Whenever I don't get a problem right after 6 months of studying I feel like kicking myself in the teeth. The Eng Pro Guide Exam is difficult and probably on-par with the actual exam in terms of steps and difficulty of problems. However, it all comes down to concepts. Nearly all of the concepts can be applied to answer the questions in the practice exam. Sometimes one concept or multiple concepts. Just have to make a positive effort.
Second this.
I wouldn't say that. CI problems are very good at drilling in the fundamentals of power mathematics and engineering. Knowing how to do them and do them quickly is to my mind a prerequisite for doing well on the exam. Just don't expect the difficulty of the CI problems to be reflective of what is on the actual exam. It will be closer to the NCEES Practice Exam, or even closer still the EngProGuides exam (at least in the case of the April 2018 version).
i think you'll be extremely lucky to pass just focusing on these three items only.
Graffeo was my most useful non-NEC reference during the exam, far and away. It's where I went first whenever I had a conceptual question, and half the time it provides enough information to give you confidence in your answer. The mathematical questions in the back of the book are again good practice and necessary to know how to do but don't expect them to be as difficult as the real thing.
There's really not much else, though. All I could do was CI, Spin-Up, Graffeo, EngProGuides and the NCEES practice exam. The rest is just reading through concepts and theory and knowing my references.
I did School of PE as well. The courses were hit or miss but I thought the notes provided were helpful. I've also heard good things about the Georgia Tech course.
Me too. I did the workshop problems. However, they're really not representative of actual test type questions. Some are very long with multiple steps and some are repeats of the NCEES practice exam. I guess it's good for drilling in concepts. I do like the notes. They include a lot of good information.
Obviously not, i will be surprised as well. Obviously anyone needs to know the underlying theories very well to pass it.
interesting statement. Anyone who has passed can you please shed some light into this
Theres no point in memorizing problems. Doing the same exam 10 times is pointless. Someone posted before the April exam that they would read the first sentence of the problem and be able to answer the question. Whats the point? You aren't going to get questions you've seen before on the exam.
I don't think you need to practice NCEES or Engproguides exam more than 3 or 4 times. By that time you'll know in and out of all those problem. The idea is to make sure you know the underlying theory very well so that you can solve any problem no matter how many different ways they throw those problems to you.
