Question 11 (1 point) Codes of ethics state the engineer\'s duties to society, t

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Question 11 (1 point) Codes of ethics state the engineer's duties to society, to employers, to clients, to colleagues, to subordinates, and to the profession. However, when these duties conflict, which group should take precedence? O Employers and clients O Colleagues and subordinates. O The profession. O Society (the public) Save Question 12 (1 point) An engineer designs a small structural steel building for a client, using pirated structural design software obtained from the Internet. The engineer later learns that the software gives accurate stress analysis for tension, but does not properly predict buckling of columns in compression. The computer program is patched, and a revised analysis shows that the building is not as safe as first believed. An extreme snowfall could cause the supporting columns to buckle, and the building might collapse completely. Such a severe snowfall occurs about once every 10 years. What should the engineer do? O Contact the client, disclose the problem and tell the client to sue the software developer O Contact the client, disclose the problem, and try to negotiate a way to reinforce the columns. Hire a good defense lawyer for the Association's disciplinary hearing against the engineer for negligence and unprofessional conduct. Destroy all evidence of the revised analysis and hope for good weather Question 13 (1 point) You and your design group are competing for a multidisciplinary concept project. Your firm is the lead group in the design professional consortium formed to compete for the project. Your consortium has been selected to be the first to enter fee negotiations with the project owner. During negotiations, the amount you have to cut from your fee to be awarded the contract will require dropping one of the consortium members whose staff has special capabilities not found in the staff of the remaining consortium members. Is your consortium response in the negotiations ethical? O No, not if the owner is left with the impression that the consortium is still fully qualified to perform all the required tasks. Yes, if your remaining consortium members hire a few new, lower cost employees to do the special work originally intended to be provided by the consortium member dropped No, because an engineer may not accept a contract to coordinate a project with other professional firms providing capabilities and services not under the engineer's direct control Yes, if in accepting an assignment to coordinate a project, a single person will sign and seal all the documents in the entire consortium work.

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QUESTION 11 Codes of ethics state the engineer's duties to society, to employers, to clients, to colleagues, to subordinates, and to the profession. However, when these duties conflict, which group should take precedence?

ANSWER-Society (the public).

QUESTION 12 An engineer designs a small structural steel building for a client, using pirated structural design software obtained from the Internet. The engineer later learns that the software gives accurate stress analysis for tension, but does not properly predict buckling of columns in compression. The computer program is patched, and a revised analysis shows that the building is not as safe as first believed. An extreme snowfall could cause the supporting columns to buckle, and the building might collapse completely. Such a severe snowfall occurs about once every 10 years. What should the engineer do?

ANSWER-Contact the client, disclose the problem and try to negotiate a way to reinforce the columns.

QUESTION 13 You and your design group are competing for a multidisciplinary concept project. Your firm is the lead group in the design professional consortium formed to compete for the project. Your consortium has been selected to be the first to enter fee negotiations with the project owner. During negotiations, the amount you have to cut from your fee to be awarded the contract will require dropping one of the consortium members whose staff has special capabilities not found in the staff of the remaining consortium members. Is your consortium response in the negotiations ethical?

ANSWER- No, not if the owner is left with the impression that the consortium is still fully qualified to perform all the required tasks.

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