Casey
Well-known member
Since the SEII exam is open ended I feel it is possible that a test taker may end up doing more work than what is really necessary (or rather do things that NCEES wasn't expecting to be included in the answers).
For some design codes, items addressed in appendices and the commentary are not always required and are just things one would do as good practice. But am inclined to think that during the exam to leave out these items and just focus on what's given in the codes and specifications.
For example, Appendix E of the NDS spec talks about bolted connections and tear-out. NDS states that this section is Non-Mandatory, so do others here that it would be safe to exclude this from your exam answers?
Another example is the leaning column, which I believe from this thread
http://engineerboards.com/index.php?showto...&hl=leaning
the consensus was that one should include it in the calcs...
When the clock is ticking, it may be a tough call on which direction one should take.
For some design codes, items addressed in appendices and the commentary are not always required and are just things one would do as good practice. But am inclined to think that during the exam to leave out these items and just focus on what's given in the codes and specifications.
For example, Appendix E of the NDS spec talks about bolted connections and tear-out. NDS states that this section is Non-Mandatory, so do others here that it would be safe to exclude this from your exam answers?
Another example is the leaning column, which I believe from this thread
http://engineerboards.com/index.php?showto...&hl=leaning
the consensus was that one should include it in the calcs...
When the clock is ticking, it may be a tough call on which direction one should take.