ASET Ethics Examination-ASET Professional Practice Exam (PPE) Sample Questions:

1. A senior executive is reviewing an inaccurate deficiency report for a public building that was compiled by another employee. A regulated member is asked to review and approve the report. The client is pressuring the firm to complete this task, so the executive tells the member to approve the report as it is written. Which of the following is the appropriate next step by the member?

A) Discuss the report with the employee who compiled it, carefully reviewing all the information provided and then revising the sections that need revision.
B) Advise the senior executive that the report will be sufficient for the client's needs for the project.
C) Advise the executive that the member cannot approve the report as it contains inaccurate information about the project's deficiencies and may compromise the project's overall safety.
D) Make slight revisions to the report so that it appears to have a better understanding of the deficiencies of the client's project.

2. A regulated member of ASET works for an organization that collects large amounts of data about its customers. The member is approached by a client with a request to access this information. Which of the following actions should the member take in this situation?

A) Share the information with the client after customer names are removed from the data.
B) Report the client to the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner.
C) Decline the client's request to access the customer information.
D) Share the information with the client after signing a confidentiality agreement.

3. A regulated member of ASET discovers that the organization the member works for is wrongly disposing of toxic substances in a river. Under the ASET Code of Ethics, which of the following is the first step for the member to take in this situation?

A) Decide the situation is not pertinent to the member's job.
B) Report the situation to the appropriate person in the organization.
C) Clean up the toxic substance.
D) Report the situation to the regulator.

4. A consultant recommends that a client purchase goods from a company from which the consultant is paid a secret commission. This would be considered which of the following?

A) A conflict of interest
B) A breach of trade secrets
C) A breach of contract
D) A buyer beware situation

5. Which of the following best describes the role of the ASET Investigative Committee?

A) To review the practice of ASET members.
B) To investigate complaints against ASET members.
C) To mediate complaints against ASET members.
D) To conduct disciplinary hearings in relation to complaints.

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