California Civil Engineering Surveying Study Products

Passing the CA Civil Engineering Surveying exam is a pivotal step in a California civil engineer's career. You must pass the PE Civil exam, as well as both the CA Civil Engineering Surveying exam and the CA Civil Seismic Principles exam, in order to be licensed as a Civil PE in California. Shop individual products for the CA Civil Engineering Surveying exam below. Most of these products can be tabbed and brought with you on exam day.

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Learning Hub: California Civil Surveying - 3 Months Access
$339.00
PPI Learning Hub is the go-to destination for California Civil Surveying exam prep. Our philosophy has a simple framework: kick-off your studies with a personalized PPI Learning Path, then “Assess, Review, and Practice” until you are ready for exam day. 

This 3-month subscription is the ideal choice if your exam date is set and you are interested in structuring your study process. This subscription will help you to review key topics and offers extensive practice.

California Civil Surveying Learning Hub Includes:

  • CA Civil Engineering Survey Learning Path acts as a central hub, assigning tasks and connecting directly to digital products, to keep you on track for your exam date.

  • California Civil Surveying Reference Manual Web Book includes 30 chapters of in-depth review covering all exam topics, plus over 220 practice problems with solutions.

  • California Civil Surveying Solved Problems Web Book contains 130 solved problems - more than two full exams worth - in approximately the same proportions as the CA Civil: Engineering Surveying exam specs for thorough practice and learning.

  • Two Full Practice Exams with 55 multiple-choice problems consistent with CA Civil: Engineering Surveying exam format, scope of topics, number of problems, and level of difficulty.

Additional Features:

  • Performance reports that let you track your weakness and strengths for each section
  • Take your review on-the- go with access anytime, anywhere on your computer, tablet, or phone

This subscription is for 3 months and begins on the date of purchase.

Learning Hub: California Civil Surveying - 6 Months Access
$449.00
PPI Learning Hub is the go-to destination for California Civil Surveying exam prep. Our philosophy has a simple framework: kick-off your studies with a personalized PPI Learning Path, then “Assess, Review, and Practice” until you are ready for exam day. 

This 6-month subscription is the ideal choice if your exam date is set and you are interested in structuring your study process. This subscription will help you to review key topics and offers extensive practice.

California Civil Surveying Learning Hub Includes:

  • CA Civil Engineering Survey Learning Path acts as a central hub, assigning tasks and connecting directly to digital products, to keep you on track for your exam date.

  • California Civil Surveying Reference Manual Web Book includes 30 chapters of in-depth review covering all exam topics, plus over 220 practice problems with solutions.

  • California Civil Surveying Solved Problems Web Book contains 130 solved problems - more than two full exams worth - in approximately the same proportions as the CA Civil: Engineering Surveying exam specs for thorough practice and learning.

  • Two Full Practice Exams with 55 multiple-choice problems consistent with CA Civil: Engineering Surveying exam format, scope of topics, number of problems, and level of difficulty.

Additional Features:

  • Performance reports that let you track your weakness and strengths for each section
  • Take your review on-the- go with access anytime, anywhere on your computer, tablet, or phone

This subscription is for 6 months and begins on the date of purchase.

Learning Hub: California Civil Surveying - Monthly Renewing
$149.00
PPI Learning Hub is the go-to destination for California Civil Surveying exam prep. Our philosophy has a simple framework: Kick- off your studies with a personalized PPI Learning Path, then “Assess, Review, and Practice” until you are ready for exam day. 

 

This monthly renewing subscription is the ideal choice if you are seeking flexibility or do not know when your exam date is quite yet.


California Civil Surveying Learning Hub Includes:

  • CA Civil Engineering Survey Learning Path acts as a central hub, assigning tasks and connecting directly to digital products, to keep you on track for your exam date.

  • California Civil Surveying Reference Manual Web Book includes 30 chapters of in-depth review covering all exam topics, plus more than 220 practice problems with solutions.

  • California Civil Surveying Solved Problems Web Book contains 130 solved problems — more than two full exams worth — in approximately the same proportions as the CA Civil: Engineering Surveying exam specs for thorough practice and learning.

  • Two Full Practice Exams with 55 multiple-choice problems consistent with CA Civil: Engineering Surveying exam format, scope of topics, number of problems, and level of difficulty.

Additional Features:

  • Performance reports that let you track your weaknesses and strengths for each section
  • Take your review on-the-go with access anytime, anywhere on your computer, tablet, or phone

This subscription is for 1 month and begins on the date of purchase. It will renew each month until canceled.

OnDemand Course: California Civil Surveying - Monthly Renewing
$245.00

Study at your own pace with PPI’s OnDemand Prep Course. Not only do OnDemand courses thoroughly cover every topic, but they also provide you with all the NCEES-approved materials you need.

CA Civil Surveying Prep Course Overview:

  • Provides focused review of all topics on the California Civil Engineering Surveying exam
  • Includes 45+ hours of lectures, problem solving demonstrations, recommended reading, homework assignments, and practice exams
  • Gives you everything you need to pass—from reference materials to homework assignments to detailed class note

Benefits Include:

  • Watch lectures and problem solving demonstrations on your own schedule
  • Stay on track with structured and focused reading and problem assignments
  • Download presentation slides for easy note-taking
  • Assess your exam readiness with digital resources in the PPI Learning Hub
  • Hone your test-taking and time management skills

This course is a monthly renewing subscription that will automatically renew each month until canceled.

California Civil Surveying Reference Manual
$135.00
Available in Print or eTextbook

The Reference Manual for the California Civil Surveying Exam!

George Cole’s California Civil Surveying Reference Manual offers a complete review for the California Civil: Engineering Surveying Exam. This book is updated to the latest exam specs and serves as a comprehensive reference manual designed to help you pass the California Civil: Engineering Surveying exam the first time!

Features Include:

  • 30 chapters provide an in-depth review of California Civil: Engineering Surveying FS exam topics
  • 2 NEW chapters on Accuracy Standards and Aerial Mapping*
  • Exam-like practice problems to help the examinee prepare for the kinds of questions they will see on the exam, and the examples and the extra problems will give them further practice in applying the concepts taught in each chapter
  • Over 220 practice problems to build the reader’s problem-solving skills, hundreds of equations, figures, and tables, industry-standard terminology and nomenclature, and equal support of U.S. customary and SI units
  • Extensive index contains multiple entries for each topic, so the examinee can easily find the codes and concepts they will need during the exam

Topics Include:

  • Mathematics Basics
  • Field Data Acquisition
  • Plane Survey Calculations
  • Land Planning and Development
*eTexbook 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

Sample PDFs

 

California Civil Surveying Practice Exams
$85.00
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
California Civil Surveying Solved Problems (Print)
$85.00
Problems and Detailed Solutions for Comprehensive Exam Prep

This solved problems book contains 130 solved problems - more than two full exams worth - in approximately the same proportions as the California Civil: Engineering Surveying exam specs for thorough practice and learning. The problem scenarios are instructionally designed so that you learn how to identify and apply related concepts and equations. The breadth of topics covered and the varied complexities of the problems allow you to assess and strengthen your problem-solving skills, while step-by-step solutions demonstrate accurate, efficient solving methods.

California Civil Surveying Solved Problems will help you:

  • familiarize yourself with the exam topics
  • connect relevant civil engineering theories to challenging problems
  • navigate through exam-adopted codes and standards
  • identify accurate and efficient problem-solving approaches
Definitions of Surveying and Associated Terms
$40.00

This is the surveyor's bible, published by the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM). Long has this best-selling book been a staple in the arsenal of practically every surveyor in America, whether preparing for the licensing exams, or looking for the proper context of a word or term.

This edition is updated to incorporate over 500 new definitions and modify approximately 150 others. The 2005 revised edition contains over 100 more pages than its predecessor but is still compact and easy to handle.

A colorful jacket has been chosen for the book, so as to give it a distinctive look from earlier editions. Recommended by the CST Board.

Engineering Unit Conversions (Print)
$49.00
Covering more than 4,500 entries on traditional English, conventional metric, and SI units found in the civil, mechanical, electrical, and chemical engineering fields. This book will come in handy throughout your engineering career. If you have ever struggled with converting grams to slugs, centistokes to square feet per second, or pounds per million gallons (lbm/MG) to milligrams per liter (mg/L), you will appreciate the time-saving value of this book.

Topics Include:

  • Conversion Factors
  • Temperature Conversions
  • The Elements
  • Fundamental and Derived Constants
  • Astronomical Data
  • Greek Alphabet
  • Prefixes (SI and Binary)
  • Decimal Equivalents

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