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Engineering ethics

Asked 3 times in ESE, peaking in 2024.
3
PYQs
1
Exams
1
Years active
2024–2024
Span
2024
Peak
3/3
Answers
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Key insights

  • Most tested in ESE — 3 of 3 PYQs
  • Most asked in 2024
  • Recurs across 1 years (2024–2024)

Across exams

ESE · 3

How the concept evolved

324
Rising — more than half its appearances (3 of 3) are since 2016.

Sample questions

You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
ESE2024
The first of the Fundamental Canons of the code of the National Society of Professional Engineers says that engineers shall hold
  1. A paramount the safety, health, and welfare of the public ✓
  2. B devotion to clients as the first responsibility
  3. C devotion to his employer
  4. D devotion to the public
✓ Correct answer: (A)
Engineering › Engineering Mathematics & General
ESE2024
A very compassionate man, Engineer Bernard Amadei in 2001 was profoundly affected by the poor living conditions in underdeveloped countries, such as the absence of clean water. He founded EWB-USA in 2001 for improving the living condition of the poor. Engineering students in EWB are responsible for many projects throughout the world that have enhanced human well-being. What is the full form of the term EWB?
  1. A Economically Water Boys
  2. B Engineers Well to do Boys
  3. C Engineers Without Borders ✓
  4. D Engineers Water Boys
✓ Correct answer: (C)
Engineering › Engineering Mathematics & General
ESE2024
Which of the following tests are suggested by Philosopher Michael Davis that rely on our commonsense morality, but also reflect some of the concepts in moral theories or approaches?
  1. A Harm Test, Publicity Test, Defensibility Test, Reversibility Test, Virtue Test, Professional Test, Colleague Test and Organization Test ✓
  2. B Defensibility Test, Reversibility Test, Virtue Test, Professional Test, Colleague Test, Heat Test, Organism Test and Purity Test
  3. C Purity Test, Defensibility Test, Reversibility Test, Professional Test, Colleague Test, Heat Test Organism and Virtue Test
  4. D Defensibility Test, Heat Test, Principal Test, Reversibility Test, Virtue Test, Professional Test, Organism Test and Colleague Test
✓ Correct answer: (A)
Engineering › Engineering Mathematics & General

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