PcM - NCARB Practice Exam Questions - Ami
A firm fires an employee for well-documented professional negligence and harassment of
subordinate employees. Months later, one of the firm's principals receives a call from a
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PcM - NCARB Practice Exam Questions - Ami
A firm fires an employee for well-documented professional negligence and harassment of
subordinate employees. Months later, one of the firm's principals receives a call from a different
architecture firm seeking a reference check for the former employee and inquiring about why the
employee left the firm.
How should the principal respond to the reference check?
A. Confirm that the individual is a former employee of the firm, but do not disclose that they
were fired.
B. Disclose that the individual was fired after a well-documented history of negligence and
harassment of subordinates.
C. Provide a "no comment" response to avoid any accusation from the former employee of
defamation. - ✔✔B. Disclose that the individual was fired after a well-documented history of
negligence and harassment of subordinates.
In order to avoid legal action (known as a negligent referral) from the other firm in the event that
the employee commits negligence or harassment as an employee, the principal must disclose
work-related issues that would impact a hiring decision.
A municipality hires an architecture firm to provide construction documents for a new public
library. The firm has completed 35% of the design and has seven months to deliver a 95% set for
bidding, per the contract.
The municipality notifies the firm that they need to accelerate the bid schedule by four months in
order to have an accurate cost for the next municipal budget submission. The firm needs to
maintain a good working relationship with the municipality without increasing risk to the firm.
Which of the following responses meet the needs of
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