Civil and Rural Engineering License Exam Preparation (ACRE)
Prepare for the NEC Civil and Rural Engineering (ACRE) license exam: core civil chapters plus Applied Water Resources and Rural Engineering, chapter by chapter, with practice MCQs and mock tests. Free.
Civil and Rural Engineering syllabus (ACRE)
Basic Civil Engineering
- Engineering materials
- Standards (NS & IS) and tests for civil engineering materials
- Building technology
- Geometric properties of sections
- Surveying and levelling
- Estimating, costing, and valuation
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering
- Soil properties and laboratory tests
- Stresses on soil and seepage
- Shear strength of soil and stability of slopes
- Soil exploration, earth pressure and retaining structures
- Fundamentals of foundation
- Bearing capacity and foundation settlements
Basic Water Resources Engineering
- Fluids and their properties
- Hydrostatics
- Hydro-kinematics and hydro-dynamics
- Pipe flow
- Open channel flow
- Hydrology
Structural Mechanics
- Shear forces and bending moments
- Stress and strain analysis
- Theory of flexure and columns
- Determinate structures-1
- Determinate structures-2
- Indeterminate structures
Design of Structures
- Loads and load combinations
- Concrete technology
- RCC structures-1
- RCC structures-2
- Steel structures
- Timber and masonry structures
Water Supply, Sanitation and Environment
- Water sources, water quality and water demand
- Intake and distribution systems
- Water treatment process and technologies
- Design and construction of sewers
- Treatment and disposal of wastewater
- Concept of environmental assessment
Application of Water Resources Engineering
- Water demand estimation
- Water conveyance structures
- Diversion headworks
- River training works
- Power and energy potential study
- Hydro-electric machines and powerhouse
Rural Engineering
- Rural roads
- Trail bridges
- Farm machinery and post-harvesting
- Rural water supply and sanitation
- Rural energy
- Rural housing
Transportation
- Highway planning and survey
- Geometric design of highway
- Highway materials
- Traffic engineering and safety
- Road pavement
- Road construction & maintenance
Project Planning, Design and Implementation
- Engineering drawings and its concepts
- Engineering Economics
- Project planning and scheduling
- Project management
- Engineering professional practice
- Engineering Regulatory Body
Sample Civil and Rural Engineering questions
What is the formula for overall efficiency of HRTF?
- E1+E2
- E1+E2(1-E1)
- 1-E1*E2
- (E1+E2)/2
In a cantilever retaining wall, the main steel reinforcement is provided
- on the backfill side, in the vertical direction
- on both, inner and outer, faces
- in horizontal as well as in vertical direction
- to counteract shear stresses
______ footing is used in load bearing masonry construction.
- isolated
- Strap
- Strip
- Pile