FE Civil
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FE Civil is the civil engineering–specific version of the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) licensure exam taken by aspiring professional engineers, typically near the end of or after completing an accredited civil engineering degree.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| FE Civil canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T360761 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: FE Civil Context triple: [Fundamentals of Engineering exam, hasDisciplineSpecificVersion, FE Civil]
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CEF
CEF is the abbreviation for the Canadian Expeditionary Force, the field force of the Canadian Army raised for service overseas during the First World War.
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FCS
FCS is the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision, the tier of top-level college football that determines its national champion through a playoff system rather than traditional bowl games.
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FRA
FRA is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code that uniquely identifies France in international standards and data systems.
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FRA
FRA is the United States government agency responsible for regulating and overseeing the nation’s railroad safety, infrastructure, and operations.
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DFE
DFE is the National Rail station code for Dunfermline Town railway station in Fife, Scotland.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: FE Civil Target entity description: FE Civil is the civil engineering–specific version of the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) licensure exam taken by aspiring professional engineers, typically near the end of or after completing an accredited civil engineering degree.
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A.
CEF
CEF is the abbreviation for the Canadian Expeditionary Force, the field force of the Canadian Army raised for service overseas during the First World War.
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B.
FCS
FCS is the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision, the tier of top-level college football that determines its national champion through a playoff system rather than traditional bowl games.
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C.
FRA
FRA is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code that uniquely identifies France in international standards and data systems.
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D.
FRA
FRA is the United States government agency responsible for regulating and overseeing the nation’s railroad safety, infrastructure, and operations.
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E.
DFE
DFE is the National Rail station code for Dunfermline Town railway station in Fife, Scotland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
engineering licensure examination
ⓘ
standardized test ⓘ |
| accreditationExpectation | ABET-accredited civil engineering program ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
NCEES
ⓘ
National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying ⓘ |
| calculatorPolicy | only NCEES-approved calculators permitted ⓘ |
| closedBook | true ⓘ |
| contentArea |
computational tools
ⓘ
engineering economics ⓘ environmental engineering ⓘ ethics and professional practice ⓘ fluid mechanics ⓘ geotechnical engineering ⓘ hydraulics and hydrologic systems ⓘ materials ⓘ mathematics ⓘ mechanics of materials ⓘ probability and statistics ⓘ statics ⓘ structural analysis ⓘ structural design ⓘ transportation engineering ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| deliveryMode | computer-based ⓘ |
| duration | approximately 6 hours total appointment time ⓘ |
| eligibility | completion or near-completion of an ABET-accredited civil engineering degree in most jurisdictions ⓘ |
| examTime | 5 hours and 20 minutes of actual test time ⓘ |
| field | civil engineering ⓘ |
| format | computer-based test ⓘ |
| frequency | offered year-round at approved Pearson VUE test centers ⓘ |
| fullName |
Fundamentals of Engineering Civil Exam
ⓘ
linked to:
Fundamentals of Engineering exam
|
| governingBody | state and territorial engineering licensing boards in the United States ⓘ |
| includes | scheduled break ⓘ |
| numberOfQuestions | 110 ⓘ |
| partOf | Fundamentals of Engineering exam ⓘ |
| prerequisiteFor | taking the Principles and Practice of Engineering Civil exam in most jurisdictions ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | English ⓘ |
| purpose |
assess minimum competency in civil engineering fundamentals
ⓘ
qualify candidates for Engineer in Training certification ⓘ qualify candidates for Engineering Intern certification ⓘ |
| questionType |
multiple-choice
ⓘ
objective questions ⓘ |
| referenceMaterial |
FE Reference Handbook
ⓘ
linked to:
NCEES FE Reference Handbook
|
| referencePolicy | only NCEES-supplied electronic reference handbook allowed ⓘ |
| registrationMethod | online registration through NCEES ⓘ |
| requiredFor | Professional Engineer licensure in civil engineering in most U.S. jurisdictions ⓘ |
| resultDelivery | online through NCEES account ⓘ |
| resultType | pass or fail ⓘ |
| scoreUse | credential for entry-level civil engineering licensure pathway ⓘ |
| scoring | scaled score based on number of correct answers ⓘ |
| scoringPolicy | no penalty for guessing ⓘ |
| targetDegree | bachelor’s degree in civil engineering ⓘ |
| testCenterProvider | Pearson VUE ⓘ |
| typicalCandidate |
civil engineering undergraduate student
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recent civil engineering graduate ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: FE Civil Description of subject: FE Civil is the civil engineering–specific version of the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) licensure exam taken by aspiring professional engineers, typically near the end of or after completing an accredited civil engineering degree.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.