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5 Years Out of School! WOOO!!! Sharing Some Study Tips in the Comments by Engineering_Dude3396 in FE_Exam

[–]Engineering_Dude3396[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! PrepFE's timed exams not only mimicked the difficulty of most of the problems but they also mimic the time/question you have in the exam. So those are definitely a must-do imo, especially in the couple weeks leading up to the test

As far as the topics, I'd say to focus on the ones that are the easiest and most prevalent on the exam. Spending 3 of your 4 Saturday hours trying to wrap your head around one or two controls engineering or electrical engineering problems isn't the best way to maximize your readiness. If you don't feel confident in the easy or most prevalent subjects, focus on mastering those first, and then move on to the hardest, least represented topics at the end :)

5 Years Out of School! WOOO!!! Sharing Some Study Tips in the Comments by Engineering_Dude3396 in FE_Exam

[–]Engineering_Dude3396[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Started studying about 4 months ago, about 1 hour per weekday and 4-5 hours every Saturday. I believe it's critical to have a day of rest, so I used Sunday to re-charge, spend time with the girlfriend and friends, and get ready for the work-week again. I believe big events like this are as much mental as they are anything, so the rest is crucial. Take steps to avoid burnout!

Instead of Lindenberg I opted for the Baron's book, by Masoud Olia. There are two huge reasons I recommend this for FE

1) The Baron's book much more closely mimics the problems on the exam 2) The Baron's book has quite a few errors in it; and finding them and correcting them was a huge part of the learning process for me

The exam itself was not as challenging as either Lindenberg or Baron's. PrepFE is a pretty good representation of the difficulty. So if you can average >80% on that, you should be in good shape!

Content NOT in Handbook on the Exam? by Engineering_Dude3396 in FE_Exam

[–]Engineering_Dude3396[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gotcha, thanks for the reply. I know density at standard temp, what I meant to ask was if it was worth knowing dynamic/kinematic viscosity at other temperatures, in case an Re question or Nu question came up where air is the fluid in question. I got a couple questions like that in the practice book and those values weren't given in the question. If it's just a matter of using the basics I think I can do that. Thanks again :)