CA Seismic Principles & Engineering Surveying Exam
CA Seismic Principles & Engineering Surveying Exam
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Hi
I've applied for the CA PE license by comity but need to take the State test for Seismic Principles & Engineering Surveying. I'm not too concerned with the seismic portion, but it's been more years than I can to remember since I did any surveying calculations. Does anyone have any insight/suggestions for this portion of the exam?
Thanks for the replys.
I've applied for the CA PE license by comity but need to take the State test for Seismic Principles & Engineering Surveying. I'm not too concerned with the seismic portion, but it's been more years than I can to remember since I did any surveying calculations. Does anyone have any insight/suggestions for this portion of the exam?
Thanks for the replys.






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I'm going to get the PE first. In CA you must be a PE before to can take the SE test. Per state law a PE can design most buildings (not hopitals & public schools). Its my understanding that some counties/municpalties require a SE not to mention the some specs also require this.
As for the surveyors having to pass the PE, I'm not sure.
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I'm sure you'd be more than prepared with the ~$350 kit noted above.
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I started studying with a bare-minimum survey background. I knew what an azimuth was, and I had seen US Public Lands stuff before... but nonetheless, the only book I really used was the Cuomo book. I thought it was great.
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I also borrowed a textbook from a coworker who had a surveying course, but I didn't really use it. All said, I think I spent probably 100-150 hours on Surveying stuff... went through Cuomo completely and did all of the sample problems.
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Steven Hiner workbook is a MUST for seismic
RE: CA Seismic Principles & Engineering Surveying Exam
I agree with westheimer above, that the Hiner workbook is a must for the seismic exam. That is what I used exclusively to prepare for the test. My recommendation would be to work every practice problem in that book at least once - a few times would be better.
I thought the surveying exam would be a breeze since I am pretty good with geometry and had worked on a surveying crew during my summers in college - I was wrong! You get roughly 3 minutes per problem and its amazing how in depth some of the problems are. I used the triage approach: quickly glance over all the problems at first and assign a 1, 2 or 3 based on level of difficulty. Work the 1's first, then 2's and 3's for last. I used the Cuomo book exclusively for preparation. While I feel it gave a good overview, there were a multitude of questions on CA specific laws and surveying datums that were not mentioned in the book - apparently I was good enough at guessing. I was most worried about passing the surveying exam after I had taken all 3.