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Build exam day confidence and strengthen time-management skills

Up-to-date to the NCEES exam specifications and codes, this book contains two full 40-question multiple-choice exams consistent with the Civil PE Structural depth 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.

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 4-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.

Structural Depth Practice Exams for the PE Civil Exam, Fourth Edition (CESTPX4) will help you:

• Effectively familiarize yourself 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

Updated Referenced Codes and Standards included

• AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications (AASHTO)
• Building Code Requirements and Specification for Masonry Structures (ACI 530/530.1)
• Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete (ACI 318)
• Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures (ASCE/SEI7)
• International Building Code (IBC)
• National Design Specification for Wood Construction ASD/LRFD (NDS)
• PCI Design Handbook: Precast and Prestressed Concrete (PCI)
• Safety and Health Regulations for Construction (OSHA 29 CFR Part 1926)
• Steel Construction Manual (AISC) 

Pair these practice exams with the Structural Depth Reference Manual and Six-Minute Problems for a comprehensive review.

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 Structural depth exam in the afternoon (4-hours, 40 multiple-choice questions).

California Civil Seismic Principles Practice Exams, 12th Edition (SPPE12) offers comprehensive practice for the California Civil Seismic Principles exam. This edition is updated to comply with the exam spec changes announced by the California Department of Consumer Affairs Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists, who offer the California Civil (Engineering Surveying/Seismic Principles) Examinations and is part of a comprehensive learning management system designed to help you pass the California Civil Seismic Principles exam the first time.

California Civil Seismic Principles Practice Exams, 12th Edition (SPPE12) features include:

• Comprehensive practice for the California Civil Seismic Principles exam
• Contains two realistic, full-length exams, each with 55 multiple-choice problems
• All exam topics are covered, from basic seismology through applications of codes and standards
• Step-by-step solutions to quantitative problems illustrate efficient problem-solving approaches
• Qualitative solutions explain the correct answers and present related supportive information
• Answer keys to both exams are included.

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PE Chemical Practice Exam (PECHPE) offers comprehensive practice for the NCEES PE Chemical Engineering exam. This book is part of a comprehensive learning management system designed to help you pass the NCEES PE Chemical exam the first time.

PE Chemical Practice Exam (PECHPE) features:

• Contains one full practice exam with 80 multiple-choice problems
• Consistent with the NCEES PE Chemical CBT exam’s format, scope of topics, number of problems, and level of difficulty
• Contains NCEES PE Chemical Handbook nomenclature, variables, and usage
• Shows NCEES PE Chemical Handbook equations in step-by-step solutions for each problem
• Has example problems in AIT (Alternative Item Type) format
• Problems are solvable in an average of six minutes

This book is a companion to the PE Chemical Review (PECHRM) in chapter sequence, terminology, and methodology, so you can easily find clear explanations of topics where you need more support.

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Exam Topics Covered  

• Energy Balances
• Fluids
• Heat Transfer
• Kinetics
• Mass Balances
• Mass Transfer
• Plant Design and Operation
• Thermodynamics

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Problems and Detailed Solutions for Comprehensive Exam Prep

Up-to-date to the NCEES exam specifications and codes, this book contains 93 multiple-choice problems representative of the Civil PE Transportation depth exam format, scope of topics, and level of difficulty. Comprehensive step-by-step solutions for all problems demonstrate accurate and efficient solving approaches to be used on exam day. PPI’s time-tested, detailed instructional design provides you with the most efficient and effective practice available.

Transportation Depth Six-Minute Problems for the PE Civil Exam, Seventh Edition (CETRSX7) topics include:

• Alternatives Analysis
• Drainage
• Geotechnical and Pavement
• Horizontal Design
• Intersection Geometry
• Roadside and Cross-Section Design
• Signal Design
• Traffic Control Design
• Traffic Engineering
• Vertical Design

Updated Referenced Standards included:

• A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets (GDHS)
• Design and Control of Concrete Mixtures (PCA)
• Guide for Design of Pavement Structures (GDPS-4-M)
• Guide for the Planning, Design, and Operation of Pedestrian Facilities
• Highway Capacity Manual (HCM)
• Highway Safety Manual (HSM)
• Hydraulic Design of Highway Culverts (FHWA)
• Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD)
• Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide: A Manual of Practice (MEPDG)
• Roadside Design Guide (RDG)
• The Asphalt Handbook (MS-4)

Pair these problems with the Transportation Depth Reference Manual and Practice Exams for a comprehensive review.

This book is included in the PE Civil Transportation Complete Exam Bundle.

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 Transportation depth exam in the afternoon (4-hours, 40 multiple-choice questions).