Study Guide for Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Electrical & Computer CBT Exam: Practice over 500 solved problems with detailed solutions including Alternative-Item Types

I just passed my FE exam after reading this book and being away from the school for more than 20 years! It is a great resource, easy to understand which provides you with in-depth knowledge especially in math, and power. I gave 4/5 just because first new revision is needed as the FE reference book is just changed in July 2020 . Also I believe the book needs some improvement in the computer/IT sections to be deeper which I was weak on it. In overall I highly recommend this book and I am planning to give the PE book of Wasim a try for the PE Power exam.

I only studied with this review book and the NCEES practice exam to pass the FE Exam. This review book is good if you learn better by consistently doing problems and repetition is key. After my first run through of the book I scheduled the exam for 1 month from then because I knew I just need a month of review. I would recommend running through the book first before scheduling. It took me 6 months of studying which was probably overkill. It was so long due to finding the discipline and consistency in my schedule. I reviewed this book three times and did problems I struggled with over an over again. This book provides a good foundation on the basic problems but I will say that some of the exam problems are a bit harder. If you can adapt and think it through you’ll be fine with this book and the FE practice exam. If not I would suggest a harder supplemental review guide to learn harder questions. Overall, the exam is doable and you can do it! I believe in you!

Summary: Not a resource for learning new material for the first time, and must be accompanied by other sources. Nonetheless, it is an amazing starting point for studying and is an invaluable tool for practicing solving problems. Cons: (1) Hardly dives into underlying theory or explanations of important concepts; however, this book is advertised as a set of practice problems, not a review text. So this isn't a fault of the author or the book, but it is something to keep in mind. (2) Some solutions are lacking and will say things not far from "the answer is A because it's A." For this reason, you'll need to go to other resources for clarification. (3) I found the notation in the digital systems section to be unclear, especially regarding flip-flops and clock cycles. This was frustrating because I lean way more EE than CpE so I really needed to review this section. However, once I was able to decipher the author's notation this section became a good resource. Pros: Just as advertised, hundreds of practice problems over all sections covered on the FE. You should definitely be using all the resources you have - texts, old notes, credible online sources, knowledgeable peers and teachers - in conjunction with this book. But if you use this book and those other sources thoroughly, you will be prepared to take the FE exam. Furthermore, since this book covers every section of the FE, it will force you to work on your blind spots/weak areas. Comparison to like products: If you have the means, then I also recommend you pick up the NCEES practice exam and one of Wasim's practice exams as well (prioritize the NCEES one though, since they are the source of the actual FE exam). The other popular review manual on the market is Lindeburg's. I was lucky enough to be able to borrow the Lindeburg review manual from a friend for free. Lindeburg's book has far fewer questions; however, his questions are generally more challenging than Wasim's questions and therefore will really test your understanding. Personally I didn't care for most of his actual review material beyond the problems... his explanations are long and yet not as good as an actual textbook or lecture on the particular topic. In summary, if you can get Lindeburg's book, do it because his practice problems are really good (the issue is there's just not many of them), but if you only have the means for one, then I recommend going with Wasim's book due to the huge quantity of practice problems.

This book was helpful in passing the FE. the book is written for version 9.5 of the test, and i took version 10. there were no version 10 study guides yet. I have been out of college for 13 years and this helped me pass. I would not rely on this alone but it really helped round out my studying. I also used the Michael Lindberg books. But those alone would not have helped me pass either. i needed both, and also the practice exam from NCEES. but this was part of the holy trinity to help me pass the FE. What i like: this book has better solutions than the lindberg book. Waisam does a better job of working out the problems to help you figure out where you went wrong when working them out on your own. areas for improvement: the sections were put in the book in a random order. i know this is a small complaint but it was something that confused me. Also, in the solutions, where the author said to refer to certain sections of the FE handbook did not correspond to the correct pages in the actual handbook (the book was written for version 9.5, i had both manuals and it did not line up with either of them) so that was a little annoying too. BUUUUUUUUUT long story short, if you want to pass, use this as part of your study plan. I will say that owning this book was not enough though, you have to actually do the problems in the book (duh) anyway, if i was doing it again i would buy his book.

I bought this book around graduation, and had a month and a half before taking the FE exam. This book is good for reviewing the fundamentals, but you should expect much more difficult questions on the FE exam . That being said, the only way to be prepared is to know the fundamentals (perhaps using this book) and use the NCEES Practice FE exam. Therefore, I recommend this book but with caution to acknowledge the difference in difficulty. I passed the FE first time using only this book, one of Wasim's practice exams, and the NCEES practice exam.