The FE ECE exam, topic by topic.

The NCEES FE Electrical and Computer exam is 110 questions across two sessions — 5 h 20 min, computer-based, offered year-round. The spec below is how the exam weighs its eighteen knowledge areas, and it is exactly how EngineerReadiness organises your practice.

The official spec — questions per area

Mathematics11–17

Probability and Statistics4–6

Ethics and Professional Practice3–5

Engineering Economics3–5

Properties of Electrical Materials4–6

Engineering Sciences6–9

Circuit Analysis10–15

Linear Systems5–8

Signal Processing5–8

Electronics7–11

Power8–12

Electromagnetics5–8

Control Systems6–9

Communications5–8

Computer Networks3–5

Digital Systems7–11

Computer Systems4–6

Software Development4–6


The five areas in bold — Mathematics, Circuit Analysis, Power, Electronics and Digital Systems — carry close to half the exam between them. The study plan weights them accordingly. Ranges are per the current NCEES specification; confirm against ncees.org before you register.

How the practice maps to it

Tagged to the spec

Every question in the bank belongs to exactly one of the eighteen areas above, with an explanation written against that area’s reference material. Nothing is filed under “miscellaneous.”

Weighted like the exam

Your study plan allocates sessions by two weights: how many questions an area carries on the real exam, and how weak your mastery of it currently is. Heavy and weak comes first.

Tracked to readiness

Mastery is scored per area against your exam date, so the gap between today and ready is always specific: which topics, how far, and how many days you have to close it.

Start with the heavy five

A free account gets a daily session today — the plan will point it at Mathematics and Circuit Analysis before anything else.