Every topic on the exam, explained in depth: intuition, key equations, worked examples, and the traps to avoid. Organized by the NCEES FE Civil exam specification and cross-referenced to the FE Reference Handbook 10.6.
… exam areas
Analytic geometry, single-variable calculus, vector operations, and statistics including distributions, central tendency, dispersion, confidence intervals, and regression.
Professional and technical codes of ethics, professional liability, licensure, and contracts and contract law.
Time value of money and equivalence, cost types, break-even and benefit-cost and life-cycle analyses, and expected value and risk.
Resultants and equivalent force systems, equilibrium of rigid bodies, frames and trusses, centroids and area moments of inertia, and static friction.
Kinematics of particles and rigid bodies, mass moments of inertia, force-acceleration, and work, energy, and power.
Shear and moment diagrams, axial, torsion, bending, shear, and thermal stresses and deformations, and combined and principal stresses with Mohr's circle.
Mix design of concrete and asphalt, test methods and specifications, and physical and mechanical properties of metals, concrete, aggregates, asphalt, and wood.
Fluid properties and statics, flow measurement, and energy, impulse, and momentum of fluids.
Angles, distances, and trigonometry, area computations, earthwork and volume computations, coordinate systems, and differential leveling and grades.
Basic hydrology and hydraulics, pumps and water distribution, flood control and stormwater, groundwater, collection systems, water quality, and water and wastewater treatment.
Analysis and deflection of determinate beams, trusses, and frames, column buckling, determinacy and stability, loads and load paths, and design of steel and reinforced concrete components.
Index properties and soil classification, phase relations, effective stress, lateral earth pressure, shear strength, bearing capacity, foundations, consolidation and settlement, and slope stability.
Horizontal and vertical geometric design, pavement design, traffic capacity and flow theory, traffic control devices, and transportation planning.
Project administration and delivery methods, construction operations and methods, project controls including earned value and CPM scheduling, estimating, and interpretation of engineering drawings.