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Buy an FE exam prep book (or find one online). This one has a diverse collection of questions from 1st/2nd year level university courses. Found it very helpful when I finally took my FE last year.
So I took it last Tuesday (should be getting the results any day now) and I used 3 different materials.
Just a heads up, I don't know if I passed (nor do I think I did pass), but I wanted to give you a quick rundown of what I did.
I would start by reading (actually reading, not skimming) the Lindeburg manual. I would do the examples given WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE SOLUTION. It's very important to not look at the solution until you have struggled through it. Struggling and making mistakes helps the learning process. Once I did the whole chapter, I would then test myself using the diagnostic test at the beginning of the chapter. A word to the wise, I found that in the Lindeburg book, the in-chapter examples were far easier than the diagnostic question. I found some of the diagnostic sections to be absurdly difficult (Comms and Control Systems IIRC).
Once I did the diagnostic sections, I would then reinforce using Wasim problems. The Wasim problems are easier than what you'll see on the FE, but it's helpful because it helps process the basics of a problem and gives you new ways of solving problems (i.e. using thevenin to solve a BJT problem with multiple sources). The repetition also helps with just solidifying the concepts.
Lastly, I would test myself using the NCEES practice exam problems for that section.
The exam for me was really easy on the first half, but quite difficult on the second half. Still unsure if I passed. If I had to go back, I would definitely study more of the computer engineering stuff as a good portion of the second half was computer coding/architecture problems. The Lindeburg and Wasim books don't really get in depth on the computer stuff. Get the Wasim Practice exams #2 or #3 as most people say #1 is a little too easy. I don't know what books to buy for the computer stuff.
Hopefully this helps!
EDIT: I passed! First try!
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