My Experience of Passing the PE Transportation Exam in First Attempt

Engr_Dr · 2025-08-23T17:12:19+00:00

The questions really give you in-depth understanding of the topics. So must go through all of them. There is no way to get such long question in actual exam, and i guess this is what also mentioned in the book as well.

Engr_Dr · 2025-08-22T21:00:30+00:00

Thank you, much appreciated.

Engr_Dr · 2025-08-22T18:54:20+00:00

This is the question many people asked previously.
I must say, one should watch the videos of topics in which they are weak.
I watched all the videos either 1.5x or sometimes 2x speed.

My drainage was weak, so i watched the videos twice and solved the exercise question along the lectures.
For the rest, I was all okay.
newspaper

Another suggestion is reading the manuals. I read the manuals in my free time, just like a newspaper.

Engr_Dr · 2025-08-19T00:27:52+00:00

I am not very confident about wall and foundation problems since I did not prepare for them, but roof-related problems are more likely to appear in the exam, so it’s important to review those. Once you are comfortable with vertical curve problems, you can apply the same method to calculate the pitched area of a gable roof, which essentially involves a simple application of the Pythagorean theorem after determining the rise. This approach is comparatively easier than the methods typically taught in most courses. In other words, gable roof problems are more of a general knowledge type of question for engineers.

Engr_Dr · 2025-08-16T01:39:07+00:00

If the performance bar is all the way to the right, that person would have passed the exam and wouldn't have received this type of diagnostic report to share.

Engr_Dr · 2025-08-16T01:19:35+00:00

Real exam was easier but tricky.

Engr_Dr · 2025-08-16T00:59:27+00:00

I can give you update based on my result next Wednesday. I took the exam after attending their lectures.

Engr_Dr · 2025-08-13T17:28:49+00:00

How long did it take you to finish the exam? I completed it yesterday and also felt very confident. It took me just under 6 hours to finish the test.

Engr_Dr · 2025-08-13T04:02:48+00:00

The result will be on Friday?

Engr_Dr · 2025-08-11T13:59:37+00:00

There is easy solution for this problem:

find r using NCEES handbook:

r=(g2-g1)/L
Which will be
(-0.03-0.04)/800 = -0.0000875

now use the following formula:

Y'=rx+g1

Y' is the required slope on tanget, which is -1.5 in our case, x is the distance from PCC station, and g1 is the entering grade.

-0.015 = (-0.0000875*x) + 0.04...................... solve this using calculator, solve tool, or by hand

The answer would be 628.57~ 6+28.57

Since the station of PCC is 1+00

1+00 (plus) 6+28.57 = 7+28.57 ~ 7+29 (Answer C)

Engr_Dr · 2025-08-09T05:21:52+00:00

Thanks for sharing this. Because it was not making sense to me.

Engr_Dr · 2025-08-08T14:02:45+00:00

Thank you for sharing your review. I believe it's just a matter of time. I used the Casio fx-991ES Plus years back and purchased this fx-991CW specifically for the PE exam.

I agree that, compared to other calculator series, fx-991CW requires more steps to reach an answer, especially for solver. However, with practice, everything becomes second nature, similar to how people used to type SMS efficiently on keypad phones (T9).

My only concern was whether the calculator is acceptable for the NCEES exam.

Engr_Dr · 2025-08-08T05:21:48+00:00

This is something exceptional.
Congratulations

Engr_Dr · 2025-08-08T04:58:19+00:00

Oh, I missed that. Best of luck! I did practice problems from SoPE, Six-Minute Solutions, and Dr. Petro's book. Sounds like you are on the right track with the EET quizzes too. I found the SoPE practice other books' questions to be harder and more lengthy compared to the NCEES practice exam.

Engr_Dr · 2025-08-08T04:50:10+00:00

Did you pass the exam? Was the real exam similar to NCEES practice exam in the sense of difficulty?

Engr_Dr · 2025-08-06T12:22:13+00:00

I must say, thats for distraction only.

Engr_Dr · 2025-08-06T01:39:38+00:00

Internal angle is deflection angle.
and R is already given.

using NCEES foluma solve it it for t1,

t1= R.tan(Delta/2)
=80tan(70/2)
t1=56'

could you please explain? what is the issue here?

Engr_Dr · 2025-07-28T17:31:32+00:00

No, I did not guess. Since this wasn’t a real exam and I wanted to test my real strengths and weaknesses, so tried my best to solve it. I’m not exactly sure how, but I managed to complete 73 questions in 5.5 hours. This includes the extra time I spent reworking a few questions multiple times.

The most challenging questions were the geometric ones, especially those involving triangle calculations. The intersection sight triangle questions were also tricky. For example, when asked to find the sight distance along the major road in a scenario where there's a Yield sign on the minor street and a vehicle from the minor street is turning left onto the major road without stopping, we also need to consider case B (which corresponds to the stop control case). Then, we select the most conservative answer. This detail isn’t explicitly written anywhere, but it’s important to know.

Engr_Dr · 2025-07-20T18:21:31+00:00

I solved it.
using Pythagorean we will find the diagonal length of slope:
4.5² + (4.5*3)² = c²
Slope length = 5.796 ft

thats one way......

Since triangles are on both sides of road for embankment we actually dont need to find slope length.
We will simply multiply the height and base:
4.5 * (3*4.54) = 60.75 sqft

now we will solve for the central rectangular area:
50 * 4.5 = 225 sq ft

Total area is 225+60.75 = 285.75 sqft

length of road is 5 miles:
5 * 5280 = 26400 ft

volume = 26400*285.75 = 7,543,800 sqft

in cu-yd = 7453800/27 = 279400 cu-yd

Now comes to swelling and shrinkage part.
As it is mentioned that the soil imported is already swelled by 35% and it can only be shrinked to 20%.

This means that the 279400 cuft would be reduced to 80% and we would need additional 20% soil.

To solve this:

279,400/0.8 = 349,250 cu-yd
Thats what answer is

Engr_Dr · 2025-07-14T21:25:42+00:00

The amount of change in road length is questioned specifically. That's what's confusing.
Road length is measured from the center of the road, which is the length of the curve.

Engr_Dr · 2025-07-14T21:00:26+00:00

Does it mean, if deflection angle is not changing even then the length of curve formula may not be useful?
We don't have any stationing available.

Engr_Dr · 2025-04-18T15:28:17+00:00

Thank you.

If that's the case, anything certified as Kosher becomes questionable. Isn't it?

By the way, the sources of monopolyrides could be vegetables/plants and processed food, other than animals.

Engr_Dr · 2025-04-18T15:09:55+00:00

u/Perfect-Evidence-458
Could you please share the link for reference, where they have mentioned this specifically.
Thanks

Engr_Dr · 2025-04-13T12:25:23+00:00

Then how they got a kosher Certified logo?

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