FE Mechanical — 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 — Official range: 6–9 questions (Practice allocation: 5.93%)

  • Analytic geometry
  • Calculus
  • Ordinary differential equations
  • Linear algebra
  • Numerical methods
  • Algorithm and logic development
• Probability and Statistics — Official range: 4–6 questions (Practice allocation: 3.95%)

  • Probability distributions
  • Measures of central tendencies and dispersions
  • Expected value in decision making
  • Regression, curve fitting, and goodness of fit
• Ethics and Professional Practice — Official range: 4–6 questions (Practice allocation: 3.95%)

  • Codes of ethics
  • Public health, safety, and welfare
  • Intellectual property
  • Societal considerations
• Engineering Economics — Official range: 4–6 questions (Practice allocation: 3.95%)

  • Time value of money
  • Cost types and breakdowns
  • Economic analyses
• Electricity and Magnetism — Official range: 5–8 questions (Practice allocation: 5.14%)

  • Electrical fundamentals
  • DC circuit analysis
  • AC circuit analysis
  • Motors and generators
• Statics — Official range: 9–14 questions (Practice allocation: 9.09%)

  • Resultants of force systems
  • Concurrent force systems
  • Equilibrium of rigid bodies
  • Frames and trusses
  • Centroids and moments of inertia
  • Static friction
• Dynamics, Kinematics, and Vibrations — Official range: 10–15 questions (Practice allocation: 9.88%)

  • Kinematics of particles
  • Kinetic friction
  • Newton’s second law for particles
  • Work-energy of particles
  • Impulse-momentum of particles
  • Kinematics of rigid bodies
  • Kinematics of mechanisms
  • Newton’s second law for rigid bodies
  • Work-energy of rigid bodies
  • Impulse-momentum of rigid bodies
  • Free and forced vibrations
• Mechanics of Materials — Official range: 9–14 questions (Practice allocation: 9.09%)

  • Shear and moment diagrams
  • Stress transformations and Mohr's circle
  • Stress and strain caused by axial loads
  • Stress and strain caused by bending loads
  • Stress and strain caused by torsional loads
  • Stress and strain caused by shear
  • Stress and strain caused by temperature changes
  • Combined loading
  • Deformations
  • Column buckling
  • Statically indeterminate systems
• Material Properties and Processing — Official range: 7–11 questions (Practice allocation: 7.11%)

  • Properties
  • Stress-strain diagrams
  • Ferrous metals
  • Nonferrous metals
  • Engineered materials
  • Manufacturing processes
  • Phase diagrams, phase transformation, and heat treating
  • Materials selection
  • Corrosion mechanisms and control
  • Failure mechanisms
• Fluid Mechanics — Official range: 10–15 questions (Practice allocation: 9.88%)

  • Fluid properties
  • Fluid statics
  • Energy, impulse, and momentum
  • Internal flow
  • External flow
  • Compressible flow
  • Power and efficiency
  • Performance curves
  • Scaling laws for fans, pumps, and compressors
• Thermodynamics — Official range: 10–15 questions (Practice allocation: 9.88%)

  • Properties of ideal gases and pure substances
  • Energy transfers
  • Laws of thermodynamics
  • Processes
  • Performance of components
  • Power cycles
  • Refrigeration and heat pump cycles
  • Nonreacting mixtures of gases
  • Psychrometrics
  • Heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) processes
  • Combustion and combustion products
• Heat Transfer — Official range: 7–11 questions (Practice allocation: 7.11%)

  • Conduction
  • Convection
  • Radiation
  • Transient processes
  • Heat exchangers
• Measurements, Instrumentation, and Controls — Official range: 5–8 questions (Practice allocation: 5.14%)

  • Sensors and transducers
  • Control systems
  • Dynamic system response
  • Measurement uncertainty
• Mechanical Design and Analysis — Official range: 10–15 questions (Practice allocation: 9.88%)

  • Stress analysis of machine elements
  • Failure theories and analysis
  • Deformation and stiffness
  • Springs
  • Pressure vessels and piping
  • Bearings
  • Power screws
  • Power transmission
  • Joining methods
  • Manufacturability
  • Quality and reliability
  • Components
  • Engineering drawing interpretations and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T)