Customer Reviews

CET Study Guide

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I bought the book as a text for a test review class. The book was useful, particularly the review exams. You will need your old electronics textbooks (AC/DC and Electronic Devices) for the equations and example problems. My exam was full of tube questions and outdated testing procedures (Lisajous Patterns). However, if you understand the "ancient", you understand the development of IC's.

I do not understand what the hell the reviewer on January 13, 2003 is thinking. You have to be an electronic tech to take the test (with hands on-training). This book will clear up the cobwebs to take the test that a tech might not use everyday. I read the book and passed the CET (ETA and ISCET) associate test with ease. If people want to be handed the answers without learning the trade need to find a different career.

Don't think you can study this and pass the CET. As it says on the cover, it is a study -guide-. The CET Journeyman requires that you have several years working in the field and the Associates you should have already been studying, so you should only require a review.

I would give it a higher rating but for all the mistakes in the text and in the questions. Some of the sample questions in the chapters have incorrect answers and/or bad explanations, and there are incorrect answers in the end-of-chapter questions. Some don't even have a choice that is correct.

That said, if you have confidence enough in your answers, you can pick out and ignore the wrong answers and incorrect information. I worry about students studying for their associates becoming confused about what they know, based on the mistakes in this book. It is the 4th Edition, they should have been corrected by now.

The book is full of mistakes - in questions and in answers. lot of outdated information. only one good thing about this book - I bought it used for 2 bucks.

For those with an electronics education or background, this book provides a good outline for review of various topics. There are some errors, and you should be able to find these. This is not a text, and is meant only to guide you and show you what to prepare for. The book will let you know what to expect when you go take the CET associate test.

I read this book cover to cover along with the Associate CET Study Guide 2003 edition that's put out by the Electronics Technicians Association and passed the Associate Certified Electronics Technicians exam no problem. If you are in an Electronics course already, and getting ready to graduate, both of these books will help you review everything quickly and get you ready for the CET test.
This book is not for someone that dosen't have a clue about Electronics but wants to get Certified.

This book is useless. I purchased it to prepare for the CET certification exam and found it of no value whatsoever. I found errors and ambiguities. The book does not sufficiently delve into topics for one to prepare for the exam. It merely touches upon very specific minutia rather than a broad conceptual understandinging of testable material. Reading it is a waste of your time as all information can be found in an elementary electronics book, and buying it is a waste of your money. After purchasing and reading the book, I still am not prepared for the exam. I tried to give it away free but no one wanted it.

The number of errors and ambiguities in this book are astounding. I agree with the previous reviewer that you are better off studying elementary electronics text books.