PEO and EGBC past exam papers

There is one official place: the Past Academic Exams page on the Engineers and Geoscientists BC website. PEO's technical exam program page sends candidates there and explains why: EGBC uses the same technical exams as PEO.

As of November 2026, the EGBC page lists two sittings a year, May and December, from May 2013 to December 2019. That is 14 sittings. EGBC says exams from 2020 and later are no longer available online, and that it does not have examples of every exam format on file.

So if your exam code has no paper listed, there is no official past paper for it. PEO says the same thing in plain terms on its own page.

APEGA and APEGS candidates write the same online exams through the partnership with EGBC, so the same set of papers serves applicants in all four provinces.

No. PEO says answers are not included with the past exams, EGBC says solutions are not available, and APEGA says it does not give out answers to exam questions. No regulator we checked publishes a marking scheme or model answers.

That shapes how you study. You cannot check your work against an official key, so check it against the methods in the recommended textbooks, and make your working clear enough that a marker could follow it.

Both PEO and EGBC describe the papers as information, not as a study plan. EGBC adds that past exams can differ from current ones in format and content, and that the recommended study material should be your main resource.

• They can show the length of a paper, how many questions you answer, how choice works, and the depth of a typical question.
• They can show which syllabus topics come up often and which rarely appear.
• They cannot tell you what this year's paper will ask, and the newest posted paper is from December 2019.
• They cannot replace the syllabus. APEGA states that exam questions are based on the syllabus description, not on any textbook.

Older sittings list some exams under an earlier code. On EGBC's page, papers for 16-Civ-A1 and 16-Civ-A2 start in May 2017; the sittings from May 2013 to December 2016 list them as 98-Civ-A1 and 98-Civ-A2. EGBC's own note covers the 98 and 04 codes: when a 98 code links to an 04 code, both cover the same material; when the two appear on separate lines, they are different exams and may test different content.

Start with papers under the exact code on your assessment letter. Before you use a paper under an older code, compare its topics with the current syllabus for your code, and skip any topic that is no longer in it.

• Start from the syllabus. Turn it into a topic checklist, and use the papers to see how each topic is asked.
• Practise by topic first. Early on, work the questions for one topic across several sittings, with your textbook open.
• Then sit full papers under the clock, with the book and calculator rules of your exam today, not the rules printed on an old paper.
• Write the way you will submit. EGBC's Written Solutions Guide asks for numbered pages with your name and regulator ID, and one PDF uploaded in the 30 minutes after the exam ends. It recommends ink or dark pencil for sketches, since light pencil scans poorly. Practise scanning a full paper with your phone at least once.
• Mark yourself honestly. Without an answer key, check each step against a textbook method and keep a list of the topics where you lose time.
• For 16-Civ-A2, use current handbooks. EGBC's Fall 2026 schedule says steel, concrete and timber answers must come from the latest manual editions, which can differ from the editions in use when the old papers were set.

PEO's own advice is short: candidates choose how to prepare, whether by self-study, a course or a tutor, using the recommended textbooks and the Syllabus of Examinations.

Because no regulator publishes answers, private sites sell worked solutions to past papers. EGBC states that it and its partner regulators do not endorse, and are not affiliated with, any third-party prep provider. That applies to every prep provider, CertNova included.

• Who wrote the solution, and what are their qualifications in the subject?
• Which code or handbook edition does it use? An old edition can give an answer that would not match current design rules.
• Does it show full working, or only final numbers? Markers read the method.
• Where did the paper come from? EGBC prohibits sharing confidential exam content, including your own solutions and rough work, and says doing so may affect your application for registration. Treat anything presented as a recent sitting's questions with care.
• Is the file a copy of a paper or textbook posted without the publisher's permission? Use the regulator's own page and buy or borrow textbooks.

We have read the papers EGBC posted for eight exams so far, up to 14 sittings each, including the earlier 98-Civ papers where they are the same exam, and recorded one thing: which syllabus topics each question tests. We never copy, reword or sell the questions. The counts set how much weight each topic gets in our lessons, problems and mock exams.

• 11-CS-1 Engineering Economics: five topics came up in all 14 sittings and carried 70% of the marks on offer.
• 16-Civ-A1 Elementary Structural Analysis: deflections plus shear and moment diagrams carried about half the marks.
• 16-Civ-A2 Elementary Structural Design: reinforced concrete beams alone carried 30% of the marks.
• 16-Civ-A3, in EGBC's environmental version: the marks spread across all 13 syllabus topics, led by air pollution at 13%.
• 16-Civ-A4 Geotechnical Materials and Analysis: shear strength came up in all 14 sittings and carried 30% of the marks.
• 16-Civ-A5 Hydraulic Engineering: pipe networks and single-pipe flow carried over half the marks.
• 16-Civ-A6 Highway Design, Construction, and Maintenance: flexible pavement design carried 34% of the marks in the six sittings since 2017.
• 16-Civ-B8 Management of Construction: every paper had an engineering economics question, a topic the syllabus does not name.

The full topic tables are on each exam page. CertNova's prep opens in January 2027 with original problems on the most tested topics; waitlist members get access for $1.