4.5 Engineering professional bodies

1) Choose the correct statements about registration of engineers in Malaysia

• All engineers and graduate engineers shall register with BEM. Only graduate engineers from university recognized by BEM can register with the board.

• Section 10A of the Registration of Engineers 1967 on Temporary Engineers has been DELETED. All non-Malaysian cannot apply to register as Graduate Engineer with BEM.

• The registration of engineers and establishment of the Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) is to bring the engineering profession to greater heights and levels

2) Choose the correct statements about IEM

• The mission of IEM is to promote sound professional engineering practice in support of the socio-economic development objectives of the nation.

• It is the learned institution for all engineers and was formed in 1959

• IEM was now admitted as a member of the Commonwealth Engineers Council in 1962.

3) The Association of Consulting Engineers, Malaysia (ACEM) is

• a non-profit limited company, incorporated under the Companies’ Act in 1963.

• to promote the interests of all Consulting Engineers and Consulting Engineering as a profession.

• holding a philosophy to encourage and educate the members to uphold high principles and established themselves as an elite group of unbiased professional engineers.

4) The disciplines approved by the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Register (APEC) Engineer Coordinating Committee for registration include

• Civil

• Structural

• Geotechnical and Environmental

• Mechanical and Electrical

• Information

5) The signatory countries of APEC include

• Malaysia

• Thailand

• Myanmar

• Indonesia

• United States

6) BEM keeps record of registered engineers the following parts except

• Part A – names, addresses and other particulars of Accredited Checkers.

• Part B – names, addresses and other particulars of Graduate Engineers

• Part D – names, addresses and other particulars of Engineering consultancy practices

• Part F – names, addresses and other particulars of Professional Engineers WITH Practising Certificates

7) The following are some of the conditions required for registration as a Professional Engineer except

• A citizen or permanent resident of Malaysia;

• Graduated with a CGPA of 2.0 or higher.

• Registered as a Graduate Engineer with BEM

• Achieved the training requirements of BEM;

8) Continuing Professional Development is defined as

• systematic maintenance of knowledge and skill

• improvement and broadening of knowledge and skill

• development of personal qualities for execution of professional and technical duties throughout the engineers’ working life.

• All of the above

9) The Ingenieur is used as a communication tool for BEM to disseminate information on

• the activities of BEM

• regulations of BEM

• code of ethics and career development

• update and guidelines and such other news as decided by BEM

10) Choose the correct statements about Registration of Engineers Act 1967

• The professional practice of engineers is regulated by the Board of Engineers, Malaysia (BEM) which was established in 1974 under the Registration of Engineers Act 1967.

• The Act has been amended in 2002, 2007 and 2015 to protect the public as well the profession as well.

• The Registration of Engineers Act 1967 plays vital roles in upgrading, enhancing as well as uplifting the profession, its image and other related matters.