The CQE Exam is Easy.

testamaleA coworker of mine just found out he passed the CQE exam.  He started studying 4 days before the exam.  Two days before the exam, he was feeling a bit nervous.

What advice did I give him?  With two days to go before the exam, there is no time for learning.  I focused emergency exam taking tactics.  I gave him the glossary linked here, my copy of Thomas Pyzdek’s Quality Engineering Handbook, and my TI-30XS Calculator (you don’t want to take the exam without it). Then, I went through a bit the test taking advice I posted here.

My coworker credits his passing score to the glossary, which he used to look up about half of the questions.  And, the Pyzdek book’s index, which made it easy to quickly find the right equation for math/statistics questions.

I do not recommend this approach, but if you are a good test taker (and you know it), you may find the exam much easier than it’s reputation.

Posted on June 16, 2009 at 5:23 pm by Brian R. Nichols · Permalink
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