PTOE - October 2019

[crcing]

I got the results today. I passed! 

finally!! congrats!!!!

 

[ibano]

I got the results today. I passed! 

Congratulations! Does your name show up in the search directory?

https://ecommerce.ite.org/imis/iCommerce/ITE/Certification.aspx

 

[kleo]

Congratulations! Does your name show up in the search directory?

https://ecommerce.ite.org/imis/iCommerce/ITE/Certification.aspx

No, it does not. I think the directory takes longer to get updated.

 

[CivilEngineer29]

I passed !.

 

[trafficengineer]

I got the results today. I passed! 

Congratulations, Could you please let us know what is the passing score and how many are passed the test?

 

[trafficengineer]

I passed !.

Congratulations, Could you please let us know what is the passing score and how many are passed the test?

 

[kleo]

Congratulations, Could you please let us know what is the passing score and how many are passed the test?

Mean score was 68%, Highest score was 86%. 102 candidates, 80 passed. The passing score is not specified.

 

[crcing]

Got my results today. I passed!

 

[trafficengineer]

Mean score was 68%, Highest score was 86%. 102 candidates, 80 passed. The passing score is not specified.

Thank you for your reply. I didn't receive my result yet and feeling tensed as the last date for the next window is already over. Is there anyone who has not received the results yet?

 

[CivilEngineer29]

Follow the link and click on PTOE Certified by Year. They have updated the 2019 list.

https://www.tpcb.org/about/certification-holders/

 

[trafficengineer]

Follow the link and click on PTOE Certified by Year. They have updated the 2019 list.

https://www.tpcb.org/about/certification-holders/

Thank you for your reply. Good news is that my name is in the list      

 

[CivilEngineer29]

Congratulations @trafficengineer

 

[PTOE BK]

Does anyone has any practice exam to practice? I am going to purchase the ITE practice test but was wondering if anyone has any?

 

[Green0603]

Took the exam last month, it wasn't super hard, but it was challenging as it needs more memorization than the PE. 

Studied 3 days for it, did two ITE prep modules a day, Company paid for them, totally worth it if you are a lazy procrastinator like myself.

My tips:

1) Practice with the calculator, I bought mine the day before, and I would have been screwed if I didn't familiarize and set it up before the exam

2) If they give you a mini-dry erase board,  make a big fuss about it and ask for paper and pencil (I did, I got them)

3) If you are completely clueless, don't spend more than 30 seconds on a question, skip and come back later

4) morning and afternoon sessions have the same mix of questions

5) Memorize or know by hearth the following (if you don't know the acronyms... you are not ready!): 

PHF = Hourly Volume / (4 x Peak 15 mins Volume)

TAPER LENGTH  L = WS^2 (for s<40) L = WS (for s> 45)

Merging Taper = L, Shifting Taper = L/2

PRT = 2.5 seconds

Maximum grades according to design speed (70 mph - 5%, 30 mph 7 to 12%)

Driver eye height 3.5 ft, object height 2 ft

MAximum superelevation 12% (8% if snow/ice)

Road Functional Classification: Principal Arterial, Minor Arterial, Major Collector, Minor Collector, Local 

Definition of negligence and RSA

Shall is mandatory - standard, Should is advisory - guidance, May is permissive - option

Sign colors (VERY IMPORTANT!) and type (regulatory, warning, guide, information)

Speed limits are 5 mph within 85th percentile of FFS

Difference and meaning between TMS and SMS

Average walking speed is 3.5 ft/s

Urban areas with more than 50k population must have a transportation planning process, areas with 200k are TMAs

LRTP, TIP, and 4 steps model (Generation, Distribution, Mode, Assignment)

Relationship among Flow, Speed, Density and their reciprocals (Headway, TT, Spacing)

Under base conditions freeway capacity is 2,250-2,400 veh/hr/lane

Incident impact on highway capacity

Transportation Demand Management strategies

Walking phase should be at least 7 seconds, but may be reduce to 4 in special cases

Dilemma zone, signal preemption, TSP

Work Zone duration and timing (long term > 3 days, intermediate 1-3 days, Short 1-12 hours) 

Good luck!

I came across ibano's post while prepping for the October 2020 PTOE. This is super helpful, but should be clarified that this info is from the questions on ITE's PTOE practice exam and not a summary of questions from the actual exam. So, you should still make sure to know this stuff, but don't expect these to be actual questions you'll encounter on the exam (for the most part... I did have 2-3 questions on my exam that were nearly identical to the practice exam).

Also, there's a typo in the equation for taper length. It should be L = WS^2 / 60 (for s<40).