocation
42 _____ in spirituality means conscious efforts to see things differently (a) Creativity(
(a) Creativity( b) acceptance (c) vision (d) sharing
43 Sponsor „character‟ movement through ____support. ( b) Financial
(a) Technical( b) Financial (c) Moral(d) Standard
44 Institute recognition and reward system for the employees who (a) positive
exemplify the _____character
(a) positive (b) Multiple (c) Fundamental (d)negative
45 Emphasize the importance of character and adherence to the ___ of (d)Six pillars
character
(a) Four pillars (b) Eight pillars (c) Seven pillars (d)Six pillars
46 _________week in advertising, billings and other mailers. (a) „Character
(a) „Character counts‟ (b) „Capacity counts‟ (c) „Deliverable counts‟ (d) counts‟
„Variable counts‟
47 Training to evaluate risks and face them _______ (b) self-
(a) Punctuality (b) self-acceptance(c) Challenges (d)Character acceptance
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UNIT II – ENGINEERING ETHICS

Senses of Engineering Ethics – Variety of moral issues – Types of inquiry – Moral dilemmas
– Moral Autonomy – Kohlberg‟s theory – Gilligan‟s theory – Consensus and Controversy –
Models of professional roles - Theories about right action – Self-interest – Customs and
Religion – Uses of Ethical Theories

Course Course Outcome statement Blooms

Outcome Level
CO2 Apply ethics for solving moral issues K3

PART A

S.No Questions K-Level Competence

1 Define Engineering Ethics K1 Remember
2 What does Engineering ethics consist of? K1 Remember
3 List down the scope of Engineering ethics K1 Remember
4 Explain the senses of Engineering ethics K2 Understand
5 How moral issue is classified? Explain it K1 Remember
List down some of the engineering tasks and possible
6 problems K1 Remember
7 List down some of the examples of moral issues K1 Remember
8 Explain the types of inquiries K2 Understand
9 List down the questions that deals with normative inquiry K1 Remember
List down the question that can be answered by conceptual
10 inquiry K1 Remember
11 List down the questions that deals with descriptive inquiry K1 Remember
12 Define moral dilemma K1 Remember
13 Recall the reasons for moral dilemma K1 Remember
14 List down the types of moral dilemmas K1 Remember
15 Explain the steps to solve moral dilemma K2 Understand
16 Define moral autonomy K1 Remember
What are the skills required to produce autonomous thought
17 about moral issues K1 Remember
18 List down some of the moral development theories K1 Remember
19 Explain about piaget‟s theory K2 Understand
20 List down the conclusion of piaget‟s theory K1 Remember
Explain the stages of Kohlberg‟s theory of moral
21 development K2 Understand
22 List down the findings of Kohlberg‟s research K1 Remember
23 Recall the conclusions of Kohlberg‟s theory K1 Remember
24 Explain about Elliot – Turiel‟s domain theory K2 Understand
How Gilligan revised the three levels of moral development
25 of Kohlberg‟s theory K1 Remember
26 Compare and contrast Kohlberg‟s and Gilligan theory K2 Understand
27 Define Consensus and controversy K1 Remember
28 Define profession K1 Remember
29 What are the characteristics of profession K1 Remember
30 What is professionalism? K1 Remember

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What are the criteria for achieving and sustaining

31 professional status? K1 Remember
List down the characteristics of the profession as distinct
32 from non-professional occupation K1 Remember
33 What are the models of professional roles K1 Remember
34 Explain the different senses of responsibility K2 Understand
35 Recall the types of responsibility K1 Remember
36 List down the comprehensive virtues types of engineers K1 Remember
37 Define accountability K1 Remember
38 What is conscientiousness K1 Remember
Compare corporate responsibility and corporate
39 accountability K2 Understand
40 What does obligation means? K1 Remember
List down the types of ethical theories that have been
41 influenced K1 Remember
42 Explain the types of ethical theories K2 Understand
43 What does utilitarianism mean? K1 Remember
44 Explain the types of utilitarianism K2 Understand
45 What is right ethics? Explain its types K1 Remember
What is duty ethics? List down the important duties of an
46 individual K1 Remember
47 Define virtue? Explain its types K1 Remember
48 Recall the two challenges of virtue ethics K1 Remember
Illustrate the classification of ethical theories with a neat
49 diagram K2 Understand
50 What is ethical egoism K1 Remember
51 Define moral absolutism. Give example K1 Remember
52 What is moral relativism K1 Remember
53 Recall about moral pluralism K1 Remember
54 List down some of the uses of ethical theories K1 Remember

PART B

S.No Questions K-Level Competence

(i) Organize the scope of Engineering ethics in detail K3 Apply
55 (ii) Explain the importance of ethics K2 Understand
(i) Explain in detail about senses of Engineering ethics K2 Understand
56 (ii) Identify the variety in moral issues K3 Apply
(i) Experiment with various types of moral issues with a
suitable example K3 Apply
57 (ii) Explain the various types of ethical theories K2 Understand
(i) Build a scenario to explain about the concept of moral
dilemma K3 Apply
58 (ii) Explain in detail about the concept of moral autonomy K2 Understand
(i) Identify the various levels of Kohlberg‟s theory
(ii) Identify how Gilligan revised the three levels of moral
59 development of Kohlberg‟s theory K3 Apply
(i) Explain about consensus and controversy K2 Understand
60 (ii) Make use of Heinz dilemma to explain about moral K3 Apply

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issues

(i) Develop an example to explain about professional

(ii) Identify the models of professional roles by explain
61 about professionalism K3 Apply
62 Apply the various theories to explain about ethics in detail K3 Apply
(i) Make use of case study to explain about uses of ethical
theories K3 Apply
63 (ii) Explain in detail about self-realization and self interest K2 Understand
64 Build a scenario to explain about theories about right action K3 Apply
Develop an example to explain about responsibility and
65 accountability K3 Apply

APTITUDE
S.No Question Answer
1 Enron (in USA as well as India) executives in 2002 resulted in (a)2002
bankruptcy for those companies______
(a)2002 (b) 2000 (c) 2003 (c) 2005
2 ________Lack of promotion or career development policies or denied (a) Attitude
promotions
(a) Attitude (b) Opportunity (c) Resource Crunch(d) over-emphasize
3 When ______concepts are discussed, normative and conceptual issues (d) moral
are closely interconnected.
(a)massive (b) intellectual (c) theoretical (d) moral
4 One is unable to choose between two good moral solutions_____ (b) conflicting
(a) vaguenes (b) conflicting reasons(c) disagreement (d) Refuse bribe reasons(
5 Generate alternate courses of action to resolve the _______ (c) dilemma
(a) obligations (b) experience (c) dilemma(d) ethics
6 moral autonomy means ________ (a) self
(a) self determinant(b)Constant (c) dependent (d) profitability determinant
7 At the post-conventional level, people are called _______ (b)autonomous
(a) conventional level (b)autonomous (c) indivual (d) pre-conventional
8 Men give importance to moral rule _________ (a) Kohlberg‟s
(a) Kohlberg‟s Theory(b) Carol Gilligan‟s Theory(c)Darwins theory Theory
(d) Rigid theory
9 ________ s a professional should analyse the problem in specific known (a) Advanced
area, in an objective manner. expertise
(a) Advanced expertise (b) Self-regulation (c) Public good (d)
professional societie
10 Entry into the profession requires an extensive period of training of (b)Extensive
intellectual and moral character______ Training
(a) Knowledge and Skills (b) Extensive Training (c) Monopoly
(d) Autonomy
11 The engineer as a ______ save the society from poverty, illiteracy, (c)Savior
wastage, inefficiency, ill health
(a) Guardian (b) Bureaucratic Servant (c) Savior (d) Social Enabler
12 It is one who exhibits social responsibility_____ (a) Social Servant
(a) Social Servant (b) Bureaucratic Servant (c) Guardian (d) Savior
13 ______Engineer has a responsibility to make regular inspections in a (a)safety
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factory shops.
(a) Safety (b) production (c) maintanence (d) Quality
14 When accountability for wrong actions or results is at issue, (a)
responsibility means blameworthy________ Praiseworthiness
(a) Praiseworthiness (b) Liability (c) Accountability (d) General Moral
Capacity
15 A commitment to moral actions (primary obligation to protect the safety (c) Obligations
of the human beings and respect their rights),________
(a) Conscientious (b) Blameworthy (c) Obligations (d) Praiseworthy
16 It consists of assigned tasks at the place of employment and achieving (d) Job
the objectives._______ Responsibility
(a) Moral Responsibility(b) Causal Responsibility (c) Legal
Responsibility(d) Job Responsibility
17 Wisdom (prudence), courage (fortitude), temperance and justice. (a) Cardinal
(a) Cardinal virtues (b) Proficiency virtues(c) Team-work virtues virtues
(d) Public-spirited virtues
18 The capacity to understand and act on moral reasons_______ (a) Accountability
(a) Accountability (b) Accountability(c) Obligation(d)
Conscientiousness
19 The term Utilitarianism was conceived in the _____century by Jeremy (d) 19
Bentham and John Stuart Mill
(a)20 (b) 17 (c) 16 (d) 19
20 The ACT UTILITARIAN theory proposed by ________ (c) J.S. Mill
(a) Richard Brandt (b) Immanuel Kant (c) J.S. Mill (d) John Rawl
21 Virtue Theory proposed by Mac Intyre_________ (c) Mac Intyre
(a) John Locke (b) A.I. Melden‟s (c) Mac Intyre (d) Immanuel Kant
22 It is a virtue of maintaining personal discipline_________ (a)Self control
(a)Self control (b) self discipline (c) Self interest (d) Self-realisation
23 Being sensitive to full range of moral values and responsibilities is____ (b)
(a) Accountability (b) Conscientiousness (c) obligations Conscientiousness
(d) corporate responsibility

24 virtues are fundamental and necessary in exercising moral (a) Self-direction

responsibility_________
(a) Self-direction (b) Team-work (c) Proficiency virtues
(d) Cardinal virtues
25 Primarily responsibility implies duty with care and efforts._______ (d) Characteristic
(a) General Moral Capacity (b) Obligations (c) Accountability (d) Quality
Characteristic Quality
26 The profession also gains control over professional schools by (a) Monopoly
establishing accreditation standards________
(a) Monopoly (b) Knowledge and Skills(c) Extensive Training
(d) Autonomy in Workplace
27 The concerted efforts in the job should be towards promotion of the (c) Public good
welfare, safety, and health of the public.________
(a) Advanced expertise (b) Self-regulation (c) Public good (d)Welfare
28 Low morale of the employees because of dissatisfaction and downsizing (c) Poor attitude
_____
(a) Absence of grievance (b) Lack of transparency (c) Poor attitude (d)
Lack of promotion

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29 Due to pressure, through time limits, availability of money or budgetary (c) Resource
constraints, and technology decay or obsolescence Crunch
(a) Opportunity (b) Attitude (c) Resource Crunch (d) working
environments
30 It seeks to identify and justify the morally-desirable norms or standards (a) Normative
that should guide individuals and groups________ Inquiry
(a) Normative Inquiry (b) Conceptual Inquiry (c) Descriptive Inquiry
(d) Factual Inquiry
31 It is aimed to obtain facts needed for understanding and resolving value (d) Factual
issues._______ Inquiry
(a) Normative Inquiry (b) Conceptual Inquiry (c) Descriptive Inquiry (d)
Factual Inquiry
32 ______ defined as, decisions and actions exercised on the basis of moral (d) Moral
concern for other people and recognition of good moral reasons. autonomy
(a) moral integrity (b) moral value (c) moral quality (d) Moral
autonomy
33 According to______,men had a tendency to solve problems by applying (a)Gilligan‟s
abstract moral principles Theory
(a) Gilligan‟s Theory (b) Kohlberg Theory (c) Monopoly Theory (d)
Autonomy theory
34 Knowledge of _____ protects us from disease and restores health (b)physicians
(a) Cycatist (b)physicians (c) cardiologist (d) dentist
35 He guards the interests of the poor and general public________ (b) Guardian
(a) Savior (b) Guardian (c) Bureaucratic Servant (d) Social Servant
36 He is neither a servant nor master_______ c) Game player
(a) student (b) servant (c) Game player (d) savior

37 They include collegiality, cooperativeness, communicative ability, and (c) Team-work

respect for legitimate authority________ virtues
(a) Self-direction (b) Public-spirited virtues (c) Team-work virtues(d)
Proficiency virtues
38 contribution to local communities to enrich their cultural, social, and (a) Planning trees
civic life._____
(a) Planning trees (b) educating society (c) medical camp(d) Enrich
transport
39 A pandal erected by the contractor,in a marriage hall catches fire, due to (c) Electric
a leakage of _______
(a) Oil (b) Water (c) Electric (d) Air
40 Controller of Examinations can not be held legally responsible, although (a) Moral
he is ___ Responsible
(a) Moral (b) Self (c) private (d) all the above
41 Courage to accept the mistakes will ensure success in the efforts in (b) Blameworthy
future____
(a) Conscientiousness (b) Blameworthy (c) stakeholder (d) specific
obligations
42 The _____obligation means, giving importance to the safety, health, and (a) Paramount
welfare of the public in performing the professional duties.
(a) Paramount (b) moral (c) dilemma (d) Ethical

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UNIT III – ENGINEERING AS SOCIAL EXPERIMENTATION

Engineering as Experimentation – Engineers as responsible Experimenters – Codes of Ethics

– A Balanced Outlook on Law.

Course Course Outcome statement Blooms

Outcome Level
CO3 Apply the ethics in Engineering experimentation K3

PART A

S.No Questions K-Level Competence

1 Compare engineering projects and standard experiments K2 Understand
2 Define experimental control K1 Remember
3 Explain the basic elements of informed consent K2 Understand
4 List down the conditions to be fulfilled for a valid consent K1 Remember
What are the several responsibilities of an engineer as an
5 experimenter? K1 Remember
6 Define conscientiousness K1 Remember
7 What does accountability mean? K1 Remember
8 List down the roles of code of ethics? K1 Remember
9 Recall the limitations of code of ethics K1 Remember
List down some types of standards with few examples of
10 each K1 Remember
11 What is the purpose of industrial standards K1 Remember
12 Explain about „balanced outlook on law‟ in engineering K2 Understand
13 Recall the roles of proper laws during enforcement K1 Remember
14 What are the normative issues in challenger case study K1 Remember
List down the conceptual issues in space shuttle challenger
15 incident K1 Remember
Recall the descriptive issues in space shuttle challenger
16 incident K1 Remember
17 What are the problems occurred in engineering practice? K1 Remember
18 Explain the limitations of code of ethics K2 Understand
19 Summarize the purpose of industrial standards K1 Remember
Explain the responsibilities of an engineer as an
20 experimenter? K1 Remember

PART B

S.No Questions K-Level Competence

Identify the similarities and contrasts between engineering
21 experiments and standard experiments K3 Apply
Develop a scenario to explain about responsibilities of an
22 engineer as an experimenter K3 Apply
23 Explain the roles and limitations of code of ethics K2 Understand
(i) Explain the limitations of code of ethics
24 (ii) Explain the purpose of industrial standards K2 Understand
25 Build a typical example to explain about „balanced outlook K3 Apply

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on law‟
26 Identify the issues in space shuttle challenger incident K3 Apply

APTITUDE

S.No Question Answer

1 The project is usually executed in ____________ (a) partial
(a) partial ignorance (b) standard experiment (c) Engineering ignorance
experiment (d) experiment
2 ________continually the progress and gaining new knowledge are (b) Monitoring
needed before, during, and after execution of project
(a)Experiment (b) Monitoring (c) Engineering (d) Planning
3 ______ is practiced in medical experimentation (a) Informed
(a) Informed consent (b) Engineering (c) Ethics (d) Morals consent
4 Conscientious moral commitment means (c) Being
(a) Be accountable for the results of the project sensitive to full
(b) comprehensive perspective on relevant information range of moral
(c) Being sensitive to full range of moral values and responsibilities values and
relevant to the prevailing situation responsibilities
(d) prepare for the unexpected outcomes, in the actual field relevant to the
environments prevailing
situation

5 Conscientious moral commitment means (c) both (a) and

(a) Being sensitive to full range of moral values and responsibilities (b)
relevant to the prevailing situation
(b) the willingness to develop the skill and put efforts needed to reach
the best balance possible among those considerations
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) None of the above
6 The term Accountability means_____ (d) The capacity
(a) conscientious commitment to live by moral values to understand and
(b) Being sensitive to full range of moral values and responsibilities act on moral
relevant to the prevailing situation reasons
(c) the willingness to develop the skill and put efforts needed to reach
the best balance possible among those considerations
(d) The capacity to understand and act on moral reasons
7 The term Accountability means: (a) Willingness to
(a) Willingness to submit one‟s actions to moral scrutiny and be submit one‟s
responsive to the assessment of others actions to moral
(b) the willingness to develop the skill and put efforts needed to reach scrutiny and be
the best balance possible among those considerations responsive to the
© conscientious commitment to live by moral values assessment of
(d) Being sensitive to full range of moral values and responsibilities others
relevant to the prevailing situation
8 ________ includes being answerable for meeting specific obligations. (c) Accountability
(a) Conscientious (b) commitment (c) Accountability (d) Responsibility
9 The ______ exhibit, rights, duties, and obligations of the members of a (b) codes of ethics
profession and a professional society.
(a) accountability (b) codes of ethics (c) Responsibility (d) Commitment

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UNIT IV – SAFETY, RESPONSIBILITY AND RIGHTS

Safety and Risk – Assessment of Safety and Risk – Risk Benefit Analysis and Reducing Risk
- Respect for Authority – Collective Bargaining – Confidentiality – Conflicts of Interest –
Occupational Crime – Professional Rights – Employee Rights – Intellectual Property Rights
(IPR) – Discrimination

Course Course Outcome statement Blooms

Outcome Level
CO4 Infer the rights and responsibilities of an Engineer in the K2
society

PART A

S.No Questions K-Level Competence

1 Define safety K1 Remember
2 List down the factors that influence the perception of risk K1 Remember
3 Define risk K1 Remember
4 Recall the different methods available to determine the risk K1 Remember
5 List down the methods for risk assessment K1 Remember
6 What is FMEA? K1 Remember
7 Recall the necessary steps to conduct FMEA K1 Remember
8 What is RPN and how it is calculated? K1 Remember
9 Explain the stages of FMEA K2 Understand
10 What are the details included in FMEA document? K1 Remember
Illustrate the worksheet for design/process FMEA with a
11 neat diagram K2 Understand
12 What is fault tree analysis? K1 Remember
13 Define event tree analysis K1 Remember
List down some of the positive uncertainties in determining
14 the risk of a product K1 Remember
15 List down conditions that are referred to as „safe exit‟? K1 Remember
16 What are major reasons for analysis of risk benefit? K1 Remember
17 Recall some of the limitations exist in risk benefit analysis K1 Remember
18 How personal risk is assessed quantitatively? K1 Remember
What are methods adopted in reducing risk in a product or a
19 process? K1 Remember
20 What is voluntary risk? K1 Remember
21 When testing becomes inappropriate? K1 Remember
22 Recall some of the safety lessons learnt in challenger case K1 Remember
List down some of the safety lessons from TMI and
23 Chernobyl case K1 Remember
24 What are the different senses of responsibility K1 Remember
25 Explain the different senses of responsibility K2 Understand
26 What are the types of responsibility? K1 Remember
27 What is moral responsibility? What it include? K1 Remember
28 Define job and legal responsibility K1 Remember
29 List down the types of virtues included in professionalism K1 Remember
30 What is self direction virtue? K1 Remember

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31 Explain about public spirited virtues K2 Understand

32 What does team work virtues enables? K1 Remember
33 What does proficiency virtue mean? K1 Remember
34 Why cardinal virtue is called as moral virtue? K1 Remember
35 Define collegiality. What it consist of? K1 Remember
36 Explain the two senses of loyalty K2 Understand
37 Define collective bargaining K1 Remember
38 Define confidentiality K1 Remember
39 How confidentiality is justified? K1 Remember
List down the moral principles that justify the concept of
40 confidentiality K1 Remember
41 Explain the types of confidential information K2 Understand
How confidential information is divided based on severity of
42 risk? K1 Remember
43 What is conflict of interest? K1 Remember
44 Compare conflict of interest and conflicting interest K2 Understand
45 Explain the various types of conflict of interest K2 Understand
46 How does bribe differ from gift? K1 Remember
47 What is moonlighting? K1 Remember
48 Define occupational crime K1 Remember
49 Explain some examples for occupational crime K2 Understand
50 What is bootlegging? K1 Remember
51 What is industrial espionage? K1 Remember
52 Define human rights K1 Remember
53 List down the provisions under human rights K1 Remember
54 What is called “rights of provisional conscience”? K1 Remember
55 What is called “ rights of conscientious refusal”? K1 Remember
56 Define employee rights K1 Remember
57 Explain the provisions under employee rights K2 Understand
58 What is “right to privacy”? Give some examples K1 Remember
59 What is “right to choose outside activities”? Give examples K1 Remember
60 What is “Right to Due Process from Employer” K1 Remember
61 Define the term “whistle blowing” K1 Remember
62 Explain the four aspects of “whistle blowing” K2 Understand
63 Explain the types of “whistle blowing” based on destination K2 Understand
64 Explain the types of “whistle blowing” based on origin K2 Understand
65 When whistle blowing is justified? K1 Remember
List down some of the instruction to be followed before
66 blowing the whistle K1 Remember
67 What is intellectual property? K1 Remember
68 What is the need of intellectual property? K1 Remember
69 Define patent K1 Remember
70 Explain the types of patents K2 Understand
71 What are the salient features of patent act 2002? K1 Remember
72 What is copyrights? K1 Remember
73 Define trademark K1 Remember
74 What are the functions of trademark K1 Remember
75 What is trade secret? K1 Remember

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PART B

S.No Questions K-Level Competence

76 Explain in detail about risk analysis K2 Understand
(i) Explain about assessment of risk and safety
77 (ii) Explain about event tree analysis K2 Understand
(i) Summarize the features of fault tree analysis
78 (ii) Explain in detail about event tree analysis K2 Understand
79 Explain in detail about risk-benefit analysis with examples K2 Understand
(i) Explain the safety lessons learnt in “challenger” case
80 (ii) Explain about safe exit K2 Understand
Explain Chernobyl and TMI case in detail. Also list down
81 the safety lessons learnt in these cases? K2 Understand
(i) Summarize in detail about collegiality and loyalty
82 (ii) Explain about collective bargaining in detail K2 Understand
83 Explain in detail about confidentiality and its types K2 Understand
84 Explain about conflicts of interest and its types in detail K2 Understand
(i) Summarize the concept of occupational crime with an
example
85 (ii) Explain the types of conflicts of interest K2 Understand
(i) Explain in detail about human rights
86 (ii) what is employee rights? Explain in detail with examples K2 Understand
87 Outline about the rights related to employee with examples K2 Understand
88 Explain the concept of whistle blowing in detail K2 Understand
89 Summarize the features of Intellectual property rights K2 Understand

APTITUDE

S.No Question Answer

1 Awareness and maintenance of situation is _____ (a) safety
(a) safety (b) risk (c) Responsibility (d) none of the above
2 _____was defined as the risk that is known and judged as acceptable (b) Safety
(a) Responsibility (b) Safety (c) Risk (d) Testing
3 _____ is a potential that something unwanted and harmful may occur. (c) Risk
(a) Responsibility (b) Safety (c) Risk (d) Testing
4 ______ is done till the component fails (c) Destructive
(a) Simulation testing (b) Prototype testing (c) Destructive testing (d) testing
Testing
5 _______ is done on a proportional scale model with all vital (b) Prototype
components fixed in the system testing
(a) Simulation testing (b) Prototype testing (c) Destructive testing (d)
Testing
6 _______ is most common method of analysis (d) Scenario
(a) Fault tree analysis (b) Event tree analysis (c) FMEA (d) Scenario Analysis
Analysis
7 A ______ is a synopsis of events or conditions leading to an accident (a) scenario
and subsequent loss.
(a) scenario (b) Exposure (c) testing (d) Faults
8 In ________ method , various parts of components of the systems and (c) FMEA
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their modes are studied.

(a) Fault tree analysis (b) Event tree analysis (c) FMEA (d) Scenario
Analysis
9 FMEA is defined as a systematic tool to (d)All the above
(a) identify possible failure modes in the products/process
(b) to understand failure mechanism (process that leads to failure)
(c) risk analysis
(d)All the above
10 ______ is a cross-functional team management (a) FMEA
(a) FMEA (b) Fault tree analysis (c) Event tree analysis (d) Scenario
Analysis
11 _______ is a qualitative method and was originated by Bell Telephones (b) Fault tree
(a) FMEA (b) Fault tree analysis (c) Event tree analysis (d) Scenario analysis
Analysis
12 _____ method can combine hardware failures and human failures (a) Fault tree
(a) Fault tree analysis (b) Event tree analysis (c) FMEA (d) Scenario analysis
Analysis
13 ____________ method illustrates the sequence of outcomes which may (b) Event tree
occur after the occurrence of selected initial event. analysis
(a) Fault tree analysis (b) Event tree analysis (c) FMEA (d) Scenario
Analysis
14 ______ method uses inductive logic (c) Event tree
(a) FMEA (b) Fault tree analysis (c) Event tree analysis (d) Scenario analysis
Analysis
15 ______ method uses technology-based deductive logic. (b) Fault tree
(a) FMEA (b) Fault tree analysis (c) Event tree analysis (d) Scenario analysis
Analysis
16 The conditions referred to as „safe exit‟ is/are: (d) All the above
(a) The product, when it fails, should fail safely
(b) The product, when it fails, can be abandoned safely
© The user can safely escape the product
(d) All the above
17 To access public risk _____ are estimated. (d) loss on assets
(a) Loss of senses (b) Loss of earning capability © loss of voluntary and correction
activities (d) loss on assets and correction costs costs
18 ______ is the involvement of people in risky actions, although they (a) Voluntary risk
know that these actions are unsafe
(a) Voluntary risk (b) Involuntary risk (c) Faulty risk (d) Emergency
risk
19 To conduct the Chernobyl reactor test, the power plant output was (c) 700 MW
reduced to ____
(a) 500 MW (b) 800 MW (c) 700 MW (d) 450 MW
20 _________ is tendency to support and cooperate with colleagues (c) collegiality
(a) Confidentiality (b) Commitment (c) collegiality (d) Responsibility
21 ___is an obligation to fullfill his/her contractual duties to the employer (b) Agency
(a) collegiality (b) Agency loyalty (c)Attitude loyalty (d) supreme loyalty
loyalty
22 ______ is concerned with the attitudes, emotions, and a sense of (c)Attitude
personal identity loyalty
(a) collegiality (b) Agency loyalty (c)Attitude loyalty (d) supreme

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loyalty
23 _______ includes willingness to meet moral duties, with attachment, (d) Attitude
conviction, and trust with employer loyalty
(a) supreme loyalty (b) collegiality (c) Agency loyalty (d) Attitude
loyalty
24 _______ is necessary to ensure progress in action. (d) authority
(a) collegiality (b) Agency loyalty (c)Attitude loyalty (d) authority
25 ________ is the authority exercised within the organization (b) Institutional
(a) Agency authority (b) Institutional Authority (c) Expert Authority (d) Authority
Attitude authority
26 _________ is the possession of special knowledge, skills and (c) Expert
competence to perform a job thoroughly. Authority
(a) Agency authority (b) Institutional Authority (c) Expert Authority (d)
Attitude authority
27 _________ is done by the trade union for improving the economic (c) Collective
interests of the worker members bargaining
(a) Authority (b) Loyalty (c) Collective bargaining (d) collegiality
28 __means keeping the information on the employer and clients, as secrets (d)
(a) Authority (b) Loyalty (c) Collective bargaining (d) Confidentiality Confidentiality
29 _____ is available and accessed by virtue of privilege. (a) Privileged
(a) Privileged information (b) proprietary information (c) Confidential information
information (d) collective information
30 _________ is owned by the organization (b) proprietary
(a) Privileged information (b) proprietary information (c) obvious information
information (d) collective information
31 _______ refers to data, information and test results of the product yet to (c) obvious
released. information
(a) Privileged information (b) proprietary information (c) obvious
information (d) collective information
32 __________ occurs when employee has more than one interest (a) Conflict of
(a) Conflict of interest (b) excitement (c) Confusion (d) dilemma interest
33 ___ refers to the situation where objectivity is lost in decision making. (a) actual Conflict
(a) actual Conflict of interest (b) apparent Conflict of interest of interest
(c)potential Conflict of interest (d) moonlighting
34 _______ is a situation when a person is working as employee for two (a) Moonlighting
different companies in the spare time.
(a) Moonlighting (b) actual Conflict of interest (c) apparent Conflict of
interest (d)potential Conflict of interest
35 _______ may be committed by wrong actions of a person through one‟s (d) Occupational
lawful employment crime
(a) Moonlighting (b) actual Conflict of interest (c) apparent Conflict of
interest (d) Occupational crime
36 ________ is called as white collared crime (b) Occupational
(a) Bribery (b) Occupational crime (c) computer crime (d) Environment crime
crime
37 ________ means simply spying for company or personal benefits (d) Industrial
(a) Occupational crime (b) computer crime (c) Moonlighting espionage
(d) Industrial espionage
38 Manufacturing, selling or transporting the products that are prohibited (c) Bootlegging
by the law is called as _________

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UNIT V – GLOBAL ISSUES

Multinational Corporations – Environmental Ethics – Computer Ethics – Weapons

Development – Engineers as Managers – Consulting Engineers – Engineers as Expert
Witnesses and Advisors – Moral Leadership –Code of Conduct – Corporate Social
Responsibility

Course Course Outcome statement Blooms

Outcome Level
CO5 Apply ethics in the society by understanding the global issues K3

PART A

S.No Questions K-Level Competence

1 Define globalization K1 Remember
2 Explain about Multinational corporations K2 Understand
3 List down the ten international rights K1 Remember
4 Define technology transfer K1 Remember
List down some of the principles to followed by MNC in
5 host countries K1 Remember
6 Recall some of the effects caused during the Bhopal disaster K1 Remember
7 Define ethical relativism and absolutism K1 Remember
8 What is environmental ethics K1 Remember
Explain the duties of as engineers as experimenters towards
9 environmental ethics K2 Understand
10 Define computer ethics K1 Remember
List down the different types of problems found in computer
11 ethics K1 Remember
Explain the ethical problems related to computer in
12 workplace K2 Understand
13 Recall the property issues concerned with computer K1 Remember
14 Explain the ethical features involved in computer crime K2 Understand
15 Explain some of the issues concerned with privacy K2 Understand
16 Why Engineers involve in weapon development K1 Remember
17 What are the characteristics of Engineers as managers? K1 Remember
18 List down the principles to resolve conflicts K1 Remember
19 What are the ethical responsibilities of consulting engineers K1 Remember
20 Define competitive bidding K1 Remember
21 What is contingency fee K1 Remember
22 List down the functions of eye witness and expert witness K1 Remember
23 How expert witness abuse their positions? K1 Remember
List down the issues and requirements of Engineers who act
24 as advisors K1 Remember
25 Why moral leadership is required for Engineers? K1 Remember
26 Define code of conduct K1 Remember
27 Compare privacy and anonymity K2 Understand
28 Explain the term corporate responsibility K1 Remember

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PART B

S.No Questions K-Level Competence

Build an example to explain about Multinational
29 Corporations K3 Apply
What is environmental ethics? Explain the various disasters.
Develop a scenario to explain about environmental ethics to
30 be followed as an engineer K2 Understand
What is computer ethics? Explain its types? Also explain the
31 ethical features involved in computer crime K2 Understand
(i) Develop a scene to explain why engineers involve in
weapons development
(ii) Build an example to explain the characteristics of
Engineers as managers. Also explain how conflicts are
32 managed by engineers. K3 Apply
33 Explain in detail about role of consulting engineers K2 Understand
Develop a scenario to explain about the role of Engineers as
34 expert witness and advisors in policy making K3 Apply
35 Summarize the IEEE code of ethics K2 Understand
36 Explain in detail about moral leadership K2 Understand
37 Explain the code of ethics of NSPE K2 Understand
38 Explain the Institute of Engineers code of Ethics K2 Understand
39 Explain the code of Ethics followed by IETE K2 Understand
40 Explain the various code of ethics in detail K2 Understand

APTITUDE

S.No Question Answer

1 _______ means integration of countries through commerce, transfer of (b) Globalization
technology, and exchange of information and culture
(a) MNC (b) Globalization (c) Standardization (d) Business
2 Organisations who have established business in more than one country, (a) Multinational
are called _______ corporation
(a) Multinational corporation (b) Non-profit corporation (c) Partnership
corporation (c) Proprietorship corporation
3 _______ is a process of moving technology to a new setting and (c) Technology
implementing it there Transfer
(a) Globalization (b) Standardization (c) Technology Transfer (d)
Appropriate Technology
4 Identification, transfer, and implementation of most suitable technology (d) Appropriate
for a set of new situations, is called ______ Technology
(a) Globalization (b) Standardization (c) Technology Transfer
(d) Appropriate Technology
5 Flixborough accident in 1974 in U.K. when certain modifications (c) cyclohexane
carried out in the plant led to the leakage and explosion of _____
(a) propylene (b) poly chloride (c) cyclohexane (d) sodium hydroxide
6 the organizations may practice laws of the home country, without (d) ethical
adjustments to the host culture is called ______ absolutism
(a) ethical pluralism (b) ethical egoism (c) ethical relativism (d) ethical
absolutism
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7 _________ is the study of moral issues concerning the environment (a) Environmental
(a) Environmental ethics (b) Computer ethics (c) Business ethics (d) ethics
duty ethics
8 _______ is the study of moral perspectives, beliefs, or attitudes (a) Environmental
concerning those issues. ethics
(a) Environmental ethics (b) Computer ethics (c) Business ethics (d)
duty ethics
9 _______ is defined as study and analysis of nature and social impact of (b) Computer
computer technology ethics
(a) Environmental ethics (b) Computer ethics (c) Business ethics (d)
duty ethics
10 ________ is defined as formulation and justification of policies, for (b) Computer
ethical use of computers. ethics
(a) Environmental ethics (b) Computer ethics (c) Business ethics (d)
duty ethics
11 Engineers involve in weapons development because: (d) all the above
(a) It gives one job with high salary. mentioned
(b) One takes pride and honor in participating in the activities towards
the defense of the nation
© One believes the he fights a war on terrorism and thereby contribute
to peace and stability of the country.
(d) all the above mentioned
12 _________ happens because of various levels of execution, priority and (a) Conflicts
limitations of each level. based on
(a) Conflicts based on schedules (b) Conflict based on the availability of schedules
personnel. (c) Conflict arising in administration (d) Conflicts of
personality
13 _______ are directly responsible for advertising their services, even if (d) Consulting
they employ other consultants to assist them. engineers
(a) Managers (b) Experimenters (c) advisors (d) Consulting engineers
14 _______ means offering a price, and get something in return for the (b) Competitive
service offered bidding
(a) Advertising (b) Competitive bidding (c) Contingency fee (d) Bribe
15 ________ is the fee or commission paid to the consultant, when one is (c) Contingency
successful in saving the expenses for the client. fee
(a) Gifts (b) Competitive bidding (c) Contingency fee (d) Bribe
16 _________ is required to exhibit the responsibility of confidentiality just (a) Expert witness
as they do in the consulting roles
(a) Expert witness (b) Eye witness (c) Hired guns (d) Consulting
engineers
17 _______ is essentially required for the engineers (a) Moral
(a) Moral leadership (b) time management (c) decision making leadership
(d) authorization
18 NSPE stands for (b) National
(a) National Society for Provisional Engineers Society of
(b) National Society of Professional Engineers Professional
© National Society of Provisional Ethics Engineers
(d) National Society of Professional Ethics
19 According to NSPE © Engineers
(a) A corporate member will interact with others in his profession by shall not be

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