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

PE Electrical and Computer Exam

Summary: All examinees must take the breadth portion and one depth portion of the PE Electrical and Computer exam:

• Breadth exam (morning session): This exam contains questions from a broad area of electrical and computer engineering.

• Depth exams (afternoon session): These exams focus more closely on a single area of practice in electrical and computer engineering. Examinees must choose one of the following areas: Computers; Electronics, Controls and Communications; or Power.

For a detailed listing of topics in each area, please select below:

• PE Electrical and Computer Breadth exam
• PE Electrical and Computer Depth exam - Computers
• PE Electrical and Computer Depth exam - Electronics, Controls, and Communication
• PE Electrical and Computer Depth exam - Power

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 2005 will reference the 2002 National Electric Code® (NEC®). Exams given in 2006 will reference the 2005 National Electric Code® (NEC®).