Neither U.S. Citizenship nor California residency is required. However, you must provide your social security number or individual taxpayer identification number, or your application will NOT be processed. Disclosure of your social security number is mandatory. The EIT examination covers fundamental engineering subjects including mathematics and the basic sciences. In the morning, all examinees answer the same 120 questions, each worth one point, covering the breadth of knowledge in engineering.
Candidates identify the chosen subject area at the examination.
Each has 60 two-point questions, written to test the depth of knowledge in the selected subject area. The total number of possible points for the morning and afternoon session is 240. The LSIT examination covers material related to the fundamentals of land surveying. In each session all examinees answer 85 questions and all are required. The total number of possible points for the morning and afternoon sessions is 170.