April 2010 Passing Poll

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1. In what state did you appear for your PE? texas

2. What was your discipline. eg. Civil-Transportation? Electrical power

3. How many questions did you think you answered correctly? 55

4. How many were guesses? Didn't really guess out of the blue except on maybe 4-8. Otherwise I probably made around 30 educated guesses.

5. Did you pass or fail? Passed

 
All April 2010 PE takers,
If those who have received their results could answer some of the questions below and help others who are still waiting anxiously for their states to post the results. It will also help getting a general idea of the cut-off score.

1. In what state did you appear for your PE?

2. What was your discipline. eg. Civil-Transportation

3. How many questions did you think you answered correctly

4. How many were guesses

5. Did you pass or fail.

Your input is appreciated.
1. New York

2. Environmental (100 questions total)

3. ~65 for sure, with about 15-20 more that I was semi-sure on

4. 15-20

5. Pass

 
1. In what state did you appear for your PE? TX

2. What was your discipline. eg. Civil-Transportation

Civil - Water Resources

3. How many questions did you think you answered correctly

54

4. How many were guesses

10

5. Did you pass or fail.

Fail - 62 :(

I think I'm the only one that listed that I failed.

 
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All April 2010 PE takers,
If those who have received their results could answer some of the questions below and help others who are still waiting anxiously for their states to post the results. It will also help getting a general idea of the cut-off score.

1. In what state did you appear for your PE?

2. What was your discipline. eg. Civil-Transportation

3. How many questions did you think you answered correctly

4. How many were guesses

5. Did you pass or fail.

Your input is appreciated.
1. TX

2. Electrical-Power

3. I had an odd experience--I found the afternoon session to be much easier than the morning. I'd estimate I got about 32+ correct on the afternoon and only ~20 in the morning.

4. Blindly guessed on 2 in the morning (running out of time) and a few more were educational guesses

5. Pass with 84

 
Below are my responses:

1. In what state did you appear for your PE - Maryland

2. What was your discipline. Civil-Transportation

3. How many questions did you think you answered correctly - 25 in AM (6 were 50-50, 5 were wrong, 4 blind guesses), 29 in PM (4 were 50-50, 3 were completely wrong and 4 were blind guesses)

4. How many were guesses - Total - 18

5. Did you pass or fail. - Passed!

 
1. In what state did you appear for your PE? - Wisconsin

2. What was your discipline? - Mechanical (HVAC)

3. How many questions did you think you answered correctly? Not certain, my estimate leaving the exam was about 57 pretty confident, but likely was 60+

4. How many were guesses? - 4-5 morning, and 4-5 afternoon

5. Did you pass or fail.? - Pass

 
Below are my responses:

1. In what state did you appear for your PE - NJ

2. What was your discipline. Civil-Structural

3. How many questions did you think you answered correctly -35 AM, 30 PM

4. How many were guesses - Total - 10

5. Did you pass or fail. - Pass

 
1. In what state did you appear for your PE? - Massachusetts

2. What was your discipline? - Civil (Water Resources)

3. How many questions did you think you answered correctly? 34 morning, maybe 32 afternoon

4. How many were guesses? - 0 morning, and 2 afternoon

5. Did you pass or fail.? - Pass

 
1. In what state did you appear for your PE? - Massachusetts

2. What was your discipline? - Mechanical (Thermofluids)

3. How many questions did you think you answered correctly? 56? 32 morning, 24 afternoon??

4. How many were guesses? - 3 morning and 16 afternoon were pure-guesses

5. Did you pass or fail.? - Pass!

 
1. In what state did you appear for your PE? - Pa

2. What was your discipline? - Civil (Structures)

3. How many questions did you think you answered correctly? no clue

4. How many were guesses? - maybe 2?

5. Did you pass or fail.? - Pass!woot!woot!

 
1. In what state did you appear for your PE? Pennsylvania

2. What was your discipline? Civil/Construction

3. How many questions did you think you answered correctly? After the exam I made a list that had 24 questions that I was not 100% sure of, and 2 of them I later determined were wrong.

4. How many were guesses? 2 or 3 pure guesses at the most.

5. Did you pass or fail? Pass!

 
1. In what state did you appear for your PE? - New Jersey

2. What was your discipline? - Civil - Transportation

3. How many questions did you think you answered correctly? 32 morning, 35 afternoon

4. How many were guesses? - 8 morning and 5 afternoon, only 2 or 3 blind

5. Did you pass or fail.? - Pass

 
How is this really a poll, the only ones that posted are the people that passed except for me.

 
1. In what state did you appear for your PE? - Massachusetts

2. What was your discipline? - Mechanical - HVAC/Refrigeration

3. How many questions did you think you answered correctly? 27 morning, 37 afternoon

4. How many were guesses? - 13 morning and 3 afternoon

5. Did you pass or fail.? - Pass

 
1. In what state did you appear for your PE? - California

2. What was your discipline? - Mechanical - Thermal/Fluids

3. How many questions did you think you answered correctly? 34 morning, 22 afternoon

4. How many were guesses? - 6 (4-50/50; 2 Pure guess) morning and 18(10-50/50; 8 Pure guess) afternoon

5. Did you pass or fail.? - Pass

 
1. Pennsylvania

2. Electrical - Electronics

3/4.

Correct: 60 (did at least 30 problems two different ways)

Educated Guess: 12

Guess: 8

5. Pass, score not available

 
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