Civil engineering

About this practice suite

This suite prepares candidates for civil engineering selection in the engineering, technical, and design sector with 5 skill areas: technical reasoning, numerical reasoning, spatial reasoning, situational judgment and critical thinking. Every question was written by Novus editors for this suite — none are taken from live or leaked exams — and the full bank holds 52 scored questions across three modes, plus 8 reserve questions used to vary repeat attempts. Answer keys never ship to the browser: your answers are scored server-side, and results stay on your device.

Skills this suite practises

• Technical reasoning — Applied technical principles, diagrams, tools, systems, measurements, and troubleshooting.
• Numerical reasoning — Arithmetic, fractions, percentages, ratios, rates, estimation, word problems, and number relationships.
• Spatial reasoning — Rotation, folding, views, orientation, maps, and three-dimensional visualization.
• Situational judgment — Evaluating workplace responses against role-relevant principles.
• Critical thinking — Evaluating evidence, assumptions, arguments, credibility, and alternative explanations.

Sample questions from the guided bank

Two of the 10 guided-practice questions, shown exactly as they appear in a session. Answers and explanations are not printed here — keys stay on the server — so open guided practice to answer them and see how you did.

1. A civil engineer's primary role is to:

   • A. Ignore geotechnical data
   • B. Program only mobile games
   • C. Plan, design, and oversee infrastructure that serves public safety and function
   • D. Sell landscaping plants exclusively

2. Excavation near unknown utilities begins without locate tickets. What is best?

   • A. Hide strike risk
   • B. Dig carefully by hand hope
   • C. Proceed with heavy equipment
   • D. Stop work; obtain utility locates and safe dig clearances

Practice modes and timing

Guided practice is untimed-feeling and instructional; the mini-test is a short timed check; the full simulation mirrors a complete sitting. All three draw on separate question sets, so moving up a mode never repeats what you practised.

Study outline

Read the study outline for this suite’s skills, timings, and recommended lessons on one printable page, or download its standalone HTML file. The printable page can also be saved as a PDF from your browser.