In the afternoon portion of the FE Exam, should I take the Discipline-Specific Exam or the General Exam?
Students often have questions about which afternoon session exam they should take the General exam or the discipline-specific exam in their own field. In the absence of a specific requirement that the student take the exam for the students major or working discipline, the choice is left to the student. The advantage of taking the general exam is that examinees have to study all the same subject areas anyway to prepare for the morning session. Many engineers, however, will be most comfortable with an afternoon exam that focuses on their own field. At the beginning of the afternoon session, the examinee may look at the six exams in the test booklet to determine which one he or she wants to take. However, this review is done within the four-hour allotment of the exam, so it cuts into problem-solving time. Obviously, a decision must be made quickly. NCEES tracks the performance, by discipline, of examinees who take the General afternoon exam. The following table allows comparison of the pa
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