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It is closed book with an electronic reference.  \n􀁸 Examinees have 9 hours to complete the exam, which contains 80 questions. The 9-hour time includes a tutorial and an optional scheduled break. Examinee works all questions.  \n􀁸 The exam uses both the International System of units (SI) and the U.S. Customary System (USCS) .  \n􀁸 The exam is developed with questions that will require a variety of approaches and methodologies, including design, analysis, and application.  \n􀁸 The knowledge areas specified as examples of kinds of knowledge are not exclusive or exhaustive categories.  \nNumber of Questions  \n1. Water 19–29  \nA. Water engineering applications (e.g., hydraulics, fluid mechanics, hydrology, hydrogeology, environmental chemistry, biology, microbiology, fate and transport, sampling, monitoring, project management)  \nB. Drinking water (e.g., sources of water, treatment technologies and management, distribution systems, residuals management)  \nC. Wastewater (e.g., pollution prevention and minimization, treatment technologies and management, collection systems, residuals management, water reuse)  \nD. Stormwater and water resources (e.g., sources of pollution, watershed management and planning, stormwater management)  \n2. Solid and Hazardous Waste 11–17  \nA. Engineering applications (e.g., environmental chemistry, fate and transport, codes, standards, regulations, guidelines, risk assessment, sampling and measurement methods, reduction, recycling, mass and energy balance, hydrology, hydrogeology, geology, project management)  \nB. Municipal and industrial solid waste (e.g., storage, collection, transportation systems, treatment and disposal technologies, management)  \nC. Hazardous, medical, and radioactive waste (e.g., storage, collection, transportation systems, treatment and disposal technologies, management)  \n3. Sustainability 7–11  \nA. Resources conservation (e.g., energy conservation, renewable and nonrenewable, material conservation, life-cycle analysis)  \nB. Resilience (e.g., infrastructure vulnerability, climate impacts, redundancy, reliability)  \n4. Air 13–20  \nA. Engineering applications (e.g., sampling and measurement methods, codes, standards, regulations, guidelines, chemistry, fate and transport, atmospheric science and meteorology, project management)  \nB. Pollution control (e.g., sources of pollution, emissions characterization, inventory, treatment and control technologies, pollution minimization and prevention)  \n5. Site Assessment and Remediation 13–20  \nA. Site assessment (e.g., site investigation, risk assessment, fate and transport, project management)  \nB. Remediation (e.g., remedial alternatives, remedial technologies and management, feasibility studies, project management)  \n6. Environmental and Occupational Health 7–11  \nA. Regulatory compliance (e.g., health, security, emergency plans, incident response procedures, codes, standards, regulations, guidelines)  \nB. Exposure assessments (e.g., environmental health, occupational health, exposure assessments, project management)","cbCaivEW8qE7KrCJ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivEW8qE7KrCJ","pdf",116667,"English","# Exam Overview\n## Format and Administration\n## Units and Question Development\n# Number of Questions by Knowledge Area\n## Water\n## Solid and Hazardous Waste\n## Sustainability\n## Air\n## Site Assessment and Remediation\n## Environmental and Occupational Health","[{\"question\":\"How is the PE Environmental exam delivered and what reference is allowed?\",\"answer\":\"The PE Environmental exam is computer based, closed book, and allows an electronic reference.\"},{\"question\":\"How much time is given and how many questions are on the exam?\",\"answer\":\"Candidates have 9 hours to complete the exam, which contains 80 questions. 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