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Just got words that I finally passed the PE Civil-Transportation after the third try. Don't give up, if you took the exam before and good luck if it's your first try. I can tell you need the right reference materials to pass. You don't want to give up easy points that can be easily looked up in...

Passed, Civil-transportation.......Thank God! Third try

I was looking at these two figure in the RDG and was wondering how a question could be asked and ow to effectively answer the question correctly. I could not find a sample question for an example like this, so I made this one up and would like to know if this is even correct. Questions: Given...

Waiting for the PE results and I'm planning to take this exam next, if I pass. Could you share how you prepared for this exam. That is, what books or review class you took to prepare for the test.

I think the afternoon transportation was easier than the morning session. I think I may have 26 correct (give and take a few errors), but not counting the ones that I may have guessed correctly. I may have missed about 4 in the afternoon because of lack of time to finish. I pray that I pass this...

Thank you.

Civilized Thanks for your response....That was definitely a typo on my part.

I have solved several different geometry type problems using the Froude Number equations provided in CERM, but this question pops up in my head just now and I am freaking out, because of uncertainty (and also since the exam is drawing near). I just realized that I have not solved a problems; I...

If pedestrian volume are given for a north and a south approach for a particular road, where the volume is 10 peds/cycle in the NB direction and 30 peds/cycle in the SB approach. The way how the minimum pedestrian green time is found is NOT to sum both approaces first, but to use the higher...

Thanks again. Appreciated!

Problem statemen: A curve with a bearing of back tangent of N70dE has a deflection angle from back tangent to forward tangent of 35d right. What is the bearing of the line from the PI to the origin (O)? I thought I did this problem correctly, but I was incorrect. The way how the solution is...

Thanks to ptatohed for the excellent graphic details and also to civilized_naah for a different approach to this problem. It's a bit clearer now. On another note, if I'm given a bearing that runs N43d-10minutes and then there is another unknown bearing (which I need to find) that appears to...

If I have a line at N43-degree,10-minutes W that meets another line at S15degree, 12 minutes W, would the intersecting angle calculated as 180 degree minus the sum of the two angles = 121degrees 43 minutes? I think I have this correct but sometime gets frustrated in the answer on these easy...

Yes I did and I have no regrets. The class (so far) forces you to do a lot of problems that I was skimming over on my self review. We also learned some quick and faster way in solving certain problems.

If I use values to plot on this chart and it's near the A-line (USCS method) and the A-line equation (PI= 0.73(LL-20) gives a PI value that is larger than the given PI I found from LL-PL, am I suppose to choose the soil that is below the A-line; Is the opposite true? For example: if PI=LL-PL=...

Is there a simple systematic way to solve these types of problems. I am fairly decent solving phase diagrams problems, but these burrow pit problems comes in many different varieties and sometimes hard to grasp what is needed to solve the question asked. For example, some questions asked for the...

Thanks for your response. I guess it's hurting me that I paid $$$$$ for the School of PE notes and should have taken the class in the first place. I know I actually need the review class but can't decide--but probably will to pass this time around. I need to master the construction and...

I want to take their review class, but not sure if the workshop class is worth the large dollar they're charging. I understand that on Sundays you work problems, but I am not great working problems with others. i work best alone, so I don't know if it's worth the extra money. If you have taken...

Now, to the questions at hand. A) You also need to know the height of the wall being constructed instead of the width (that's the same as the thickness). Say you have a single 8" wall that is 12' long by 14' tall; this is a wall surface area of 168 ft2. Each standard CMU block has a surface...

I am looking for a nice estimating book to help me with construction problems, or some sample problems that's available with problems which involves estimating # of blocks or bricks required to build a wall, given its length, width and thickness. Could someone explain if this method is correct...