PE Exam Tip - Have One Way to Solve a Problem

As you prepare for the PE Exam, you will find many sources of exam-type problems (MERM, CERM, NCEES Practice Exams, etc). This wealth of information has a great many benefits. However, having a number of references has a troublesome downside. For a class of problems, you will see several solution approaches. You may have even thought of additional, and quite valid, approaches on your own. All you need is one right way to work a problem, but which one to use? You don’t want to make this decision during the exam; that can use up valuable time. You need to make that decision now while you are preparing, and use that same solution consistently throughout your review.

You are free to choose any solution you like, but I would like to make a strong argument for using a solution approach that follows a logical order and is applicable across multiple problems. Easier to remember and less to learn that way. In my review courses, that’s what I’ve done – I have worked to select the most direct and teachable solution approach for a class of problems, using an approach for each class of problems that is consistent and repeatable, and from the feedback I have received from past participants is that it really does pay off for them on the exam.
- Dr. Tom

"Dr. Tom's PE Review Course was incredibly helpful in my test preparation. The course helped me to prepare for the test by not only providing lessons in a variety of exam topics, but also by providing tips and practice on how to solve exam problems. In the weekly lessons, Dr. Tom provided multiple example problems in a number of exam topics, as well as instructions and suggestions on how to approach different types of problems. The weekly lessons, challenge problems, and  assessment problems, combined with Dr. Tom's suggestions, tips, and step-by-step instructions on how to solve test problems, helped to give me the tools that I needed to pass the PE Exam."
- Krystyn Wagner, PE, Wake Forest, NC

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