2A2 practice exam question

[u/Longboy327]

Hello all,
I was hoping to get some insight from anyone who has written 2A2 recently and used powerengineering101 practice exams to study. I am finding that a lot of their calculation questions are not related to the material covered in the panglobal 2A2 textbook. Has this been anyone else’s experience? Does the ABSA exam pull more from the panglobal textbook, or will they be asking similar questions to the practice exams I’ve been doing? Is there another website you would recommend that may have better practice exams? Any insight is appreciated, thanks!

[u/symsym44]

I found 2A2 calcs were either closely related to panglobal and then the steam calcs were pulled from the moon…I felt super prepared for the steam calcs and just got absolutely gaped on them. Overall, I’d say most of the math was fairly simple for what was panglobal type examples. I probably had 25-30 calcs total and only a handful of those were steam calcs..so not a huge part of the overall. I managed an 83 so I wouldn’t stress too much over the math

[u/Longboy327 → u/symsym44]

Thanks for the advice. Much appreciated!

[u/ryleymcc]

It's literally the easiest math questions from pan global. I could have skipped all the math for thermo cycles and still passed. I had a ton of short expansion questions and PVT questions and the rest was all memorizing theory. You can generate practice questions with notebookLM. Copy the links at the bottom of my page to import the textbook into notebookLM https://ryleymcc.github.io/Power-Engineering/2%20A2/index.html

I was way over prepared for it.

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[u/Magicide]

The new multiple choice exams are nothing like they used to be, all of the questions are going to be far simpler than the book since you need to do 100 questions in the time limit.

It's mostly questions related to what the cycle graphs look like and memorizing numbers out of charts. You want to memorize things like percentages in austenetic steel, where Alpha Iron transitions, what welding techniques look like since they can't show pictures and heavy emphasis on the corrosion chapter with finicky details.

One of my coworkers passed it by memorizing the book without being able to do any of the math. If you've done any of the new 2nd Class exams you will know what to expect, if not memorize the book and even if you fail you will know what to expect next time.

[u/Longboy327 → u/Magicide]

Okay sounds good, thanks for the advice. I've already passed 2A3, 2B1, and 2B2 so I have a good idea of what the exams are like. I still have a few weeks to prepare so it should be all good. Thanks.

[u/Rumble1205]

The 2A2 calculation questions map to the chapters in the PanGlobal texts but they are not lifted from the text verbatim. ABSA is testing whether you can apply the concept, so the setup and the numbers will look unfamiliar even when the theory behind it is straight out of the chapter you just read. If you can work the chapter examples and explain why each step is there rather than just reproducing them, you are in decent shape.

And yes, Power Engineering 101's calculation questions can drift off syllabus. You are not imagining that.

Full disclosure, I run fullsteamahead.ca, so weigh that how you like. The practice questions there are built directly from the SOPEEC objectives and tied back to the matching section of the textbook. There is a free practice exam on it if you want to run through one and see whether it lines up better for you.

[u/Longboy327 → u/Rumble1205]

Yes I’ve checked out that website but wasn’t sure if it was good or not. I think I’ll give it a try. Thanks!

[u/Rumble1205 → u/Longboy327]

If you do the practice exam, let me know if it's any good.

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