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A computer hacker monitors the activities of a governmental employee and uses this information to intimidate him, by threatening to be exposed, and compelling him to make decisions in his favor. This is violation example of: Select one: a. Physical privacy b. Proprietary privacy c. Informational privacy d. Decisional privacy 16:11 Engineers may be assigned to work in foreign countries during certain amount of time. We call boundary-crossing problems, the ethical problems that may be produced by entering countries or regions with different cultural, social or economic conditions. If you work in a foreign country, and you approach a solution to the boundary-crossing problems by following the laws, customs and values of your home country, you are adopting: Select one: a. Absolutist solution b. Relativist solution c. Middle way solution d. Normal solution 16:11 ethics grants moral standing to natural objects as animals, plants and landscapes and requires an extension and revision of standard ethical principles: Select one: a. Federal b. Congress c. Non- anthropocentric d. Anthropocentric 16:11 From the list below, which is not a primary characteristic of the professional model? Select one: a. Implicit trust relationship with the public b. Persuade governmental regulators that a great deal of autonomy should be granted in the workplace c. May seek monopoly or at least considerable control d. Hold paramount the safety, health and welfare of the public 16:11 Samir is an engineer working for a company which deals in solar power equipment. Samir discovers that his company isn't following the safety standard in manufacturing its equipment. He approaches the Office of Standards and informs them about his discovery. This would be considered as: Select one: a. Conflict of interest with the company's interest b. Violating his company's code of ethics c. Complying with his engineering professional code of ethics d. Violating the standard of care toward the company In the "Standards of Care", engineers have: Select one: a. To avoid going beyond job responsibility b. A professional obligation to conform to the standard operating procedures and regulations that apply to their profession c. The right not to fulfill the basic responsibilities of their job as defined by the terms of their employment d. None of these 16:11 16:11 In 2001, Abraham Abdalah was arrested because he had pretended to be a very wealthy American executive and celebrity. Using the identity of powerful, wealthy individuals, Abdallah gained access to credit cards and banks. So this young man, who was originally a waiter, managed to steal millions of people like Steven Spielberg. This is considered a violation of: Select one: a. Decisional privacy b. Informational privacy c. Proprietary privacy d. Physical privacy 16:11 Walid had an emergency case and was not able to do his laboratory assignment. In order to submit his report, he copied some of the results from a journal article without referencing and invented some results while changing some values he took from his previous assignment. What form of dishonesty did Walid exercise? Select one: a. Data falsification b. Data fabrication c. Plagiarism d. All of these 16:30 ethics grants moral standing to natural objects as animals, plants and landscapes and requires an extension and revision of standard ethical principles: Select one: a. Congress b. Federal c. Anthropocentric d. Non- anthropocentric 16:30 Samir is an engineer working for a company which deals in solar power equipment. Samir discovers that his company isn't following the safety standard in manufacturing its equipment. He approaches the Office of Standards and informs them about his discovery. This would be considered as: Select one: a. Violating the standard of care toward the company b. Violating his company's code of ethics c. Conflict of interest with the company's interest d. Complying with his engineering professional code of ethics 16:30 The following would be considered as types of morality: Select one: a. Religious jurisprudence b. All of these c. Governmental regulation d. Professional ethics 16:30 When asking myself: "Would I be willing to accept the effects of this practice"? Then I am applying: Select one: a. All of the answers are applied b. Middle way solution c. The Golden Rule approach d. Universal human rights approach 16:30 Which of the following statements is incorrect? Select one: a. None of these b. Organizations might adopt progressive attitude to market their products c. The concept of intrinsic value is hold in non-anthropocentric ethics d. Charbel believes that the environment is created only to serve the human race; that is, the environment has an instrumental value 16:30 You are a member of a local environmental group that is pressuring your company to install antipollution equipment that is not required by the Lebanese law. Is this a kind of organizational disobedience? If yes, what form of disobedience? Select one: a. Disobedience by contrary action b. Disobedience by protest c. No, it is not a form of disobedience d. Disobedience by bob participation You are a member of a local environmental When using the line-drawing technique to test the concept of bribery for a given situation, we use features such as gift size, timing, reason, responsibility for decision, etc... that help in identifying the clear-cut paradigm cases. Which of the following could be considered another important feature for use in this analysis? Select one: a. The product quality (poor or good quality) b. The product availability (time to market) c. The customer representative age d. The engineer's experience 16:30 The line drawing technique states that: Select one: a. Concentrating on more than one feature will usually be sufficient to determine where on the line to place a given case b. Concentrating on only one feature will usually be sufficient to determine where on the line to place a given case c. Concentrating on only one feature will usually be insufficient to determine where on the line to place a given case d. Concentrating on more than one feature will usually be insufficient to determine where on the line to place a given case 16:30 Taking a decision that is likely to result in the greatest benefit relative to cost, seems to fall under: Select one: a. Risk management ethics b. Technological determinism c. Respect for persons' ethics d. Utilitarian ethics 16:30 In the Columbia Space Shuttle disaster case study, NASA managers convinced themselves that past successes are indication that a known defect (foam strikes) would not cause problems. This impediment is an example of: Select one: a. Ignorance b. Egocentric tendencies c. Self-deception d. Self-interest 16:30 The following are examples of common morality in engineering except for: Select one: a. Abiding by ethical standards, integrity and preventing harm b. Punctuality, abiding by the law and non-discrimination c. Abiding by the law, honesty and pursuing personal beliefs d. Honesty, integrity and trustworthiness 16:30 Which of the following is the drawback of the cost-benefit analysis (CBA) for acceptable risk? Select one: a. CBA takes into consideration the informed consent to the risk imposed by technology b. It's too easy to assign monetary unit to all risks and benefits that have monetary value c. None of these answers d. Cannot assign a monetary unit to all the risks 16:30 A Rock Crusher company in Lebanon decided to stop polluting the Litany river basin in order to improve the environmental aspect of the Lebanese society. This attitude towards the environment can be best described as Select one: a. Compliant b. Sub-minimal c. Acceptable within the limitations of the Lebanese political system d. Progressive 16:30 Reducing pollution would be a good example of: Select one: a. None of these b. Common morality c. Personal ethics d. Aspirational ethics 16:30 Which among the following are principles to conserve environment as formulated by CERES? Select one: a. Protection of the biosphere b. Environmental restoration c. All the mentioned points d. Reduction and disposal of waste 16:30 After the recent drop in value of the Lebanese currency, Raja decided to open a new workshop in a rural area in Lebanon. He picked this location mainly because the people around there get payed far less than those in Beirut. This is considered as: Select one: a. Extortion b. Nepotism c. Exploitation d. Paternalism 16:30 Rana is a biomedical engineer who volunteered to work in a laboratory in Beirut to invent an oxygen inhaler that aids in curing COVID-19. This is an example of: Select one: a. Good works b. Preventive ethics c. Business Model d. Ordinary positive engineering 16:30 Satisfying standards of care always guarantees that: Select one: a. Both Utilitarian and Respect of Person approaches converge b. The professional is following the standards and going the extra mile C. A project will not fail d. None of these 16:30 Impediments to responsible action include all the following except: Select one: a. Fear b. Ignorance c. Egocentric tendencies d. Critical acceptance of authority 16:30 Many elements can make a bribery case become a paradigmatic one. Which one of the below is not one of these elements? Select one: a. The large size of the gift b. The gift has an educational and instructional nature c. The gift recipient being the only decision maker d. Receiving the gift before decision making 16:30 The main difference between Rule Utilitarianism and Act Utilitarianism is: Select one: a. None of these b. Rule utilitarianism creates more dilemmas than act utilitarianism c. Rule utilitarianism is not as well-equipped as act utilitarianism to address justice and rights d. Rule utilitarianism measures the utility of rules or social practices rather than the specific acts 16:30 A firm is purchasing a new intrusion detection system. After doing a detailed price and technical comparisons for all suppliers, 2 suppliers have been selected for the negotiation phase. Supplier A shows an advantage in the technical comparison; in fact it has a slightly higher quality and meets all the specifications without exception whereas Supplier B has some minor but acceptable divergence from specifications. However, supplier B can deliver the system ahead of time which can give the firm a competitive advantage and price is slightly better than supplier A. Who should take the decision in this case, the engineer or the manager? Select one: a. The engineer should take the decision as there is a difference in quality between the two products b. The manager should take the decision as timing is an important factor c. The decision should be done by a third party d. A line drawing technique should be applied taking into consideration the weight of each factor al 16:30 16:30 For many years, the chemical industry had received a considerable amount of public criticism about such issues as safety and pollution. In response to these criticisms, the Pearl company established a program called "Responsible Care" and established a special department for promoting the safe manufacture, transportation, use, and disposal of chemicals. It's an example of: Select one: a. Anthropocentric ethics b. Strong-paternalism c. Weak-paternalism d. Progressive attitude Engineers' responsibilities with regard to the democratic dilemma can be summarized in the following statements, except one: Select one: a. Offer advice and guidance on an issue, especially when there is some degree of consensus in the engineering community b. Inform the public of the dangers that may be posed by a new technology, but also of the great potential benefits c. Alert the public to the potential dangers from technology d. Preventing the public from making the final decisions about science and technology 16:30 Which of the following statements is true concerning solutions to boundary-crossing problems? Select one: a. All of the answers are true b. The absolutist solution states that laws of the home country should be flexible when dealing with other countries c. The absolutist solution states that an individual has the right not to follow his values absolutely in case the host country has better values d. The relativist solution can be portrayed to follow the statement: "When in Rome, do as the Romans do 16:30 Which of the following approaches is criticized for the fact that the minority has been excluded from getting benefits? Select one: a. Cost-benefit approach b. Golden rule approach c. Rights approach d. Self-defeating approach 16:30 Which of the following approaches is criticized for the fact that the minority has been excluded from getting benefits? Select one: a. Cost-benefit approach b. Golden rule approach c. Rights approach d. Self-defeating approach 16:30 The following are the characteristics of an organization adopting the sub-minimal attitude towards environment except: Select one: a. The primary goal of the company is to make money b. Have good relationships with governmental regulators c. As few financial resources as possible to environmental matters d. No full-time personnel assigned to environmental concerns 16:30