Fundamentals of Engineering FE Exam Preparation - Civil Engineering Discipline

Training Provided by Global Innovative Campus Description: This program is designed for exam candidates who want to pass the fundamentals of engineering exam offered by APEGGA, APEGBC and NCEES. Conditions and regulations of the exam could be found on these associations web sites. The FE exam is 8 hours in length: a four hour morning session and a four hour afternoon session. This workshop is been designed to train on how to answer both sessions the morning and the after noon in three streams: Civil Engineering, electrical Engineering a a and Mechanical Engineering. More streams would be considered upon request. The morning session consists of general questions that all candidates answer. The afternoon session is discipline specific where the candidate is allowed to pick the discipline to complete (including a general category).

Fundamentals of Engineering FE Exam Preparation - Civil Engineering Discipline Program Outline (according to NCEES FE exam regulations)

Morning Session Preparation:

I. Mathematics
Analytic geometry
Integral calculus
Matrix operations
Roots of equations
Vector analysis
Differential equations
Differential calculus

II. Engineering Probability and Statistics
Measures of central tendencies and dispersions (e. g., mean, mode, standard deviation)
Probability distributions (e. g., discrete, continuous, normal, binomial)
Conditional probabilities
Estimation (e. g., point, confidence intervals) for a single mean
Regression and curve fitting
Expected value (weighted average) in decision-making
Hypothesis testing

III. Chemistry
Nomenclature
Oxidation and reduction
Periodic table
States of matter
Acids and bases
Equations (e. g., stoichiometry)
Equilibrium
Metals and nonmetals

IV. Computers
Terminology (e. g., memory types, CPU, baud rates, Internet)
Spreadsheets (e. g., addresses, interpretation, what if, copying formulas)
Structured programming (e. g., assignment statements, loops and branches, function calls)


V. Ethics and Business Practices
Code of ethics (professional and technical societies)
Agreements and contracts
Ethical versus legal
Professional liability
Public protection issues (e. g., licensing boards)
VI. Engineering Economics
Discounted cash flow (e. g., equivalence, PW, equivalent annual FW, rate of return)
Cost (e. g., incremental, average, sunk, estimating)
Analyses (e. g., breakeven, benefit-cost)
Uncertainty (e. g., expected value and risk)



















VII. Engineering Mechanics (Statics and Dynamics)
Statics
o Resultants of force systems
o Concurrent force systems
o Equilibrium of rigid bodies
o Frames and trusses
o Centroid of area
o Area moments of inertia
o Friction

Dynamics
o Linear motion (e. g., force, mass, acceleration, momentum)
o Angular motion (e. g., torque, inertia, acceleration, momentum)
o Mass moments of inertia
o Impulse and momentum applied to:
particles
rigid bodies
o Work, energy, and power as applied to:
particles
rigid bodies
o Friction

VIII. Strength of Materials
Shear and moment diagrams
Stress types (e. g., normal, shear, bending, torsion)
Stress strain caused by:
o axial loads
o bending loads
o torsion
o shear
Deformations (e. g., axial, bending, torsion) E. Combined stresses F. Columns G. Indeterminant analysis H. Plastic versus elastic deformation

IX. Material Properties
Properties
o chemical
o electrical
o mechanical
o physical
Corrosion mechanisms and control
Materials
o engineered materials
o ferrous metals
o nonferrous metals

X. Fluid Mechanics
Flow measurement
Fluid properties
Fluid statics
Energy, impulse, and momentum equations
Pipe and other internal flow

XI. Electricity and Magnetism
Charge, energy, current, voltage, power
Work done in moving a charge in an electric field (relationship between voltage and work)
Force between charges
Current and voltage laws (Kirchhoff, Ohm)
Equivalent circuits (series, parallel)
Capacitance and inductance
Reactance and impedance, susceptance and admittance
AC circuits
Basic complex algebra

XII. Thermodynamics
Thermodynamic laws (e. g., 1st Law, 2nd Law)
Energy, heat, and work
Availability and reversibility
Cycles
Ideal gases
Mixture of gases
Phase changes
Heat transfer
Properties of:
o enthalpy
o entropy


Afternoon Session Preparation:

I. Surveying
Angles, distances, and trigonometry
Area computations
Closure
Coordinate systems (e. g., GPS, state plane)
Curves (vertical and horizontal)
Earthwork and volume computations
Leveling (e. g., differential, elevations, percent grades)

II. Hydraulics and Hydrologic Systems
Basic hydrology (e. g., infiltration, rainfall, runoff, detention, flood flows, watersheds)
Basic hydraulics (e. g., Manning equation, Bernoulli theorem, open-channel flow, pipe flow)
Pumping systems (water and wastewater)
Municipal water distribution systems
Reservoirs (e. g., dams, routing, spillways)
Groundwater (e. g., flow, wells, drawdown)
Sewer collection systems (storm and sanitary)

III. Soil Mechanics and Foundations
Index properties and soil classifications
Phase relations (air-water-solid)
Laboratory and field tests
Effective stress (buoyancy)
Retaining walls (e. g., active pressure/ passive pressure)
Shear strength
Bearing capacity (cohesive and noncohesive)
Foundation types (e. g., spread footings, piles, wall footings, mats)
Consolidation and differential settlement
Seepage
Slope stability (e. g., fills, embankments, cuts, dams)
Soil stabilization (e. g., chemical additives, geosynthetics)

IV. Environmental Engineering
Water quality (ground and surface)
Air quality
Solid/ hazardous waste
Sanitary sewer system loads
Basic tests (e. g., water, wastewater, air)
Environmental regulations
Water treatment and wastewater treatment (e. g., primary, secondary, tertiary)


V. Transportation
Streets and highways
o geometric design
o pavement design
o intersection design
Traffic analysis and control
o safety
o capacity
o traffic flow
o traffic control devices

VI. Structural Analysis
Force analysis of statically determinant beams, trusses and frames
Deflection analysis of statically determinant beams, trusses and frames
Stability analysis of beams, trusses and frames
Column analysis (e. g., buckling, boundary conditions)
Loads and load paths (e. g., dead, live, moving)
Elementary statically indeterminate structures

VII. Structural Design
Codes (e. g., AISC, ACI, NDS, AISI)
Design procedures for steel components (e. g., beams, columns, beam-columns, tension members, connections)
Design procedures for concrete components (e. g., beams, slabs, columns, walls, footings)

VIII. Construction Management
Procurement methods (e. g., design-build, design-bid-build, qualifications based)
Allocation of resources (e. g., labor, equipment, materials, money, time)
Contracts/ contract law
Project scheduling (e. g., CPM, PERT)
Engineering economics
Project management (e. g., owner/ contractor/ client relations, safety)
Construction estimating
IX. Materials
Concrete mix design
Asphalt mix design
Test methods (e. g., steel, concrete, aggregates, asphalt)
Properties of aggregates
Engineering properties of metals

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