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There will be a few questions with 3-4 steps but there will also be a few questions that you will understand without having to look anything up. The SMS are definitely a lot harder than the actual exam. "Know where to find the information and how to use it - That's the secret of success." -...

S28, I would have to look at the question, however it sounds like the way the question is written it gives you resources per week per activity, NOT per day. Which allows you to just add up all the resources used once per week. Also to answer the question, about "is the answer always going to...

Really good question just spend some more time reviewing the references and you will see their use. Besides knowing the basic concepts and formulas of the other disciplines, the whole key to success is knowing what is in your reference books and being able to find it quickly. If you continue...

Harleydavis, That is great. Are you taking the PE Exam this April? Let us know if you have any questions.

Desi_girl, They are the exact same type of problems. They are either word problems testing your comprehension of the subject or quantitative problems using formulas usually no more than three to four steps to solve the problem. The morning breath covers the full range of topics, and the...

PM sent, also you are right not much interest in this from this board. But I will continue to work on it @ www.learncivilengineering.com with the few that want to help, but all are welcome to review and use too.

IIPadrio, Yeah, I have tried to get on to that site before and have never been able too. I think it is a great idea, and hopefully I can get some more people to help. Even the guys that haven't passed the test can help. Trying to teach a subject is one of the best ways to retain knowledge...

Thanks anyone else want to help?

As you all know there is really NOT a lot of good construction engineering depth material out there for the PE exam.  I passed the exam in APR 12 and thought it was a pretty easy exam after expecting it to be really difficult.  So after the exam i started putting together study material and...

PinoyCE, Go to my website www.learncivilengineering.com. That really explains how to do it. The best books to get are the CERM, all references from NCEES, a couple of practice exams, and then some material for construction. There are some good videos out there and I put all the material you...

The other topics are depth portions of other modules. As you can see from below alot to study, but every depth module has to account for some "other topics" in their afternoon section. Groundwater and well fields (Groundwater control including drainage, Construction Dewatering) Subsurface...

Do not study from the CERM, that book is a great reference manual but not a study guide. It is long and boring, and you will definitely lose motivation studying from there. Everyone does say 300 hours however, I think that is really on the high side. The more hours the better obviously, and is...

Good point – I agree with all, except Construction is actually 55% of the exam. 10% of the topics in the afternoon portion are from other sections depth portion (other topics). Transportation depth has 25% of the afternoon portion as other sections depth, so less than 50% of the exam is...

I don’t agree that construction is a wild card. It is just like any other depth portion, if you are not in the field it could be difficult to understand the more qualitative questions. Also you should be ready to answer 25-35% word problems(qualitative). However, the quantitative questions...

ATM, As mentioned before it really depends on the state board to decide if your military engineering experience counts so you need to contact them and ask. However, most likely it will count; a lot of boards help out and/or understand military service. "Know where to find the information...

I know, they make it sound like they changed something. But as far as the Design standards, nothing changed. I am not positive about everything else, but I don't see anything that changed either. "Know where to find the information and how to use it - That's the secret of success." - Albert...

I have heard from many people that the October morning portion was really hard this year and it was difficult to finish on time. The problems required multiple steps and had some tricky conversions with them. When I took the exam in April, I thought it was pretty easy and mostly common sense...

Yeah, I just took the PE Construction exam in APRIL. I did have the civil engineer dictionary and tried to look up some answers in it however, I just ended up wasting time looking through it. I just recommend, the CERM, all the codes that NCEES recommend, and your practice books. If you took...

I know, I saw that link about the standards, however I wanted to know if anything is changing as far as the topics/format. But it doesn't look like they are changing any of that. Also for Construction Design Standards there is no change in standards, just a new effective date.

Yes, Make sure you don't waste your time studying the depth portions for those sections. At http://engineeringregistration.tamu.edu: There are some good videos to help you study for Transportation, Hydraulics, and Water Resources. Not the best for Environmental though, you will just have to...