Name: ________________________ EE LAWS, CONTRACTS, AND ETHICS
First Quiz
Provide the appropriate information.
1. (a) "Practice of electrical engineering" a person is deemed to be in the practice of electrical engineering when he renders or offers to render
professional electrical engineering service in the form of: (enumerate,7)
(1) Consultation, investigation, valuation and management of services
requiring electrical engineering knowledge;
(2) Design and preparation of plans, specifications and estimates for
electric power systems, power plants, power distribution systems including
power transformers, transmission lines and network protection,
switchgear, building wiring electrical machines, equipment and others;
(3) Supervision of erection, installation, testing and commissioning of
power plants, substations, transmission lines, industrial plants and others;
(4) Supervision of operation and maintenance of electrical equipment in
power plants, industrial plants, watercrafts, electric locomotives and
others;
(5) Supervision of the manufacture and repair of electrical equipment
including switchboards, transformers, generators, motors, apparatus and
others;
(6) Teaching of electrical engineering professional subjects; and
(7) Taking charge of the sale and distribution of electrical equipment and
systems requiring engineering calculations or applications of engineering
data.
2. "________" is any building, room or separate place which houses or encloses electric supply equipment connected to transmission or distribution
lines and the interior of which is accessible, as a rule, only to properly qualified persons.
Substation
3. "________" refers to the power plant mounted on wheels as used in the railroad transportation industry.
Electric locomotive
4. Give the composition of the Board.
A chairman and two (2) members
5. One of the powers and duties of the board is to issue __________, to secure the attendance of respondents or witnesses or the production of
documents at and relative to the investigation conducted by the Board;
subpoena or subpoena duces tecum
6. One of the powers and duties of the board render decision, order or resolution on preliminary investigation or inquiry, on undocketed cases and on
docketed administrative cases against examinees or registrants which shall become final and executory unless appealed with the Commission within
_________ days from receipt of the copy thereof.
within fifteen (15) days
7. Qualifications of Board Members. - Each Board member must, at the time of his appointment:
(a) Be a natural born Filipino citizen and a resident of the Philippines for at ________ consecutive years;
atleast five (5) consecutive years
8. Qualifications of Board Members. - Each Board member must, at the time of his appointment: Have practiced electrical engineering for a period of
not less than _________ years prior to his appointment, with a sworn statement as such;
not less than ten (10) years
9. Compensation of Chairman and the Board Members. - The chairman and members of the Board shall receive a monthly compensation of no less than
____________.
no less thantwelve thousand pesos (P12,000.00)
10. The ___________ shall be the executive officer of the Board and shall conduct the examination given by the Board and shall designate any
subordinate officer of the Commission to act as secretary and custodian of all records including all examination papers and minutes of the
deliberations of the Board.
Commissioner
11. Examination Fees. - All applicants for oral examinations for professional electrical engineer and written examinations for registered electrical
engineer and registered master electrician shall be subject to payment of fees prescribed by the Commission: Provided, That ________ of the fees is
to be treated as a special fund for the programs, projects and activities of the Commission and the remaining _________ shall be set aside as a trust
fund for the establishment and maintenance of the center for continuing education and research.
ninety percent (90%); ten percent (10%)
12. Give atleast three (3) conditions as stated in Sec. 14. Exemption from Examination and Registration.
(i) That the abovementioned foreign professionals are legally qualified to practice their profession in their own country in which the requirements
and qualifications for obtaining a license or certificate of registration are not lower than those specified in this Act;
(ii) That the scope of work to be performed by said foreign professionals shall be limited only to the particular work for which they were contracted;
(iii) That prior to commencing work, the foreign professional shall secure a special permit from the Commission;
(iv) That said foreign professional shall not engage in private practice on their own account;
(v) That for every foreign professional contracted pursuant to this section, one Filipino understudy who is registered under the provisions of this Act
shall be employed by the private firm utilizing the services of such foreign professional for at least the duration of the alien expert's tenure with said
firm; and
(vi) That the exemption herein granted shall be good only for six(6) months, renewable for another six (6) months at the discretion of the Board:
Provided, That in case the foreign professional ceases to be employed in accordance with this section and engages in an occupation requiring
registration as electrical engineer such professional must be registered under the provisions of this Act.
13. No registration with the Board shall be required Persons in charge of or supervising the operation, tending and maintenance of an electric generating
set for private use employing voltages not exceeding __________ and capacity not exceeding fifty kilovolt amperes (50 kva).
two hundred fifty volts (250 V)
14. To qualified applicants for examination, notice of admission shall be issued not later than ________ days prior to the first day of examination.
ten (10) days
15. State the Qualifications of Applicants for Registered Electrical Engineer Examination.
(a) He is a citizen of the Philippines;
(b) He is atleast twenty-one (21) of age.
(c) He is of good reputation with high moral values;
(d) He has not been finally convicted by the court of an offense involving moral turpitude;
(e) He is a holder of the degree of Bachelor of Science in Electric Engineering (BSEE) from a university, school, college, academy or institute duly
constituted, recognized and accredited by the Philippine
government;
16. Scope of Examination. - As a prerequisite for registration as professional electrical engineer, registered electrical engineer and registered master
electrician, the applicant shall comply with the following requirements:
(a) Professional electrical engineer:
(a) He is a citizen of the Philippines;
(b) He is of good reputation with high moral values;
(c) He has not been finally convicted by the court of an offense involving moral turpitude;
(d) He is a holder of the degree of Bachelor of Science in Electric Engineering (BSEE) from a university, school, college, academy or
institute duly constituted, recognized and accredited by the Philippine government; and
(e) He is a registered electrical engineer with valid certificate of registration and professional license and with four (4) years or more of
active practice reckoned from the date of his registration as a registered electrical engineer.
17. Registered electrical engineer:
The applicant shall pass a written examination on different subjects or group of subjects as follows:
(1) Mathematics, such as: algebra, trigonometry, analytic geometry, differential calculus, integral calculus, differential equations, complex numbers,
probability and statistics, advanced engineering mathematics including matrices, power series, Fourier analysis, Laplace transforms,
and others. The weight is ____________.
twenty-five percent (25%)
(2) Engineering sciences and allied subjects, such as general chemistry, college physics, computer fundamentals and programming, engineering
materials, engineering mechanics, fluid mechanics, strength of materials, thermodynamics, electrical engineering law, engineering economics,
engineering management, contracts and specifications, code of professional ethics, Philippine Electrical Code, Parts 1 and 2 and others. The weight is
________.
thirty percent (30%)
(3) Electrical engineering professional subjects, such as: electrical circuits, electronic theory and circuits energy conversion, power transmission and
distribution, instrumentation and measurement, circuit and line protection, control systems, principles of communication, electrical machines,
electrical equipment, components and devices, electric systems, power plant, electronic power equipment, illumination, building wiring and others.
The weight is ________.
forty-five percent (45%)
18. The passing general weighted average rating shall be _______ with no grade below _________ in any group of subjects for registered electrical
engineer.
seventy percent (70%); fifty percent (50%);
19. Registered master electrician:
The relative weights shall be _______ percent for technical subjects and _______ percent for Philippine Electrical Code. The passing general average
rating shall be ______ percent with no grade below _____ percent in any subject.
fifty percent (50%); fifty percent (50%); seventy percent (70%); fifty percent (50%)
20. The New Electrical Engineering Law was approved on _________.
February 24, 1995
21. Give the article number and section number of Separability Clause.
ARTICLE VI; section 44
22. Master electricians with valid certificates of registration and professional licenses under Republic Act No. 184 shall register within ______ years from
the effectivity of this Act and be issued new certificates of registration and new professional licenses as registered master electricians with the same
serial 2533numbers as their old ones to replace their original certificates and licenses.
two (2) years
23. Give the article number and section number of Registration Fees, License Fees and Fines.
Article 3; section 13
24. Give the title of ARTICLE IV.
SUNDRY PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO THE PRACTICE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
25. Give the section number/s under ARTICLE V.
Section 41; section 42
