FE Practice Test Concept Questions with
correct Answers
Select all the statements that are the most applicable to the design criteria of
intersections:
a) Provide enough sight distance for incoming and outgoing vehicles
b) Minimize stop times as it leads to higher noise levels
c) provide safe pedestrian crossing
d) avoid steep grades and sharp curves that will negatively affect acceleration and
deceleration rates - Correct Answers -a) Provide enough sight distance for incoming
and outgoing vehicles
c) provide safe pedestrian crossing
d) avoid steep grades and sharp curves that will negatively affect acceleration and
deceleration rates
Select all that apply. What is the reason for selecting a non-ferrous metal over a ferrous
metal in an application?
a) low weight
b) corrosion resistance
c) electrical conductivity
d) thermal conductivity
e) non-magnetic properties - Correct Answers -a) low weight
b) corrosion resistance
c) electrical conductivity
d) thermal conductivity
e) non-magnetic properties
To find the total stress for an object under shear and torsion stresses, you find the
superposition of the two.
True or false - Correct Answers -true
The plot below represents the movement of a block on a rough surface due to an
external force. Select all that represent the line segment a (a horizontal line).
a) kinetic friction
b) static friction
c) dynamic equilibrium
d) work - Correct Answers -b) static friction
Select all that apply. What is true about biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)?
a) Principal parameter for evaluating treated wastewater quality
b) Common parameter to define the strength of biodegradable wastewater
, c) measures how much dissolved oxygen demand treated wastewater has
d) a measurement of pathogen levels
e) a measurement of suspended solids levels - Correct Answers -a) Principal parameter
for evaluating treated wastewater quality
b) Common parameter to define the strength of biodegradable wastewater
c) measures how much dissolved oxygen demand treated wastewater has
Which of the following describes the endurance limit for a material?
a) the stress point before fracture occurs
b) the strain a material can endure before necking
c) the point before elongation is permanent due to cyclic stresses
d) the stress point below which fatigue failure is unlikely - Correct Answers -d) the stress
point below which fatigue failure is unlikely
Which example is the least applicable to public policy for engineers?
a) industry regulation
b) material hardness tests
c) climate change
d) clean water act
e) clean air act - Correct Answers -b) material hardness tests
Which of the following best describes traffic control devices?
a) all signs, signals, markings, and other devices used to regulate, warn, or guide any
kind of traffic by an authorized public agency
b) devices used for increasing traffic flow
c) devices that are used for limiting traffic speed - Correct Answers -a) all signs, signals,
markings, and other devices used to regulate, warn, or guide any kind of traffic by an
authorized public agency
Which is true regarding viscosity?
a) it is the ratio between inertial and viscous forces
b) it is the ratio of shear stress to shear deformation
c) it is the ratio of momentum diffusivity to pressure
d) it is the ratio between density and specific volume
e) it increases when the required deformation force increases - Correct Answers -b) it is
the ratio of shear stress to shear deformation
e) it increases when the required deformation force increases
A Newtonian fluid is defined as shear stress that is linearly proportional to strain rate
True or false - Correct Answers -true
Select all that apply. Which of the following is a typical ingredient of concrete?
a) cement
b) asphalt
c) coarse aggregate
d) fine aggregate
correct Answers
Select all the statements that are the most applicable to the design criteria of
intersections:
a) Provide enough sight distance for incoming and outgoing vehicles
b) Minimize stop times as it leads to higher noise levels
c) provide safe pedestrian crossing
d) avoid steep grades and sharp curves that will negatively affect acceleration and
deceleration rates - Correct Answers -a) Provide enough sight distance for incoming
and outgoing vehicles
c) provide safe pedestrian crossing
d) avoid steep grades and sharp curves that will negatively affect acceleration and
deceleration rates
Select all that apply. What is the reason for selecting a non-ferrous metal over a ferrous
metal in an application?
a) low weight
b) corrosion resistance
c) electrical conductivity
d) thermal conductivity
e) non-magnetic properties - Correct Answers -a) low weight
b) corrosion resistance
c) electrical conductivity
d) thermal conductivity
e) non-magnetic properties
To find the total stress for an object under shear and torsion stresses, you find the
superposition of the two.
True or false - Correct Answers -true
The plot below represents the movement of a block on a rough surface due to an
external force. Select all that represent the line segment a (a horizontal line).
a) kinetic friction
b) static friction
c) dynamic equilibrium
d) work - Correct Answers -b) static friction
Select all that apply. What is true about biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)?
a) Principal parameter for evaluating treated wastewater quality
b) Common parameter to define the strength of biodegradable wastewater
, c) measures how much dissolved oxygen demand treated wastewater has
d) a measurement of pathogen levels
e) a measurement of suspended solids levels - Correct Answers -a) Principal parameter
for evaluating treated wastewater quality
b) Common parameter to define the strength of biodegradable wastewater
c) measures how much dissolved oxygen demand treated wastewater has
Which of the following describes the endurance limit for a material?
a) the stress point before fracture occurs
b) the strain a material can endure before necking
c) the point before elongation is permanent due to cyclic stresses
d) the stress point below which fatigue failure is unlikely - Correct Answers -d) the stress
point below which fatigue failure is unlikely
Which example is the least applicable to public policy for engineers?
a) industry regulation
b) material hardness tests
c) climate change
d) clean water act
e) clean air act - Correct Answers -b) material hardness tests
Which of the following best describes traffic control devices?
a) all signs, signals, markings, and other devices used to regulate, warn, or guide any
kind of traffic by an authorized public agency
b) devices used for increasing traffic flow
c) devices that are used for limiting traffic speed - Correct Answers -a) all signs, signals,
markings, and other devices used to regulate, warn, or guide any kind of traffic by an
authorized public agency
Which is true regarding viscosity?
a) it is the ratio between inertial and viscous forces
b) it is the ratio of shear stress to shear deformation
c) it is the ratio of momentum diffusivity to pressure
d) it is the ratio between density and specific volume
e) it increases when the required deformation force increases - Correct Answers -b) it is
the ratio of shear stress to shear deformation
e) it increases when the required deformation force increases
A Newtonian fluid is defined as shear stress that is linearly proportional to strain rate
True or false - Correct Answers -true
Select all that apply. Which of the following is a typical ingredient of concrete?
a) cement
b) asphalt
c) coarse aggregate
d) fine aggregate
