FE ETHICS EOC EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025/2026 ALL RATED A+
✔✔Dealing with Suppliers - ✔✔Don't accept gifts or other valuable considerations,
enforce plans but also interpret the contract documents fairly, have complete plans and
specs, don't delay performance of suppliers. Suppliers don't have to spend the time or
money to furnish materials not called for in the plans or contract documents
✔✔Dealing with Suppliers, an engineer may - ✔✔spend personal time outside of
contract to ensure adequate performance
✔✔Dealing with Other Engineers - ✔✔Should not injure others' reputation, review
someone else's work while the other engineer is still employed, replace another
engineer, moonlight (compete unfairly using salaried position). An engineer should
freely report, publish, and distribute information that would be useful to other engineers
✔✔Dealing with the Public - ✔✔Place service and humankind above personal gain,
consider the welfare of public, indicate if public statements are on anyone's behalf,
develop appreciation of the engineering profession, whistleblow when needed
✔✔"Whistle-blowing" - ✔✔"Whistle-blowing" is calling public attention to illegal actions
taken in the past or taken currently by your employer. It jeopardizes your own good
standing with your employer.
✔✔Competitive Bidding - ✔✔Engineers and firms may refuse to bid competitively,
clients are not required to seek competitive bids, any prohibition of competitive bid on
the state level remain unaffected, can lobby for legislation to prohibit competitive bid
✔✔The US department of justice successful action in 1970 against engineering code of
ethics that formally prohibited competitive bidding was based on premise that - ✔✔the
prohibition violated antitrust statutes
✔✔Boilerplate clauses - ✔✔Clauses have specific wording that don't normally changed
ex. delays policy, performance policy,
✔✔Retainer - ✔✔A minumum amount paid by the client, usually in total and in advance,
for a normal amount of work expected during an agreed-upon period
✔✔Tort - ✔✔civil wrong committed by one person causing damage to another person or
person's property, emotional well-being, or reputation
✔✔Liens - ✔✔The lien establishes the supplier's security interest in the property. The
property owner is prevented from transferring the title of the property until the lien has
been removed from the supplier
, Right to hold the property due to various reason such as no payments
✔✔Engineering is a profession because we have - ✔✔special knowledge, special
privileges, and special responsibilities.
✔✔plan stamping - ✔✔the illegal action of signing off on a project didn't design and
check
✔✔The US departmet of justice sucessful action in 1970 against engineering code of
ethics and formally prohibited competitive bidding was - ✔✔based on the premise that
the prohibitions violated antitrust statues
✔✔Contract - ✔✔a legally binding agreement or promise to exchange goods or
services; can be written or verbal
✔✔Requirements of a Contract (to be binding) - ✔✔1) There must be a clear, specific,
and definite offer with no room for ambiguity or misunderstanding
2) There must be some form of conditional future consideration (i.e. payment)
3) There must be an acceptance of the offer
implicit conditions: must be voluntary for all parties, all parties must have legal capacity,
the purpose of the agreement must be legal
✔✔A contract should include... - ✔✔- introduction, preamble, or preface indicating the
purpose of contract
- name, address, and business forms of both contracting parties
- signature date
- effective date of agreement
- duties and obligations of both parties
- deadlines and requires services
- fee amount / schedule / payment terms
- agreement expiration date
- standard boilerplate clauses
- signatures of parties
- declaration of authority of the signatories to bind the contracting parties
- supporting documents
✔✔Agent - ✔✔Acts on behalf of the principal (fiduciary relationship - act in the best
interest, honest, loyal). The decision-making authority and right of action are transferred
from the owner (principal) who would normally have that authority to the agent (e.g.,
engineer as the agent).
2025/2026 ALL RATED A+
✔✔Dealing with Suppliers - ✔✔Don't accept gifts or other valuable considerations,
enforce plans but also interpret the contract documents fairly, have complete plans and
specs, don't delay performance of suppliers. Suppliers don't have to spend the time or
money to furnish materials not called for in the plans or contract documents
✔✔Dealing with Suppliers, an engineer may - ✔✔spend personal time outside of
contract to ensure adequate performance
✔✔Dealing with Other Engineers - ✔✔Should not injure others' reputation, review
someone else's work while the other engineer is still employed, replace another
engineer, moonlight (compete unfairly using salaried position). An engineer should
freely report, publish, and distribute information that would be useful to other engineers
✔✔Dealing with the Public - ✔✔Place service and humankind above personal gain,
consider the welfare of public, indicate if public statements are on anyone's behalf,
develop appreciation of the engineering profession, whistleblow when needed
✔✔"Whistle-blowing" - ✔✔"Whistle-blowing" is calling public attention to illegal actions
taken in the past or taken currently by your employer. It jeopardizes your own good
standing with your employer.
✔✔Competitive Bidding - ✔✔Engineers and firms may refuse to bid competitively,
clients are not required to seek competitive bids, any prohibition of competitive bid on
the state level remain unaffected, can lobby for legislation to prohibit competitive bid
✔✔The US department of justice successful action in 1970 against engineering code of
ethics that formally prohibited competitive bidding was based on premise that - ✔✔the
prohibition violated antitrust statutes
✔✔Boilerplate clauses - ✔✔Clauses have specific wording that don't normally changed
ex. delays policy, performance policy,
✔✔Retainer - ✔✔A minumum amount paid by the client, usually in total and in advance,
for a normal amount of work expected during an agreed-upon period
✔✔Tort - ✔✔civil wrong committed by one person causing damage to another person or
person's property, emotional well-being, or reputation
✔✔Liens - ✔✔The lien establishes the supplier's security interest in the property. The
property owner is prevented from transferring the title of the property until the lien has
been removed from the supplier
, Right to hold the property due to various reason such as no payments
✔✔Engineering is a profession because we have - ✔✔special knowledge, special
privileges, and special responsibilities.
✔✔plan stamping - ✔✔the illegal action of signing off on a project didn't design and
check
✔✔The US departmet of justice sucessful action in 1970 against engineering code of
ethics and formally prohibited competitive bidding was - ✔✔based on the premise that
the prohibitions violated antitrust statues
✔✔Contract - ✔✔a legally binding agreement or promise to exchange goods or
services; can be written or verbal
✔✔Requirements of a Contract (to be binding) - ✔✔1) There must be a clear, specific,
and definite offer with no room for ambiguity or misunderstanding
2) There must be some form of conditional future consideration (i.e. payment)
3) There must be an acceptance of the offer
implicit conditions: must be voluntary for all parties, all parties must have legal capacity,
the purpose of the agreement must be legal
✔✔A contract should include... - ✔✔- introduction, preamble, or preface indicating the
purpose of contract
- name, address, and business forms of both contracting parties
- signature date
- effective date of agreement
- duties and obligations of both parties
- deadlines and requires services
- fee amount / schedule / payment terms
- agreement expiration date
- standard boilerplate clauses
- signatures of parties
- declaration of authority of the signatories to bind the contracting parties
- supporting documents
✔✔Agent - ✔✔Acts on behalf of the principal (fiduciary relationship - act in the best
interest, honest, loyal). The decision-making authority and right of action are transferred
from the owner (principal) who would normally have that authority to the agent (e.g.,
engineer as the agent).
