PPLE Previous Year Questions
PPLE Previous Year Questions
Section A
The objectives of Professional Ethics in Engineering are_____
A) To understand the moral values that ought to guide the Engineering profession
B) To justify the moral judgment concerning the profession.
C) To resolve the moral issues in the profession
D) All the above
ANSWER: D
Resource Crunch, Opportunities and Attitude relates to---------------
A) Variety of legal issues
B) Variety of moral issues
C) Variety of business issues
D) Variety of technical issues
ANSWER: B
The clarity to identify the relevant moral values from among duties, rights, goods and
obligations is obtained by self questioning. This relates to
A) Descriptive inquiry
B) Factual inquiry
C) Normative inquiry
D) Conceptual inquiry
ANSWER: D
In the ______right conduct for an individual is regarded as whatever directly benefits
oneself.
A) pre-conventional level
B) post-conventional level
C) conventional level
D) Final level
ANSWER: A
According to Gilligan, ________ have tendency to over-ride the importance of moral rules and
convictions while resolving moral dilemmas;
A) Female
B) Male
C) adults
D) child
ANSWER: A
___________ are guidelines for specific group of professionalism to help them perform their
roles; to know how to conduct themselves; and to know how to resolve around various ethical
issues.
A) The codes of physics
B) The codes of ethics
C) The codes of laws
D) The codes of banks
ANSWER: B
________ is defined as a set of attitudes concerned with the value of work, which forms the
motivational orientation
A) Integrity
B) Personal Values
C) Work ethics
D) Professional values
ANSWER: C
What is true about a professional
A) The professional has to have autonomy
B) He cannot be supervised by the client
C) He should not subject to political control
D) All of the above
ANSWER: D
A thing is safe if its risks are judged to be with in
A) appreciable levels
B) realisable levels
C) acceptable levels
D) measurable levels
ANSWER: C
______means systematically quantifying the relative importance of risks and benefits to
demonstrate the net benefits of a process to an user
A) Risk-Benefit Analysis
B) Risk-Benefit Tradeoffs
C) Risk selling
D) None of the above
ANSWER: A
The study usually covers risk identification, risk analysis, risk assessment, risk rating,
suggestions on risk control and risk mitigation. this study is known as
A) risk evaluation
B) risk measurement
C) risk analysis
D) risk science
ANSWER: A
Besides the tests, each engineering project is modified during execution, based on
A) the periodical feedback on the progress and the lessons from other sources.
B) expert's opinion
C) engineer's wish
D) Government's policy
ANSWER: A
Section B
2.1 Distinguish “morality” from “ethics”. List and explain basic ethical principles.
2.2 Explain the Kohlberg’s theory of moral development. What are the limitations of the
Kohlberg’s theory?
2.3 List how can engineer become a responsible experimenter. Compare engineering experiments
with standard experiments.
3.1 Define the term Risk and Safety. Explain briefly the principle of Risk-management.
3.2 Define Risk-Benefit analysis. Why it is conducted? What are the limitation of risk-
benefit analysis?