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FE Civil Practice Exam

Name: Civil Practice Exam, Form A
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Form A

110 original problems in the FE Civil format, with complete worked solutions. Every problem is answerable with the on-screen reference handbook alone, every solution names the governing handbook equation, and every numeric answer was reproduced by a second, independent calculation route before publication.

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What is in the exam

110 problems distributed across all 14 knowledge areas of the current FE Civil specification, with per-area counts inside the published NCEES ranges. Two timed sittings of 55 problems reproduce the pace of the real 5-hour-20-minute appointment.

Knowledge area	This form	NCEES range	Free sample
Mathematics and Statistics	9	8-12	View
Ethics and Professional Practice	4	4-6	View
Engineering Economics	5	5-8	View
Statics	9	8-12	View
Dynamics	4	4-6	View
Mechanics of Materials	8	7-11	View
Materials	6	5-8	View
Fluid Mechanics	7	6-9	View
Surveying	6	6-9	View
Water Resources and Environmental Engineering	11	10-15	View
Structural Engineering	12	10-15	View
Geotechnical Engineering	12	10-15	View
Transportation Engineering	9	9-14	View
Construction Engineering	8	8-12	View

How the solutions are written

A short derivation in plain professional prose: what governs, the governing equation named as it appears in the reference handbook, and the result with units.
A one-line explanation of each wrong choice, computed from the specific error that produces that exact value — never invented.
Every answer verified by a second, independent route — an alternate formula, a limiting case, or a direct recomputation — before release.
Typeset as a clean, monochrome book: the full form, an answer key, and complete solutions in one print-ready PDF.
A score sheet groups your results by knowledge area — the same area-by-area view as the NCEES diagnostic report — so a retake candidate can check that the weak areas from a previous attempt have actually closed.

Sample problem

Mathematics and Statistics

A rectangular open channel must provide a flow cross-sectional area of $8 m^{2}$ . The lining covers the channel bottom and both vertical sides; the water surface is free. The minimum lined perimeter of the cross section is most nearly:

(A)6.0 m
(B)8.0 m
(C)8.5 m
(D)12.0 m

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Answer: (B)

Lining is minimized at the half-square section: $d = 2$ m, $b = 4$ m, giving $P = b + 2 d = 8.0$ m.

With bottom width $b$ and depth $d$ , the constraint $b d = 8$ makes the lined perimeter a function of depth alone.

P = b + 2 d = \frac{8}{d} + 2 d

The optimum lies where the slope of $P (d)$ vanishes.

\frac{d P}{dd} = - \frac{8}{d ^{2}} + 2 = 0

d^{2} = 4, d = 2 m

Then $b = 8/2 = 4$ m, and $16/ d^{3} > 0$ confirms a minimum.

P = 4 + 2 (2) = 8.0 m

FE Reference Handbook — Mathematics: Differential Calculus, Test for a Minimum

Why the other choices appear

(A)Sums one width and one side wall only, $b + d = 4 + 2 = 6.0$ m, omitting the second side.
(C)Assumes a square section with $b = d = 8 = 2.83$ m, giving $P = 3 (2.83) = 8.5$ m.
(D)Counts the free water surface as lined, $2 b + 2 d = 8 + 4 = 12.0$ m.

One free sample problem with its complete worked solution is published for each knowledge area — open any area from the table above.

Retaking the exam?

Repeat attempts pass at roughly half the first-time rate, and the difference is almost always the plan, not the person. Read the FE Civil retake guide — the current NCEES rules, how to read your diagnostic report, and how to use this form's knowledge-area score sheet as the go/no-go check before you pay for the next appointment.

Corrections and provenance

Every problem in this book is an original work written for this publication. Official examination questions are confidential and are not reproduced or paraphrased. If an error survives the two-route verification, the correction is published on this site with a version number, and buyers can re-download the corrected PDF from their receipt link at no charge. Support: support@inshihub.com.