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I've already began studying for the October '09 exam (Civil, Water Resources). I spent about three hours today trying to solve the attached problem, to no avail. Can someone please give me some insight as to how to determine the total discharge "Q" at outlet elevation 120.0 feet? Once I know...

I've already began studying for the October Water Resources exam. How brutal was the Spring version? How many beers at lunch did it take to get through the PM session?

I'm gearing up for Round II of the Civil WR exam. I have a nice reference book that I didn't delve into nor took to the exam the first time; but having used it for the past two weeks I've found it to be an excellent reference book and will occupy a place of prominence on my exam desk come...

A co-worker took the April 2007 PE exam with me. He never received his results. In fact, he received no notification from either the State Board or NCEES. He called the State Board and was told that his exam was invalidated because he allegedly used an ink pen to fill in the personal...

If I am given a set of diagrams for possible solutions to a Hardy-Cross network, and asked which one converges the quickest, how do I approach this problem? Might there be a key I can focus on to solve by inspection?

When I took the Electrical PE exam in April '06, the results arrived on 14 June. I was expecting to receive something in the mailbox today for the Civil WR exam I took this past April. Alas, skunked again. Anyone have any insights as to the status of the results? We're an ELSES state, so I...

I took the WR PM module for the first time. For those of you who've taken it before, were the questions and level of difficulty typical of previous exams or did you think this one was easier or more difficult?

So, I'm solving a WR hydrology problem last night (Six-Minute Solutions), and the solution instructs me to consult a standard table of log Pearson Type III coefficients to find the constant "K", given the desired recurrence interval and coefficient of skewness "g" to determine the expected...

Six-Minute Solutions, 3rd Edition, Question 26: Given: Concrete rectangular channel [assume n=0.013], 8m wide by 1.5m deep, velocity = 2.5 m/s at 0.002m/m slope. Transition 50m beneath a highway [DISTRACTOR!!!] to a circular 9 FOOT diameter concrete concrete culvert of same slope and "n"...

OK, so I'm the 52 year-old Electrical PE who is taking the Civil PE this April in WR (think Kevin Bacon getting paddled in "Animal House": "Thank you sir, may I have another"!!!) The CERM readily gives the equation to calculate the hydraulic jump for a rectangular channel. I was solving a...

(Hey, be thankful I didn't say "testes"...) The wait is almost over! Some of you will be receiving the good news in the mail soon; others will be disappointed. For the former, congratulations on your accomplishment. For the second group, don't give up. After having failed the PE exam twice...

Have any of you intrepid PEs checked into sources and costs of liability insurance (I've also heard it referred to as "errors and omissions" insurance)? I'm interested in finding providers of such coverage as I get started in business, and was curious as to how much coverage I should get and...

So, I get home from work tonight and I notice that my PE certificate arrived in the mail. Unfortunately, it had been folded in half over the latest issue of "The Sporting News". Ain't that a pisser? I drove over 62,000 miles back and forth to college to get an engineering degree, at age 40...

The following is copied from the California Boar's minutes of the May 11, 2006 Board meeting. Moral of the story: never stand between an engineering examinee and his illegal calculator. c. Report on Examination Activities Ms. Christenson reported that there are approximately 68 exam...

I just passed the April EE PE exam, and am now gearing up to take the Civil PE exam in WR (yes, I love self-flagellation!) I have the 6th edition of the CERM (1992). Would it behoove me to buy the latest edition of the CERM?