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West Virginia State Board of Engineers Rules, Laws and Ethics


Quiz Questions

1.

Any person who practices or offers to practice engineering in the State of West Virginia without being registered in accordance with the provisions of this article, or any person, firm, partnership, organization, association, corporation or other entity using or employing the words engineer, engineeringor any modification or derivative thereof in its name or form of business activity except as authorized in this article, or any person presenting or attempting to use the certificate of registration or the seal of another, or any person who gives any false or forged evidence of any kind to the board or to any member thereof in obtaining or attempting to obtain a certificate of registration, or any person who falsely impersonates any other registrant of like or different name, or any person who attempts to use an expired, suspended or revoked or nonexistentcertificate of registration, or who practices or offers to practice when not qualified, or any person who falsely claims that he or she is registered or authorized under this article, or any person who violates any of the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail not more than six months, or both fined and imprisoned.

True
False
2.

Any person who commits a second or subsequent offense under this section is guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction thereof,

Shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than ten nor more than twenty years.
Shall be fined $500.
3.

Classifications of Registration. The Board shall register or certify a qualified applicant under one of the following classifications, of which only a professional engineer is qualified to practice or offer to practice engineering in West Virginia:

  1. Professional Engineer;
  2. Engineer Intern; or
  3. Professional Engineer-Retired.
True
False
4.

When an applicant is granted registration he or she shall obtain an official seal of the size and design prescribed by the Board. Which one of the following the seal shall contain?

  1. The words "State of West Virginia";
  2. The registrant’s name;
  3. The registrant’s registration number; and
  4. The words "Registered Professional Engineer."
  5. The seal may be a rubber stamp, electronic or one that embosses.
  6. The seal shall not reference any engineering branch/discipline. The following is a sample of the suggested format:

West Virginia Rules, laws and ethics

a, b, c
a, d, e
All of the above
5. A registrant’s seal and signature and the date shall appear on the first or title page of all final and/or record documents of specifications, reports, drawings, plans, design information and calculations presented to a client or any public or government agency to certify that the work was done by the registrant or under the control of the registrant.
True
False
6. The registrant signing and sealing the first or title page of documents ____________ the firm’s PE in responsible charge as designated on the firm’s COA application or the project engineer.
Shall be
Does not have to be
7.

Revisions shall be numbered, dated, initialed, and sealed by the registrant responsible for the revision.

Registrant responsible for the revision
By a PE engineer in the company
8.

Each registrant _________ responsible for the use of his or her seal.

Is solely
Is not
9. When a registrant examines and verifies the engineering work of another, the registrant __________________________ design, which includes possession of the sealed and signed reproducible construction drawings with complete signed and sealed design calculations indicating all changes in design.
Must take complete dominion and control of the
Is not responsible for the
10.

As a condition of registration renewal, every registrant shall show evidence that he or she obtained thirty _____________________ (PDH’s) during the previous two years.

30 professional development hours
20 professional development hours