Answer the following questions true or false please T F 1. Engineers may perform services outside of their areas of competence as long asthey inform their employer or client of this fact.TF 2. Engineers may issue subjective and partial statements if such statements are inwriting and consistent with the best interests of their employer, client or thepublic.Engineers shall act for each employer or client as faithful agents or trustees.Engineers may not be required to follow the provisions of state or federal lawwhen such actions could endanger or compromise their employer or their client'sinterests.T F 3.TF 4.T F 5. Engineers shall not solicit but may accept financial or other valuableconsideration, directly or indirectly, from outside agents in connection with thework for which they are responsible, if such compensation is fully disclosed.T F 6. Engineers shall not solicit or accept a contract from a governmental body onwhich a principal or officer of their organization serves as a member.T F 7. If engineers' judgment is overruled under circumstances that endanger life orproperty, they shall notify their employer or client and such other authority asmay be appropriate.T F 8. Engineers shall not permit the use of their name or associate in businessventures with any person or firm that they believe is engaged in fraudulent ordishonest enterprise, unless such enterprise or activity is deemed consistent withapplicable state or federal law.T F 9. Engineers shall not accept compensation, financial or otherwise, from more thanone party for services on the same project, or for services pertaining to the sameproject, unless the circumstances are fully disclosed and agreed to by allinterested parties.

The competence for engineers is expressed as the skill, knowledge or the qualification that they…

1. Engineers may perform services outside of their areas of competence as long as they inform their employer or client of this fact. 2. Engineers may issue subjective and partial statements if such statements are in writing and consistent with the best interests of their employer, client or the public. 3. Engineers shall act for each employer or client as faithful agents or trustees.

1. Engineers may perform services outside of their areas of competence as long as they inform their employer or client of this fact. 2. Engineers may issue subjective and partial statements if such statements are in writing and consistent with the best interests of their employer, client or the public. 3. Engineers shall act for each employer or client as faithful agents or trustees.

Structural Analysis

6th Edition

ISBN:9781337630931

Author:KASSIMALI, Aslam.

Publisher:KASSIMALI, Aslam.

Chapter2: Loads On Structures

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