Section 5: Professional Law

Question 1

Assay

Answer 1

measure the properties of something

Question 2

Provisional license

Answer 2

for applicants that meet all the licensee requirements but do not have the year of Canadian experience. allows the individual to practice under supervision of a licensed professional

Question 3

Temporary license to practice

Answer 3

granted to out of province professionals if the duration of the project is temporary. the following is required:
- qualified
- knowledgable
- collaborating

Question 4

Misuse of title

Answer 4

leading the public to believe one is an engineer or geoscientist without being licensed to do so

Question 5

Discipline vs. enforcement

Answer 5

Enforcement is for non-members as the Association is enforcing the Act (prosecuting persons that practice without a license, use a professional title, seal or stamp, etc). Discipline is applied to licensed members (prosecuting members who are guilty of professional misconduct, negligence, incompetence, corruption, conviction, etc).

Question 6

T or F: a graduate engineer can label oneself as a Professional Engineer or Engineer in Training

Answer 6

False - not until they are registered with their Association

Question 7

Association vs. Society

Answer 7

Association regulates professional behaviour, society disseminates engineering information

Question 8

Who can file a construction, builders’, and mechanics’ lien?

Answer 8

Anyone who makes improvement to the property

Question 9

Postal acceptance rule

Answer 9

A contract law principle that states that a contract is formed when an acceptance is posted, not when the offeror receives it.