Q: Joshua B. Kardon presents “an engineer is not liable, or responsible, for damages for every error. Society has decided, through case law, that when you hire an engineer, you buy the engineer’s normal errors. However, if the error is shown to have been worse than a certain level of error, the engineer is liable”. That level, the line between non-negligent and negligent error is called
(a)Engineering Judgment
(b)Normal Distribution
(c)Standard of Care
(d)Performance Relative Standard
Correct Answer: (c)
The correct answer is (c): Standard of Care. Subject: Science & Technology | Sub-topic: Energy Technology Note: This answer was determined through AI-based research. Verify against the official answer key when available.