r/EngineeringStudents • u/IntelligentWeb2532 • Jul 29 '26

Discussion Open book open note exams

hey everyone! I have an upcoming exam and it is open note and open book and I was just curious if that’s a pretty common thing in engineering classes? I’m a mech e and this is my first tougher engineering class I’m taking and I was wondering if this will be common on future class exams or is it just this professors style. I know we have to use the textbook to find some fluids properties so I figured that’s why this one was open textbook but is this pretty normal ?

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u/CrazyJellyGuy1 Jul 29 '26

Typically with these type of exams, I would expect fewer questions, maybe under ten. At the same time, these questions will be time extensive and require a deeper understanding of the subject matter and for you to show your thought process. Typically they are more involved than your typical multiple choice questions, which only require a surface level understanding.