C) Multiple choice questions and case study multiple choice questions.
How many total marks are there in the exam?
A) 100
How are the marks allocated among each of the sections?
C) Law is out of 40, and Ethics and Practice are both out of 30
What is the passing mark on each section of the exam?
C) 50%
What happens if you fail one section of the exam?
B) You can rewrite just the section or sections of the exam that you failed.
What should you do if you are not sure about the answer to a question?
C) Put down your best, educated guess and leave it.
What reference materials should you bring to the exam?
C) You don’t need any reference materials.
How do you get the results of the exam?
B) The results will be available two weeks after the exam through the OACETT website
What year was OACETT incorporated?
a)1956
b)1962
c)1998
b)1962
What is the OACETT Act?
C) The current provincial legislation under which OACETT operates as a professional organization.
What is the OACETT By-law?
A) The set of rules that govern the day-to-day operations of OACETT as an organization.
Which is a characteristic of a professional organization?
B) It is incorporated.
What is a self-regulating body?
B) An organization that is governed by its members.
What is a restricted title?
A) Only those who are members of the organization with the right to the title, and who meet that organization’s requirements, can use the title.
What are the two designations currently conferred by OACETT?
B) C.E.T. and C.Tech.
Which three sub-organizations all belong to OACETT?
A) Council, IETO, PASB
What is one purpose of the OACETT Chapters?
A) To provide networking opportunities for OACETT members in the same geographic area.
What is the name of OACETT’s professional journal?
C) The Ontario Technologist.
What is IETO’s mandate?
C) To grant membership and registration to persons who meet the standards of the association.
What information is found in the IETO Terms of Reference?
A) The requirements for certification and registration.
Name three committees that comprise IETO.
A) Admissions Committee, Complaints Committee, Discipline Committee
What are the two main categories of membership?
B) Certified Member and Associate Member
What is one requirement for certification as an OACETT member?
A) Be of good character.
What is one criteria for certification as an OACETT member?
B) Demonstrate a minimum of two years of appropriate work experience as an engineering technician or technologist.
How is an appeal of a membership application filed?
C) In writing, with the appropriate fee, and with the evidence upon which the appeal is based.
What is FARPACTA?
a)The federal legislation that requires self-regulating bodies to be transparent about their membership policies.
b)The provincial legislation that requires professional organizations and
trades to have fair and transparent licensing and certification procedures.
c)The provincial legislation designed to help internationally trained professionals get licensed faster.
b)The provincial legislation that requires professional organizations and trades to have fair and transparent licensing and certification procedures.
What is one thing at an OACETT member might be censured for?
C) Professional misconduct as defined in the Rules of Professional Conduct.
What is one possible action of the Complaints Committee when a complaint against a member is received in writing?
A) Direct the matter to the Discipline Committee.
What is public law?
C) Public law deals with the relationship between the individual and the state.
What is private law?
A) Private law deals with the relationship between two or more individuals and is used primarily to settle private disputes.
What are three federal courts in Canada?
B) The Supreme Court of Canada, Courts Martial, Tax Court.
What is a plaintiff?
C) The person who initiates a civil case or sues.
What is meant by settling out of court?
A) In a civil case, the plaintiff and the defendant reach an agreement through facilitated negotiations prior to the judge rendering a decision in the case.
What is one remedy available from a civil law court case?
A) Specific performance or injunction, in other words requiring the defendant to do or not do something.
What is an appeal?
sentence/remedy.
C) A review of a criminal or civil trial at the request of either party in the case in order to obtain a different decision and/or a different sentence/remedy.
What is ADR?
B) Alternate Dispute Resolution.
What is negotiation?
C) An Alternate Dispute Resolution method in which the parties in the dispute work through their issues without having an external party assist in the process or impose a particular resolution.
What is mediation?
A) An Alternate Dispute Resolution method in which parties in a dispute
request a neutral, external person called a mediator to help them come
to a mutually acceptable agreement.
What is tort?
B) A wrongful act that results in injury to another's person, property, or reputation, and for which that person is entitled to some kind of compensation.
What is fault?
B) A person, company or organization is deemed to be responsible for an error or defect of judgment or of conduct.
What is burden of proof?
C) The requirement to prove a case.
What is res ipsa loquitur?
A) The facts speak for themselves, in other words a situation is obvious.
What is one difference between Tort law and Criminal law?
C) Under tort law the action is between two individuals or entities.
Under criminal law the action is between the state and an individual or
entity.
What is one requirement for a successful court action under tort law?
C) It must be proven that the defendant owed the plaintiff a duty of care.
What is a public nuisance?
A) An act or omission that affects the lives, safety or conduct of the public or a section of the public.
What is negligence?
or a Code of Ethics and this results in harm to another party or their property.
A) Negligence occurs when one party acts in a manner that is unreasonable and below expected standards and it results in harm to another party or their property.
What is trespass to land?
A) It involves the unauthorized entry onto a property.
What is one question that is considered by the court when reviewing the required standard of care in a negligence case?
C) How likely was any damage to occur?
What is a contract?
A) An exchange of enforceable promises between two or more parties, usually but not always in writing.
What is one element of a contract?
B) There is mutual agreement, demonstrated by an offer, acceptance and meeting of the minds.
When may consideration not be a legal requirement of a contract?
B) When the contract is sealed.
Why must the sale or disposition of land be evidenced in writing?
A) This is a requirement of the Statute of Frauds.
What is a mutual mistake?
A) A situation in which the parties each made different mistakes with respect to the contract.
What does non est factum mean?
A) It is not my act because my mind did not go with my pen.
What is the Parol Evidence Rule?
B) Contracting parties cannot alter the meaning of their contract through use of contemporaneous oral declarations.
What is one way in which a contract can be discharged?
C) By the contract’s own dissolution.
What is quantum meruit?
B) A method that allows a party to receive compensation or payment for
the work completed on a contract that has been breached by the other
party.
What is a tendering process?
B) A transparent and systematic way for organizations to reach an agreement with a contractor for the completion of work.
What is sole proprietorship?
C) A business with a single owner that does not operate as a separate legal identity.
What is a partnership?
B) A business with two or more owners that does not operate as a separate legal entity.
What is a corporation?
B) A separate and distinct legal entity from its owners.
What is an advantage of a sole proprietorship?
C) It is fast and easy to set up.
What is an advantage of a partnership?
B) The partners have access to more financing than in a sole proprietorship.
What is a limited partnership?
C) A partnership in which partners have different levels of liability.
What is one characteristic included in the legal definition of a partnership under the Partnership Act?
A) It is in common, in other words all partners are involved in the business.
What is an advantage of a corporation?
C) The owners are not personally liable for the debts of the business.
What is a private corporation?
A) One whose shares are not available for purchase by the general public.
What are Articles of Incorporation?
C) A legal document forming the corporation that is registered with a provincial or the federal government.
What is the Employment Standards Act?
A) Legislation that sets out the rights, responsibilities and obligations
that employees and employers have within a workplace setting.
What is the Labour Relations Act?
C) An Act that governs the relationship between unions and employers.
What is the purpose of the Ontario Human Rights Code?
B) To ensure that all Ontarians have equal rights and opportunities without discrimination in key areas of daily life.
What is the purpose of the Human Rights Tribunal?
C) It hears human rights cases and makes decisions about those cases.
What is one purpose of the Occupation Health and Safety Act?
C) To outline the duties and responsibilities of employers and employees for health and safety.
What is the purpose of Bill 168: Amendment to the Occupation Health and Safety Act Workplace Violence?
a)To bring attention to the possibility of workplace violence.
b)To define workplace violence and specified worker rights and responsibilities with respect to workplace violence and workplace
harassment.
c)To assist employees in identifying workplace violence.
b)To define workplace violence and specified worker rights and responsibilities with respect to workplace violence and workplace harassment.
What does copyright apply to?
A) To all original work that is represented in some fixed material form.
What type of law is the use of company confidential information covered under?
A) Contract law.
What is the most important criteria when determining whether an employee’s actions are legally considered to be whistleblowing?
C) The employee’s actions must be driven by professional ethics.
What is one possible company approach to the environment with respect to engineering work?
A) A cost-oriented approach in which the company adheres to the environmental regulations as a cost of doing business and nothing more.
What are ethics?
A) Beliefs of a society or a group as to what is right and wrong within the context of that society or group.
What are morals?
C) Beliefs about what is right and wrong that are internally determined.
What is justice?
C) The concept of what is fair and equitable.
What are conceptual statements?
A) Statements about the meaning of a term or the scope or boundary of a term when it is being defined.
What is an ethical theory?
A) A theory which systematically links our ethical beliefs to one another by means of a set of coherent principles.
What is utilitarianism?
B) An ethical theory that states the best solution to an ethical problem is the one that produces the greatest total amount of human well-being.
What is duty-based ethics?
A) An ethical theory that states that every individual has a fundamental duty to act ethically in every situation.
What is virtues-based ethics?
C) An ethical theory which states that the qualities that make something or someone good vary from situation to situation.
What is a Code of Ethics?
B) A set of rules determined by a professional association by which members conduct their professional lives.
What are three parties that OACETT members owe a duty to under the OACETT Code of Ethics?
A) The profession, society, employers
What is one similarity between solving an engineering problem and solving an ethical problem?
A) They both require breaking out of the usual ways of thinking or paradigms in order to solve the problem.
What is one difference between solving an engineering problem and solving an ethical problem?
B) Engineering problems require engineering and technical information while ethical problems require an understanding of ethical principles.
What are two goals for engineering technicians and technologists to study ethics?
B) To be able recognize ethical issues and to develop ethical analytical skills.
What are two types of ethical problems in engineering?
B) Violations of laws and standards, and unsuccessful attempts at problem remedies.
What is a relevance problem?
A) A problem in which there is uncertainty as to whether a particular ethical principle applies to the situation being analyzed.
What is a conflict problem?
B) A problem in which two or more ethical principles seem to apply to a particular situation, however they also seem to be suggesting opposing or incompatible actions.
What is one possible resolution for a conflict problem?
A) Find a creative solution in the middle ground between the two conflicting principles.
What does EGAD stand for?
B) Identify ethical problem, generate options, analyze options, make a decision.
What are two other resources that engineering technicians and technologists have available to them to solve ethical problems?
A) The OACTT Code of Ethics, and their professional peers who have experienced similar situations in the past.
What is one reason analyzing ethics case studies is a useful exercise for engineering technicians and technologists?
A) Case study analysis is a useful way to sharpen ethical decision making skills.
What is professional practice?
C) The act of behaving appropriately in a workplace context so as to bring prestige and respect to the profession and to ensure public
safety.
What is professional misconduct?
A) Any behaviour that is not appropriate for those who are responsible, through the practice of their profession, for the health and welfare of the public.
What are the OACETT Rules of Professional Conduct?
A) Rules that define professional misconduct for engineering technicians and technologists.
What is the role of the IETO Discipline Committee with respect to professional practice?
a)To inform OACETT members when they have not behaved professionally and to request that the behaviour change.
b)To help OACETT members behave professionally and understand the guidelines
for professional behavior as technicians and technologists.
c)To respond to complaints about the behaviour of OACETT members and decide whether professional misconduct has occurred.
c)To respond to complaints about the behaviour of OACETT members and decide whether professional misconduct has occurred.
What are the three possible consequences of professional liability?
A) Discipline proceedings, criminal sanctions and civil (tort) action.
Who are the four stakeholders in professional liability insurance?
A) The professional, the profession, the employer or client, and the general public.
What is a situation in which OACETT Professional Liability Insurance covers its subscriber?
B) An OACETT member is employed in industry or government.
Why is it important for an OACETT member to maintain professional competence?
C) It is required by the Code of Ethics.
What is the self-compliance model of maintaining professional competence?
A) It gives professionals the personal responsibility for ensuring they are professionally competent.
What is one benefit of volunteering in terms of an OACETT member’s professional practice?
C) It provides OACETT members with added opportunities to network and learn from others in the field.
ACRONYM – APEO
Association of Professional
Engineers of Ontario (APEO)
ACRONYM – IETO
The Institute of Engineering Technology of Ontario (IETO)
NOTE: Board responsible for certification of OACETT Members
through setting cert standards, evaluating applications, admin of certification
components including PPE and disciplining members.
ACRONYM – OAB
The OACETT Administration Board (OAB)
NOTE: OAB acts on behalf of Counsil between regular council mtgs, manages the org’s finances, provides direction to the CEO and acts upon matters referred to it by counsil as req’d.
ACRONYM – PASB
The Professional Affairs and Services Board (PASB)
NOTE: PASB implements
policies with respect to member services provided by OACETT and works fot
promote the professional recognition of OACETT members with employers and
within the engineering community as a whole.
ACRONYM – TPC
Technology Professionals Canada (TPC)
NOTE: National
Councils and Societies – founded in 2010.
ACRONYM – EGAD (Use of EGAD Method for ethics case studies:)
Answer
E – Identify the Ethical
problem
G – Generate
new courses of action
A – Analyze
the possible course of action provided
D – Make a Decision
OACETT was formed under the APEO in:
B) 1961
The original OACETT Act became law in Ontario in:
C) 1984
The OACETT Act is:
A) Ontario Statute Law
List Nine (9) characteristics of a professional organization
or association.
1. It is incorporated.
2. has a clear administrative structure (Councils, by-law
and regulation capability).
3. has clear objects (similar to those for business
organizations).
4. has amandatory registry for members.
5. Sets and maintains standards of registration.
6. Sets and maintains ethical and professional standards.
7. Disciplines members if and when required.
8. has the legal right to designations and restriction on
use by others.
9. has the right of licensure
(in some instances) or limited licensure (in other instances).
List Eight (8) objects or objectives of OACETT as written in
the OACETT Act
1. To establish,maintain and conduct an institute or
association within Ontario for techs, eng techs, applied science technologists
and eng technologists for the purpose of grantingmembership and registration to
personswho meet the standards of theAssociation.
2. To maintain discipline among its members.
3. To assist members in advancing their status,
recognition and welfare and in increasing their knowledge, skill and proficiency.
4. To establish and maintain consistent registration
requirements for technicians, engineering technicians, applied science
technologists, engineering technologists and other classes of members.
5. To establish, promoteandenforce highethical and professional
standards of conduct for members.
6. To accept donations, gifts, legacies andbequests for
the use in promoting its objectives and carrying on itswork.
7. To carry on benevolent work in connectionwith the
families of dead, retired or incapacitated members who are in need.
8. To cooperate with other organizations with objects that are in whole or inpart, the same or similar to its objects.
What is the purpose of the OACETT By-law?
The OACETT By-law is OACETT’s set of internal rules that operationalize the OACETT Act, or
put it into practice.
List the parts of the overall structure of OACETT.
1. Members
2. Council (Board of Directors)
3. OAB (The OACETT Administration Board)
4. IETO (The Institute of Engineering Technology of Ontario)
5. PASB (The Professional Affairs and Services Board)
6. OACETT Regional Councils
7. Chapters
How many different designations can currently be conferred by OACETTon its members upon
registration?
Two (2): C.E.T and C.Tech.
Persons who are registered by OACETT as Certified EngineeringTechnologists
have a restrictive right under the OACETT Act to use thedesignation C.E.T. This
means that:
a) no other persons can call themselves technologists in Ontario.
b) no other persons can use the abbreviation C.E.T. after
their name.
c) no other persons can work as technologists in Ontario.
d) b and c above.
b) no other persons can use the abbreviation C.E.T. after their name.
When can a member start using the designation?
A member can begin to use the designation when they have completed all certification requirements and have been advised they may do so by the Registrar.
What national association does OACETT belong to?
Technology Professionals Canada (TPC)
What is the name of OACETT’s professional journal?
The Ontario Technologist
Describe the design of the Engineering Technology Ring and
the meaning behind the design.
Design consists of a continuous pattern of five raised gears followed by a blank segment in which a raised Canadian maple leaf appears.
What does the five gears on the Engineering Technology Ring Sybolize?
The five gears symbolize the integration of the engineering/applied science team which is made up of:
1. tradesperson
2. technician
3. technologist
4. engineer
5. scientist/researcher.
What is Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning (x6)
1. Knowledge
2. Comprehesion
3. Application
4. Analysis
5. Synthesis
6. Evaluation
OACETT – Timeline of Key Events – 1962?
OACETT becomes incorporated
OACETT –Timeline of Key Events – 1965?
OACETT adopts Code of Ethics
OACETT – Timeline of Key Events – 1984?
Initial OACETT Act receives Royal Assent
OACETT – Timeline of Key Events – 1998?
Revised OACETT Act is passed (Bill Pr25)
OACETT – Timeline of Key Events – 1999?
IETO is established
List six (6) sets of documents that are used to govern OACETT.
1. The OACETT Act
2. The Corporations Act
3. OACETT By-law
4. OACETT Policies
5. Rules of OACETT’s Boards
6. Administrative guidelines
What is IETO’s mandate?
IETO is charged with managing the member registration process. This includes all functions dealing with professional qualifications, certification, admissions, discipline, standards, examinations, program evaluation, education, education delivery and training.
What information is found in the IETO Terms of Reference?
1. The purpose of IETO, the structure of the IETO board, the structure of IETO as an organization, how Board meetings are to be run and reported on.
2. Titles, classes and designations of members, including the requirements for certification and registration, the appeals process, member conduct and a corresponding complaints and discipline procedure, and membership reinstatement.
3. Fees for membership, examinations and appeals.
Name the Five (5) committees that comprise IETO.
1. executive,
2. finance,
3. complaints,
4. discipline,
5. admissions committees.
What are the two main categories of membership?
Certified Members and Associate Members
What are three additional membership categories administered by IETO?
1. Fellow OACETT Members,
2. Life Members,
3. Non-Resident Members
Which membership category is not administered by IETO?
Honorary Member
What are the four requirements for certification as an OACETTmember?
1. Be of good character.
2. Be not less than eighteen years of age.
3. Be ordinarily a resident of or employed in the Province of Ontario.
4. Meet the criteria established in the by-laws of OACETT and in the IETO rules.
What are the four criteria for certification as an OACETT member?
The four criteria for certification are:
1. Academic Credentials
2. Professional Experience: two years work experience
3. Professional References
4. Professional Practice Exam
What is PLAR?
Prior LearningAssessment Recognition (PLAR).
NOTE: Applicants who do not have full formal academic qualifications, but have significant experience greater than 10 years, and who
may be able to demonstrate that they have achieved a standard of technical competence comparable to that of their peers, a Prior Learning Assessment Recognition process is available tomeet someor all of the certification criteria.
Briefly describe the appeals process for certification for applicants who are not initially successful in becoming a Certified Member.
1. An appeal must be filed within thirty days of the notice of unsuccessful certification.
2. The appeal must be filed in writing and be accompanied by the appropriate fee.
3. The appeal should include the evidence upon which the appeal is based.
4. The appeal will be heard by the IETO Board within ninety days after the appeal was received. The applicant appealing will receive two weeks’ notice of the date, time and location of the appeal hearing.
5. After the hearing the IETO Board will determine the outcome of the appeal through a majority vote.
What is FARPACTA?
Fair Access to Regulated Professions and Compulsory Trades Act (FARPACTA),
NOTE:
Act put into place in 2006 to ensure that the
licensing/certification process for these professions is transparent and fair and toe nsure that everyone qualified, particularly those trained outside of Ontario, can get a licence to practice or certification in one of the professions governed by FARPACTA and not be prevented to do so by unnecessary obstacles. It was felt that by legislating more easily accessible licensing processes the skills and experience of internationally trained professionals could be better used to benefit the economy and society of Ontario.
What is the role of the Office of the Fairness Commissioner (OFC)?
1. implementation of FARPACTA, overseeing the professional licensing process of regulatory bodies and compulsory trades in Ontario.
2. ensures that the licensing process in these professions is transparent, objective, impartial and fair.
3. Regulatory bodies are accountable to the Office of the Fairness Commissioner for the functioning of their licensing processes.
What is the purpose of the professional member identification stamp?
The stamp establishes:
1. the member’s identity
2. responsibility for the work bearing the stamp.
What three things might members be censured for?
1. Professional misconduct as defined in the Rules of Professional Conduct.
2. Incompetence as anengineering technician or technologist.
3. A breach of ethics as defined in the Code of Ethics.
What are the possible actions of the Complaints Committee when a complaint against a member is received in writing?
1. Direct the matter to the Discipline Committee.
2. Direct the Registrar to provide advice to the member complained against.
3. Issue a caution or admonishment to the member being complained against.
4. Take any appropriate action that is consistent with the Act or the By-law.
5. Do nothing.
What are the possible actions of the Discipline Committee when a member is found to be guilty of professional misconduct or incompetent?
Direct the Registrar to take any of the following actions:
1. Revoke membership.
2. Suspend membership.
3. Impose specified terms, conditions or limitations on the member’s certification and membership.
Discipline Committee may also:
1. Reprimand, admonish or counsel the member.
2. Have the findings and order published in The Ontario Technologist.
3. Determine a fine to be paid by the member.
How can members resign their membership?
1. Members of OACETT may resign their membership by submitting their resignation in writing to the Registrar.
2. By not paying their membership dues within six months of the invoice being issued.
3. Associate Members who have not become Certified Members within the timeframe given to them by IETO will be considered to have resigned their membership.