Any tips on what to study for the afternoon power module. I am looking to focus on the key points but I dont know what they might be? Any help on this topic. Any sample problems that might be good? Your help is greatly appreciated.
Odentope,Any tips on what to study for the afternoon power module. I am looking to focus on the key points but I dont know what they might be? Any help on this topic. Any sample problems that might be good? Your help is greatly appreciated.
Funny you should mention that- I fished both sections with over 2 hours to spare. But I was so nervious about failing, I used every second I had to check and recheck the questions I'd answered, and research the questions I had no clue on.The odd thing though is, that is seems like that exam gets easier and easier every day - before you know it, I'll be telling stories about how I finished the AM section 2 hours early, went to the pub and pounded a six-pack of Coor's Light with a seared tuna sandwhich for lunch, then returning to tackle the PM section, and taking my time to finish that in 90 minutes while sipping 12-year old scotch from a flask.
I was just talking to somebody today something along those same lines - there were several problems that I knew only from experience and would have had little clue on except for having been there/done that. But on the flip side, I expect that any experienced engineer will find the same - things you just know either by subject or problem, where another person would have no clue. Maybe you had a good Communications Theory prof in college, where I just stared and made deet-de-dee noises on those.I felt that work experience was just as important as theory in the PM - since I was a little short on first hand experience, I felt at a disadvantage.
-_-As for my story, I finished both sections in an hour and actually ended up acing the PM session. As I left, the hottie proctor was so impressed she asked if I wanted to get together later to discuss synchronous torque. I was late for surgery though and had to decline.
I'm curious why you would want to waste your time taking another PE exam? Is this required by your job or womething? You seem to have a low regard for the test, I'm wondering what benefit you derive from spending another 8 hours in the exam?I'd offer the following advice..."The main thing is, 'Don't get excited'".
#1) I took the Electrical PE exam in April 2006 with the PM "Power" module, and was stunned. I studied 43 hours (and 45 minutes) and passed. No, I ain't no rocket scientist, but all I did was look at typical Six-Minute Solutions problems and tried to learn conceptual knowledge--"how would I attack this problem?". Lots of the problems were so easy, I couldn't believe what I was seeing; there were questions you could look at and solve in 30 seconds. Yes, I flunked the exam in Oct. 1999 and Oct. 2000 [albeit under the dreaded "old format"]. I was borderline ashamed when I passed, as I still to this day attribute my licensure to the continued "dumbing down of America".
#2) Don't attempt to solve a single problem until you've read everyone of them. Categorize them by difficulty as "E" for easy, "M" for medium, and "H" for hard. Solve them in that respective order.
#3) Strive to kick ass on the AM section. I solved 28 of the 40 AM problems by 10:20, which makes a feller feel good in knowing that he only has 12 problems to solve in the next 100 minutes. The confidence will carry over into the PM session.
#4) Take some aspirin with you. My head was exploding halfway through the AM session.
#5) Keep everything in perspective. Yes, it is an important exam that upon passing, opens many career doors. No, it is not Auschwitz 1944, when you don't even know if you'll be alive at the end of the day. If you do not pass, you at least get a second chance.
And for what it's worth, I'm taking the Civil WR exam this April.
Some states restrict PEs to practicing only in the discipline they've passed. Here in VA, I can pass EEower and still stamp structural calculations for bridges. Not so in other states.I'm curious why you would want to waste your time taking another PE exam? Is this required by your job or womething? You seem to have a low regard for the test, I'm wondering what benefit you derive from spending another 8 hours in the exam?
You must be seriously twisted :blink: ODE, Laplace, z, and Fourier transforms are well within my limits of understanding, substitution and integration by parts - no problem, but the emag stuff really bends my mind!FWIW, when I took the EE exam last Spring, there wasn't a single electromagnetics problem [my favorite college course]. How the hell can you test an Electrical Engineer candidate for licensure without asking a single emag problem?
Odentonpe,
I'll echo what Luis and Grover stated above. Know where things are in the NEC and how to use the key tables, but there are no "trick questions" on the exam. I would add that spending a few minutes reviewing simple items like power factor correction, transformer open- and short-circuit test, motor properties, and grounding. Call it confidence-building if nothing else.
Freon, P.E. (Out of exile, but my golf game still stinks)
Since this has already been bumped, sorry I have to comment, just to clarify.generator's side of the system does not generate zero sequence component.
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