I found that some problems were VERY similar to the Reza workbook. I highly recommend it. The EET book has way more information and pretty solid practice exams. Those are the two references I used and highly recommend.
I also feel like I did much better than the first time. I only guessed on about 5 questions. The first time I only used the EET material and this time I also used Rezas workbook. I hope my results are representative of how I felt after finishing.
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I also was trying to figure out a way to work out the problem without drawing it but realized that a quick sketch worked best for me. I'd try to just work on these problems over and over again. Law of...
I used a 2017 version and can say that some material didn't pertain to the current exam but a large portion did. I personally would recommend trying to get the most recent version as possible.