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Detailed specifications for the Principles and Practice exams (in PDF format):
• PE Agricultural(NEW)
• PE Architectural (NEW)
• PE Chemical
• PE Civil
• PE Control Systems
• PE Electrical and Computer
• PE Environmental
• PE Fire Protection
• PE Industrial
• PE Mechanical
• PE Metallurgical and Materials
• PE Mining and Mineral Processing
• PE Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
• PE Nuclear
• PE Petroleum
• PE Structural I
• PE Structural II
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• Future 16-hour PE Structural

PE Electrical and Computer Exam

Summary: Beginning with the spring 2009 administration, the Electrical and Computer PE exam will no longer be a breadth and depth exam. Instead, the exam will consist of three separate exams divided by subdiscipline. Each subdiscipline of the electrical and computer exam will be independent of the other, and there will be no common morning questions as in previous administrations of the electrical and computer examination.  

The three subdisciplines within the Electrical and Computer PE exam will be as follows. Select the subdiscipline to review the specifications for each examination.

Consequently, as of the April 2009 administration, candidates for the Electrical and Computer PE exam will be required to specify during registration which one of these exams they wish to take. On exam day, examinees will receive only the specific discipline they have preregistered for.

Also see exam format and study materials.


Electrical Codes and Standards Used on P.E. Exams

Exam questions related to codes and standards will be either:

1. An interpretation of a code or standard that is presented in the exam booklet, or
2. A code or standard that a committee of licensed engineers feels that minimally competent engineers should know.

Code information required to solve questions will be consistent with the last edition of the code issued before the year of the exam. Exams given in 2009 will reference the 2008 National Electrical Code® (NEC®).