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NCEES FE Civil Practice Exam ‘The FE Civil Practice Exam consists of 50 questions and is a ied exam. You will have 25 hos to complete the pactice exam and subi tor scoring, You may stop and store te presoe exam a any tae by closing your tnowser. When you rei othe sored exam, you will be given the exact amon oie etainng when ou Et steppes ‘Once you subunit your exam for scoring. you muy review the solutions any ime during yeu seedled delivery window sustruetons ‘+The clock in the upper slat comer ofthe net seven wil countdown the time allowed for this proctce exam. When S mites remain, the color ofthe tner wil change fo yellow as. wari dat ime is about to expire ‘+The ight comer also displays the question munber and a Flag for Review bution, Click Flag for Review fo man ite ‘fag again to leat ‘+ Some questions maybe too large to fit onthe sereen without serolling. For these questions, use the seol bar along the bottom or side ofthe seren to show the rest ofthe question. ‘+ To close te exaun but il have access before your tine and delivery window expire, sinply lose your browser. you cick End Revie, you will emanated assess toall or pars of the exam, Read the pop-up Waming boxes carefully to ensre you ext the exam coe one ou wish to review again ner Chik the Click the Next buon to begin the practice exam, ‘The area ofthe shaded portion ofthe fue shown below is most nasty: yose ec. 17 ep 133 S46 Hit The rots of SH aremost newly A ay a as D. 23 a7 The team Oi), were ‘most newly ‘The following data have been collected: tet | eae 1 6 4 0 5 8 7 0 a » ‘Which ofthe flowing statemcus te? [AL Themadin and the mode ace equ ‘The mean and the median ae ea ‘The mean and the mode ae ea sae ‘The means larger tha both the mode and the medina. “The only point of inflestion on the curve repressing the equation y= +123 isa A. Boyt ceo A spreadsheet display shows the following valves in Cohuun A: Row | A 1|2 aia 3|o aia s|2 ‘Cell B1 contains the formula SALAS ~ ASIA2~ 3. The fornula in Cell BI is copied down in Cohuna B, The fosmla in Cell 86 wil be: AL sAMa+assn2—3 Bo ASAT BSIAD-3 © SAS +asIA2-3 D. ASA+ASRO-3 ‘Te following segment of pseudocode describes a segment of a computer program: “The valve ofA that sprinted is most eat A. on B 285 © 445 — -Accoring tothe Model Rules, Section 240.15, Rules of Professional Conduct, licensed professional engineers are ol ted to: ‘A; ensure tht dasgn documents nd surveys ae reviewed by a panel of Veensed engines pit ising asl of approval 'B._ expres public opinions une the ieton ofa employer or let eles of owed of jest mater ‘© prtice hy performing services only nthe areas oftheir competence ein accordance with he curent stars of tevin competence D._ fle sive or soit services direst rinszety in orderto secre work or ter vane or poll coasidemtioas Alien is ‘A. cain on prope for payne of dsbt 1B. requremeat that a contractor secure a performance bond fora pojet (© requremeat tat a coractor secure a payment bond fora projet cls for damages for lack of specific performace A company borrows $100,000 today at 124% nominal annual interest. The monthly payment ofa S-yearlonn is most nearly: A. seer B. $2200 83100 D. 512,000 A tractor costs $7,500, After 10 years it has a salvage value of $$,000, Maintenance costs are $$00 per yeat. Ifthe interes rte is 10%, the equivalent uniform annual cost is ‘most nent: A sso BR © si00 D. S200 ‘The magnitude (N) of the resultant ofthe three coplanar forces, A.B, and C. is most nearly- sw Vor A heavy roller is held in equilibrium om a ftictionless Plane AB by the force F_as shown. Which diagram correctly shows a vector polyzoa ofthe forces acting onthe roller? Option A Option — Option © Option D AL option A 2B. Option B © option >D. Option D ‘Consider the following graph: y ) aH os “Which of the following expressions gives te distance fom the y-axis to the cei ofthe shed area? A. _ Bf Reeteac he fee ‘Dosing impact of two objects, which of the following is true? A. B c. b. Energy is never conserved, Energy is always coaserved ‘Moment fs ever conserved. ‘Momentum i always conserved ‘fa pendulum is released from rest at Position 1, the velocity (avs) ofthe mass at Position 2 is most acarly- ss Ont poston A so B70 C98 DRT ‘The pressure gage in an ais cylinder reads 1,680 kPa. The cylinder is constructed of a 12-mm rolled-steel plate with an intemal diameter of 700 mum, The tangential stress (a) inside the tas most ay Aas B50 com D. 100 ‘Which of the following is true when a circular shaft is subjected to torsion only? SoBe ‘Mv shear sess occurs athe outennos bers ‘Movin shear stress occrs atthe center of the af ‘Constant shear tess occurs throughout esha. {No shear tess presen thoughout the haf A Lftiod witha diameter of 0.5 in, is subjected toa tes free of 1,300 Ib and has an elation of 0,009 in, The modulus of elasticity ksi) of the materials most nearly: A 40 Bs casio BD. 10.000 ‘The maxisnunn inplane shear stress (ksi) ithe element shown below is most nearly: ls ~ LF - Ready-mised concrete being delivered toa jobsite s found to have a stump less tha specified. Which ofthe following isthe anost appropriate comestive aston? |A. Decrease the snout of ater the mit efi the uck eaves the en-u plat 1B, tnceas the wate to the mixin the tusk a the Jobsite efore the concrete s poured {© Adan admire to he mix inthe track ate jobsite before the concrete is poured. D. taxcas the rotation speed ofthe mixing drum we ths truc sin tant othe obits ‘The test that measures the energy required to facture a specimen at a given texperature is tie: ‘A. Brill Test 1B, Rockwell Test ©. Endurance Test D. ‘Chpy Test ‘fe standard density of waters 1,000 kan, « fiuid baving a specific mravty of 1.263 aud an absolute dyuaunic viscosity of 1.5 kas) hns a kinematic viscosity (as) of ‘mot neal A Lassie? Be 1s0%103 © 19% 108 D. 328 ariaaea piven nent: ‘AL them ofthe pressure velocity, and elevation beads is constant flow passing vo pot in strana og et post Che boopet fc ona Body aqua he woe pase byte body D. a floating body displaces «weight of Pid equal ots own weight vacre parcel of laud has a rainfall intensity of 1.5 mali and a rational uuethod runoff coefficient (C) of 0.10. Tle flow rate (cfs) for this site is most weary: a0 so. 90 _A flow of 15.5 cfs enters the pipe system at A as shown. and exits at B and C. Pipe data are given in the following table. Teng | Dinter | Voce ree || ae |G a ap | em | 20 | a] 20 ac | om | am | a | us co | on | m | « ISS Assn the pipes ae all ath sat elevation. The ad loss (fin Pipe CE inmost act A 008 B 013 © ons D023 A pump station delivers wastewater from a sump at an elevation of 78 ftto a maintenance hole with a water surfoce elevation of 112 f. The static head (ft) for this pump is ‘noe asa AW BoM cw >. nan area with a composite ninotf coefficient of 0,65, the surface rmnoff flows toward a street from the land on both sides, The watershed area extends to 100 fon each side ofthe eet centerine. The sect has cub-and-gutier and tere sa cub inet (or basis) on both ses ofthe stret. The capacity of te cus inlet fo pick up rane fom the ute 610 ef (any more than tis wil jst un past the opening), City pli iso desian the set drainage eystem to assommodste a6 Sin. rainfall. The distance (8) Denveen te inlet along the tee should be most nay AL 980 B. 640 cc. 490 D. 230 For the beam shown, the magnitude (ft-kips) of the moment at A is most nearly: 100 kips ‘For the beam shown, £1 =24 = 10" kip? over the length ofthe beam. The slope (1m) ofthe beam at location B is most neatly: eatin) $8 again ae reas A 0.00876 oor 0.0864 A concentrated load of 20 kips moves through the truss shown. Neglecting the weiaht of the truss, the maximum force (kips) in member CD due to the moving load is most rently 206 ib ben pe | ___ sas #=90# —___ as as 0 A loaded cantilever beam is shown below. E = 29,000 kal, The WS section that will mt the deflection atthe free end C of the beam to 0.375 in. is most neatly: cpt s of] Lene db ad WIDE FLANGE SHAPES (W SHAPES): THEORETICAL DIMENSIONS AND PROPERTIES FOR DESIGNING MEMBERS. ing AR AY Sen | Waal) Neat | Deo waa Fae] B® felon |e || oe fw lalla | a] 5 |» fc | er [om ) er | cay fod | cor | oe | ced | cad | oe Wee | S| BT] BH [eo pas | oan es sa] ws so poe 10 _| 296 | 799 | 3940] 0205 | 017 Js08 | 781 | 32 | 200 | 106 | own A weno B. WSx31 wees D. wee4s _A simply supported steel beam has top-flsnge Interal bracing at the mid-point and at the ends. The flexural design strength of a W18» SS (Gr $0) section is most nearly: me X-LaATERAL, USO nt BRACING % x x sr ——_|- 1s» —__1 pAee According to ACI 318-11, the value of 6 that shonld be used in computing the desian moment strength 6M, for the beam section shown below is most nearly: asm asim 050 ost ost caee 0.90 A.siip footing having a width B = 2 ft is o-be constructed at ground surface (D,= 0). Undertying the footing is sand having the following bearing capacity factors: V,=0, 25, and, =20. The uit weight of sand (() = 120 pet: Recalling that guo= CN, + yD}, +0. YBN, the ulnate bearing capacity qu (ps ofthe footing is mos ney 1200 s4ae 8 An undisturbed sample of soil has a specific gravity of solids of 2.70, a moisture content of 10.4%, and a void ratio of 0.63. The degree of saturation is most neatly: AL 2806 45% C6886 D. 85% ‘Direct shear test data ofa sand are shown below: ‘Area of sample = 10 in? ‘Natal load tlre = 512 Ib ‘Shear tes at fare = 16 psi ‘The augle of tition s most nary Ao Boo 30° D. a ‘Subsurfice exploration indicates tht aleve! site has a 10-8 upper Inyer of and, The groundwater table is atthe ground surfice, The unit weinht ofthe sand i 135.0 po The fective overburden sess (psf) a adept of 10 tis most nary A as B. « D, An equal tangent vertical curve las the following data: Staion of PUT = 30-00 Elevation of PVE = 200.00 Back tangent grade =-6¥ Forward tangent ated 6 Length of curve = 800 f ‘The curve elevation (ft) at Staton 31°00 is most neat: A. 19038 B 20088 ces D. 24463 (BR pee cena tepp-ceetretbenAatemmeticnen, fhe night iatonen coiiond See baleen epeivements eieaines Sy: ‘AL approicsgh tinales 1B depute sight wimales © sopping sgh isance 1D, decision sight distence A flexible pavement system ist be designed using the AASHTO structural sumer design method with the following criteria: Aa BOS © 65 ‘An urbaa intersection is being reconstmcted to address safety problems and it is estimated thatthe two nmually exclusive countermeasures have a crash reduction factor of 0.25 and 0.15 respectively, Ife expected numberof crashes pe year 10 and no significant growth in afi is ateipate, the expected uomber of average cashes pet ‘Yer afer seconsrton is most ua A 36 Boa cs ‘Ata pedestrian crosswalk the inital WALK signal i displayed for 6.0 see, after Which a lashing DON'T WALK signal i displayed. The pedestrian walking speed is 4 hs, ‘ax! the street oe exosted SO wide, Afr he gren, the yellow interval i 3.5 se, The all-ed interval 80 ee, dng Which tine no pedesbians are the see, The length of tne (es) the szeen mst be displayed is most neal: A os B. 180 C220 D ns A lime soda softening plant princes a municipal supply of $ MGD. The plan inches two clarifies, each with aiameter of 65 ft and sidewater depth of 12 ft The clatifier residence ine (hous) fr parallel operation i most neatly: A nas B13 C286 D319 A surface water treatment plant has multiple Bites. Each filter hes a surface area of 100 #. The filter backwash rate is 15 gpuv/t, and the backwash duration is 12min. The ‘quantity ea of water required for backwash ofeach filter is most near AL 4800 B. 13,200 © 15000 . 576,000 A amuaicipal wastewater treatment plant is processing a waste flow with a §-day BOD of 200 mg/L at 20°C. Ifthe BOD rate constant k (base ) at 20°C is 0.23 day"! the ultimate BOD (mL) of the rave wastewater at 20°C is most newly: A 3 B ©. 292 D. ‘Operations! manuals, warautics, guaraners and as-built drawings are aeucaly provided othe owner dura whish phase ofthe projest? A. Consttion 1B Procurement C Cloeout >. Feasibility A loader has a full-bucket capacity of 3 y¢!, andthe average time required fo place one bucketload of soil ia a truck is 1 min, The loader is supported by four trucks with a volume of 15 yo each nd a eyee time of 12 nin plus the tne to oad the tek. ‘The deal productivity (ys) of ths system is mos newly: AL 180 B22 ca D. 300 ‘The value of Anple A in the following igure is most nearly oer ey A Teak A woisa7 B 324750" © s'08.36" D. 423800" ‘A closed traverse is run from Point B to Point K. The bearing and distance from Point B to Point C are N 18°22’ E aud 487.$2 ft: fren Point C to Point D are S 87°10’ E and 580.16 sa oa Post D to Point ave 78°37" E an $25.97 R. Th coorinstas of Poin 8 age 11 260.6 N aad 8755.32 E. Tae cooniats of Pitt Kage 1,S1L 18 an 10,507.23 EThe eror of elosure (fin aide is mos neatly: A 012 B02 © 038 D. 049

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