PE Civil Geotechnical

Everything You Need to Assess, Review, and Practice for the PE Civil Geotechnical Exam

The NCEES PE Civil Geotechnical exam is open book – make sure you have everything you need for exam day success. This comprehensive collection of resources provides EVERYTHING you need to pass the PE Civil Breadth and Geotechnical Depth portions of the exam the first time. The review materials in this bundle are updated to the current exam specs, contain thorough coverage of civil engineering principles and codes, and include numerous practice problems to challenge your knowledge of those concepts. This curated bundle includes CERM, the #1 reference manual in the industry, practice problems, and the most realistic practice exams on the market in both print and digital formats. PPI’s time-tested, detailed instructional design provides you with the most efficient and effective practice available.

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).

PE Civil Breadth and Geotechnical Depth exam topics include:

Breadth

• Project Planning
• Means and Methods
• Soil Mechanics
• Structural Mechanics
• Hydraulics and Hydrology
• Geometrics
• Materials
• Site Development

Depth

• Site Characterization
• Soil Mechanics, Laboratory Testing, and Analysis
• Field Materials Testing, Methods, and Safety
• Earthquake Engineering and Dynamic Loads
• Earth Structures
• Groundwater and Seepage
• Problematic Soil and Rock Conditions
• Earth Retaining Structures (ASD or LRFD)
• Shallow Foundations (ASD or LRFD)
• Deep Foundations (ASD or LRFD)

Copious practice is integral to exam success.

Michael R. Lindeburg’s PE Civil Practice Problems, 16th Edition (CEPP16) offers the most comprehensive practice on the market for the PE Civil exam. It is always current to the latest exam specifications and codes, and is designed to work in tandem with the PE Civil Reference Manual. Covering both Breadth and Depth topics but with a focus on Breadth, the 900+ exam-like problems feature easy-to-follow, step-by-step solutions. Equations and nomenclature are similar to what you will see on the NCEES exam, building exam-day confidence.

PE Civil Practice Problems includes exam-like problems that cover the following topics

• Breadth (project planning, means and methods, soil mechanics, and more)
• Construction (earthwork construction and Layout, Estimating, Scheduling, and more)
• Geotechnical (site characterization, soil mechanics, earth structures, foundations, and more)
• Structural (analysis of structures, codes and construction, and more)
• Transportation (traffic engineering, horizontal design, intersection geometry, signal design, and more)
• Water Resources and Environmental (hydraulics, water quality, engineering economic analysis, and more)

Add the Quick Reference to maximize your problem-solving efficiency and build exam-day readiness.

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This book is included in all PE Civil Complete Exam Bundles.

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.

Water Resources and Environmental Depth Practice Exam (CEWEPX) 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).

The conversions you need for exam day success

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 during your open-book exam as well as 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