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The questions for NPPE were last updated at Mar 10,2025.
- Exam Code: NPPE
- Exam Name: National Professional Practice Examination (NPPE) Exam
- Certification Provider: APEGS
- Latest update: Mar 10,2025
Which of the following actions cannot be taken by the professional association when It considers applications for the registration of applicants in accordance with the association’s Act?
- A . Deny the registration
- B . Approve the registration
- C . Defer approval of the registration
- D . Prevent the applicant from any future registration
Which of the following statements regarding a licensed Canadian professional working outside of Canada Is Incorrect?
- A . A Canadian resident working in a foreign country is generally required to pay Canadian income tax.
- B . Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) legislation typically protects employers for work done outside of Canada.
- C . Where Co no do has ratified an International trade agreement (e.g.. US-Mexico-Canada Agreement), all Canadian provinces and territories are generally bound by the terms of that
agreement. - D . Licensed Canadian professional engineers and geoscienasts working internationally must obtain both the right to work in that country and the right to practice their profession in that country.
In each of the following situations, a licensed professional is Behaving unprofessionally.
In which case would the professional be least likely subject to disciplinary action for negligence?
- A . A professional managing a large construction project frequently took small amounts of money from the project for use in online gambling games.
- B . A professional stamped construction drawings tor a new bridge across a river without thoroughly checking them in order to prevent any further project delays.
- C . A professional working on a building design decided not to use the latest building codes as part of the design because It would cost more money and delay the project.
- D . A professional who recently moved to a new city designed a new stormwater management system based on standards that the professional had previously used, unaware that different standards were used in the new city.
A professional member monitors production at a food plant. While walking the plant at the end of a shift, the member sees a major hydraulic oil leak on the ground outside, near the only conveyor that brings raw product into the plant. There Is a scheduled maintenance outage the next day, and dealing with the Issue right now would hurt production goals, and thus affect the member’s chance of bonuses.
- A . tell the next supervise to deal with It on the next shift
- B . ignore the issue and let the next supervisor find and deal with it
- C . stop production, have the issue Axed, and report the spill if required by provincial law
- D . Inform maintenance Immediately so that they can plan for Its repair on the scheduled outage
During an economic recession, a design consulting firm makes the difficult decision to reduce staff. The manager of the Water Group Is sent a list of staff who will lose their jobs. When a geoscientist in the Mining Group accidentally finds a copy of this list in the photocopier, they notice the name of a friend on the list. The geosdentist decides to say nothing to their friend. Later, when the staff reductions ore announced, their friend loses their job.
Which of the following actions can the geoscientist take row to meet their ethical duty to their profession?
- A . Continue working diligently on their projects
- B . Word on their projects and ask for mora money since they are now doing more work
- C . Continue working on their projects, but criticize the company and management for what they did
- D . Make plans to open their own design firm and convince a number of other employees to Join them
For more than 10 years, a licensed professional has been a key employee at DLB Ltd., a small engineering firm that specializes in rotary drill pit technology for the oil and gas sector. Over the years, the professional leads the development of Innovative drill bit designs that significantly Improve DLB Ltd.’s profitability.
Though the work is stimulating, the professional feels overworked, under-appreciated, and underpaid. Recently, the professional is actively courted by Gyre Ltd, an engineering company specializing in tunnel-boring technology m the urban transportation industry.
Which of the following actions least conflicts with the professional’s responsibilities and loyalties to DLB Ltd?
- A . Communicating with colleagues that DLB Ltd. is poorly managed and an abysmal place to work
- B . Duplicating their own personal client list collected over time at DLB Ltd. In order to maintain future customer contacts
- C . Sharing designs with Gyre Ltd. contacts Including detailed drill bit configurations specific to models personally generated while at DLB Ltd.
- D . Discussing with Gyre Ltd. recruiters key technical drivers controlling drill bit efficiencies based on knowledge gained through personal experience at DLB Ltd.
Which of the following statements about environmental stewardship is false?
- A . In order for a society to protect and preserve the environment, sustainable development and environmental stewardship plans must Inform decision making.
- B . Ideally, sustainable development should achieve a balance between environmental stewardship, society, and economics.
- C . The economic benefits of environmental stewardship are always easily quantifiable.
- D . The economic benefits of environmental stewardship are not always apparent.
What is the basic purpose of insurance?
- A . To protect the public from personal liability and property damage
- B . To help successful litigants recover legal costs
- C . To leap assets beyond the risk of creditors
- D . To spread and shift risk
All of the following duties are duties of professional engineers and geoscientists to society except the duty to ensure that their work will.
- A . promote the health and safety of the public
- B . achieve maximum benefits for society at large
- C . achieve maximum returns on Investment for their employer
- D . promote the protection of the environment through socially acceptable means
As used by professional regulators in many Canadian Jurisdictions, a basis for conducting practice/assurance reviews on Individuals is to
- A . provide low-cost educational opportunities to licensed professional or professionals-In-training
- B . ensure that the continuing professional development requirements are met by every licensed professional
- C . help non-practicing professionals regain the required technical skill sets after a brief Interruption of employment
- D . meet the provincial/territorial governments’ legal requirements of a continuing education program for licensed professionals