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Free Water Resources and Environmental practice test

12 questions, one from each knowledge area, in 72 minutes. Then your result in each area, a short lesson on the area to fix first and a study plan.

  • One question from each of the twelve knowledge areas, from Project Planning to Project Sitework. Every coefficient you need is in the question. Have a calculator ready.
  • No account, and nothing about your answers is kept.
  • Questions come one at a time on one clock, 6 minutes each, the real exam's pace.

The twelve knowledge areas

Knowledge areaQuestions out of 80
Project Planning4 to 6
Soil Mechanics3 to 5
Materials4 to 6
Analysis and Design6 to 9
Hydraulics: Closed Conduit7 to 11
Hydraulics: Open Channel7 to 11
Hydrology8 to 12
Groundwater and Wells4 to 6
Surface Water and Groundwater Quality5 to 8
Drinking Water Distribution and Treatment6 to 9
Wastewater Collection and Treatment7 to 11
Project Sitework9 to 14

The real exam has 80 questions in 8 hours of exam time, with the PE Civil Reference Handbook and the listed design standards on screen.

How we score it

NCEES publishes no passing score, so we do not estimate one. You get your result in each knowledge area and your share right overall.