(From the NCEES publication LICENSURE EXCHANGE, February 2009, ISSN NO. 1093-541X, VOLUME 13, ISSUE 1)

Several changes have gone into effect and will impact NCEES examinations beginning this year.

The Electrical and Computer PE exam will no longer be a breadth and depth exam. Beginning in April, this exam will consist of separate exams for three subdisciplines: computer, electrical and electronics, and power. Candidates taking the Electrical and Computer PE exam will be asked to specify their subdiscipline when registering.

The specifications for the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam have changed slightly. The section on engineering mechanics has been separated into a statics subsection and a dynamics subsection. While the content of the exam will not be affected, FE exam score reports will provide more precise feedback on candidate performance on statics and dynamics beginning with the April administration.

NCEES is now offering an online practice exam for candidates preparing for the FE exam. These practice exams feature 90 questions (half the number appearing on the actual exam). The first 60 questions of the online practice exam are drawn from the topics covered by the morning section of the exam, while the final 30 questions cover the candidate’s selected afternoon discipline (chemical, civil, electrical, environmental, general, industrial, or mechanical). More information about the FE Online Practice Exam is at www.ncees.org/fepractice.

The approved calculator list for 2009 remains the same:

Casio—All fx-115 models. Any Casio calculator must contain fx-115 in its model name.
Hewlett-Packard—The HP33s and HP 35s models, but no others.
Texas Instruments—All TI-30X and TI-36X models. Any Texas Instruments calculator must contain either TI-30X or TI-36X in its model name.

The spring 2009 exam administration will be April 24–25. Member Boards should submit all exam orders by Monday, March 16.

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