PEC EPE Practice Test – Engineering Practice Exam MCQs

20 practice questions in the style of the EPE (not official PEC questions). Choose your answers and press Check answers.

1. The Pakistan Engineering Council was established under the

Building Code 2007 Companies Act 2017 PEC Act 1976 Engineers Act 1956

2. FIDIC 'Red Book' is mainly used when

the Contractor designs and builds a turnkey EPC project consultancy services only the Employer provides the design

3. In CPM, activities on the critical path have

maximum float zero total float free float only negative cost

4. Schedule Performance Index (SPI) is

PV / BAC AC / EV EV / PV EV / AC

5. A CPI less than 1.0 means the project is

ahead of schedule over budget under budget complete

6. Under the PEC code of conduct, an engineer should

advertise false experience share confidential client data not review another engineer's work without their knowledge accept any work outside competence

7. The ratio of nominal mix 1:2:4 corresponds approximately to

M30 concrete M40 concrete M5 concrete M15 concrete

8. The minimum clear cover to main bars in a beam (interior, ACI) is about

5 mm 40 mm 100 mm 10 mm

9. Standard Proctor compaction uses a rammer of

4.5 kg falling 457 mm 10 kg falling 1 m 2.5 kg falling 305 mm 1 kg falling 100 mm

10. For clay, undrained shear strength cu from an unconfined test is

2·qu qu / 4 qu qu / 2

11. Manning's n for a smooth concrete-lined channel is about

0.5 0.013 0.10 0.001

12. Which document defines the scope, price and terms agreed between employer and contractor?

The weekly report The site diary The method statement The contract agreement

13. Liquidated damages in a contract compensate the employer for

extra work price escalation delay in completion design changes

14. Bowditch rule distributes the closing error in proportion to

bearings latitudes only line lengths number of stations

15. Seismic zone of most of Mirpur in the Building Code of Pakistan (SP-2007) is

Zone 1 Zone 0 No seismic zone Zone 3 (check exact map)

16. A Professional Engineer (PE) in Pakistan is registered after

required experience and passing the EPE graduation only paying a fee only one year of study

17. The 'Engineer' under a FIDIC contract usually

administers the contract and certifies payments is the contractor's foreman supplies materials owns the project

18. Occupational safety: the first priority in the hierarchy of controls is

training only elimination of the hazard personal protective equipment warning signs

19. Net present value (NPV) of a project is positive when

payback is longer than life discounted benefits exceed discounted costs interest rate is zero costs exceed benefits

20. The water–cement ratio mainly controls concrete

aggregate size colour setting time only strength and durability

PEC Engineering Practice Exam — Practice MCQs

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