Civil Engineering Practice Examination #2 Paperback – September 13, 2013

Way too difficult questions, not realistic, not helpful. The format of the questions isn't even close to the actual PE exam. Get the PE prepared practice tests instead.

This was one of a few practice exams that I took in my preparation for the Civil PE exam. I would say that the questions overall are similar to the morning portion of the Civil PE exam. A couple critiques of the exam: 1) There is a environmental question in the exam which doesn't apply any longer to the Civil PE exam; 2) the problems are presented in Given/Find format (rather than the word problems that appear on the actual PE exam). However, the exam offers not only a good way of assessing your knowledge of the material of the morning portion, but it also serves as a great way to get more problems to solve (at the appropriate difficulty level). I would recommend it. Also, Tim offers video problems on his website. I found these to be very helpful in offering another means of problem-solving rather than the conventional read a word problem and then put pencil to paper. I would watch them when commuting on public transportation too. Check them out at engineeringvideos.net