The Canadian licensing process does not satisfy any of the state requirements for examination. A few US states are willing to waive the FE examination requirement for Canadian engineers meeting minimum experience requirements. The law and ethics exam typically contains short questions on legal definitions and key precedent- setting cases, professionalism and professional practice, regulation of the profession, and the Engineers Act. The exams are usually two to three hours in length. Within a province or territory, all engineers take the same law and ethics exam, regardless of discipline.
Language is often a cause of failure.
This examination is closed book and two hours in duration. There are 100 multiple-choice questions. All questions are common to the professions of engineering, geology, geophysics, and geoscience. A detailed report indicating areas of weakness is available to candidates who fail. The grade is final, and there are no appeals.