Practice Problems for the Civil Engineering PE Exam: A Companion to the Civil Engineering Reference Manual [Paperback]

Michael R. Lindeburg PE (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 29, 2008 | ISBN-10: 1591261309 | ISBN-13: 978-1591261308 | Edition: Eleventh Edition, New Edition

The best way to prepare for the Civil PE exam is to solve problems—the more problems, the better. Practice Problems for the Civil Engineering PE Exam provides you with the problem-solving practice you need to successfully prepare for the morning and afternoon portions of the Civil PE exam, and now includes 175 new Construction Engineering problem.

Build Your Confidence and Improve Your Problem-Solving Skills

• More than 700 problems, similar in format and difficulty to the actual exam
• Coordinated with the chapters in the new edition of the Civil Engineering Reference Manual
• Step-by-step solutions explain how to reach the correct answer most efficiently
• Updated structural and transportation problems based on the new design standards

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Product Details

• Paperback: 712 pages
• Publisher: Professional Publications, Inc.; Eleventh Edition, New Edition edition (February 29, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591261309
• ISBN-13: 978-1591261308
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #112,387 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It's decent, but there's better options, April 22, 2010

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Enlighten Me (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Practice Problems for the Civil Engineering PE Exam: A Companion to the Civil Engineering Reference Manual (Paperback)

The practice problems coordinate with the Lindeburg reference manual. So there is a lot of stuff in this book that is not tested material on the PE Exam. I also found that the construction area was severly lacking in content. Be careful when using this reference as some of the approaches to answering questions(specifically scheduling and geotech/earthwork) are excessively long and roundabout or just outright wrong. The suggested solutions are not always the quickest way to answer a problem leaving a lot of room for error. Just compare this to the NCEES (they write the PE exams after all) practice exam as well as the Peurifoy, Oberlender, and Hinze text books, and you will find that the Lindeberg contrasts to what is taught in these (which is what you should follow as they are referenced in the practice exam).

If you are contemplating using this book as your main study guide, don't. If you are using this to supplement the NCEES practice exam and the Six Minute Solutions workbooks, you will also find this lacking. Bottom line, this is an okay reference, but should not be on your list of essentials for studying for the exam.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Problems much harder than on exam, April 30, 2009

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L. Marshall "marshall" (Montgomery, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Practice Problems for the Civil Engineering PE Exam: A Companion to the Civil Engineering Reference Manual (Paperback)

Tried to use this to study for the PE Exam, but found that the problems are significantly harder than those on the exam. If you can complete these problems, you will have no problem on the exam; but if you can't, don't get discouraged because these problems are so much harder than those on the exam. I ended up not using this book for practice because I was getting so discourage when I was trying the problems.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Passed my PE, used this book, August 29, 2010

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Michael Schaefer - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Practice Problems for the Civil Engineering PE Exam: A Companion to the Civil Engineering Reference Manual (Paperback)

The questions in this guide are not like what you will see on the exam....this book is much more challenging. I think their goal was to cause you to be overprepared....which is hard for the PE. I strongly recommend this guide, do the practice problems, all of them. ALL OF THEM!! If you know this material, you'll make it through the breadth section of the exam just fine. The NCEES practice problems are good, do them as well, but you'll find that the NCEES questions are much easier.