Structural Civil PE Exam Questions Answered
Detailed CBT Questions and Answers for Every Structural and Civil PE CandidateBy Gordon Fairweather
Length14h 8m
About this audiobook
Answer the question first, then find out what you actually knew.
That is how this book works. Each chapter puts exam-realistic structural problems in front of you, then explains the solution in full engineering detail: how the load combination was chosen, why the section is compact or slender, where the development length came from, what changed when the wall became slender. You cover gravity and lateral loads, analysis, reinforced and prestressed concrete, steel members and connections, wood, masonry, foundations, retaining structures and temporary works, then close with mixed timed sets that mimic exam pacing. Every rationale names the reference you should have opened on screen.
For civil engineers taking the structural depth exam and for structural engineers returning to licensure after a gap, this book builds the habit of answering before reading the explanation, so you learn what you truly know and where to focus next.
What you will learn:
• Navigate the structural depth exam format and question types with confidence.
• Apply gravity load combinations and load factors correctly for buildings and bridges.
• Determine lateral loads from wind and seismic provisions and distribute them through structural systems.
• Perform structural analysis for determinate and indeterminate structures, including approximate methods.
• Design reinforced concrete members for flexure, shear, and development, and handle slender walls.
• Analyze prestressed concrete members for service and strength limit states.
• Select and check structural steel members and connections, including bolted and welded details.
• Design wood and masonry elements according to code requirements.
• Evaluate foundations, earth retention systems, and temporary structures for constructability.
This book is for civil engineers preparing for the structural depth portion of the PE exam and for structural engineers returning to licensure after time away. If you want to test your knowledge under realistic conditions and learn from detailed, reference-backed explanations, this book is for you.
Audiobook details
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GenreTechnology, Education and Learning
Length14 hrs 8 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 27, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Foreword
2Preface
3About This Book
4Important Safety Notice
5Chapter 1: Inside the Structural Depth Exam
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61.1 Exam Format, Timing and Question Mix
71.2 The Testing Interface and On-Screen Tools
81.3 Navigating the Searchable Reference Set
91.4 A Repeatable Method for Working a Question
101.5 Where Candidates Lose Marks
111.6 Building a Study Plan Around the Question Bank
12Chapter 2: Gravity Loads and Load Combinations
132.1 Dead Loads and Superimposed Dead Loads
142.2 Live Loads, Occupancy Values and Live Load Reduction
152.3 Roof Live, Snow and Rain Loads
162.4 Rain Loads and Ponding Instability
172.5 Tributary Areas and Load Paths
182.6 Strength and Allowable Stress Load Combinations
19Chapter 3: Lateral Loads
203.1 Wind Pressure Determination
213.2 Seismic Base Shear
223.3 Vertical Distribution of Seismic Forces and Story Shears
233.4 Diaphragm and Vertical System Behavior
243.5 Story Drift, P-Delta and Deflection Limits
253.6 Structural Irregularities and Their Consequences
26Chapter 4: Structural Analysis
274.1 Determinacy, Stability and Support Idealization
284.2 Shear and Moment Diagrams
294.3 Deflection by Integration, Moment-Area and Superposition
304.4 Influence Lines for Moving Loads
314.5 Force Method and Stiffness Method Foundations
324.6 Approximate Analysis of Frames and Continuous Beams
33Chapter 5: Reinforced Concrete Design
345.1 Flexural Design of Rectangular Sections
355.2 Shear Design and Stirrup Proportioning
365.3 Development Length, Anchorage and Splices
375.4 Short Columns Under Axial Load and Bending
385.5 Slender Columns and Moment Magnification
39Chapter 6: Prestressed Concrete
406.1 Prestressing Systems, Materials and Geometry
416.2 Immediate and Long-Term Loss Estimation
426.3 Service Stress Checks and Flexural Strength
436.4 Transfer Length, Development and Detailing
44Chapter 7: Structural Steel Design
457.1 Tension Members: Yielding, Rupture and Block Shear
467.2 Compression Members and Flexural Buckling
477.3 Flexural Members and Lateral-Torsional Buckling
487.4 Beam-Columns and the Interaction Equations
49Chapter 8: Steel Connections
508.1 Bolted Connections: Shear, Bearing and Tearout
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