PE Structural CBT April 2024

[JMGstructures]

Hello all,

I am beginning to study for the the new PE Structural (SE) exam that is a computer based test (CBT) beginning in April 2024. All prep courses I have seen online are for the existing SE exam.

I am wondering if anyone else is studying for the new format SE exam and how you are going about studying. I see that NCSEA has a study guide listing recommended books to help study for the SE exam. I started reading from the All In One SE Breadth and Depth Exam Guide by Dave K. Adams, S.E. I'm looking for more material in a study guide format to help with this new exam.

Advice and collaboration is appreciated.

Thanks

 

[bhengnr]

I am in the same boat. AEI has courses for the new CBT Exam, but they began back in December. They still have an on demand course available. I was thinking about studying for the vertical test and go for it in April, but I am concerned only having 12 weeks of studying.

Were you planning on taking the vertical/lateral depth in April?

 

[Harbringer]

NCEES has really left us swinging in the wind on this one. Their reference manual which is the only reference you get to use besides the code is also pitiful.

I'm using the PPI Structural reference manual to study. I'm taking depth in October.

 

[RenHen]

I'm just getting started on studying for the CBT PE. I took the CBT FE a few months ago and plan to take a similar approach in studying the reference materials for this one. It might be worth seeking out some FE exam prep guides that walk through how to familiarize yourself with & use the reference materials if you haven't taken a CBT before. For the FE at least, all the equations you needed for the questions they asked were in the reference material and I expect this one will be similar. I'm mostly planning to spend some time going through the reference material, look at old study guides to get a better understanding of what types of questions I should expect to see (and what types of questions I probably won't see if there are things that are not covered by the reference material) and then spend some time refamiliarizing myself with concrete since I don't design that much in my line of work.

 

[TOLstryk]

I found the "16-hour Structural Engineering (SE) Practice Exam for Buildings" by Joseph S. Schuster helpful and the problems were close in difficulty to the actual exam. Granted, I took the exam on paper. If you're not a bridge guy, I found the David Connor bridge practice exams helpful.