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Exam Code: NCEES FE Electrical and Computer
Exam Type: CBT
Questions: 110
Exam Duration: 6 Hours
- Nondisclosure agreement (2 minutes)
- Tutorial (8 minutes)
- Exam (5 hours and 20 minutes)
- Scheduled break (25 minutes)

The Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam is generally your first step in the process to becoming a professional licensed engineer (P.E.). It is designed for recent graduates and students who are close to finishing an undergraduate engineering degree from an EAC/ABET-accredited program. The FE exam is a computer-based exam.

Actual Exam Questions pool includes following topics.
- Algebra and Trigonometry
- Complex Numbers
- Discrete Mathematics and Progressions
- Analytic Geometry
- Calculus
- Differential Equations
- Matrix and Vector analysis
- Measures of central tendencies
- Permutation/Combination & Laws of Probability
- Probability Distributions
- Expected values
- Code of Ethics & NCEES Model Law and Rules
- Intellectual Property
- Safety
- Engineering Economics
- Time value of money
- Cost estimation
- Risk Identification and Analysis
- Electrical Properties
- Thermal Properties
- Kirchhoff's Laws - KCL, KVL
- Series / Parallel Equivalent Circuits
- Thevenin and Norton Theorems
- Waveform Analysis
- Phasors
- Impedance
- Frequency / transient response
- Resonance
- Laplace Transform
- Transfer functions
- Sampling
- Analog Filters
- Digital Filters, Z-transforms, Difference Equation
- Continuous Time Convolution
- Discrete Time Convolution
- Semiconductor materials
- Diodes and Thyristors
-Junction Field Effect Transistors (JFETs)
- Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOSFETs)
- Operational Amplifiers
- Power Electronics
- Instrumentation
- Power Theory/Single Phase Power
- Transmission and Distribution / 3-Phase Power
- Power Factor
- Voltage Regulation/ Voltage Drop
- Transformers
- Motors & Generators
- Electrostatics
- Magnetostatics
- Electrodynamics - Maxwell's Equations
- Electrodynamics - Wave Propagation
- Transmission Lines
- Block Diagrams/Closed-loop response/Open-loop response
- Bode Plots
- System Stability/Frequency response
- Controller performance
- Communication Theory
- Amplitude Modulation
- Angle Modulation
- Fourier Transforms
- Digital Communications
- Multiplexing
- Routing and Switching
- Network Topologies / Types / Models
- Internet Protocol Addressing: IPv4/IPv6
- Protocols: TCP/UDP/ICMP
- Network Security: Intrusion Detection/Prevention and Encryption
- Number Systems
- Boolean Logic
- Logic gates and circuits
- Logic minimization - K-Maps/SOP/POS
- Sequential Circuits - Flip-Flops and Counters
- Combinational circuits
- Programmable Logic Devices/Gate Array
- State Machine Design
- Timing
- Microprocessor
- Memory Technology and Systems
- Architecture & Interfacing
- Algorithms - Complexity, Big-0
- Algorithms - Sorting, Searching
- Data Structures - Array/Linked List/Stack/Queue
- Data Structures - Tree/Graph
- Software design methods/implementation/testing

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- Algebra and trigonometry
- Complex numbers
- Discrete mathematics
- Analytic geometry
- Calculus
- differential
- integral
- single-variable
- multivariable
- Ordinary differential equations
- Linear algebra
- Vector analysis
- Probability and Statistics
- Measures of central tendencies and dispersions
- mean
- mode
- standard deviation
- Probability distributions
- discrete
- continuous
- normal
- binomial
- conditional probability
- Expected value (weighted average)
- Codes of ethics
- professional and technical societies
- NCEES Model Law and Model Rules
- Intellectual property
- copyright
- trade secrets
- patents
- trademarks
- Safety
- grounding
- material safety data
- PPE
- radiation protection
- Time value of money
- present value
- future value
- annuities
- Cost estimation
- Risk identification
- Analysis
- cost-benefit
- trade-off
- break-even
- Semiconductor materials
- tunneling
- diffusion/drift current
- energy bands
- doping bands
- p-n theory
- Electrical
- conductivity
- resistivity
- permittivity
- magnetic permeability
- noise
- Thermal
- conductivity
- expansion
- Circuit Analysis (DC and AC Steady State)
- KCL
- KVL
- Series/parallel equivalent circuits
- Thevenin and Norton theorems
- Node and loop analysis
- Waveform analysis
- RMS
- average
- frequency
- phase
- wavelength
- Phasors
- Impedance
- Frequency/transient response
- Resonance
- Laplace transforms
- Transfer functions
- Sampling
- aliasing
- Nyquist theorem
- Analog filters
- Digital filters
- difference equations
- Z-transforms
- Models, biasing, and performance of discrete devices
- diodes
- transistors
- thyristors
- Amplifiers
- single-stage/common emitter
- differential
- biasing
- Operational amplifiers
- ideal
- nonideal
- Instrumentation
- measurements
- data acquisition
- transducers
- Power electronics
- rectifiers
- inverters
- converters
- Power theory
- power factor
- single and three phase
- voltage regulation
- Transmission and distribution
- real and reactive losses
- efficiency
- voltage drop
- delta and wye connections
- Transformers
- single-phase and three-phase connections
- reflected impedance
- Motors and generators
- synchronous
- induction
- dc
- Electrostatics/magnetostatics
- spatial relationships
- vector analysis
- Electrodynamics
- Maxwell equations
- wave propagation
- Transmission lines (high frequency)
- Block diagrams
- feedforward
- feedback
- Bode plots
- Closed-loop response, open-loop response, and stability
- Controller performance
- steady-state errors
- settling time
- overshoot
- Basic modulation/demodulation concepts
- AM
- FM
- PCM
- Fourier transforms/Fourier series
- Multiplexing
- time division
- frequency division
- code division
- Digital communications
- Routing and switching
- Network topologies
- mesh
- ring
- star
- Network types
- LAN
- WAN
- internet
- Network models
- OSI
- TCP/IP
- Network intrusion detection and prevention
- firewalls
- endpoint detection
- network detection
- Security
- port scanning
- network vulnerability testing
- web vulnerability testing
- penetration testing
- security triad
- Number systems
- Boolean logic
- Logic gates and circuits
- Logic minimization
- SOP
- POS
- Karnaugh maps
- Flip-flops and counters
- Programmable logic devices and gate arrays
- State machine design
- Timing
- diagrams
- asynchronous inputs
- race conditions and other hazards
- Microprocessors
- Memory technology and systems
- Interfacing
- Algorithms
- sorting
- searching
- complexity
- big-O
- Data structures
- lists
- trees
- vectors
- structures
- arrays
- Software implementation
- iteration
- conditionals
- recursion
- control flow
- scripting
- testing