Chapter 1 Self Quiz

. What was the problem with the Citicorp building in New York designed by William LeMessurier?

The unusual glass facade of the tower made the tower vulnerable to perpendicular winds.

The unusual glass facade of the tower made the tower vulnerable to quartering winds.

The unusual location of the load-bearing columns made the tower to quartering winds.

The unusual location of the load-bearing columns made the tower vulnerable to perpendicular winds.

. What changes had the builders made to LeMessurier's design?

They moved the load-bearing columns away from corner of building.

They increased the amount of glass in the building.

They changed the number of load-bearing columns.

None of the above

. Upon discovering the danger of a collapse, LeMessurier first

informed the building's owners.

informed the City of New York.

developed a plan to fix the problem.

informed FEMA.

. LeMessurier told the truth about the building's situation to

only those workers fixing the problem.

only the employees working in the building itself.

the media.

None of the above.

. LeMessurier put out a press release about the repairs that, among other things, stated what?

The risk of collapse is quite low.

Only a 55-year hurricane could topple the building.

There is no danger.

None of the above

. LeMessurier's claim in the press release

was an outright lie.

was illegal.

resulted in the loss of his license.

All of the above

. The main lesson of the LeMessurier case is that

the NSPE should be ignored.

one should always do whatever maximizes the consequences in the situation.

the NSPE should be followed to the letter of the law in all situations.

None of the above

. In the United States, the regulations for engineers

come from the NSPE.

are developed by professional organizations.

are mandated at the state level.

None of the above

. All of the following are ways to practice engineering without being licensed except

practice engineering in the United Kingdom, Germany, or Sweden.

obtain an industry exemption.

work for the US government.

None of the above.

. According to legal positivism,

morality and the law cannot be treated as separate domains.

we can infer what should be legal by what is moral.

laws are never morally neutral conventions.

None of the above

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