Below are the NCEES category specifications for exam coverage.
Effective UNTIL July 1st, 2020, these are the categories and subcategories specified by the NCEES that this discipline will cover. It includes an estimate of the number of questions you will see on the official exam for each category. PrepFE provides hundreds of questions in proportional amounts to the official exam.
For the upcoming categories that are effective as of July 1st, 2020, please see the categories here.
Analytic geometry
Calculus
Roots of equations
Vector analysis
Measures of central tendencies and dispersions (e.g., mean, mode, standard deviation)
Estimation for a single mean (e.g., point, confidence intervals)
Regression and curve fitting
Expected value (weighted average) in decision making
Spreadsheet computations
Structured programming (e.g., if-then, loops, macros)
Codes of ethics (professional and technical societies)
Professional liability
Licensure
Sustainability and sustainable design
Professional skills (e.g., public policy, management, and business)
Contracts and contract law
Discounted cash flow (e.g., equivalence, PW, equivalent annual worth, FW, rate of return)
Cost (e.g., incremental, average, sunk, estimating)
Analyses (e.g., breakeven, benefit-cost, life cycle)
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 and rigid bodies)
Mass moments of inertia
Force acceleration (e.g., particles and rigid bodies)
Impulse momentum (e.g., particles and rigid bodies)
Work, energy, and power (e.g., particles and rigid bodies)
Shear and moment diagrams
Stresses and strains (e.g., axial, torsion, bending, shear, thermal)
Deformations (e.g., axial, torsion, bending, thermal)
Combined stresses
Principal stresses
Mohr's circle
Column analysis (e.g., buckling, boundary conditions)
Composite sections
Elastic and plastic deformations
Stress-strain diagrams
Mix design (e.g., concrete and asphalt)
Test methods and specifications (e.g., steel, concrete, aggregates, asphalt, wood)
Physical and mechanical properties of concrete, ferrous and nonferrous metals, masonry, wood, engineered materials (e.g., FRP, laminated lumber, wood/plastic composites), and asphalt
Flow measurement
Fluid properties
Fluid statics
Energy, impulse, and momentum equations
Basic hydrology (e.g., infiltration, rainfall, runoff, detention, flood flows, watersheds)
Basic hydraulics (e.g., Manning equation, Bernoulli theorem, open-channel flow, pipe flow)
Pumping systems (water and wastewater)
Water distribution systems
Reservoirs (e.g., dams, routing, spillways)
Groundwater (e.g., flow, wells, drawdown)
Storm sewer collection systems
Analysis of forces in statically determinant beams, trusses, and frames
Deflection of statically determinant beams, trusses, and frames
Structural determinacy and stability analysis of beams, trusses, and frames
Loads and load paths (e.g., dead, live, lateral, influence lines and moving loads, tributary areas)
Elementary statically indeterminate structures
Design of steel components (e.g., codes and design philosophies, beams, columns, beam-columns, tension members, connections)
Design of reinforced concrete components (e.g., codes and design philosophies, beams, slabs, columns, walls, footings)
Geology
Index properties and soil classifications
Phase relations (air-water-solid)
Laboratory and field tests
Effective stress (buoyancy)
Stability of retaining walls (e.g., active pressure/passive pressure)
Shear strength
Bearing capacity (cohesive and noncohesive)
Foundation types (e.g., spread footings, deep foundations, wall footings, mats)
Consolidation and differential settlement
Seepage/flow nets
Slope stability (e.g., fills, embankments, cuts, dams)
Soil stabilization (e.g., chemical additives, geosynthetics)
Drainage systems
Erosion control
Geometric design of streets and highways
Geometric design of intersections
Pavement system design (e.g., thickness, subgrade, drainage, rehabilitation)
Traffic safety
Traffic capacity
Traffic flow theory
Traffic control devices
Transportation planning (e.g., travel forecast modeling)
Water quality (ground and surface)
Basic tests (e.g., water, wastewater, air)
Environmental regulations
Water supply and treatment
Wastewater collection and treatment
Construction documents
Procurement methods (e.g., competitive bid, qualifications-based)
Project delivery methods (e.g., design-bid-build, design build, construction management, multiple prime)
Construction operations and methods (e.g., lifting, rigging, dewatering and pumping, equipment production, productivity analysis and improvement, temporary erosion control)
Project scheduling (e.g., CPM, allocation of resources)
Project management (e.g., owner/contractor/client relations)
Construction safety
Construction estimating
Angles, distances, and trigonometry
Area computations
Earthwork and volume computations
Closure
Coordinate systems (e.g., state plane, latitude/longitude)
Leveling (e.g., differential, elevations, percent grades)