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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ........... HOW TO USE THISBOOK... 2... 0... MATHEMATICS Economics SYSTEMS OF UNITS ....... FLUID STATICS AND DYNAMICS... . ‘THERMODYNAMICS POWER CYCLES CHEMISTRY STATICS MATERIALS SCIENCE MECHANICS OF MATERIALS DYNAMICS . DC ELECTRICITY AC ELECTRICITY PHYSICS . . ao ee SYSTEMS MODELING. ....... COMPUTER SCIENCE . PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS, INC. a1 BL a1 a1 on + 101 . el . 131 Mt 117 PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION In the good old days, when examinations for engineering licensing were in their infancy, most review books were mainly compilations of problems with little supporting theory—much like this book. Such books placed the burden on the examinees to accumulate and become familiar with numerous textbooks and references. ‘The National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) changed all thet when it limited you to a single reference booklet that it provides. While this eliminated the “shopping cart syndrome” (wherein somo examinees literally brought shopping carts of books to the exam), it also changed the na- ture of how most examinees conduct their review. The scope of the exam has narrowed significantly, and the scope of the examinees’ review has shrunk ac- cordingly, placing more emphasis on the ability to quickly work certain standard types of problems. Since you cannot use your own reference books in the Fundamentals of Eng: neering (FE) exam, working countless practice problems has become the review ‘method of choice for many examinees. This book contains the grist for the problem review mill. Parallel to the actual exam, this edition features problems that all use the SI systom of units. Approximately half of the problems have been revised or re- placed in order to use these units. New problems have been added to cover high-probability subjects that had no representation in previous editions. The ‘book has been edited to incorporate PI's rigorous style and quality stan- Thope you will find this book particularly useful and valuable. Michael R. Lindoburg, PE PROFESSIONAL. PUBLICATIONS, INC.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ‘The FE examination is a secure examination, which means problems are not made public after the exam is given. Therefore, all of the problems in this book were developed from scratch, based on our knowledge of the examination. Working from detailed outlines that I prepared, a team of more than 20 engineers and engineering students fleshed out the problems in the first edition. ‘This third edition shares a similar heritage with the first edition in that many people contributed to it. Timothy W. Zeigler, PE, revised, wrote, and rewrote approximately 750 problems for the Mathematics, Economics, Systems of Units, Fluid Statics and Dynamics, Thermodynamics, Chemistry, Statics Materials Seience, Mechanics of Materials, Dynamics, and Physics chapters. Similarly, ‘Yanging Du, PhD, PB, revised, wrote, and rewrote almost 300 problems for the Power Cycles, DC Electricity, AC Electricity, Systems Modeling, Computer Sei- ence, and Atomic Theory chapters. Without their authorship, this new edition ‘would still be sitting in the in-basket on my desk, Christopher Lew, a master’s program candidate at Stanford University and for- ‘mer engineering intern in the PPT editorial department, performed the first round of calculation and unit checks. You can thank him for the accuracy of the cal- culations. PPI editorial and production staff who world diligently on this book include: Sarah Hubbard, editorial director; Cathy Schrott, production director; Amy Schwertman, illustrator; Kate Hayes, typesetter; Heather Kinser, project editor; and Sean Sullivan, project editor. These people gave the book a consistency and personality of its own, The styles and conventions you see in this book are the result of their work, Many of the thousands of readers of the previous two editions sent in their com- ments and suggestions. Though they are nameless, this book is better because of their help. Michae! R. Lindeburg, PE PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS, INC.HOW TO USE THIS BOOK Ifyou never read the material at the front of your books anyway, and if you are xe in a hurry to begin and you only want to read one paragraph, here it is. All chapters in this book are independent. Start with any one. Solve all the problems for which you have time. Don't peck at the answers. Work problems in your weak areas as well as in your strong areas. Keep studying until the exam, Good luck. However, if you want: a thorough review, you will probably want to know a little more about reviewing for the exam. The rest of this introduction is for you. ‘This book doesn’t contain any supporting theory and is not really meant to be used as a stand-alone exam review. It was meant to be used in conjunction with two other references: a FE exam review book (e.g, either the FE Review ‘Manual or Engineer-In-Training Reference Manual) and the NCEES Handbook. All three of the books listed are available from PPI Depending on your preference, you might decide to first review a subject and then work practice problems. Or, you might docide to jump right in and try to work the problems, reviewing only those subjects that are rusty or unfamiliar. ‘This book can be used either way. While working through the problems, you should try to use the NCEES Hand- book as your sole reference source. Refer to the FE Review Manual or Engineer- In-Training Reference Manual when you need to refresh your memory about subjects that have become dim. However, use the NCEES Handbook when you simply need a formula or data. That way, you will become intimately familiar with the only reference that is permitted in the examination room. PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS, INC.1 MATHEMATICS MATHEMATICS-1 The set A consists of elements {1,3,6}, and the set B consists of elements {1,2,6,7}. Both sets come from the universe of {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}- What is the intersection, APB? (A) 7) (B) 23,7} (©) {2,4,5,7,8} (D) {4,5,8) ‘The set of “not A” consists of all universe elements not in sot A: {2,4,5,7,8} ‘The intersection of {2,4,5, 7,8} and {1,2,6,7} is the set of all ele- ments appearing in both. ‘Thus ANB is {2,7}. ‘The answer is (A). MATHEMATICS-2 For a given function, f(t) = f(—t). What type of symmetry does f(t) have? (A) odd symmetry (B) even symmetry (C) rotational symmetry (D) quarter-wave symmetry When f(t) = f(t), the function is “mirrored” on either side of the vertical axis. This is known as even symmetry. The answer is (B). PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS, INC