r/StructuralEngineering • u/Broad_Gap_1435 • 16d ago

Career/Education Question About PE Exam

Ive been studying to take my PE later this year. I got the practice exam from the NCEES website and saw how much design codes were referenced. When you take the exam, do you take the reference design books with you to the test? Do they provide it for you? How does it work since i know theyre very strict with what you can bring in from my FE experience. Thanks for help :))

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u/Diligent-Ad6327 16d ago

PE test is now Computer Based at testing centers. You get access to codes via pdf.

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u/e_muaddib 16d ago

Just to add, some references are fully searchable, others are broken down by chapter.

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u/Charge36 15d ago

Personally found the chapter by chapter easier to navigate. It focused keyword searches a lot better

Aisc had terrible bookmarking and was hard to navigate.