Reddit reviews Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Electrical and Computer - Practice Exam # 1: Full length practice exam containing 110 solved problems based on NCEES® FE CBT Specification Version 9.4

If you worked hard on your homework and paid attention in class and have a thorough understanding of the basics across the different subdisciplines of EE (power, microelectronics, and communications), then the FE is really easy. If you are an A-B student then it shouldn’t be a problem for you at all. You can buy practice tests on amazon. This is the exact practice test I took before taking the official test and it has pretty much everything that you can expect to see on the official test.

My advice, is to take the practice test as though you were taking the actual test (setting aside time to focus only on it in a quiet room), then use your results to see what you need to improve. Also become familiar with the FE reference handbook. They will give you a pdf version of the handbook to search through during the test, so familiarizing yourself with it will be beneficial.

I would recommend taking it now while you are fresh in college. $175 isn’t that much in the grand scheme of things, especially since it could potentially open up more opportunities (especially if you get your PE down the road).

I passed the EE exam about a month ago. I used these to study:

https://www.amazon.com/Study-Fundamentals-Engineering-Electrical-Computer/dp/1985699710

https://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Engineering-Electrical-Computer-Specification/dp/1534759492

and they really helped a lot to prepare for the test. hint: you can buy and return on amazon when you're done :)

Let me know if you have any questions

Yes, I was referring to the FE reference manual. I typed my previous comment on my phone and its always easier to type with a computer. But yea, the Lindberg manual does 10 problems at the beginning of each major section and then throughout the section they have questions that go over a specific lesson they tried to teach you, if that makes sense. I bought mine new, but I wish I bought it used, simply because it was a good review manual, but I learn more with practice problems.

The two books I used were:
https://www.amazon.com/Study-Fundamentals-Engineering-Electrical-Computer/dp/1517777925/ref=pd_sim_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=W33Q3N8S9A25YRK8RWGD

https://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Engineering-Electrical-Computer-Specification/dp/1534759492/ref=pd_sim_14_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=W33Q3N8S9A25YRK8RWGD

It is the same author for both. Just as a warning, both of these books do have some errors, but they are easily caught. The first book has almost 400 problems, which may seem like overkill, but in my opinion, I liked it. For example, you get like 6 problems on two port theory. While on an exam you may see 1 or 0 of this problem, it was nice to see where you struggled. So if you went through all 400ish problems and noticed alot of incorrects in a particular section, you would know exactly what to review.

And yes, the problems are a bit harder than the exam. The FE exam is here to test if you know the fundamentals, not be an expert. My biggest piece of advice is this: Buy the TI-36X Pro, learn all its functions (can solve polynomials, do matrices, convert binary to hex, etc) and only use the fe handbook when working problems. I only say this because if you use the Lindberg review, he goes into great detail on how to transpose a matrix, but your calculator can do that for you. No sense in bogging down in all these "tricks" when the calculator can solve you loads of time.