California Civil Surveying Practice Exams
Available in Print or eTextbook
Strengthen time-management and build exam confidence!
Completely up-to-date to the California Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists exam specifications, this book contains two full 55 question multiple-choice exams that match the California Civil: Engineering Surveying Exam’s
overall question count for each knowledge area. Importantly, the topics within each knowledge area are fairly represented to ensure a wide range of test challenges as might be seen on the exam, to help analyze your strengths and weaknesses and guide
your study.
Consistent with the actual exam, the problems in this book require an average of six minutes to solve. Enhance your time-management skills by taking each exam within the same 2.5-hour time limit as the actual exam. Then, evaluate your performance using
the individual answer keys. Comprehensive step-by-step solutions demonstrate accurate and efficient problem-solving approaches.
California Civil Surveying Practice Exams will help you:
- Effectively familiarize yourself with the exam scope and format
- Quickly identify 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
eTextbook Access Benefits Include:
- One year of access
- Ability to download the entire eTextbook to multiple devices, so you can study even without internet access
- An auto sync feature across all your devices for a seamless experience on or offline
- Unique study tools such as highlighting in six different colors to tailor your study experience
- Features like read aloud for complete hands-free review
- Regular content updates
$85.00
PUB YEAR
2018
FORMAT
Paperback or eTextbook
PRINT ISBN
9781591266419
FAQs
Our exam practice questions are exam-like, which means they reference the appropriate NCEES Handbook, they are a similar length to the real exam, and they use multiple-choice questions like the exam. Some questions may be a little easier or a little harder than the actual exam, but they are all designed to bring you success on exam day.
We recommend 200 to 300 hours of study time in order to prepare for the PE exam. If you have a full time job, that would be five to seven months spending 10 to 15 hours per week studying. Six months is a good starting point.
The PE exams are not considered easy to pass, but the exam will become easier if the content reflects topics that you're familiar with from your current line of work. Think about your career goals when considering the PE exam. Are you seeking a promotion in your current role? You should select the exam that best supports your current career. Are you trying to switch industries? Choose the exam that will set you up for success in your new field. Rather than seek out the easiest PE exam, select the one that will support your goals.
It is an 8-hour exam. It contains 80 total questions: 40 multiple-choice questions in the 4-hour AM session, and 40 multiple-choice questions in the 4-hour PM session.
The PE structural exam is the only open-book exam remaining. All other PE exams are now closed-book computer-based exams, commonly referred to as CBT.
The PE exam can be difficult. The exam tests your competency in all aspects of engineering and should not be taken lightly. You should plan on taking several weeks to prepare and study before sitting for the exam. To see the average pass rate of first time test takers during the last exam, click here.
The PE exam tests for a minimum level of competency in engineering. You need a minimum of four years of post-college work experience to be able to sit for the exam.