Errata

[ktulu]

MAJOR piece of advice: Check the errata for mistakes. They will save you alot of time and attitude (in terms of getting extremely pissed off b/c you thought you fucked up, when it was their mistake)

Me personally, I am taking Geotech PM and have been working through the "the other board" Civil PE Sample Exam. It has a bunch of errata. I was working problems right, but took the printed answers as "correct" only to find out I was right to begin with....

So AGAIN, make sure you have the errata while you are studying. You can find them on "the other board"'s website...

Good Luck,

ktulu

 

[Bigwolf]

The crappy thing is that you would expect a company called PROFESSIONAL Publications Inc. to have a higher standard of Q/C that what is currently seen.

Those errata pages at :"the other board": are huge!! :th_rockon:

 

[civilsid]

10-4 on that. Full agreement here. I've been studying nothing but "the other board" stuff and now I wonder if I should have been looking for other resources.

It all started a year and a half ago when my licensed colleagues said to get the CERM and know it well. The assured me that if I know that book, I can do well on the morning half of the exam. I think the appendices and index are very good. However, my commendations pretty much end right there. I went and bought lots of other :"the other board": stuff.

One time I even had to file a "errata report" on the existing errata.

I got the 6 CD set for $650 or so and I think that stuff is mostly to easy. Also, the way the CD program software is put together, I think they have no business charging that kind of money. It would have been inexpensive and easy to fix a lot of the crude problems in the software.

Flash cards are terrible.

The afternoon portion of the :"the other board": Civil PE sample exam are insane- some with regards to content but mostly with time required to solve.

I did not get any of the 6 minute solutions which may have been a mistake but what the hell, I've bought and paid for more questions then I will be able to answer between now and Doomsday.

Oh well, I guess it is good that they don't just let anybody get an engineering license. You got to pay the piper if you want to make progress and get a little respect in life. :th_rockon:

 

[RVincent]

Speaking of errata for "the other board" materials, does anyone know of errata published for the Six Minute Solutions (Mechanical)? I have found at least two errors, but no links to errata for this book.

Thanks,

Randy

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