Fundamentals of
Engineering (FE) ELECTRICAL Engineering
I. Mathematics 15%
A. Analytic
geometry
B. Integral
calculus
C. Matrix
operations
D. Roots of
equations
E. Vector analysis
F. Differential
equations
G. Differential
calculus
II. Engineering
Probability and Statistics 7%
A. Measures of
central tendencies and dispersions (e.g., mean, mode, standard deviation)
B. Probability
distributions (e.g., discrete, continuous, normal, binomial)
C. Conditional
probabilities
D. Estimation
(e.g., point, confidence intervals) for a single mean
E. Regression and
curve fitting
F. Expected value
(weighted average) in decision-making
G. Hypothesis
testing
III. Chemistry 9%
A. Nomenclature
B. Oxidation and
reduction
C. Periodic table
D. States of matter
E. Acids and bases
F. Equations (e.g.,
stoichiometry)
G. Equilibrium
H. Metals and
nonmetals
IV. Computers 7%
A. Terminology
(e.g., memory types, CPU, baud rates, Internet)
B. Spreadsheets
(e.g., addresses, interpretation, “what if,” copying formulas)
C. Structured
programming (e.g., assignment statements, loops and branches, function calls)
V. Ethics and Business
Practices 7%
A. Code of ethics
(professional and technical societies)
B. Agreements and
contracts
C. Ethical versus
legal
D. Professional
liability
E. Public
protection issues (e.g., licensing boards)
VI. Engineering Economics
8%
A. Discounted cash
flow (e.g., equivalence, PW, equivalent annual FW, rate of return)
B. Cost (e.g.,
incremental, average, sunk, estimating)
C. Analyses (e.g.,
breakeven, benefit-cost)
D. Uncertainty
(e.g., expected value and risk)
VII. Engineering Mechanics
(Statics and Dynamics) 10%
A. Statics
1. Resultants of
force systems
2. Concurrent force
systems
3. Equilibrium of
rigid bodies
4. Frames and
trusses
5. Centroid of area
6. Area moments of
inertia
7. Friction
B. Dynamics
1. Linear motion
(e.g., force, mass, acceleration, momentum)
2. Angular motion
(e.g., torque, inertia, acceleration, momentum)
3. Mass moments of
inertia
4. Impulse and
momentum applied to: a. particles
b. rigid bodies
5. Work, energy,
and power as applied to:
a. particles
b. rigid bodies
6. Friction
VIII. Strength of
Materials 7%
A. Shear and moment
diagrams B. Stress types (e.g., normal, shear, bending, torsion) C. Stress
strain caused by:
1. axial loads
2. bending loads
3. torsion
4. shear
D. Deformations
(e.g., axial, bending, torsion) E. Combined stresses F. Columns G.
Indeterminant analysis H. Plastic versus elastic deformation 3
IX. Material Properties 7%
A. Properties
1. chemical
2. electrical
3. mechanical
4. physical B.
Corrosion mechanisms and control
C. Materials
1. engineered
materials
2. ferrous metals
3. nonferrous
metals
X. Fluid Mechanics 7%
A. Flow measurement
B. Fluid properties
C. Fluid statics
D. Energy, impulse,
and momentum equations
E. Pipe and other
internal flow
XI. Electricity and
Magnetism 9%
A. Charge, energy,
current, voltage, power
B. Work done in
moving a charge in an electric field (relationship between voltage and work)
C. Force between
charges
D. Current and
voltage laws (Kirchhoff, Ohm)
E. Equivalent
circuits (series, parallel)
F. Capacitance and
inductance
G. Reactance and
impedance, susceptance and admittance
H. AC circuits
I. Basic complex
algebra
XII. Thermodynamics 7%
A. Thermodynamic
laws (e.g., 1st Law, 2nd Law)
B. Energy, heat,
and work
C. Availability and
reversibility
D. Cycles
E. Ideal gases
F. Mixture of gases
G. Phase changes
H. Heat transfer
I. Properties of:
1. enthalpy
2. entropy
I. Circuits 16%
A. KCL, KVL
B. Series/parallel
equivalent circuits
C. Node and loop
analysis
D. Thevenin/Norton
theorems
E. Impedance
F. Transfer
functions
G.
Frequency/transient response
H. Resonance
I. Laplace
transforms
J. 2-port theory
K. Filters (simple
passive)
II. Power 13%
A. 3-phase
B. Transmission
lines
C. Voltage
regulation
D. Delta and wye
E. Phasors
F. Motors
G. Power
electronics
H. Power factor
(pf)
I. Transformers
III. Electromagnetics 7%
A.
Electrostatics/magnetostatics (e.g., measurement of spatial relationships,
vector analysis)
B. Wave propagation
C. Transmission
lines (high frequency)
IV. Control Systems 10%
A. Block diagrams
(feed forward, feedback)
B. Bode plots
C. Controller
performance (gain, PID), steady-state errors
D. Root locus
E. Stability
V. Communications 9%
A. Basic
modulation/demodulation concepts (e.g., AM, FM, PCM)
B. Fourier
transforms/Fourier series
C. Sampling theorem
D. Computer
networks, including OSI model
E. Multiplexing
VI. Signal Processing 8%
A. Analog/digital
conversion
B. Convolution
(continuous and discrete)
C. Difference
equations
D. Z-transforms
VII. Electronics 15%
A. Solid-state
fundamentals (tunneling, diffusion/drift current, energy bands, doping bands,
p-n theory)
B. Bias circuits
C. Differential
amplifiers
D. Discrete devices
(diodes, transistors, BJT, CMOS) and models and their performance
E. Operational
amplifiers
F. Filters (active)
G. Instrumentation
(measurements, data acquisition, transducers)
VIII. Digital Systems 12%
A. Numbering
systems
B. Data
path/control system design
C. Boolean logic
D. Counters
E. Flip-flops
F. Programmable
logic devices and gate arrays
G. Logic gates and
circuits
H. Logic
minimization (SOP, POS, Karnaugh maps)
I. State
tables/diagrams
J. Timing diagrams
IX. Computer Systems 10%
A. Architecture
(e.g., pipelining, cache memory)
B. Interfacing
C. Microprocessors
D. Memory
technology and systems
E. Software design
methods (structured, top-down bottom-up, object-oriented design)
F. Software
implementation (structured programming, algorithms, data structures)
