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It was a 3-Phase AC circuit before it was rectified, but now it's a pulsating DC circuit. The temptation to treat this like a run-of-the-mill 3-Phase AC circuit is why this problem would be a good one to include on a real PE exam, except one of the wrong solutions would be the result of the...

No, that's not the rule. Even the NEC approximation includes the phase angle (by way of the power factor).

1. Yes, it's true you cannot bring any writing utensils into the exam hall. They provide a mechanical pencil with an eraser. 2. Yes, you get a scantron and a test booklet. You are only permitted to write, scribble, or otherwise mark ONLY those two items. If you are seen marking anything in your...

You will - just ask, and good luck!

Ha! Just a couple?! It felt like half of my afternoon session questions fell in the "WTF" category, which was not a Spin-Up category, but nicely summarizes my feelings about them. My last problem was definitely a WTF question. When the proctor announced, "Five minutes left," I took the last 4...

Ha! I suppose you're right. I had this one problem that I could not figure out how to set up to save my life. It seemed like I had everything I needed to get to work, except I was missing a key variable. No matter how many different approaches I tried, I would be missing yet another key...

The other benefit of ranking (for me, anyway) was I didn't work problems sequentially. I skipped around, so having problems ranked on the scantron allowed me to quickly identify what the "next" problem is.

Sounds like we did the same thing, but worded it differently.

I used Spin-Up's approach and it served me well.  Summary for those unfamiliar with Spin-Up: First Pass: low-hanging fruit - requires little to no time/effort to answer. Generally less than 30 seconds invested. Second Pass: all code-related questions. I thought this was especially helpful, as...

I'm playing The Witcher 3 on console atm. Finished the main quest and working through the expansion packs right now. I picked up one called "State of Decay" recently and it's pretty damn good. it's a zombie apocalypse game. You cannot manually save the game, nor load any auto-saved files, so...

It's not in the exam specifications, so I would ignore it. You're going to be busy enough studying what is actually in the exam specs.  I also took the NCEES Practice Exam, but I failed that thing so hard and I got discouraged by that because I studied for four months before I even cracked it...

I don't know if it's real or not, but it sure is funny.  :D

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...on the other hand...can you be too under-prepared?

That sucks - I hope it works out for you. 

I like being paid and everything, so I'm not saying compensation isn't important, but it's really important to me that I like my job, that I have a good work/life balance, and that I have room for upward mobility.  If the compensation offer is the same, make a "Pros and Cons" list of both...

Easily the funniest thing I've seen on the internets. Good job. 

These reruns played when I was a kid, and I watched them, rather than some of the other afternoon kid TV shows. RIP, Adam West. 

Ha! Me, too. 

I worked full time and went to school part time at night to earn my BSEE. Took me 9 years to finish, and graduated at 40 years old. Took and passed the FE first time at 42 and passed PE first time at 43.