FE Exam syllabus

The first exam on the path to a professional engineer licence: 110 questions in 5 hours 20 minutes, computer-based and closed-book, with a supplied reference. This practice test is FE Civil.

FE Civil

110 questions. Counts on a given form fall inside these ranges: Mathematics and statistics 8–12, Ethics and professional practice 4–6, Engineering economics 5–8, Statics 8–12, Dynamics 4–6, Mechanics of materials 7–11, Materials 5–8, Fluid mechanics 6–9, Surveying 6–9, Water resources and environmental engineering 10–15, Structural engineering 10–15, Geotechnical engineering 10–15, Transportation engineering 9–14, Construction engineering 8–12. · 5 hours 20 minutes for the whole exam

One point for a fully correct answer. A wrong answer scores 0. There is no negative marking and no partial credit. Point-and-click and drag-and-drop items are given here as one-answer multiple choice.

  • Mathematics and statistics: analytic geometry, single-variable calculus, vectors, distributions and descriptive statistics
  • Ethics and professional practice: codes of ethics, professional liability, licensure, contracts
  • Engineering economics: time value of money, cost types, break-even and benefit-cost, expected value
  • Statics: resultants, equilibrium, trusses, centroids, area moments of inertia, friction
  • Dynamics: particle and rigid-body kinematics, mass moments of inertia, force and acceleration, work and energy
  • Mechanics of materials: shear and moment, stress and strain, deformation, combined and principal stress
  • Materials: concrete and asphalt mix ideas, test methods, properties of steel, concrete, aggregate, asphalt and wood
  • Fluid mechanics: fluid properties, hydrostatics, continuity, energy and momentum
  • Surveying: angles and distances, areas, earthwork volumes, coordinates, leveling
  • Water resources and environmental engineering: hydrology, open-channel and pipe hydraulics, pumps, distribution, stormwater, groundwater, water quality and treatment
  • Structural engineering: determinate beams, trusses and frames, deflections, column buckling, loads, steel and reinforced concrete component behaviour
  • Geotechnical engineering: phase relations, classification, effective stress, lateral earth pressure, shear strength, bearing capacity, settlement, slope stability
  • Transportation engineering: geometric design, pavements, traffic flow, control devices, planning
  • Construction engineering: delivery methods, estimating, scheduling, earned value, equipment productivity, reading drawings