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NCEES FE Other Disciplines

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NCEES FE Other Disciplines โ€” engineering maths, mechanics, thermal-fluids, electrical, economics and ethics.

๐Ÿ“ The FE Other Disciplines exam has 110 questions in a 6-hour computer-based appointment at Pearson VUE (5 h 20 min of exam time plus a 25-minute break), offered year-round with the NCEES FE Reference Handbook on screen; results are reported only as pass or fail.

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Beginner

Beginner skill

The mathematical toolkit and the professional-practice topics every FE candidate needs first.

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Mathematical Foundations

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Engineering Mathematics
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Probability and Statistics
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Professional Practice

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Engineering Ethics and Societal Impacts
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Safety, Health, and Environment
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Engineering Economics
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Intermediate

Intermediate skill

Mechanics of rigid and deformable bodies, plus the chemistry and materials science behind engineering materials.

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Mechanics

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Statics
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Dynamics
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Strength of Materials
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Chemistry and Materials

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Chemistry
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Materials
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Advanced

Advanced skill

Thermal-fluid sciences, electrical systems and instrumentation, at full FE exam difficulty.

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Thermal-Fluid Sciences

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Fluid Mechanics
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Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer
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Electrical Systems and Measurement

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Basic Electrical Engineering
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Instrumentation and Data Acquisition
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  • Area 1: Mathematics and Advanced Engineering Mathematics โ€” calculus, linear algebra, ODEs, Laplace transforms and numerical methodsEngineering Mathematics โ†’
  • Area 2: Probability and Statistics โ€” distributions, Bayes' rule, confidence intervals, regression and system reliabilityProbability and Statistics โ†’
  • Area 3: Engineering Ethics and Societal Impacts โ€” NCEES Model Rules, public welfare, competence, conflicts, sealing and licensureEngineering Ethics and Societal Impacts โ†’
  • Area 4: Safety, Health, and Environment โ€” hierarchy of controls, TWA/TLV exposure, OSHA noise dose, confined spaces and flammabilitySafety, Health, and Environment โ†’
  • Area 5: Engineering Economics โ€” time value of money, present/annual worth, depreciation, break-even and benefitโ€“cost ratioEngineering Economics โ†’
  • Area 6: Statics โ€” 2D/3D force/moment equilibrium, trusses, centroids, area moments of inertia and dry frictionStatics โ†’
  • Area 7: Dynamics โ€” kinematics, Newton's second law, workโ€“energy, impulseโ€“momentum and single-degree-of-freedom vibrationsDynamics โ†’
  • Area 8: Strength of Materials โ€” axial/torsional/bending stress, shear-moment diagrams, Mohr's circle, beam deflection and Euler bucklingStrength of Materials โ†’
  • Area 9: Chemistry โ€” stoichiometry, ideal gases, thermochemistry, equilibrium/pH, electrochemistry and kineticsChemistry โ†’
  • Area 10: Materials โ€” crystal structures, stressโ€“strain curves, phase diagrams (lever rule), heat treatment, corrosion and compositesMaterials โ†’
  • Area 11: Fluid Mechanics โ€” hydrostatics, buoyancy, continuity, Bernoulli, Moody Darcyโ€“Weisbach pipe head loss and pump powerFluid Mechanics โ†’
  • Area 12: Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer โ€” properties, first/second laws, Rankine/Brayton/refrigeration cycles and conduction/convection/radiationThermodynamics and Heat Transfer โ†’
  • Area 13: Basic Electrical Engineering โ€” DC circuits, RC/RL transients, AC impedance/power factor, three-phase power and transformersBasic Electrical Engineering โ†’
  • Area 14: Instrumentation and Data Acquisition โ€” Wheatstone bridges, RTDs/thermocouples, 4โ€“20 mA loops, Nyquist sampling, ADC resolution and feedbackInstrumentation and Data Acquisition โ†’
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