I've been studying for exactly 2 months now with the aim of taking the FE at the beginning of January. I have done all of the practice problems from FERM3 relevant to my exam specs. (some of the diagnostic problems too, but not the Exams at the end). I have also gone through all of the problems in the Civil DS manual from the Lindeburg, which I finished last night.
I only did each problem once, so I haven't memorized them which would've taken considerable amounts of time, I know some have done this. But I did spend more time with each of the problems that required understanding of the concepts behind them, for which I researched additional info. on my own. I solved ALL of the problems using the reference handbook from NCEES, so I'm pretty familiar with the handbook. I can say I know how to use about 90% of the equations/tables in the reference handbook relevant to my exam specs. now (with the exception of Environmental Engineering, which is the only topic I don't feel comfortable with). I've also learned how to use the casio fx 115.
However, now that I'm done, despite feeling comfortable with the handbook, concepts and calculator, I'm not sure if I will be able to answer the 110 questions in 5 hrs and 20 mins. It seems like even if you know the reference handbook, it could take more than 3 minutes (that's about the time we will have per questions now) to read through it, understand it and look for the equations in the book while also converting units.
It seems like my main concern now it's time management, I feel like I can tackle any problem with the reference guide, but since I haven't memorized the steps (just the concepts and where to look for the equations), I will need some time to read and think through them.
Any advice to avoid time killing me on the exam?? I guess I have to start doing real timed tests, but where can I find realistic practice tests (in terms of actual difficulty) relevant to my discipline??
Thank you
I only did each problem once, so I haven't memorized them which would've taken considerable amounts of time, I know some have done this. But I did spend more time with each of the problems that required understanding of the concepts behind them, for which I researched additional info. on my own. I solved ALL of the problems using the reference handbook from NCEES, so I'm pretty familiar with the handbook. I can say I know how to use about 90% of the equations/tables in the reference handbook relevant to my exam specs. now (with the exception of Environmental Engineering, which is the only topic I don't feel comfortable with). I've also learned how to use the casio fx 115.
However, now that I'm done, despite feeling comfortable with the handbook, concepts and calculator, I'm not sure if I will be able to answer the 110 questions in 5 hrs and 20 mins. It seems like even if you know the reference handbook, it could take more than 3 minutes (that's about the time we will have per questions now) to read through it, understand it and look for the equations in the book while also converting units.
It seems like my main concern now it's time management, I feel like I can tackle any problem with the reference guide, but since I haven't memorized the steps (just the concepts and where to look for the equations), I will need some time to read and think through them.
Any advice to avoid time killing me on the exam?? I guess I have to start doing real timed tests, but where can I find realistic practice tests (in terms of actual difficulty) relevant to my discipline??
Thank you