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Afternoon Subject Areas for the FE Exam

These are the Discipline-Specific test modules from which examinees select in the afternoon portion of the FE exam. The topics listed for each are specified NCEES.

For study materials for each of these test modules, see our Catalog.

Chemical | Civil | Electrical | Environmental | Industrial | Mechanical | General

CHEMICAL Test

 

Chemical reaction engineering (10% of the total questions)
Chemical thermodynamics (10%)
Computer and numerical methods (5%)
Heat transfer (10%)
Mass transfer (10%)
Material/energy balances (15%)
Pollution prevention (5%)
Process control (5%)
Process design and economics evaluation (10%)
Process equipment design (5%)
Process safety (5%)
Transport phenomena (10%)

CIVIL Test

 

Computers and numerical methods (10% of the total questions)
Construction management (10%)
Environmental engineering (12%)
Hydraulics and hydrologic systems (12%)
Soil mechanics and foundations (15%)
Structural analysis (10%)
Surveying (11%)
Transportation facilities (12%)
Materials (8%)

ELECTRICAL Test

 

Circuits (16%)
Communications theory (9%)
Computer Systems (10%)
Control systems theory and analysis (10%)
Digital systems (12%)
Electromagnetic theory and applications (7%)
Electronics (15%)
Power systems (13%)
Signal processing (8%)

ENVIRONMENTAL Test

 

Water Resources (25% of the total questions)
Water distribution and wastewater collection
Water resources planning
Hydrology and water shed processes
Fluid mechanics and hydraulics

Water and Wastewater Engineering (30% of the total questions)
Water and wastewater
Environmental microbiology/ecology
Environmental chemistry

Air Quality Engineering (15% of the total questions)
Air quality standards and control technologies
Atmospheric sciences

Solid and Hazardous Waste Engineering (15% of the total questions)
Salid waste engineering
Hazardous waste engineering
Site remediation
Geohydrology
Geotechnology

Environmental Science and Management (15% of the total questions)
Industrial and occupational health and safety
Radiological health and safety
Radioactive waste management
Environmental monitoring and sampling
Pollutant fate and transport (air/water/soil)
Pollution prevention and waste minimization
Environmental management systems

INDUSTRIAL Test

 

Engineering Economics (15%)
Probability and Statistics (15%)
Modeling and Computation (12%)
Industrial management (10%)
Manufacturing and Production Systems (13%)
Facilities and Logistics (12%)
Human Factors, Porductivity, Ergonomics, and Work Design (12%)
Quality (11%)

MECHANICAL Test

 

Mechanical Design and Analysis (15%)
Kinematics, Dynamics, and Vibrations (15%)
Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Machinery (15%)
Heat transfer (10%)
Materials and Processing (10%)
Measurement, Instrumentation, and Controls (10%)
Refrigeration and HVAC (10%)
Thermodynamics and Energy Conversion Processes (15%)

GENERAL Test

 

Advanced Engineering Mathematics (10%)
Engineering Economics (10%)
Engineering Probability and Statistics (9%)
Fluids (15%)
Biology (5%)
Application of Engineering Mechanics (13%)
Entineering Materials (11%)
Electricity and Magnetism (12%)
Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer (15%)


FE Exam Afternoon Subject Areas
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