ME LAWS REDO (45-98)

Which of the following is an action, willful or unwillful, taken without proper care or consideration for safety, resulting in damages to property or injury to persons.

Negligence

Which of the following is an oath or a the statement often religious in nature taken or assented to by individual in ceremonies?

Creed

Which of the following is a system of non-statutory, non-mandatory canons of personal conduct?

Code

Which of the following is a fundamental belief that usually encompasses several rules?

Canon

Which of the following is the easiest form of ownership?

sole proprietorship

Which of the following is the total cost incurred by an engineer (e.g. labor, material, travel & etc.)?

Cost Plus Fixed Fee

What is the civil wrong committed by one person causing damage to another person or person's property, emotional well-being or reputation?

Tort

What is the specific sum for each day spent by an engineer (e.g. travel, production & etc)?

per diem fee

What is the minimum amount paid by the client, usually total and in advance, for a normal amount of work expected during an agreed-upon period?

retainer fee

Which of the following is a predetermined fee agreed upon by client usually for small projects where the scope of work is clearly defined?

Lump-sum Fee

Which of the following is a guide for conduct and action in a certain situation?

Rule

Violation of the Republic Act 8495 upon conviction be penalized by a fine of:

not less than fifty thousand

Which of the following is Article 3 of the Republic Act 8495?

Examination, Registration and License

Which of the following is Article 3, Sec 17 of RA 8495?

Scope of Examination

Which of the following is Article 3, Sec 15 of RA 8495?

Qualifications of Applicants for Mechanical Engineer

How many articles are there in Republic Act 8495?

5

How many sections are there in Republic Act 8495?

48

What term is used for Automatic Registration of Practicing Mechanical Engineers?

Vested Rights

How many days does R.A. 8495 took effect following its publication in the Official Gazzete or a major daily newspaper of general circulation?

15 days

In the transitory provision, Mechanical Plant Engineers possessing valid certificates or registration issued under Commonwealth Act No.

294

Who was the president of the Republic that approved R.A. 8495?

Fidel V. Ramos

The personnel required in Mechanical plant over 2000 kW; one professional mechanical engineer provided that every mechanical work, project or plant in this category operating in more than one shift every how many hours?

24 hours

Under the penalty provision of R.A. 8495, violations of such provision upon conviction be penalized by a fine of not less than fifty thousand pesos (P 50,000.00) not more than:

P 200,000.00

Which of the following sections of Republic Act 8495 deals on Foreign Reciprocity of the Foreign Mechanical Engineers?

Sec 39

Which of the following Articles of the Republic Act 8495 deals on the Penalties and Concluding Provisions?

Article V

Which of the following Articles of Republic Act 8495 that deals on the provision of the practice of the Mechanical Engineering profession?

Article IV

Which of the following sections in R.A. 8495 that deals on the Grounds for Suspension and Revocation of Mechanical Engineering Licenses?

Sec 27

Which of the following sections in R.A. 8495 deals on the Oath taking of the successful examinees?

Sec 21

What section in R.A. 8495 deals on the Scope of Examinations for PME, RME and CPM?

Sec 17

Which of the following sections in R.A. 8495 is the creation of Board of Mechanical Engineering?

Sec 4

Which of the following sections in R.A. 8495 is the Statement of Policy?

Sec 2

Which of the following is a juridical relation whereby a person may demand from another, the observance of a determinate conduct and in case of breach may demand the satisfaction from the assets of the latter.

Obligation

It is the meeting of minds between two persons whereby one binds himself with respect to the other to give something or to render some service.

Contract

Which of the following is the transfer to a third person of all the rights appertaining to the creditor, including the right to proceed against guarantors, or possessors of mortgages subject to any legal provision or any modification that may be agreed upon.

Subrogation

Which of the following can be a ground for liability which may entitle the injured party to claim for damages?

All of these

Which of the following is an intentional evasion for the fulfillment of an obligation.

Fraud

Which of the following is the failure to perform an obligation on time except when it is caused by a fortuitous event.

Delay

What is obtained by the inventor or discoverer of any new and useful process, machine, manufacturer or composition of matter, or new and useful improvement?

Patent

What refers to a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it in such full, clear, concise and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor of carrying out his invention?

Specification

What limits the unauthorized used rights obtained for books, periodicals, dramatic compositions, musical compositions, works of art, etc.?

Copyright

What refers to any word, name, symbol or device or any combination thereof adopted and used by a manufacturer or merchant to identify his goods and distinguish them from those manufactured or sold by others?

Trademark

A trademark registration is issued for a period of how many years?

20 years

What is otherwise known as "PRC Modernization Law"?

R.A. 8981

Under the "PRC Modernization Law", licenses of professionals:

are considered lifetime licenses and need not be renewed

What law created the Professional Regulations Commission?

P.D. 223

When is the effectivity of the presidential decree creating the Professional Regulations Commission?

June 22, 1973

What does APO means?

Accredited Professional Organization

What is the PRC's APO for the Mechanical Engineering?

PSME

What is the PSME's PRC accreditation number?

004

Which of the following is a gratuitous abandonment by the creditor of his right.

Condonation

What term is used in the substitution or alternation of an obligation that cancels or modifies the one preceding it?

Novation

Which of the following contract elements are presumed to exist.

Natural Elements

What method of novation caused by the replacement of the old debtor by a new debtor, and which replacement has been agreed to by the debtor creditor to accept a third person to take his place as debtor.

Delegation

What method of novation when a third person of his own accord and even without the knowledge of the original debtor assumes the obligation with the consent of the creditor?

Expromision