8/10/2015 Professional Practice Exam | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | University of Waterloo

https://ece.uwaterloo.ca/~dwharder/PPE/ 1/1

Feedback Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty of Engineering Privacy statement

ECE Home

Undergraduate Home

My Home

Professional Practice Exam

The EngineeringProfession

History of Common andStatute Law

Overview of theProfessional Engineers Act

Overview of OntarioRegulation 941

Code of Ethics

Other Code of Ethics

Professional Misconduct

Ethics and Misconduct

Complaints, Discipline,and Enforcement

Contract Law

Tort Law

Significant Cases

Intellectual Property

Part A Questions

Part A Cases

Part B Definitions

Part B Cases

Site Map

Acknowledgments

Professional Practice Exam

Updated for 2010 Changes to the Professional Engineers ActThese web pages have been updated to include both enacted and pending changes due to the Open for Business Act, 2010. Note that some changes will not be in force until

proclaimed by the Lieutenant Governor; for example, the putting into force the end of the industrial exemption has been delayed numerous times.

DisclaimerAll information on this website is provided without any warranty to its correctness. The material on these pages reflects Douglas Wilhelm Harder's best judgment in light of the

information available to him at the time of its preparation. Any use which a third party makes of these pages, on any reliance on or decision to be made based on it, are the

responsibility of such third parties. Douglas W. Harder accepts no responsibility for damages, if any, suffered by any third party as a result of decisions made or actions based on

these pages.

OverviewThe Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario (PEO) Professional Practice Exam is divided into two parts:

Part A: Professional Practice and EthicsPart B: Engineering Law and Professional Liability

Each part is divided into four equally­weighted primary questions worth 25 marks per question and 100 marks per part. Anapplicant has three hours to write both parts and the applicant must score 50 to pass each part of the examination.

The four primary questions of Part A: Professional Practice and Ethics may be classified as:

1. The first primary question is broken into three to five secondary questions which tests knowledge of PEO and specificaspects of the Professional Engineers Act and Ontario Regulation 941 including the types of licences, Certificates ofAuthorization, the seal, the various committees, the Code of Ethics, the definition of misconduct, discipline,enforcement, etc.

2. The remaining three primary questions test the knowledge and understanding of and the application the Code of Ethicsand misconduct by presenting three case studies.

The four primary questions of Part B: Engineering Law and Professional Liability may be classified as:

The first primary question tests eight definitions (you must answer answer five) from engineering law and liabilities withrespect to contracts (legally enforceable agreements) and tort (civil wrongs).The remaining three primary questions test the knowledge and understand of and the application of engineering law bypresenting three case studies.

Failing The ExamIf an applicant fails one part of the examination, that applicant is (apparently) allowed to write the failed part at a futuresitting of the PPE; however, they will have only one­and­a­half hours to write that part of the examination. If an applicantfails both parts, that applicant must write the entire examination again at a future sitting.

Sourses of InformationTextual sources include:

D.L. Marston, Law for Professional Engineers: Canadian and Global Insights, 4th ed., McGraw­Hill Ryerson, Toronto,2008.Judgements of the Supreme Court of Canada from LexUM.S.M. Waddams et al., Cases and Materials on Contracts, 3rd Ed., Emod Montgomery Publications, Ltd., 2005.A.M. Dugdale and K.M. Stanton, Professional Negligence, Butterworths, London, 1982.

Also of note is Hugh Jack's forum Egnineer­on­a­Disk.

Douglas Wilhelm HarderDepartment of Electrical and Computer EngineeringUniversity of Waterloo200 University Avenue WestWaterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1Phone: +1 519 888 4567 extension 37023Fax: +1 519 746 3077

Website maintained by Douglas Wilhelm Harder

Search: ~dwharder ECE Undergrad UW Search

Douglas Wilhelm Harder