Pass the Civil Professional Engineering (PE) Exam Guide Book

I recommend getting this book. The problems can be a little more detailed than the actual exam, but the solutions section is great and packed full of "quick tips", "things to remember", "things to think about", and other helpful hints. You need to be familiar with all the content and equations provided in the solutions section, so IMO it's a great buy. It is well organized and the suggestions and "exam advice" and "checklist" is priceless. Some other comments mentioned errors in the solutions, but there are no errors I found - but there's some tricky problems where the answer is C, but the Solution (what you'd mark on the exam) is A - apparently you can see this on the actual exam, but I did not see it on my actual exam taken in October 2021 - regardless, good to be aware!

First off, yes there are some errors, but be prepared to find that in every review book. The difference is, some authors are willing to go the extra mile and respond to emails, give advice, etc. and that's exactly what Dan did. I sent several emails with questions and the reply was always prompt and very helpful. What a great deal for the $40 I spent on this book! Paired with NCEES, I was able to pass the exam on my first try (construction depth) and I really felt like this test was spot on. It wasn't too easy, like a lot of the practice exams are, and it really helped me get a feel for how the questions are presented. Thank you for an awesome product and superior customer service! ~Sincerely, One huge fan!

Posting after I solved 2 problems... I like how this book is set up. It guides you through getting the correct solution in the answer pages instead of just solving the problem. So if you're 1st step was the wrong approach you can still do the problem without seeing the entire solution. For example if you think its a problem in one discipline and it's really another you know to look at it under that other type of problem... and if you missed what the problem statement asks, it gives you that before showing the work.

I've went through several review books looking for problems that have an added twist similar to that of NCEES loves to throw at you on the exams, and this book seems to cover that very well. I really love the way this book has been laid out. The equations used in the solutions have the equation and page number from the CERM so you can find them easily. I have wasted a lot of time hunting for equations and tables going through *cough cough* half hour solutions only to end up creating a cheat sheet with equations not knowing if they're right or wrong. I've finished working through the whole book and only found a few minor errors. I emailed passthecivilpe and got a response back the same day about the errors. They are very supportive and helpful. My intentions of buying this book was to get more practice problems for the AM portion of the PE exam that were realistic and not like those half hour solutions. I feel they were right on the mark in terms of difficulty and being realistic. Overall I would say this study guide is maybe one notch above the NCEES sample questions in terms of difficulty. I definitely recommend this book and would like to see them create a PM study guide in the future. Update: I passed the PE exam! This study guide might only be 40 questions but it packs a punch. I highly recommend this for the AM if you're looking for AM style questions. I was weak in Structures, Geotech, and Construction and this study guide helped me in those areas.

Well the nicest thing can I say about the book is that the mistakes and errors boosted my confidenc as they made me realize I do know what I am doing enough to recognize them. It's obvious someone reviewed only the first handful of the problems, that the book is just a grab for money. So far the Ultimate Civil PE Breadth Exam book is much better. I hope there are better books out there for studying I haven't discovered.

This Book is a valuable resource for any one wants to prepare for the PE AM exam as you know key to success is solving many problems as you can,this guide will prepare and put you on the right track when you navigate through the book you will realize that the author made a great effort to make his book well organized also he solve the problems in a step by step procedure. Excellent resource must have to any one prepare for the PE |AM exam. anyway i encourage any one wants to buy this book to buy it through the following link until amazon update to the 4th eddition: http://www.passthecivilpe.com/passthecivilpe-guide-book the previous link is the latest addition which is comply with new exam specifications effective April 2015. the 4th edition includes 9 new problems and it removes the old problems which are not matching the exam thanks passthecivilpe for your Gide.

Good book. Only 40 questions however they seemed to be very similar in difficulty to the actual test and also very relevant. The written out solutions were good and allowed me to clearly figure out what mistakes I made and how to do the problem the right way. I did have a question on one solution so I emailed Dan and got a response very quickly that helped me understand one of the solutions. I'd highly recommend the book. It doesn't have the quantity of questions that some of the others do but it's also much cheaper so I think it's a great value and a must have.

explanations of general topics are so-so, they are good practice problems though