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Must-have reference manual for the PE, July 28, 2007
This review is from: Electrical Engineering Reference Manual, for the Electrical and Computer PE Exam, 7th ed. (Hardcover)
I took the April 07 exam and passed. There's no better reference to have for such a comprehensive exam and many other test-takers I saw had the same book. My study regimen consisted of two months of quality studying. The best way to study - do problems, problems, problems! I used this manual, the NCEES sample questions and solutions, Six-minute solutions, Camara's practice exam, and Prof. Ken's free morning question set. On two saturdays before the exam I set aside 8 hours and took the practice exams to get myself disciplined and prepared, and it really helped.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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excellent for the morning session, December 12, 2006
This review is from: Electrical Engineering Reference Manual, for the Electrical and Computer PE Exam, 7th ed. (Hardcover)
I took and passed the PE in 2006. I think this reference book is definitely worth having in your possession on the exam (at least for the morning session). It provides a concise overview of most of the important topics on the exam. However, I was NOT satisfied with the many sample exams and additional problem sets available. For this reason, I decided to generate my own sample PE exam and to provide it free-of-charge (at klkaiser).
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Great Reference - The one book to make sure you have at test time!, June 22, 2007
This review is from: Electrical Engineering Reference Manual, for the Electrical and Computer PE Exam, 7th ed. (Hardcover)
I just passed the PE exam this spring and highly recommend this as a reference. I picked it up based on the positive reviews from pretty much everyone I talked to who had taken, or was taking the test. It provides a great overview of almost every topic in electrical engineering.
As you know the PE test is 80 questions - 40 in the morning, 40 in the afternoon. Each section takes 4 hrs. - dividing it out, that's only 6 min. per question. Obviously you don't have a lot of time to go searching through a ton of reference material to try and dig for answers. This book is logically laid out, and once you get to know it well, you can easily flip right to the topic you need.
My suggestion for passing the test can be summed up in three words: study, study, study! I would recommend getting this book along with the problems book and the NCEES Sample Test book. Give yourself a few months (I know, sounds ridiculous, but a few times a week studying is better than not passing) to gradually go through all the problems. By that time you'll be in the zone and you probably won't need the book for most of the problems - you'll already know what to do.
Get the 7th ed. Reference Manual and the book of Practice Problems - they will thoroughly prepare you for the morning exam, while you will probably want to get some other reference material for whatever afternoon section you are taking (did you save all those books and notes from college?) The Sample Exam and the NCEES sample exam are pretty similar to the real thing, so I would take a look at those for the afternoon session.
Study hard, and good luck!
Practice Problems for the Electrical Engineering PE Exam: A Companion to the Electrical Engineering Reference Manual, 7th ed.
Electrical And Computer PE Sample Examination, 2nd ed.
PE Sample Questions and Solutions: Electrical and Computer Engineering (Book & CD-ROM)
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