ENR3001 - Ethics2 Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
What category of accident is an automatic braking system designed to reduce?
a) Procedural accidents
b) Engineering accidents
c) Systemic accidents
d) None of the above - answer✔a) Procedural accidents
Which of the follow does *not* describe a hazard?
a) The probability of bridge breaking under the load of a heavy truck
b) A large unmarked hole in a road
c) An unshielded radioactive source
d) A high voltage terminal that can be touched by a child - answer✔a) The probability of bridge
breaking under the load of a heavy truck
Which of the following decreases the risk of driving?
a) Driving more
b) Wearing a seat belt
c) Using a phone while driving
d) Driving with faulty brakes - answer✔b) Wearing a seat belt
Which of the following best defines risk?
a) The sum of the hazard and the severity of the harm
b) The product of the hazard and the severity of the harm
c) The sum of the probability of harm and the severity of the harm
d) The product of the probability of the harm and the severity of the harm - answer✔d) The
product of the probability of the harm and the severity of the harm
Which of the following best describes how a product can be determined to be safe for the
public to use?
a) Rigorously test the product under a wide variety or operational conditions
b) The product reflects current engineering standards
c) Alternative designs were considered and the current design is the safest
d) The product complies with the law (local, national and international) - answer✔a) Rigorously
test the product under a wide variety or operational conditions
Assume that for a Ford Pinto there is a 1% chance (per year) of having an accident involving a
strong rear
collision, and 1% of those result in a fire, and 1% of the fires result in an occupant death. Then
what is the
probability of death for a Pinto owner who drives the car for one year?
a) 1 per cent
b) 1 in a million
c) 10
d) 1 - answer✔b) 1 in a million
Safety can approximately be defined as:
a) Probability of an adverse event
b) State of being protected from risk
c) Possibility of harm
d) Severity of harm - answer✔b) State of being protected from risk
Which statement proposed below is incorrect?
a) Perceived risk is bigger if the risk is taken involuntarily
b) A risk that is delayed is perceived as smaller
c) A voluntary risk as perceived as a bigger risk
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