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For instance, on problem 7 of Eng. Pro guide practice exam which is about surface roughness and the related symbols, where would I find information on this if I don’t have the machinery’s handbook? I know I can think of some materials related parameters and find information online and take it in...

Could you please post the solution to this problem? I am not getting 2 for the factor of safety.  Edit: I got it, thanks.

Thank you for your responses. I was thinking to get one and tab it on the most important concepts like gears, bolts, etc and skim through it in case a very detailed question comes up that none of my other references (Shigley, MERM, Dr. Tom)  covers I can refer to the machinery’s handbook, but...

Hi All, I have organized my references and personal notes and pretty much most of the questions I worked were covered in my references and I could look them up but I noticed that Machinery’s handbook is recommended by most of the people I talked to and also by PE prep courses like EngPro Guide...

Congratulations, I can’t wait to go through that process. 

Has anyone taken Dr. Tom’s MDM 20 week review course other than my friend @SacMe24? Did you find it useful to pass the exam? How much better is it compared to self studying with Engineering Pro’s study guide which is considerably cheaper?

Wow you were really close, you were even better in half of the topics than average person who passed the test. Was there anything on the test that you think contributed to this score? Like not having a reference you needed, topics you hadn’t even seen during your studies, codes, etc.  I need...

Awesome. I am in California and I have lots of hand written notes and cheat sheets, I was planning to put them in a 3 hole binder as suggested in the guidelines. Is this fine in CA based on your experience? Or I have to photocopy them? 

Regarding the references that can be taken into the exam, I read the examinee guide for this but it was not too detailed, I know it is an open book exam but can I also take in practice problems books or it just has to be reference manual, notes, standards, etc. can practice problems with...

Yes, I think you misunderstood my question. I am talking about the actual test. The Breadth section in the morning and the depth section in the afternoon. The NCEES list of topics tells you what the topics for principles are and what the topics for applications are, but doesn’t necessarily tell...

Does anyone know from that list of topics that NCEES provides for the MDM exam, which topics are in depth section and which ones are in breadth section? The list shows two sections: principles and applications, and total of 40 questions per section, i have been kind of going through...

Thanks for your input, really helpful. I try to do the same thing as you did.

Is the dr. Timothy Kennedy’s review book the blue book with some explanation for each topic and an example or two?  Before buying it, I thought it will be more of bunch of practice problems and solutions type of book like 6 minute solutions.  People who used this book, is this the correct one...

Yes I understand, You always tend to think about the problems that gave you a little hard time more so you get a feeling you didn’t do well overall. This was true for the FE exam too, although that one I think is curved but a lot of people I talked to thought they failed it. 

I agree, gotta set the bar high when studying. 

So you mean after the test was over you didn’t think you would pass? Haha

Haha you never know, you may have the highest score! It must be an awesome feeling! 

Oh interesting, do you know what has been the lowest score that has passed the mechanical PE? 

Thanks for the information. It is graded completely different than the FE exam. 

Thanks for sharing this, it is very helpful and I guess the way you prepared worked for you. I think if one can identify what method of studying works for them is the key. Even if you solve 1000 problems, there will be a problem that will make you scratch your head. I have also noticed that one...