Final Exam

Engineering Skills and Ethics, GENG107

Spring 2013

Date Start time Duration No. of pages

September 23, 14:00 pm 120 min 6
2013
INSTRUCTIONS
1. All writings must be on this booklet only.
2. There are 11 questions , please manage your time accordingly
Question Mark
3. Read and observe the following rules:
a. Candidates are not permitted to ask questions of the (1) /4
invigilators, except in cases of supposed errors or (2) /6
ambiguities in examination questions. (3) /3
Caution – Candidates guilty of any of the following, or similar, (4) /6
dishonest practices shall be immediately dismissed from the (5) /4
examination and shall be liable to disciplinary action:
 Making use of any books, papers or memoranda, cell (6) /1
phones, calculators, audio or visual cassette players or (7) /1
other memory aid devices, other than as authorized by the (8) /4
examiners. (9) /2
 Speaking or communicating with other candidates. (10) /2
 Purposely exposing written papers to the view of other
(11) /2
candidates.
 The plea of accident or forgetfulness shall not be received. Total / 35
4. Show all your work. Justify your answers. Partial credit is
possible for an answer, but only if you show the intermediate
steps in obtaining the answer.
5. Use of proper English Language is expected.

STUDENT NAME :_________________________________

STUDENT ID :_________________________________

Answer All the following questions

Student Name:

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Q1: What do you mean by “Conflict of Interest”? Cite two examples of “Conflict of Interest”. [2+2]

Q2: Define the following terms, citing one example in each: [2+2+2]
Morals, Ethics, Law

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Student Name:

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Q3: A civil engineer is working for 20 years in a consulting company and has long experience of
designing river dams. In all year of his experience, he has designed dams with cement, concrete, steel
and other traditional materials. He is supposed to be expert in his area and has been promoted to the
post of “Chief Technical Manager”. Some new engineers of this company has designed a new dam
using new type of materials that are prepared using latest technology (such as nanotechnology) and
these new materials are assumed to be superior than the existing materials. Although he has no
experience with these materials, he is asked to sign off on the dam design plans because he is the
responsible officer of the company.

According to the codes of ethics, should the chief technical manager should sign plans? Justify your
answer. [1+2]

Q4: Define the following types of problem with appropriate examples

a. Research Problems [1+1]
b. Knowledge Problems [1+1]
c. Troubleshooting Problems [1+1]

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Student Name:

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Q5: A cargo company charges the amount depending upon the size of the package. Given a
“Parallelepiped” shape package with length = 100 cm, height = 50 cm, depth = 40 cm. If you have to
send a rod of length ‘x’ by the cargo company, what will be the maximum length of the rod that can
fit in this package. Solve this problem, by stating all the steps (i.e. draw a figure, label what is known
and what is unknown, write the formula and make the calculation). [4]

Q6: List of the role of an industrial Engineer [1]

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Q7: List thee major rolee of an Agriicultural En

ngineer [1]

Q8: What do
d you mean n by “Enginneering Com
mmunicationn”? Why co
ommunicatiion is imporrtant in
engineeringg professionn? [2+2]

Q9: [2 marrks]
Why is thhe followinng scale noot acceptaable in draawing grapphs?

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Student Name:

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Q10. Why is the following Table poor practice? Give 2 reasons. [2]
Table 1. Data
SECONDS Volts Volts V/v Change
637.13 -0.26870728 -0.1128435 0.419949582
1758.4 -0.26871681 -0.088706 0.330109679 -21.39%
1105.6 -0.02263396 -0.0269985 1.192832474
1136.9 -0.02263403 -0.0185084 0.817725809 -31.45%

Q11. The value of an antique increase by 5% each year. If its value in 1990 was QR 100,000 what
was its value in year 2000? What will be its value in 2014? [2]

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