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The document summarizes the specifications for the NCEES Principles and Practice of Engineering Examination in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering. The exam is an 8-hour open-book test with 40 multiple-choice questions in each 4-hour session. Questions cover four broad knowledge areas: Structure, Properties, Processing, and Performance of materials. Within each area, the document lists specific material topics that may be included on the exam.

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MetMat Oct 2015.final

The document summarizes the specifications for the NCEES Principles and Practice of Engineering Examination in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering. The exam is an 8-hour open-book test with 40 multiple-choice questions in each 4-hour session. Questions cover four broad knowledge areas: Structure, Properties, Processing, and Performance of materials. Within each area, the document lists specific material topics that may be included on the exam.

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NCEES Principles and Practice of Engineering Examination

METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS Exam Specifications


Effective Beginning with the October 2015 Examinations

The exam is an 8-hour open-book exam. It contains 40 multiple-choice questions in the 4-hour
morning session, and 40 multiple-choice questions in the 4-hour afternoon session. Examinee
works all questions.

The exam uses both the International System of Units (SI) and the US Customary System (USCS).

The exam is developed with questions that require a variety of approaches and methodologies,
including design, analysis, and application.

The knowledge areas specified as examples of kinds of knowledge are not exclusive or exhaustive
categories.

The exam includes questions independent of the type of material as well as questions related to
specific materials. The numbers of material-specific questions are distributed as follows:
Ferrous
Nonferrous
Polymers and polymer composites
Ceramics and ceramic composites
Other materials

3050
1525
510
510
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Approximate
Number of Questions

I.

Structure
A. Crystal structures of metals, ceramics, and polymers, including
imperfections or defects in solids (e.g., vacancies, interstitials,
substitutional atoms, dislocations, twins, stacking faults, phase boundaries)
B. Diffusion
C. Fractography
D. Materials chemistry
E. Metallography (microstructure/macrostructure), including microstructural
standards and specifications
F. Phase diagrams

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II.

Properties
A. Chemical analysis techniques (e.g., OES, EDS)
B. Metallic and nonmetallic coatings
C. High-temperature behavior (thermal stability, creep, and stress rupture)
D. Low-temperature and cryogenic behavior
E. Materials standards and specifications
F. Mechanical behavior of composites and heterogeneous material
G. Physical properties (e.g., density, thermal conductivity, CTE)
H. Routine (e.g., hardness, tensile, impact) and specialized (e.g., fatigue,
fracture toughness, high temperature) mechanical testing

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III.

Processing
A. Elastic/plastic deformation and bulk forming (e.g., rolling, forging, extruding)
B. Casting (e.g., sand, die, investment)
C. Coating applications (e.g., thermal sprays, paints, vapor, electroplating,
galvanizing)
D. Cold work and annealing
E. Diffusion treatment (e.g., carburization)
F. Heat transfer
G. Heat treatment and thermal treatments (e.g., flame or induction hardening)
H. Joiningbrazing and soldering
I. Joiningwelding
J. Phase transformations and other strengthening mechanisms for metals
K. Powder processing (e.g., pressing, sintering)
L. Standards and specifications for processing
M. Toughening mechanisms for ceramics
N. Strengthening mechanisms for polymers and reinforced polymers
O. Industrial safety practices

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IV.

Performance
A. Corrosion mechanisms (e.g., crevice, galvanic, pitting, MIC)
B. Corrosion/environmental compatibility
C. Electrochemistry
D. Environmental test methods (e.g., corrosion testing, aging testing)
E. Environmentally assisted cracking (e.g., hydrogen, SCC, LME)
F. Failure analysis
G. Fatigue analysis
H. Fitness for service, life prediction and modeling, and life extension
I. Fracture mechanics
J. High-temperature degradation (e.g., oxidation, creep, corrosion, microstructure
alterations, metal dusting) and temperature, radiation, and other environmental
compatibilities
K. Mechanical performance
L. Nondestructive testing (NDT) (e.g., radiography, ultrasonic, penetrant)
M. Performance standards and specifications
N. Statistical quality control methods
O. States of stress (e.g., tensile, compressive, bending, shear, biaxial, plane strain)
P. Wear mechanisms (e.g., erosion, fretting, abrasive, adhesive, galling)

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