Free-body diagrams, shear and moment, Mohr's circle, cash flows, Manning, effective stress, vertical curves and critical path: in your notes, a wall of text. Here each topic fits on one page: draw it, find it in the Handbook, solve it, always in the same order. 80 drawn pages.
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One topic per page, the drawing that shows you how it's done, and the boxes with what you need to know:
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These are real pages from the book. The table of contents is the full one: 16 parts and 75 topics.
You've reread the shear and moment chapter three times. You close your notes...
...and you can no longer say why the shear diagram drops or where Mmax lands. It was just lines of text.
Here, that beam is one page: 2 kips/ft over 20 ft, with the V and M diagrams lined up under it and Mmax = 100 ft-kips at midspan.
And on the pages around it, each topic has its own: cash flow diagrams, the free-body diagram, ethics, Mohr's circle and the Manning equation.
First you understand why it's done that way. Then the order sticks on its own.
The exam and how it works, math and statistics, ethics, engineering economics, statics, dynamics, mechanics of materials, materials, fluid mechanics, surveying, water resources and environmental, structural, geotechnical, transportation, construction, and the final review: 80 pages, all drawn
Picture this:
Instead of rereading half a page on shear and moment without being able to see it...
...you open the page and find the beam, the load and the V and M diagrams lined up beneath it, with Vmax and Mmax marked.
And cash flows, trusses, effective stress, open-channel flow and vertical curves turn into drawings and tables you can read at a glance.
You stop memorizing and start understanding.
That's exactly what The FE Civil Exam Sketchbook does. It's not “just another manual.” It's 16 parts and 75 drawn topics, and at the end the look-alike formulas side by side, the most frequent mix-ups and an exam day checklist.
Because what your brain sees organized, it remembers.
How the exam is built, the electronic Reference Handbook, SI and US customary units side by side, and the step-by-step method with units in every line.
Lines, circles and conics, derivatives and integrals, dot and cross products, and statistics from the mean to regression.
Codes of ethics and the public's safety, liability and contracts, and licensure from the FE toward the PE.
Cash flow diagrams, the P, F and A factors, present and annual worth, rate of return, benefit-cost, break-even and expected value.
Draw the free-body diagram before you calculate: resultants, moments, equilibrium, trusses by joints and by sections, centroids, moment of inertia and friction.
Constant acceleration, projectile motion, force and acceleration, and work, energy and power.
See where shear and moment peak on the beam: shear and moment diagrams, axial stress and strain, torsion, bending stress, Mohr's circle and thermal stress.
Concrete mix design, the stress-strain curve of steel, and test methods for aggregates, asphalt and wood.
Fluid properties, hydrostatic pressure and force, continuity and Bernoulli, and flow measurement.
Angles and distances, area by coordinates, earthwork volumes and differential leveling.
Follow the water from runoff to the well: the Rational Method, Manning, pipe flow and pumps, distribution systems, Darcy's law and water quality.
Beam reactions and deflection, Euler buckling, loads and tributary areas, and the basics of steel and reinforced concrete.
Phase relations, soil classification, effective stress, bearing capacity, retaining walls, consolidation and settlement.
Horizontal and vertical curves, traffic capacity and flow, and pavement design basics.
Critical path scheduling, earned value, estimating and reading engineering drawings.
Look-alike formulas side by side, the most frequent mix-ups and an exam day checklist.
At the end of the book: Look-alike formulas side by side, the most frequent mix-ups and an exam day checklist.
40 loaded structures to draw and solve yourself, each with the worked answer, so you can check your diagram and your equations.
Printable review cards: the term or formula on the front, its variables, units and a tiny sketch on the back.
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Statics, mechanics of materials, fluids and soils, one topic per page, to review between classes and draw before you calculate.
A review of all 14 knowledge areas, and at the end the look-alike formulas side by side and an exam day checklist. If you're retaking it, your diagnostic report tells you which pages to open first.
You know the job. The book brings back beams, Mohr's circle and the economics factors, with the drawing and the full calculation, units in every line.
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Anyone preparing for the FE Civil exam in the US: final-year students, recent graduates, and people who graduated years ago and are taking or retaking it. It's a review, not a first course: it assumes you've taken, or are taking, the engineering classes. It covers FE Civil only, not other FE disciplines or the PE. Check the index above to see the topics.
The NCEES FE Civil CBT exam specification, which sets the 14 knowledge areas, and the NCEES FE Reference Handbook. This edition follows the specification effective July 2020: you can compare it with the current one on ncees.org before you buy. The book doesn't reproduce the handbook: it shows you how to find what you need in it and use it, with the drawing and the full calculation.
No. It's independent study material, not affiliated with or endorsed by NCEES or any state licensing board.
No. It's a study guide. It doesn't replace your engineering education, a prep course or the Reference Handbook, it doesn't grant a license, and it isn't design advice. No book can guarantee an exam result, and this one doesn't either.
No. Every worked example and exercise is written for this book. They aren't official questions or copied exam items: they're there for practice. The book isn't a full-length practice exam.
Yes. It's a PDF: read it on your phone, print all of it, or print only the pages you need. It's for studying: on exam day you work with the electronic Reference Handbook provided during the exam.
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You don't have to reread the same page hoping it sticks this time.
You don't have to search the Handbook for a formula before you've even drawn the problem.
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You already have the Handbook, the notes and the videos. What's missing is one order to follow: 80 drawn pages, one topic per page, plus 2 free books. PDF by email, with a 30-day guarantee.
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