Effective July 1st, 2020, these are the categories and subcategories specified by the NCEES that this discipline covers. It includes an estimate of the number of questions you will see on the official exam for each category. We've covered the specification changes in this blog post. PrepFE provides hundreds of questions in proportional amounts to the official exam.
For the prior categories and topics that were discontinued at the end of June, 2020, please see the categories here.
Analytic geometry
Single-variable calculus
Vector operations
Statistics (e.g., distributions, mean, mode, standard deviation, confidence interval, regression and curve fitting)
Codes of ethics (professional and technical societies)
Professional liability
Licensure
Contracts and contract law
Time value of money (e.g., equivalence, present worth, equivalent annual worth, future worth, rate of return)
Cost (e.g., fixed, variable, direct and indirect labor, incremental, average, sunk)
Analyses (e.g., break-even, benefit-cost, life cycle, sustainability, renewable energy)
Uncertainty (e.g., expected value and risk)
Resultants of force systems
Equivalent force systems
Equilibrium of rigid bodies
Frames and trusses
Centroid of area
Area moments of inertia
Static friction
Kinematics (e.g., particles, rigid bodies)
Mass moments of inertia
Force acceleration (e.g., particles, rigid bodies)
Work, energy, and power (e.g., particles, rigid bodies)
Shear and moment diagrams
Stresses and strains (e.g., diagrams, axial, torsion, bending, shear, thermal)
Deformations (e.g., axial, torsion, bending, thermal)
Combined stresses, principal stresses, and Mohr's circle
Mix design of concrete and asphalt
Test methods and specifications of metals, concrete, aggregates, asphalt, and wood
Physical and mechanical properties of metals, concrete, aggregates, asphalt, and wood
Flow measurement
Fluid properties
Fluid statics
Energy, impulse, and momentum of fluids
Angles, distances, and trigonometry
Area computations
Earthwork and volume computations
Coordinate systems (e.g., state plane, latitude/longitude)
Leveling (e.g., differential, elevations, percent grades)
Basic hydrology (e.g., infiltration, rainfall, runoff, watersheds)
Basic hydraulics (e.g., Manning equation, Bernoulli theorem, open-channel flow)
Pumps
Water distribution systems
Flood control (e.g., dams, routing, spillways)
Stormwater (e.g., detention, routing, quality)
Collection systems (e.g., wastewater, stormwater)
Groundwater (e.g., flow, wells, drawdown)
Water quality (e.g., ground and surface, basic water chemistry)
Testing and standards (e.g., water, wastewater, air, noise)
Water and wastewater treatment (e.g., biological processes, softening, drinking water treatment)
Analysis of statically determinant beams, columns, trusses, and frames
Deflection of statically determinant beams, trusses, and frames
Column analysis (e.g., buckling, boundary conditions)
Structural determinacy and stability analysis of beams, trusses, and frames
Elementary statically indeterminate structures
Loads, load combinations, and load paths (e.g., dead, live, lateral, influence lines and moving loads, tributary areas)
Design of steel components (e.g., codes and design philosophies, beams, columns, tension members, connections)
Design of reinforced concrete components (e.g., codes and design philosophies, beams, columns)
Index properties and soil classifications
Phase relations
Laboratory and field tests
Effective stress
Stability of retaining structures (e.g., active/passive/at-rest pressure)
Shear strength
Bearing capacity
Foundation types (e.g., spread footings, deep foundations, wall footings, mats)
Consolidation and differential settlement
Slope stability (e.g., fills, embankments, cuts, dams)
Soil stabilization (e.g., chemical additives, geosynthetics)
Geometric design (e.g., streets, highways, intersections)
Pavement system design (e.g., thickness, subgrade, drainage, rehabilitation)
Traffic capacity and flow theory
Traffic control devices
Transportation planning (e.g., travel forecast modeling, safety, trip generation)
Project administration (e.g., documents, management, procurement, project delivery methods)
Construction operations and methods (e.g., safety, equipment, productivity analysis, temporary erosion control)
Project controls (e.g., earned value, scheduling, allocation of resources, activity relationships)
Construction estimating
Interpretation of engineering drawings