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Very good practice questions, April 27, 2010
This review is from: Six-Minute Solutions for Civil PE Exam Water Resources and Environmental Problems (Paperback)
The Six-Minute Solutions guides are great, especially when preparing for the afternoon portion of the Civil PE exam. Yes, the questions are generally tougher than what you will see on the exam; that's why they are good practice. These questions are in-line with what you can expect on the exam, however the questions are a little more challenging and usually require a few more steps to get to the answer. You wouldn't want an overly easy practice exam and then get slammed on the real exam.
These guides are split up into morning type questions and afternoon type questions. I found that these guides were great preparation for the PE exam. The solutions are detailed enough to follow along and catch your mistakes. The solutions provided are way better approaches to answering the questions than any of the Lindeburg references, and they have fewer mistakes than Lindeburg. Some of the solutions to the Lindeburg guides are just outright wrong. The best guide for practice questions is the NCEES practice exam, but these are a wonderful supplement.
I highly recommend getting the Six-Minute Solutions guide for whichever afternoon session you plan to take. If you do plan to take the Water/Environmental afternoon, get the older separate
Six-Minute Solutions for Civil PE Exam Problems: Water Resources and
Six-Minute Solutions for Civil PE Exam Environmental Problems guides. This one just combined those two, so there are just fewer questions overall.
Your most basic study library should include the Lindeburg Civil Engineering Reference Manual, the NCEES Practice Exam, and the Six Minute Solutions guide for your afternoon session.
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Good Book, Hints Are Annoying Though, April 9, 2009
This review is from: Six-Minute Solutions for Civil PE Exam Water Resources and Environmental Problems (Paperback)
I really like this book. I like how the problems are laid out and are slightly harder than those on the exam. However, I find the Hints at the bottom of every problem annoying. I try to put my finger over them when reading the problems because there will be no hint on the exam and I want to attempt to figure out how to solve the problem on my own. I like the idea of the hints, but wish it was in it's own section preferably between the problems and solution section.
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Helpful on PE Exam, November 11, 2008
This review is from: Six-Minute Solutions for Civil PE Exam Water Resources and Environmental Problems (Paperback)
I found this book to be very helpful during the exam. I was able to use some sample problems to help my way through exam problems. The book is broken down into problems you'll see in the morning section and problems you'll see in the afternoon section. It is further broken down into categories of the types of problems. Most of the afternoon problems in this book were more difficult than the actual exam problems.
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