FE preparation
FE preparation
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i'm planning on entering the FE exam next October. i graduated 2 years ago and so i think i'll need lots to pass the exam, so what do you think is the best books to study from?!!
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RE: FE preparation
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RE: FE preparation
Also, try to work as many problems as possible. Don't spend too much time reading.
John
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http://www.feexam.ou.edu/
I liked this site because it is free, the questions were more difficult than the ones on the test, it has a chemical section to study for the afternoon, and it can generate practice exams and keep track of your results.
I tried the Lindeburg book, and found it to be too in depth compared to the test.
I only had two months to study, so my strategy was to cover everything I already knew, and not bother trying to learn new stuff.
If you do get a book, make it the book they give you during the test. Almost everything you need to know is in there, so you need to make sure that you are comfortable using it.
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but the thing that helped me more than anything was to sit down and really read through the formula book that they are going to give you when you show up. You can find it online. I printed it out and went through all the sections and tried to learn as much as I could about any formulas/charts I didn't know. I was told before hand that everything you need is in that book somewhere you just don't have time to find it. I found that to be pretty true and I think knowing where formulas were was extremely helpful.
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Maui
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I thought the Kaplan study guides might be useful, but blarge seems to think otherwise. I'll look into the Lindeberg book.
Oh, and on using the search function - searching 'fe exam' in all areas of eng-tips.com returned no results . . . and I think I know how to use a search function (although I have been wrong before).
Thanks for the tips!
Drew
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I had a couple blocks of answers that were all "C" when I got to the thermo and electrical questions. The afternoon civil portion only had (3) structural questions, so that didn't help much. There are many questions, however, that will be of the plug-n-chug type..... meaning all you have to do is find the equation in the manual and they give you all the variables, there are also things that apply accross disciplines (e.g. I used the principles of fluid mechanics to answer a traffic flow question). What I believe made the difference for me (because I lacked many of the classes that the test is predicated on) was that I knew really well what I did learn (maths, physics, strength of materials, etc.) and I feel like I got virtually every one of those questions right.
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Chris
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