FE Civil — Information & Free Practice

The authority publishes question-count ranges for each content area. The practice percentages below use the midpoint of each range, normalized to 100%; they are not exact percentages published by the authority. Practice question counts may differ slightly because of rounding.

• Mathematics and Statistics — Official range: 8–12 questions (Practice allocation: 7.94%)

  • Analytic geometry
  • Single-variable calculus
  • Vector operations
  • Statistics
• Ethics and Professional Practice — Official range: 4–6 questions (Practice allocation: 3.97%)

  • Codes of ethics
  • Professional liability
  • Licensure
  • Contracts and contract law
• Engineering Economics — Official range: 5–8 questions (Practice allocation: 5.16%)

  • Time value of money
  • Cost
  • Analyses
  • Uncertainty
• Statics — Official range: 8–12 questions (Practice allocation: 7.94%)

  • Resultants of force systems
  • Equivalent force systems
  • Equilibrium of rigid bodies
  • Frames and trusses
  • Centroid of area
  • Area moments of inertia
  • Static friction
• Dynamics — Official range: 4–6 questions (Practice allocation: 3.97%)

  • Kinematics
  • Mass moments of inertia
  • Force acceleration
  • Work, energy, and power
• Mechanics of Materials — Official range: 7–11 questions (Practice allocation: 7.14%)

  • Shear and moment diagrams
  • Stresses and strains
  • Deformations
  • Combined stresses, principal stresses, and Mohr's circle
• Materials — Official range: 5–8 questions (Practice allocation: 5.16%)

  • Mix design of concrete and asphalt
  • Test methods and specifications
  • Physical and mechanical properties
• Fluid Mechanics — Official range: 6–9 questions (Practice allocation: 5.95%)

  • Flow measurement
  • Fluid properties
  • Fluid statics
  • Energy, impulse, and momentum of fluids
• Surveying — Official range: 6–9 questions (Practice allocation: 5.95%)

  • Angles, distances, and trigonometry
  • Area computations
  • Earthwork and volume computations
  • Coordinate systems
  • Leveling
• Water Resources and Environmental Engineering — Official range: 10–15 questions (Practice allocation: 9.92%)

  • Basic hydrology
  • Basic hydraulics
  • Pumps
  • Water distribution systems
  • Flood control
  • Stormwater
  • Collection systems
  • Groundwater
  • Water quality
  • Testing and standards
  • Water and wastewater treatment
• Structural Engineering — Official range: 10–15 questions (Practice allocation: 9.92%)

  • Analysis of statically determinant structures
  • Deflection of statically determinant structures
  • Column analysis
  • Structural determinacy and stability analysis
  • Elementary statically indeterminate structures
  • Loads, load combinations, and load paths
  • Design of steel components
  • Design of reinforced concrete components
• Geotechnical Engineering — Official range: 10–15 questions (Practice allocation: 9.92%)

  • Index properties and soil classifications
  • Phase relations
  • Laboratory and field tests
  • Effective stress
  • Stability of retaining structures
  • Shear strength
  • Bearing capacity
  • Foundation types
  • Consolidation and differential settlement
  • Slope stability
  • Soil stabilization
• Transportation Engineering — Official range: 9–14 questions (Practice allocation: 9.13%)

  • Geometric design
  • Pavement system design
  • Traffic capacity and flow theory
  • Traffic control devices
  • Transportation planning
• Construction Engineering — Official range: 8–12 questions (Practice allocation: 7.94%)

  • Project administration
  • Construction operations and methods
  • Project controls
  • Construction estimating
  • Interpretation of engineering drawings