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Maybe that single reference guide will include, like, the entire text of the NEC?  I actually might prefer a situation where I could do a Ctrl F keyword search...

Okay, so any change in difficulty from the P&P exam to the CBT exam for the FE would not, in theory, have anything to do with a change in available resources during the exam.  

Wasn't it's always the case that the FE handbook was the only resource allowed even during the pencil and paper FE exam?

Ah okay.  That leads me to believe that the CBT exam will be more narrow in scope.

I am curious with regard to people who took the Pencil and Paper Enviro exam if they find the PE Environmental Reference Handbook on the NCESS website more or less dense than the sum total of materials that examinees have traditionally brought on the exam day.  

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Ah I misremembered, I thought it was coming out in 2020.  Yea that is a ways off.  

As a test taker for both the April and October 2018 exams, I am curious as to your thoughts about which exam you found more difficult?  Or if each exam placed emphases in unique ways that made certain sections more difficult?  

Also worth consideration is that in a year and some change the PE Power exam will be moving to CBT format and can be scheduled at virtually any time, much in the manner that the FE Electrical exam is currently set up.  If rummaging through multiple sources of information during an exam is not...

Overall did you find the October 2018 test to be more difficult than the April 2018 test?

That Power score tho.  Not surprising given the number of smart and studious people on this forum who failed the exam this time around.  It was 57% for first time takers in April 2018 as I recall, which was my exam and the first time they reoriented the emphasis towards protection.  I get the...

I did the School of PE review course, and while I felt the lecturers were hit or miss the notes provided for the course were very helpful on the exam.

The reason I like Graffeo is because there is enough there for you to intuit test answers without actually needing to read them anywhere explicitly.   But as far as practice exams go out of the 15 or so I did the only one I thought came close to the difficulty of the actual exam was EngProGuides.

Sure seems like this exam was a tough nut to crack.  I encourage everyone here to keep at it.  I passed the Power PE in April 2018 after the reorienting of exam emphases with an hour of nightly studying for about 4 months and by lucking out with the right resources.  Think of this time as a...

Keep at it!  I passed the Power PE in April with an hour of nightly studying and by lucking out with the right resources.  Think of this time as a practice run, and use the diagnostic report in placing your emphasis for next time.   For reference, the resources that got me through (by order of...

Don't want to run the risk of discussing questions in too much detail, but it was in relation to the effect of temperature on electrical components.

Aside from the economics section, there were also some chemistry / strength of materials type questions on my exam that I would have not been able to answer without the FE Handbook.  

Whole manual.  Can't speak for other exams but in the April 2018 one, I was referencing the Engineering Economics section a lot.  

The Graffeo book and Ugly's Electrical References.  The latter has descriptions for the NEMA Enclosure Types, as well as great quick reference diagrams for all things Wye and Delta.  

Seems to hover around 56 correct answers.  Sometimes a little more or less depending upon the difficulty of the exam.