ALL ABOUT CIVIL ENGINEERING

BOARD EXAMINATION
PREPARED BY: ENGR. KATHERINE SHAYNE D. YEE
DECEMBER 2014 CE BOARD EXAM PASSER

WHAT ARE THE SUBJECTS

COVERED IN THIS EXAM?
1.

MATHEMATICS, SURVEYING, AND

TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

ALGEBRA, TRIGONOMETRY (PLANE AND SPHERICAL),

ANALYTIC GEOMETRY, GEOMETRY(PLANE AND SOLID),
DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS, INTEGRAL CALCULUS,
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS, AND MATH THEORIES.
- ELEMENTARY AND HIGHER SURVEYING
- TRANSPORATION ENGINEERING AND HIGHWAY
ENGINEERING

WHAT ARE THE SUBJECTS

COVERED IN THIS EXAM?
2. HYDRAULICS AND GEOTECHNICAL
ENGINEERING
- FLUID MECHANICS, HYDRAULICS, SOIL MECHANICS,
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING, AND FOUNDATION
ENGINEERING

3. STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING AND

CONSTRUCTION
- STATICS, DYNAMICS, STRENGTH OF MATERIALS, THEORY
1, THEORY 2, REINFORCED CONCRETE DESIGN, STEEL
DESIGN, AND TIMBER DESIGN
- CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT

TYPE OF EXAM
1.
2.
3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE ( A B C D )
100 ITEMS (ONE SITUATION = 3
ITEMS)
SHADING

HOW TO PASS THE BOARD

EXAM?
TWO CONDITIONS:
1. THE SCORES IN ALL SUBJECTS MUST
NOT BE LOWER THAN 50.
2. THE AVERAGE SCORE IN THE THREE
SUBJECTS MUST NOT BE LESS THAN
70.

TIPS IN PASSING THE

BOARD EXAMINATION

REFLECT ON WHAT IS YOUR

GOAL FOR THIS B.E.
IN DOING SOMETHING GREAT, YOU
HAVE TO DESIRE IT FIRST.

MY GOAL: TO TOP THE BOARD EXAM!

BE SURE YOUR INTENTIONS ARE
PURE.

PLAN
FIRST THING YOU HAVE TO DO IS TO
PLAN ABOUT THE FOLLOWING:
1. ROUTINE IN STUDYING (STUDY HABIT)
2. YOUR STUDY AREA (LIBRARY,
BEDROOM, BOARDING HOUSE)
3. STUDY TIME (KNOW WHAT TIME OF
THE DAY IS YOUR MENTAL PEAK)

REVIEW PREPARATION
1.

2.

3.

BUY REVIEW BOOKS, MANY BOND

PAPERS OR EVEN SCRATCHES,
PENCILS, ERASERS, SHARPENER.
(YOULL SOLVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS)
BUY A NEW CALCULATOR IF THE
CALCULATOR YOUVE BOUGHT WAS 5
YEARS AGO. (CASIO ES 911 PLUS)
PROVIDE YOUR OWN STUDY TABLE

ACCLIMATIZATION
ACCLIMATIZE YOURSELF SO THAT YOULL GET
USED IN STUDYING AND SOLVING FOR
SEVERAL HOURS!
EASY COME, EASY GO
NOTE: MINIMUM STUDY TIME IS 8 HOURS A
DAY (4 HOURS IN REVIEW IS NOT
INCLUDED). MY SLEEPING TIME IS 8 HOURS
ALSO.

DURING REVIEW

YOUR STUDY HABIT MUST BE HABITUAL/

ROUTINAL.
LISTEN ATTENTIVELY TO YOUR
INSTRUCTOR
STUDY THE PRINCIPLES AND UNDERSTAND
IT. SOLVE AS MANY AS YOU CAN.
GIVE ONE HOUR A DAY TO MEMORIZE
FORMULAS.
STUDY CALCULATOR TRICKS

DURING REFRESHER

ITS ALL ABOUT MASTERY.

SOLVE ABOUT 300 PROBLEMS A DAY.
THE MORE YOUR PRACTICE SOLVING,
THE MORE YOU ENCOUNTER DIFFICULT
PROBLEMS AND THE MORE YOU LEARN.

* NEVER SETTLE FOR PASSING GRADE.

AIM FOR EXCELLENCE. PERFECT
SCORE!

PRE BOARD EXAM

DO NOT CHEAT
DO NOT ASK YOUR CLASSMATES
ABOUT A FORMULA
EXAMS ARE ONE WAY OF EVALUATING
YOURSELF. FIRST EXAMS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE LOW BECAUSE NOT
ALL TOPICS ARE DICUSSED AND
MASTERY IS NOT YET ACHIEVED.

1 WEEK BEFORE BOARD

EXAM

DONT SOLVE ANYMORE (CRAMMING)

SYNTHESIZE ON THE LESSONS YOUVE
LEARNED ON THE PAST FEW MONTHS
RELAX AND SEE A MOVIE
PRAY HARDER THAN BEFORE
SLEEP WELL AND EAT WELL

DURING BOARD EXAM

1.
2.
3.
4.

RELAX IS THE KEY IN PASSING THE B.

E.
BRING ALL THE MATERIALS YOU NEED
DURING THE EXAM
EAT HEAVY BREAKFAST.
AFTER THE EXAM, DONT DISCUSSED
THE ANSWERS.

AFTER BOARD EXAM

1.
2.
3.

4.

YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR 3 OR 4 DAYS

FOR THE RESULTS.
THIS IS THE LONGEST DAYS IN YOUR
LIFE.
PRC WILL POST THE RESULTS IN THEIR
WEBSITE.
AFTER RESULTS, HELLO ENGINEER!
BYE ENGINEERING!

WORDS OF ADVICE
1.

2.
3.

IF YOU DESIRE SOMETHING, AIM FOR

IT. IT WILL NOT BE GIVEN TO YOU IF
YOURE NOT READY.
A GENIUS CAN BE DEFEATED BY
HARDWORK. SO WORK HARD.
PROBLEMS ARE CONSTANT. IT MAY
MAGNIFY DURING REVIEW BUT ALL
YOU HAVE TO DO IS NEVER FORGET
ABOUT YOUR GOAL.

WORDS OF ADVICE
4. THE MORE YOU SOLVE, THE GREATER
THE CHANCE YOU GET HIGH GRADES.
USE YOUR RESOURCES WELL.
5. AIM FOR EXCELLENCE. DO NOT
COMPETE WITH OTHERS. COMPETE
WITH YOURSELF.
6. SOMETIMES, THE GREATEST ENEMY
YOULL HAVE IS YOURSELF. CONQUER
IT AND YOU WILL HAVE GREAT THINGS.

WORDS OF WISDOM
7. DONT BE LAZY.
The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing,
while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.
Proverbs 13:4

8. WHATEVER HAPPENS, ALWAYS

REMEMBER THAT GOD IS IN CONTROL.

For I know the plansI have for you, declares

theLORD, plans to prosperyou and not to harm
you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Jeremiah 29:11

THANK YOU EVERYONE!

And may God bless you always!