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Prior to 2014, the exam was divided into two 4-hour sessions with a lunch break in between. The morning session consisted of 120 questions in a range of scientific/engineering subjects and had to be taken by all examinees, while the afternoon session consisted of 60 questions and could be taken either in a specific discipline or as a general engineering test. The reference handbook was distributed as a hard copy; examinees were not allowed to bring their own copies and had to return the provided ones at the end of each session.
In 2015, content changes in the exam were instituted to make it discipline-specific, with a plan of weaving general engineering subject matter (e.g. math and science fundamentals) throughout the exam.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nspe.org/resources/pe-magazine/march-2015/evolution-fe |title=The Evolution of the FE - National Society of Professional Engineers |website=National Society of Professional Engineers}}</ref> Less of the "full breadth" of most traditional engineering undergraduate curricula will be captured with this approach - such as the broad math and science foundation spanning chemistry, physics, mechanics (i.e. [[statics]] and dynamics), [[materials science]], [[computer science]], electronics/circuits, engineering design, and the standard range of [[engineering mathematics]] (i.e. calculus, differential equations, statistics). A concern was that, while most undergraduate engineering students are in fact exposed to most of these subjects, they may not necessarily take courses in specialized topics such as [[thermodynamics]] and [[fluid mechanics]].
Since July 2020, the NCEES has made updates across all FE exam disciplines.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ncees.org/engineering/fe/ |title=NCEES FE exam information |website=National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying}}</ref> For example, the topic "Computational Tools" was removed for the civil and mechanical disciplines. In other cases, topics and subtopics have been merged or combined. The NCEES also published an updated version of the tenth edition of the FE Reference Handbook. The handbook was revised incorporating a coherent single-page layout instead of a two-column layout, the addition and removal of a few new equations, and updated FE Exam Specifications.
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