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National Examination
administered by the NCEES
(National Council of Examiners of Engineers & Surveyors)
Format
8 hour exam in two 4-hour sessions
AM session - common exam PM session - choose one of six discipline specific exams, or Other Disc.
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AM General Topics
Problems are grouped together and exam index will show which problems belong to each discipline
Mathematics(15%) Elect. And Mag. (9%) Prob. And Stat(7%) Thermodynamics(7%) Chemistry(9%) Fluid Mechanics(7%) Matl Properties(7%) Engr. Economics(8%) Statics & Dyn.(10%) Ethics & Bus. Pract.(7%) Streng. Of Mat.(7%) Computers(7%) {Solid Mech.} ( ) - % of 120 questions on morning exam
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PM Exam Decision
For topics covered on PM exam go to: http://www.ncees.org/exams/fundamental s/fe_exam_specs.pdf
Discipline Specific Exams have questions primarily from Junior and Senior level courses in the major discipline
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Pass Rates of FE Examinees by Their Discipline and the PM Exam They Took, October, 2010 National Results for First Time Takers
Civ Exam
Elec Exam
Env Exam
Ind Exam
Mech Exam
69%
82%
Pass Rates of FE Examinees by Their Discipline and the PM Exam They Took, April, 2004
Discipline of Examinee Chemical Civil Electrical Environme ntal Industrial Mechanica l Gen Exam 85% 74% 65% 74% 48% 82% Chem Exam 85% 78% 77% 84% 71% 83% Civ Exam Elec Exam Env Exam Ind Exam Mech Exam
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If you are an ME, take the PM exam you feel most comfortable with. The relative advantage of the Discipline Specific over the Other Disc. (General) varies with time. If you have been out of school a long time, it may be easier to prepare for the Other Disc. pm exam.
Exam Points
180 multiple choice questions
120 1-pt questions in the morning 60 2-pt questions in the afternoon
Guessing
No penalty for incorrect guesses ! Statistically, guessing should give 25% correct answers. Guess!! Select an answer for every problem. Eliminate obviously wrong answers, then guess.
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BE ON TIME!!!!!
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NCEES has approved the following list of calculators for use in the April and October 2012 exams :
Casio: All fx-115 models. Any Casio calculator must contain fx-115 in its model name. Hewlett-Packard: The HP33s and HP 35s models, but no others Texas Instruments: All TI-30X and TI-36X models. Any Texas Instruments calculator must contain either TI-30X or TI-36X in its model name. Calculators not included within the above descriptions are not permitted in the exam room.
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Study Strategy
For Morning exam: Attend every E490 class. Preparation problems similar to those recommended by NCEES are in the E 490 course pack and will be covered in class. Work all problems using the FE reference Handbook.
For Afternoon exam: Learn to work all problems in the DS Sample Questions and Solutions or the General Exam booklet booklets published by PPI. Attend the DS review sessions if sessions are available. Take a practice test at ppi2pass.com/ppi/ecmain-a special price will be available 30 days before the exam; or for $10 at www.eitexam.com.
View some FE exam questions free at http://ncees.confex.com/creatinguser/register.html For further preparation, study the Lindeburg manual and sample problems. Work the FE style problems at the end of each chapter 17 using the Reference Handbook.
spend most of your time on the under 3 min problems - low hanging fruit
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Problem Triage
know exactly how to work,
so do immediately
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X
need to think about how to work, so save till later have no idea how to work, so guess and go on with exam eliminate obviously wrong answers
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Units
Handbook has units chapter (also contains conversion factors, constants) Handbook is in metric system FE problems are mostly metric (kg, meter, sec) but may have some U.S. Customary units(lbs, feet, sec)
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Managing Fatigue
two 4 hour sessions + < 1 hour lunch May take short (5 min) breaks
bring favorite food & beverages replenish supplies during lunch break bring layered clothes could be cold
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FE information on the Web: www.ncees.org information about passing rates, calculator policy exam dates, professionalism, brief practice exam, exam specs. www.ppi2pass.com FE review manual, take practice examination learn about examination www.eitexam.com take practice exams for $10 (not as good as PPI exam) . www.courses.ncsu.edu/e490/lec/001/ E 490 course web site- schedule, student comments, other stuff www.engr.ncsu.edu/students/profengr/
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Ethics
The last few exams contained difficult ethical situations. So get familiar with the two ethics pages in the Handbook Three Obligations To Society Employer and Clients Other Licensees Four general rules Be honest, tell the truth Be open, dont conceal information Dont practice in an area you dont know Dont accept money or gifts you dont earn Professions are self-regulating
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END
Good Luck !!!
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