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NCEES SE Practice Exam mistakes

NCEES SE Practice Exam mistakes

NCEES SE Practice Exam mistakes

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I have gone through the most current NCEES SE practice exam (IBC 2012) and can't determine if the following questions have been answered incorrectly?

#121. The expected post buckling strength should be determined using Fcre (using RyFy) as shown in AISC Seismic Design Manual example page 5-144

#138. The force to be resisted by the grade beam should be the lesser of Sds(1.2D+1.6L)/10 where 1.2D +1.6L is the "column design gravity load" (IBC 1810.3.13) or .25(1.2D+1.6L) of the smaller column design gravity load. The example only uses dead load?

PLEASE HELP! Thanks in advance.

RE: NCEES SE Practice Exam mistakes

I took the SE prior to the code switch so I only have the old sample exam. However, I also found errors in that sample exam so you're probably not wrong.

Have you checked the errata: https://cdn.ncees.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/S...

Maine Professional and Structural Engineer. www.fepc.us
(Just passed the 16-hour SE exam, woohoo!)

RE: NCEES SE Practice Exam mistakes

Hmmm, just noticed it doesn't list errata for 138.

Maine Professional and Structural Engineer. www.fepc.us
(Just passed the 16-hour SE exam, woohoo!)

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