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.
Algebra and trigonometry
Complex numbers
Discrete mathematics
Analytic geometry
Calculus (e.g., differential, integral, single-variable, multivariable)
Ordinary differential equations
Linear algebra
Vector analysis
Measures of central tendencies and dispersions (e.g., mean, mode, standard deviation)
Probability distributions (e.g., discrete, continuous, normal, binomial, conditional probability)
Expected value (weighted average)
Codes of ethics (e.g., professional and technical societies, NCEES Model Law and Model Rules)
Intellectual property (e.g., copyright, trade secrets, patents, trademarks)
Safety (e.g., grounding, material safety data, PPE, radiation protection)
Time value of money (e.g., present value, future value, annuities)
Cost estimation
Risk identification
Analysis (e.g., cost-benefit, trade-off, break-even)
Semiconductor materials (e.g., tunneling, diffusion/drift current, energy bands, doping bands, p-n theory)
Electrical (e.g., conductivity, resistivity, permittivity, magnetic permeability, noise)
Thermal (e.g., conductivity, expansion)
KCL, KVL
Series/parallel equivalent circuits
Thevenin and Norton theorems
Node and loop analysis
Waveform analysis (e.g., RMS, average, frequency, phase, wavelength)
Phasors
Impedance
Frequency/transient response
Resonance
Laplace transforms
Transfer functions
Sampling (e.g., aliasing, Nyquist theorem)
Analog filters
Digital filters (e.g., difference equations, Z-transforms)
Models, biasing, and performance of discrete devices (e.g., diodes, transistors, thyristors)
Amplifiers (e.g., single-stage/common emitter, differential, biasing)
Operational amplifiers (e.g., ideal, nonideal)
Instrumentation (e.g., measurements, data acquisition, transducers)
Power electronics (e.g., rectifiers, inverters, converters)
Power theory (e.g., power factor, single and three phase, voltage regulation)
Transmission and distribution (e.g., real and reactive losses, efficiency, voltage drop, delta and wye connections)
Transformers (e.g., single-phase and three-phase connections, reflected impedance)
Motors and generators (e.g., synchronous, induction, dc)
Electrostatics/magnetostatics (e.g., spatial relationships, vector analysis)
Electrodynamics (e.g., Maxwell equations, wave propagation)
Transmission lines (high frequency)
Block diagrams (e.g. feedforward, feedback)
Bode plots
Closed-loop response, open-loop response, and stability
Controller performance (e.g., steady-state errors, settling time, overshoot)
Basic modulation/demodulation concepts (e.g., AM, FM, PCM)
Fourier transforms/Fourier series
Multiplexing (e.g., time division, frequency division, code division)
Digital communications
Routing and switching
Network topologies (e.g., mesh, ring, star)
Network types (e.g., LAN, WAN, internet)
Network models (e.g., OSI, TCP/IP)
Network intrusion detection and prevention (e.g., firewalls, endpoint detection, network detection)
Security (e.g., port scanning, network vulnerability testing, web vulnerability testing, penetration testing, security triad)
Number systems
Boolean logic
Logic gates and circuits
Logic minimization (e.g., SOP, POS, Karnaugh maps)
Flip-flops and counters
Programmable logic devices and gate arrays
State machine design
Timing (e.g., diagrams, asynchronous inputs, race conditions and other hazards)
Microprocessors
Memory technology and systems
Interfacing
Algorithms (e.g., sorting, searching, complexity, big-O)
Data structures (e.g., lists, trees, vectors, structures, arrays)
Software implementation (e.g., iteration, conditionals, recursion, control flow, scripting, testing)