Build exam day confidence and strengthen time-management skills
Up-to-date to the NCEES exam specifications, this book contains two full 40-problem, multiple-choice exams which are consistent with the Geotechnical Depth portion of the PE Civil exam format. Importantly, the topics within each knowledge area are fairly represented to ensure understanding of what will be seen on the exam, to help test exam day readiness and focus your study time efficiently.
Geotechnical Depth Practice Exams for the Civil PE Exam (CEGEPX) will help you:
- Effectively familiarize you with the exam scope and format
- Demonstrate accurate and efficient problem-solving approaches
- Successfully connect relevant theory to exam-like problems
- Efficiently navigate through exam-adopted codes and standards
- Confidently solve problems under timed conditions
Exam topics covered include:
- Site Characterization
- Soil Mechanics, Laboratory Testing, and Analysis
- Field Materials Testing, Methods, and Safety
- Earthquake Engineering and Dynamic Loads
- Earth Structures
- Groundwater Seepage
- Problematic Soils and Rock Conditions
- Earth Retaining Structures
- Shallow Foundations
- Deep Foundations
Pair this practice exam book with the Six-Minute Solutions for the Civil PE Exam Geotechnical Depth Problems for a comprehensive review, to maximize your problem-solving efficiency, and build exam-day readiness.
About the exam
The NCEES PE Civil Exam is an 8-hour open-book exam. The exam is a breadth and depth examination. You will work the breadth exam in the morning (4-hours, 40 multiple-choice questions) and the Geotechnical depth exam in the afternoon (4-hours, 40 multiple-choice questions).
