Free APEGS NPPE Exam Dumps Questions & Answers

When designing and manufacturing products, businesses and licensed professionals must demonstrate a standard of care to ensure the safety of their consumers and/or clients. Which of the following tasks or procedures relating to product design and manufacturing isnotpart of a business's or professional's responsibility in this regard?

• A.  Ensure that product design and manufacture meet expectations for safe usage by the end-user
• B.  Follow existing design codes, standards, and leading practices
• C.  Eliminate liability through carefully crafted legal caveats
• D.  Carry out hazard analysis and risk assessment

For more than 10 years, a licensed professional has been a key employee at DLB Ltd., a small engineering firm that specializes in rotary drill pit technology for the oil and gas sector. Over the years, the professional leads the development of Innovative drill bit designs that significantly Improve DLB Ltd.'s profitability.
Though the work is stimulating, the professional feels overworked, under-appreciated, and underpaid.
Recently, the professional is actively courted by Gyre Ltd, an engineering company specializing in tunnel- boring technology m the urban transportation industry.
Which of the following actions least conflicts with the professional's responsibilities and loyalties to DLB Ltd?

• A.  Communicating with colleagues that DLB Ltd. is poorly managed and an abysmal place to work
• B.  Sharing designs with Gyre Ltd. contacts Including detailed drill bit configurations specific to models personally generated while at DLB Ltd.
• C.  Discussing with Gyre Ltd. recruiters key technical drivers controlling drill bit efficiencies based on knowledge gained through personal experience at DLB Ltd.
• D.  Duplicating their own personal client list collected over time at DLB Ltd. In order to maintain future customer contacts

A licensed professional can immediately, and without any further scrutiny, authenticate and take full responsibility for a technical document in their field of practice if it was prepared by

• A.  an individual working under the professional's direct technical supervision and control
• B.  an experienced, senior licensed professional
• C.  the professional's senior, technical manager
• D.  a licensed individual reporting directly to the professional

A licensed professional civil engineer is assigned by their employer to review and approve a building's structural design drawings. The design includes a vaulted component. Although the professional has not worked with vaulted designs in the past, they have recently completed an extensive "Cathedral and Vaulted Ceilings" engineering design course. The professional is confident in their knowledge and ability to competently review and assess this type of design.
Is it appropriate for the professional to accept the current assignment?

• A.  Yes, as the professional has the appropriate training and is confident in their ability to perform the task correctly.
• B.  No, as the professional is misrepresenting their abilities and lacks the required competence.
• C.  Yes, provided the employer is aware of the professional's deficiencies and accepts full responsibility on the professional's behalf.
• D.  No, as the professional is restricted to working within their area of expertise.

In most professional Businesses, using email to conduct business includes all of the following risks except that the email

• A.  is easy to forge and alter before forwarding
• B.  will be considered an unofficial means of communication
• C.  can contain small errors that could result in Irretrievable distribution
• D.  could be lost or delayed as a result of uneontrollabia reasons