Civil PE Breadth Conceptual Questions 2026 | Civil Engineering Exam Review

Civil,./PE,./-,./Breadth,./-
,./Conceptual,./Questions

1. The,./correct,./answer,./is,./D.:
2. The,./correct,./answer,./is,./A.:
3. The,./correct,./answer,./is,./A.:
4. The,./correct,./answer,./is,./D.:
5. The,./correct,./answer,./is,./B.:
6. The,./correct,./answer,./is,./D.:
7. The,./correct,./answer,./is,./D.:
8. The,./correct,./answer,./is,./C.:
9. The,./correct,./answer,./is,./D.:
10. The,./correct,./answer,./is,./A.:
11. The,./correct,./answer,./is,./D.:
12. The, . / correct, . / answer, . / is, . / B., . / Since, . / the, . / retaining, . / wall, . / is, . / not, . / yielding,, .
/ the, . / condi-


tion,./is,./at,./rest.:,./When,./a,./retaining,./structure,./does,./not,./move,./either,./to,./the,./right,./or,./to,./the,./left,./of,./its,./initi
al,./position,,./the,./ratio,./of,./the,./ettective,./horizontal,./stress,./to,./the,./ettective,./vertical,./stress,./is,./generally,./represented,./b
y
(A) K
(B) K0
(C) Ka
(D) Kp
13. The,./correct,./answer,./is,./C.,./Rankine's,./theory,./does,./not,./consider,./the,./rough
ness,./between,./the,./wall,./and,./soil.,./Coulomb's,./theory,./does,./consider,./roughne
ss.:,./Which,./of,./the,./following,./earth,./pressure,./theories,./consider,./the,./roughness,./of,./the,./back,./of,./the,./wall?
(A) Rankine's,./active,./earth,./pressure,./theory
(B) Rankine's,./passive,./earth,./pressure,./theory
(C) Coulomb's,./earth,./pressure,./theory
(D) All,./of,./the,./above
14. The,./blow,./counts,./for,./the,./last,./two,./increments,./(for,./sample,./#5),./=,./6+8,./=14.,./
The,./correct,./answer,./is,./C.:, . / Based,./on,./the,./borehole,./log,./shown,,./the,./standard,./penetration,./test,./N,./val
ue,./(blow,./count),./for,./Sample,./5,./is,./most,./nearly:
(A) 6
(B) 10

, Civil,./PE,./-,./Breadth,./-

(C) 14 Conceptual,./Questions
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(D) 18

, Civil,./PE,./-,./Breadth,./-
Conceptual,./Questions
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15. The,./correct,./answer,./is,./D.,./The,./other,./samplers,./are,./not,./used,./for,./colle
cting,./undisturbed,./sample:,./The,./sampler,./most,./widely,./used,./for,./sampling,./undisturbed,./sample,.
/is:

(A) Rock,./Core,./Sampler
(B) Split,./Barrel,./Sampler
(C) Auger,./sampler
(D) Shelby,./Tube
16. The, . / correct, . / answer, . / includes, . / both, . / A, . / and, . / B., . / Option, . / C, . / is, . / not, . / corr
ect, . / because,./we, . / ignore, . / velocity, . / head, . / in, . / groundwater, . / due, . / to, . / insignific
ant, . / relative, . / to, . / other,./terms.:,./For,./the,./flow,./of,./water,./through,./a,./porous,./soil,./medium,,./the,./total,./
head,./at,./any,./point,./can,./be,./adequately,./represented,./by,./the,./sum,./of,./the,./following,./terms.,./Select,./all,./that,./apply.
(A) elevation,./head
(B) pressure,./head
(C) velocity,./head
(D) total,./head
(E) All,./of,./the,./above
17. The,./correct,./answer,./is,./D.:,./Shear,./strength,./can,./be,./measured,./from
(A) Vane,./shear,./test
(B) Direct,./shear,./test
(C) Triaxial,./Test
(D) All,./of,./the,./above
18. The,./correct,./answer,./is,./B.,./We,./plot,./dry,./unit,./weight,./and,./moisture,./content,.
/to,./obtain,./maximum,./dry,./density,./and,./optimum,./water,./content.:,./A,./compaction,./curv

e,./is,./plot,./of
(A) bulk,./unit,./weight,./versus,./moisture,./content
(B) dry,./unit,./weight,./versus,./moisture,./content
(C) maximum,./dry,./unit,./ weight,./ versus,./optimum,./ moisture,./content
(D) all,./of,./the,./above
19. The,./correct,./answer,./is,./A.,./In,./the,./unit,./weight,./and,./moisture,./content,./plot,,.
/maximum,./dry,./density,./attains,./at,./a,./moisture,./content,./called,./optimum,./ mois

ture,./content.:,./The,./moisture,./content,./of,./soil,./at,./which,./the,./maximum,./dry,./unit,./weight,./attained,./is,./generally,./
referred,./to,./as