Repeat Takers Strategies - Civil PE CBT

[Pra4surf1]

It is horizontal, from the edge of the building to the point where load is being placed. see if this helps.

Thx Angela you rock!

 

[Pra4surf1]

They skip too many steps for me.

I found the angle first and then used the angle to solve for my max x distance once the boom is touching A.

Hope this helps

Thanks so much Rod I agree it does skip some steps! This is one out of two problems I missed on the breadth practice exam consistently that just stumped me.

 

[Goforit]

Starting this new thread for anyone who is interested in teaming up. After my second failed attempt I feel like I need a drastic change in strategy. My first attempt was 34/80. My recent second attempt was 44/80. First go around I took ITRE class and was convinced this was the way to go. I spent most of my time on my references and a couple of practice tests. That exam day was brutal and I knew I planned incorrectly. Second attempt I spent my entire focus on working problems and worked over 1200 +. That exam the recent Oct exam went way better in my mind and while I did improve I thought I did better than my diagnostics showed. So now it is a CBT and new approach all together. It would be great to team up with anyone interested and share ideas on strategies. One thing that comes to mind is how to better understand the diagnostics and those poor areas. I definitely have some weak areas I tried to work around and thought my strengths would make up for my weakness’s. Well that didn’t work. So for anyone interested let’s use every resource we have to get this done! That being said this forum is a great resource and perhaps something we can utilize better to our advantage. Who’s with me let’s get this done!!!

Great! I'm also looking for some guidelines for second attempt WRE/ ENV. Tried my first attempt in October 2021 and failed big time 36/80. I have lot of study materials and thought of self studying would be enough for first attempt but now thinking that it was a bad idea. Everyone who passed is suggesting to take the review course. Can anyone suggest which is the best review course for CBT? I'm inclined to School of PE but would like to hear if there are any other suggestions. Thanks!

 

[Pra4surf1]

Great! I'm also looking for some guidelines for second attempt WRE/ ENV. Tried my first attempt in October 2021 and failed big time 36/80. I have lot of study materials and thought of self studying would be enough for first attempt but now thinking that it was a bad idea. Everyone who passed is suggesting to take the review course. Can anyone suggest which is the best review course for CBT? I'm inclined to School of PE but would like to hear if there are any other suggestions. Thanks!

I took EET for my 3rd attempt. I really like the way they explain things and the instructors are great. That being said I still failed but it was pretty close according to diagnostic report. Good luck!

 

[Goforit]

I took EET for my 3rd attempt. I really like the way they explain things and the instructors are great. That being said I still failed but it was pretty close according to diagnostic report. Good luck!

Thanks, are you planning to take it again? Any strategy for retaking?

 

[Pra4surf1]

Thanks, are you planning to take it again? Any strategy for retaking?

Haha yes. I’m probably a lifer.

 

[squaretaper LIT AF PE]

Haha yes. I’m probably a lifer.

Noooo @Pra4surf1 you can do it! Sending all the good vibes your way!

 

[Pra4surf1]

Noooo @Pra4surf1 you can do it! Sending all the good vibes your way!

Thanks I was just kidding but thanks for the kind words! Feeling way better for next round.

 

[squaretaper LIT AF PE]

Thanks I was just kidding but thanks for the kind words! Feeling way better for next round.

I was a repeat, repeat, repeat taker for the mechanical so...I've had my fair share of diagnostics!

Ohh, I just noticed you're taking Construction, you are brave!

 

[DoctorWho-PE]

Not CBT, but was a repeat taker as well. Still am, TBH.

 

[Pra4surf1]

Any suggestions on how to improve on Structural. Many practice problems from EET aren’t in HB or references. This is my weakest area thanks for any help!

 

[Platypus Engineer]

Any suggestions on how to improve on Structural. Many practice problems from EET aren’t in HB or references. This is my weakest area thanks for any help!

If structural for breadth (AM) baased on NCEES specs, a lot of problems are mechanic of materials or statics. I found books on subjects in college libraries did problems from books as practice.

 

[rodr]

Any suggestions on how to improve on Structural. Many practice problems from EET aren’t in HB or references. This is my weakest area thanks for any help!

If structural for breadth (AM) baased on NCEES specs, a lot of problems are mechanic of materials or statics. I found books on subjects in college libraries did problems from books as practice.

I agree with playtapus engineer. I grabbed my undergrad statics book and just ran through a bunch of problems. It really paid off.

 

[Pra4surf1]

For anyone interested here is a link to free practice questions for Civil PE. You can also have an email sent daily with a question of the day. Many questions are pretty simple but definitely some good concept questions.

https://practicequiz.com/pe-civil-engineering-exam-prep

 

[Pra4surf1]

Could someone please tell me why if I use the num-solv function on a TI-36x Pro I get 3 different answers for a problem on 3 different calculators? And sometimes that function will say no sign change and I can use one of the other calculators and it will give an answer. An example is sin(x)=35/100. Thanks for any help.

 

[Pra4surf1]

Could someone please tell me why if I use the num-solv function on a TI-36x Pro I get 3 different answers for a problem on 3 different calculators? And sometimes that function will say no sign change and I can use one of the other calculators and it will give an answer. An example is sin(x)=35/100. Thanks for any help.

Here are a couple of other examples. The calculator on the left is correct answer. However I entered it in several times before getting the correct answer. Maybe I need to reset calculators? Thanks for any help!

 

[Pra4surf1]

Here are a couple of other examples. The calculator on the left is correct answer. However I entered it in several times before getting the correct answer. Maybe I need to reset calculators? Thanks for any help!

Update: So I cleared the memory on two of the calculators and they’re both working fine now. Still interested to know why they would do that if anyone knows.

 

[pgheng]

There are multiple valid answers. Before you solve for x, you need to put the the value of your closest guess into x. The solver finds the answer closest to the value you put in x. When you cleared the memory, it put zero into x.

 

[Pra4surf1]

There are multiple valid answers. Before you solve for x, you need to put the the value of your closest guess into x. The solver finds the answer closest to the value you put in x. When you cleared the memory, it put zero into x.

Thanks for your feedback. So is it bad to clear the memory? After clearing it works like a champ now. For the particular problem I was working on I had to solve for a step before moving forward to the next step so plugging in one of the answer choices wasn’t an option. But I do agree with you on some problems to plug in an answer to eliminate choices.

 

[pgheng]

Not particularly bad to clear memory, it just wipes out any custom settings you might have, such as fixed decimal, radians, and any numbers you have stored in variables. It's not programmable.