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How to Use FERM3 to Prepare for the

FE Environmental Discipline-Specific Exam

The following table lists all 14 knowledge areas (KAs) of the FE Environmental Discipline-Specific Exam and
for each identifies related content in the FE Review Manual (FERM3), Environmental Discipline-Specific
Review (DSEN), and other products developed by PPI and found on www.ppi2pass.com and
www.feprep.com.
Subjects to Review
(approximate number of problems on exam) percent of exam
Materials for
Review and Practice
General Exam Overview FERM3 Introduction and How to Use
This Book for the CBT Exam
FE Environmental Assessment 1
KA: mathematics
(46 problems) 4%
analytic geometry; numerical methods; roots of equations;
calculus; differential equations
FERM3 Chap. 15, 79 and Diagnostic
Exam for Math
FE Environmental Flashcard Math KA
FE Environmental Quiz Bank Math KA
KA: probability and statistics
(35 problems) 3%
measures of central tendencies and dispersions (e.g., mean,
mode, standard deviation); probability distributions (e.g.,
discrete, continuous, normal, binomial); estimation (point,
confidence intervals) for a single mean; regression and curve
fitting; expected value (weighted average) in decision making;
hypothesis testing;
FERM3 Chap. 6
FE Environmental Flashcard
Probability and Statistics KA
FE Environmental Quiz Bank
Probability and Statistics KA
KA: ethics and professional practice
(58 problems) 5%
code of ethics (professional and technical societies);
agreements and contracts; ethical and legal considerations;
professional liability; public protection issues (e.g., licensing
boards); regulations (e.g., water, wastewater, air,
solid/hazardous waste, groundwater/soils)
FERM3 Front Matter section titled
Engineering Registration in the United
States, Chap. 54, and Diagnostic Exam
for Ethics
Ethics and Professional Practice KA
Ethics and Professional Practice KA
KA: engineering economics
(46 problems) 4%
discounted cash flow (e.g., life cycle, equivalence, PW,
equivalent annual worth, FW, rate of return); cost (e.g.,
incremental, average, sunk, estimating); analyses (e.g.,
breakeven, benefit-cost); uncertainty (expected value and risk)
FERM3 Chap. 5153 and Diagnostic
Exam for Engineering Economics
Engineering Economics KA
Engineering Economics KA
KA: materials science
(35 problems) 3%
properties (e.g., chemical, electrical, mechanical, physical);
corrosion mechanisms and controls; material selection and
compatibility
Exam for Materials Science/Structure
of Matter
Materials Science KA
Materials Science KA
KA: environmental science and chemistry
(1117 problems) 11%
reactions (e.g., equilibrium, acid base, oxidation-reduction,
precipitation); stoichiometry; kinetics (chemical,
microbiological); organic chemistry (e.g., nomenclature,
functional group reactions); ecology (e.g., Streeter-Phelps,
fluviology, limnology, eutrophication); multimedia equilibrium
partitioning (e.g., Henrys law, octonal partitioning coefficient)
Exam for Chemistry
DSEN*
o RF 57, 10
o PP 1921, 25, 2728, 44, 5462
o E1 2, 6, 11, 14, 18, 26, 30, 41, 5557, 60
o E2 1213, 25, 2728, 31, 41, 45, 52,
54, 57
o SF 57, 10
Environmental Science and Chemistry KA
Environmental Science and Chemistry KA
KA: risk assessment
(58 problems) 5%
dose-response toxicity (carcinogen, noncarcinogen); exposure
routes
Exam for Biology
DSEN
o RF 89
o PP 2226
o E1 50
o E2 39, 55
o SF 89
Risk Assessment KA
Risk Assessment KA
KA: fluid mechanics
(914 problems) 9%
fluid statics; closed conduits (e.g., Darcy-Weisbach, Hazen-
Williams, Moody); open channel (Manning); pumps (e.g.,
power, operating point, parallel, and series); flow measurement
(e.g., weirs, orifices, flowmeters); blowers (e.g., power,
operating point, parallel, and series)
Exam for Fluid Mechanics
DSEN
o PP 7, 614, 16
o E1 410, 13, 17, 19, 21, 39, 51, 53, 59
o E2 37, 1819, 24, 26, 35
Fluid Mechanics KA
Fluid Mechanics KA
KA: thermodynamics
(35 problems) 3%
thermodynamic laws (e.g., 1
st
law, 2
nd
law) energy, heat, and
work; ideal gases; mixture of nonreacting gases; heat transfer
Exam for Thermodynamics and Heat
Transfer
Thermodynamics KA
Thermodynamics KA
KA: water resources
(1015 problems) 10%
demand calculations; population estimations; runoff
calculations (e.g., land use, land cover, time of concentration,
duration, intensity, frequency); reservoir sizing; routing (e.g.,
channel, reservoir); water quality and modeling (e.g., erosion,
channel stability, stormwater quality management)
DSEN
o RF 12
o PP 23, 60
o E1 4, 18, 20, 31, 33, 37, 54
o E2 811, 1415, 29, 3638, 49, 59
o SF 12
Water Resources KA
Water Resources KA
KA: water and wastewater
(1421 problems) 14%
water and wastewater characteristics; mass and energy
balances; conventional water treatment processes (e.g.,
clarification, disinfection, filtration, flocculation, softening,
rapid mix); conventional wastewater treatment processes (e.g.,
activated sludge, decentralized wastewater systems, fixed-film
system, disinfection, flow equalization, headworks, lagoons)
DSEN
o RF 3
o PP 1734, 40
o E1 11, 36, 4043, 5253, 56, 60
o E2 8, 28, 3034, 37, 42, 45, 47, 59
o SF 3
Water and Wastewater Resources KA
Water and Wastewater KA
KA: air quality
(1015 problems) 10%
chemical principles (e.g., ideal gas, mole fractions,
stoichiometry, Henrys law); mass balances; emissions (factors,
rates); atmospheric sciences (e.g., stability classes, dispersion
modeling, lapse rates); gas handling and treatment technologies
(e.g., hoods, ducts, coolers, biofiltration, scrubbers, adsorbers,
incineration); particle handling and treatment technologies
(e.g., baghouses, cyclones, electrostatic precipitators, settling
velocity)
DSEN
o RF 4
o PP 3544, 4849
o E1 16, 26, 30, 4449, 55, 58
o E2 2023, 4344, 46, 50
o SF 4
Air Quality KA
Air Quality KA
KA: solid and hazardous waste
(1015 problems) 10%
composting; mass balances; compatibility; landfilling (e.g.,
siting, design, leachate, material and energy recovery); site
characterization and remediation; hazardous waste treatment
(e.g., physical, chemical, thermal); radioactive waste treatment
and disposal
DSEN
o RF 10
o PP 4553
o E1 29, 3132, 3436, 48
o E2 15, 40, 51, 5658, 60
o SF 10
Solid and Hazardous Waste KA
Solid and Hazardous Waste KA
KA: groundwater and soils
(914 problems) 9%
basic hydrogeology (e.g., aquifers, permeability, water table,
hydraulic conductivity, saturation, soil characteristics);
drawdown (e.g., Jacob, Theis, Thiem); groundwater flow (e.g.,
Darcys law, specific capacity, velocity, gradient); soil and
groundwater remediation
DSEN
o RF 1011
o PP 50, 5253
o E1 38
o E2 7, 11, 14, 17, 49
o SF 1011
Groundwater and Soils KA
Groundwater and Soils KA
* DSEN contains five content chapters. The table abbreviates these as follows: RF = Review of Relevant Formulas
(section numbers listed in table); PP = Practice Problems; E1 = Exam 1; E2 = Exam 2; and SF = Summary of
Supplied Formulas (section numbers listed in table).

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