What must engineers hold paramount in their designs according to most professional ethics codes?

What will be an ideal response?


The engineer shall hold paramount the health, safety, and welfare of the public.

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The colonists delayed declaring their independence until July 4, 1776, for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

A. lack of military victories. B. support for the tradition of loyalty to the empire. C. the realization that the colonies were not united. D. fear of British military reprisals. E. a continued belief that America was part of the transatlantic community.

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How would your typical day be changed without availability of your principal mode of transportation? Consider both personal transportation as well as goods and services that you rely on.

What will be an ideal response?

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Which of the following statements is LEAST-Likely true?

A. Copper-plated sheet steel is used to make the tubing used for brake lines. B. Seamless tubing is one type of tubing made by rolling the steel sheet until it has two layers and one seam, providing a double wall. C. Sometimes the outside of brake tubing is surrounded by a coil of wire. D. Most brake tubing used on automobiles has an I.D. of 3/16" (4.76 mm).

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Which compound planetary gearset is commonly used in six speed transmissions?

A) Simpson gearset B) Lapelletier gearset C) Ravigneaux gearset D) Simple gearset

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