bigray76
Food & Beverage Director
Having taken and passed the Transpo PM, I know one question that I had going into my crunch time for the exam was ‘what do I bring’, so I figured I would list out everything I brought. I finally have unpacked my crates from the April exam and decided I would list out what I had and what I used.
I would suggest that if anyone is taking a practice exam that they work it with their books in crates and try to mimic the conditions they will face on test day (limit yourself to half of the dining room table, put crates on the floor, one on the table, etc.)
Here is a list of all the books (by milk crate) that I brought into the exam with an indication of whether I used them in the AM, PM, both, or not at all.
Crate 1 – the one I had on the table
AASHTO Greenbook (PM)
CERM (AM/PM)
Engineering Unit Conversions – Lindeburg (AM/PM)
My 5 discipline specific binders (AM/PM)
Crate 2 – Transportation Only
MUTCD (PM)
HCM
AASHTO – Roadside Design Guide
Traffic Engineering Handbook (PM)
Asphalt Handbook MS-4 (PM)
Handbook of Civil Engineering Calculations – Hicks
PCA – Design & Control of Concrete Mixtures
Traffic Engineering – McShane, Roess, Prassas 2nd Edition – (PM)
Transportation Engineering & Planning – Papacostas & Prevedouros (PM)
Crate 3 – Everything Else (a.k.a. the feel good that I have it just in case crate)
ASCE 7-02
ACI318-02
Large Binder of Solved Problems
Structural Analysis – Hibbeler
Cameron Hydraulic Data
Introduction to Environmental Engineering – Davis & Cornwell (AM)
Water Supply & Sewerage – McGhee
Wastewater Engineering – Metcalk & Eddy (AM)
Principles of Geotechnical Engineering – Das (AM)
Principles of Foundation Engineering – Das
Engineering Economy – College Text
All 5 of the Six Minute Solutions
NCEES Sample Exam
Practice Problems Book for the CERM
Sample Exam – Lindeburg
NJ sat us two to a table, so I had my small white crate on the table, laid down my handtruck on the floor with the other two crates facing up so that when I needed a book, I pulled the handtruck out like a file drawer. I had the transpo crate in the back position for the AM and switched that to the front position for the PM.
I also brought a clear Tupperware container with a couple bottles of water, calculators (2), granola bars, Motrin, tissues, Halls, chapstick, contact lens case, and my glasses.
Books that I am happy that I bit the bullet and bought for the test: Traffic Engineering Handbook and Asphalt Handbook MS-4.
Good luck to all taking the October ’07 exam. I look forward in trying to help as much as I was helped by this forum for the April ’07 exam!
-Ray
I would suggest that if anyone is taking a practice exam that they work it with their books in crates and try to mimic the conditions they will face on test day (limit yourself to half of the dining room table, put crates on the floor, one on the table, etc.)
Here is a list of all the books (by milk crate) that I brought into the exam with an indication of whether I used them in the AM, PM, both, or not at all.
Crate 1 – the one I had on the table
AASHTO Greenbook (PM)
CERM (AM/PM)
Engineering Unit Conversions – Lindeburg (AM/PM)
My 5 discipline specific binders (AM/PM)
Crate 2 – Transportation Only
MUTCD (PM)
HCM
AASHTO – Roadside Design Guide
Traffic Engineering Handbook (PM)
Asphalt Handbook MS-4 (PM)
Handbook of Civil Engineering Calculations – Hicks
PCA – Design & Control of Concrete Mixtures
Traffic Engineering – McShane, Roess, Prassas 2nd Edition – (PM)
Transportation Engineering & Planning – Papacostas & Prevedouros (PM)
Crate 3 – Everything Else (a.k.a. the feel good that I have it just in case crate)
ASCE 7-02
ACI318-02
Large Binder of Solved Problems
Structural Analysis – Hibbeler
Cameron Hydraulic Data
Introduction to Environmental Engineering – Davis & Cornwell (AM)
Water Supply & Sewerage – McGhee
Wastewater Engineering – Metcalk & Eddy (AM)
Principles of Geotechnical Engineering – Das (AM)
Principles of Foundation Engineering – Das
Engineering Economy – College Text
All 5 of the Six Minute Solutions
NCEES Sample Exam
Practice Problems Book for the CERM
Sample Exam – Lindeburg
NJ sat us two to a table, so I had my small white crate on the table, laid down my handtruck on the floor with the other two crates facing up so that when I needed a book, I pulled the handtruck out like a file drawer. I had the transpo crate in the back position for the AM and switched that to the front position for the PM.
I also brought a clear Tupperware container with a couple bottles of water, calculators (2), granola bars, Motrin, tissues, Halls, chapstick, contact lens case, and my glasses.
Books that I am happy that I bit the bullet and bought for the test: Traffic Engineering Handbook and Asphalt Handbook MS-4.
Good luck to all taking the October ’07 exam. I look forward in trying to help as much as I was helped by this forum for the April ’07 exam!
-Ray
