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Just wondering if anyone knows how long it generally takes NCEES to publish what percentage of test takers passed the PE exam in April in relation to the respective depth sections?

Given the attached information... If asked the volume of coarse aggregate for batch #3.... Wouldn't this be found by: WCA x (1+SSD Moisture Content) = 146 x (1+.008) = 147.168 (Adjusted SSD Weight) Volume = (147.168 lbs) / (62.4 x 2.65) = 0.89 CF. The answer in the book uses a different...

On the attached question, shouldn't "Assuming only vertical drainage" mean you should analyze the situation as if it is not two way drainage, and take the layer as the full length? The answer to this question in the book still took the layer and divided it by two assuming two way drainage. Can...

Hello, I'm wondering if anyone has a list or a source of simplified Manning Equations. I know the equation itself is simple, but I'm finding sometimes calculating a solution can be a process... The AI1 has tables, but I've found the tables to often not use slopes that are not uncommon, and it...

From reading through many threads on this site, it seems most people who have taken the exam have found about 25-33% of three exam questions to be qualitative, and maybe even a higher percentage on the last October exam. So my question is this, would you say these types of questions are...

Quick question for anyone who's familiar in resource scheduling... For anyone who doens't have this problem in front of them, the author asks gives a CPM schedule and asks us to calculate which week will utilize the most resources if every activity starts at the earliest possible time? Author...

Trying to find good practice exams, below are the ones I've tried and/or heard about. Can you please comment on any you've used or seen and/or suggest other ones that aren't listed below... NCEES Practice Problems (2011) - I have these, although have not looked at them yet as I was trying to...

I purchased some practice exams from PECivilExam.com, anyway... whenever they have a member design problem, and calculate the factor design load, they always use Wu=1.4D + 1.7L. Is the 1.7xL an old code and just outdated? I can't find 1.7 anywhere. Shouldn't it be 1.4D + 1.6L?

So I purchased all the references for the Construction depth module as recommended by NCEES... I've skimmed through them, tabbed some stuff... but I don't use these references day to day at work, and can't find any sample questions which would ask anything from them (for obvious reasons)... So...