Exam specifications_PE Civil_PE Civil Structural Apr 2008_with 1204 design standards精品.pdfVIP

Principles and Practice of Engineering CIVIL BREADTH and STRUCTURAL DEPTH Exam Specifications Effective Beginning with the April 2008 Examinations • The civil exam is a breadth and depth examination. This means that examinees work the breadth (AM) exam and one of the five depth (PM) exams. • The five areas covered in the civil examination are construction, geotechnical, structural, transportation, and water resources and environmental. The breadth exam contains questions from all five areas of civil engineering. The depth exams focus more closely on a single area of practice in civil engineering. • Examinees work all questions in the morning session and all questions in the afternoon module they have chosen. • The exam is an 8-hour open-book exam. It contains 40 multiple-choice questions in the 4-hour AM session, and 40 multiple-choice questions in the 4-hour PM session. • The exam uses both the International System of Units (SI) and the US Customary System (USCS). • The exam is developed with questions that will require a variety of approaches and methodologies, including design, analysis, and application. Some problems may require knowledge of engineering economics. • The knowledge areas specified as examples of kinds of knowledge are not exclusive or exhaustive categories. • The specifications for the AM exam and the Structural PM exam are included here. The design standards applicable to the Structural PM exam are shown on the last page. CIVIL BREADTH Exam Specifications Approximate Percentage of AM Exam I. Con