Exam takers comments

• Lots of long problems with tons of info that end up being very simple and short.
• Timed practice tests in a distraction free environment are your biggest help.
• Study HVAC
• No comments.
• Thanks for your material.
• Spend more time working problems and don't get stuck looking things up in the MERM index.
• Know the MERM appendices. Be able to do every problem in NCEES practice exam and PROE
practice exam.
• The NCEES practice exam was definitely the closest representation of the actual exam difficulty.
• Only use pro guides study guide, MERM, unit conversions, and do practice problems. Don’t read the
MERM, use mostly for appendices and if equation or topic isn’t in pro guide, just look up during test.
Don’t buy any other books or print out supplemental references. They will only slow you down. This
test is about using time wisely, memorize key unit conversions, memorize key formula. The less you
have to look up during the test the faster you will move. I could get 100% on both morning and
afternoon sections if I just had enough time. I’m pretty sure I got 100% on the questions I had time to
answer.
• Make EngProguid a bit more involved
• Practice speed. Rework the ncees and pro eng guides exams over and over times. Also work six minute
problems but only relevant ones.
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• Being able to wing it is extremely helpful
• It's just a test, don't put so much pressure on yourself.
• Read and analyze carefully. Even if a problem looks complicated, do not panic and look for the
principle that should be applied. After you understand that, the problem becomes easy! There was a
considerable amount of theoretical questions that would require understanding and knowing principles,
more than knowing how to solve problems. Bring ear plugs, a jacket, snacks, water and a watch. Go to
the restroom before starting. Arrive early. Follow the instructions given beforehand by NCEES.
• Introduce codes to your already excellent material. Thank you
• Study how much water is produced by cooling
• practice , start with short and straight forward questions first
• Study a lot! I would recommend a course as well to help serve as a guide.
• I think the more practice problems you're exposed to while preparing for the exam the better, whether
they are from NCEES, Eng Pro, etc.
• Read questions very carefully. They can be vague. And sometimes trick questions (lots of given info
but no/little calves needed).
• Manage your time, don't panic!
• Great job in developing engpro mock. It came out very handy.
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• No
• Don't overdue the amount of materials you bring. You won't have time to look through non essential
information.
• bring some protein bar. you will be hungry.
• this exam is about how fast you can be in solving
• take every practice exam you can find, even if they cost a little bit of money
• be beyond comfortable with ideal gas law applications, especially oddly phrased questions that might
really be quite simple
• Practice both US and SI units problems, especially steam table problems.
• Practice more questions of ncees exam
• I took the school of PE and it helped a lot. Most importantly work tons of problems.
• Learn as you do problems and do LOTS of them...METRIC UNITS
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• Work a large variety of practice problems under timed conditions. Take a review course.
• Stay consistent with your study schedule and hit all the major topics easily. Never know what they will
through at you.
• MERM is your best friend. Also have a binder for MERM index, unit conversions, etc
• I noticed several of the example problems in MERM were almost identical to problems on the test.
• Rather than doing the same exam over and over again, I would branch out if you have the time. What
did you struggle with on the practice exam? Pull out your college text book and read that section and
do a few problems to really understand the subject.
• Don't bother bringing reference exams, there is not enough time to sort through them unless you create
your own indexing guide to solved exams/practice problems.
• The proguide equations really simplified the content for me. Thank

What do you wish you studied/practiced more?

• Hydraulics
• Combined cycles, and HVAC
• Compressible flow theory and scenarios.
• Organizing my materials.
• Should have practiced more compressor problems since it was a subject I didn't study much in college.
• Cycles
• Nothing in particular. I felt adequately prepared.
• Practice questions
• Should have read more
• Paychrometrics and radial heat transfer
• Control Valves and HVAC
• I wish I would have taken a look at more HVAC practice problems. Those were definitely my weak
point and I didn't think there would be as many as there were on the exam.
• Practicing more applications of the principles. It is imperative to practice how to skim through the
problem
• Codes
• Yes
• None
• Hydraulic fluid problems!
• Heat Transfer
• HVAC/Psychometric
• Combined Cycles
• Hvac, fluid properties, mach number
• Hvac
• Heat transfer
• Heating and cooling was my weakest area.
• HVAC and ref
• heat transfer
• Needed to practice more psychrometric problems and combined cycles
• More HVAC and more problems with air as the working fluid.
• Combined cyles
• Hydraulic Symbols
• Harder Problems
• NA
• Heat Transfer and Supportive Knowledge
• I wish there had been more practice problems for the combined cycles. I thought it was hard to find a
lot of problems to practice on.
• Psychometrics
• Combined Cycles and HVAC problems.
• Text books to understand the basics more deeply
• More sample exams and timin