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P.E. Exam Review Course

Course Summary

This CD review course is a refresher for the P.E. exams allowing you to choose the topics you want to review for the exam. These topics are divided into modules, each presenting a series of problems in exactly the format you will encounter them on the PE Exam. The course materials are updated regularly to ensure that they conform to the current PE Exam format and content.


Course Description

In cooperation with the Boston Society of Civil Engineers Section (BSCES), ASCE and SmartPros, Ltd. have created this multimedia electronic learning course, featuring seven of the nation’s top civil engineering instructors to help you prepare for the PE exam.

This is not a teaching course, it’s a review course, a refresher. And this is re- flected in its design. It’s up to you to choose the topics you want to review for the exam. These topics are divided into modules, each presenting a series of problems in exactly the format you will encounter them on the PE Exam. The course materials are updated regularly to ensure that they conform to the current PE Exam format and content.

You’ll start with a demonstration exam problem. You can call on as much or as little help as you need to solve this problem, including getting the instructor (in full-motion video) to walk you through the problem step-by-step. Then you’ll progress to a practice problem with minimal help available. Finally, you’ll take a post-test, where you’ll be on your own. Of course, the beauty of this type of electronic learning is that should you fail the post-test, you can simply go back and review the module again, then re-take the post-test.

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    Scope of the Course

    This comprehensive newly updated review course includes seven complete topics in one package, averaging seven hours of instruction each, for a total of approximately 50 hours of learning based on over 2,500 pages of scripts and storyboards.

    The instructors have many years of experience in presenting a live, faceto- face PE Exam Review Course. Their goal in creating the CD ROM/online version was to convert the classroom course into an interactive multimedia experience that simulates taking the real-life PE Exam.

    In addition to demonstration and practice problems, there are extensive video instructor walkthroughs of each requirement of a PE Exam situation, accompanied by on-screen displays of the corresponding formulas and equations.

    The course also includes electronic versions of all the “visual aids” and reference materials that an engineer might take into the examination. These include complete sets of equations, formulas, graphs, tables, diagrams, and where applicable, video clips of sample tests. The course also incorporates an audio pronunciation glossary of Greek letters and an onscreen scientific calculator, as well as animated models and illustrations of key concepts and processes, such as Consolidation.

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    Topics and Modules

    Transportation

    • Traffic Volumes
    • Traffic Signal Warrants
    • Freeway Interchanges
    • Freeway Analysis
    • Timing of Signalized Intersections
    • Vehicle Speeds
    • Accident Reconstruction
    • Trip Generation
    • Queing

    Sanitary and Environmental Engineering

    • Water Demand
    • Water Softening
    • Coagulation and Flocculation
    • Groundwater
    • Trickling Filter
    • Stream Purification
    • Sludge Digestion
    • Landfill

    Hydraulics & Hydrology

    • Hydrostatics
    • Closed Conduits
    • Friction Loss
    • Form Loss
    • Momentum
    • Rainfall Runoff
    • Specific Energy
    • Manning Equation

    Geotechnical Engineering

    • Soil Classification
    • Phase Relations
    • Effective Stress
    • Consolidation
    • Strength and Bearing Capacity
    • Retaining Walls
    • Piles
    • Seepage

    Surveying

    • Circular Curves
    • Vertical Curves
    • Spiral Curves
    • Grade Separation
    • Excavation

    Economics

    • Present Cost
    • Annual Cost
    • Rate of Return
    • Effective Interest Rate
    • Projects with Perpetual Life
    • Depreciation and Tax
    • Ranking Alternative Projects

    Structures

    • Steel Beams
    • Steel Trusses
    • Steel Beams as Columns
    • Concrete Beams
    • Concrete Arches and Columns
    • Concrete Rectangular Column Footings

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    What Others Say About The Online/CD-ROM P.E. Review Course

    “With enthusiasm, I must say that your computer course was successful in helping me achieve a passing score. Please accept my gratitude and understand the course was well worth the money I spent on it.”
    -Sibilia George, DERM

    “When we saw the ASCE P.E. exam review materials, we thought it was the best product we had seen in preparing for the exam. We thought it was the ideal aid for review and implemented it firm-wide at URS. Any person would have an advantage in passing the P.E. by using the ASCE P.E. Exam Review Course. While our employees have found the material easy to use, it has prepared them well for the P.E. exam.”
    -Less Osborne, CQM, ,URSCorp,
    Director of Professional Development

    “There are multiple levels of help. You can work through the problem if you want to without any help or you can look at the visual aids and get an equation or hints. You can also call on the instructor and use the instructor button and watch little videos explaining the different aspects of the problem.”
    -Jennifer McCord E.I.T.

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