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REE Board Exam study plan

REE Board Exam · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Electrical Engineering (Power)

  • Solve 60 DC circuit problems covering series/parallel reduction, KVL/KCL, mesh and nodal analysis, Thevenin/Norton equivalents, and superposition

  • Compute power, energy, and efficiency in resistive networks, including maximum power transfer

  • Draw and interpret circuit diagrams from a written description without using notes

  • Recall SI units, prefixes, and standard schematic symbols for electrical quantities

Your checkpoint

A 50-item timed DC circuits quiz scored at least 70%, with every missed item logged and reworked to a correct final answer

Week 2

Electrical Engineering (Power)

  • Analyze single-phase AC circuits using phasors and complex impedance, including RLC series and parallel resonance

  • Compute real, reactive, and apparent power, then size a power-factor correction capacitor bank

  • Solve balanced three-phase wye and delta problems for line and phase quantities

  • Solve transformer problems involving turns ratio, core and copper losses, efficiency, and voltage regulation

Your checkpoint

A handwritten one-page impedance/phasor summary plus 40 mixed AC, three-phase, and transformer problems solved at 75% or better

Week 3

Mathematics

  • Solve algebra problems in quadratics, systems of equations, logarithms, exponents, and progressions

  • Apply trigonometric identities and solve triangle and periodic-function problems

  • Compute perimeters, areas, and volumes of standard and composite plane and solid figures

  • Convert between rectangular, polar, and exponential forms and perform complex-number arithmetic

Your checkpoint

A 60-item mathematics drill scored at least 75%, supported by a formula card of 50 identities written from memory

Week 4

Electrical Engineering (Power) & Mathematics

  • Compute generated EMF, losses, efficiency, and voltage regulation for DC and AC generators

  • Analyze DC motor torque-speed behavior and induction motor slip and rotor frequency

  • Differentiate algebraic, trigonometric, exponential, and logarithmic functions and apply maxima-minima and related-rates techniques

  • Integrate standard forms and use definite integrals to obtain areas and volumes

Your checkpoint

A 50-item mixed set (30 machines, 20 calculus) scored at least 70%, plus a written list of the five weakest subtopics found so far

Week 5

General Engineering and Applied Sciences

  • Apply Newtonian mechanics to kinematics, force equilibrium, work-energy, and momentum problems

  • Solve fluid statics and dynamics problems involving pressure, buoyancy, continuity, and Bernoulli's equation

  • Compute heat transfer, thermal expansion, and ideal-gas quantities

  • Balance simple chemical equations and compute stoichiometric masses and moles

Your checkpoint

A two-page physics and chemistry formula sheet plus a 50-item drill scored at least 70%

Week 6

Mathematics & General Engineering and Applied Sciences

  • Solve separable and first-order linear differential equations and simple second-order linear equations

  • Compute measures of central tendency and dispersion and solve elementary probability problems

  • Compute axial stress, strain, torsional shear stress, and bending stress in simple members

  • Identify engineering material properties and the standard mechanical testing methods that measure them

Your checkpoint

A 40-item combined drill scored at least 75%, plus a one-page solution-template sheet for differential equations and probability

Week 7

Electrical Engineering (Power) & General Engineering and Applied Sciences

  • Solve per-unit and short-circuit problems to obtain fault currents in simple radial systems

  • Select conductor sizes and protective device ratings using code-based ampacity and demand principles

  • Compute illumination levels, voltage drop, and load schedules for a simple installation

  • Solve simple-interest, compound-interest, annuity, and depreciation problems in engineering economy

Your checkpoint

A 50-item drill scored at least 75% plus a handwritten one-page code quick-reference sheet of ampacities, demand factors, and standard device ratings

Week 8

Mathematics & General Engineering and Applied Sciences & Electrical Engineering (Power)

  • Take two full-length timed mock exams under exam-day conditions with no notes

  • Re-solve every missed item unaided until the correct method is reproduced from scratch

  • Recite condensed notes and formula sheets for all three domains in a 90-minute review pass

  • Finalize a pacing plan that allocates exam minutes per item and per domain

Your checkpoint

Two completed mock exams scoring at least 75% overall with no domain below 65%, plus a fully resolved weak-item log

Milestones

Week 2: Score at least 75% on a closed-notes 40-item AC and transformer set, and reproduce the impedance/phasor summary sheet from memory in under 20 minutes

Week 4: Complete a 4-hour diagnostic spanning Domains 1 and 3, record per-subtopic accuracy, and name the top five weak subtopics with a written remediation action for each

Week 6: Demonstrate at least 70% accuracy in each of Domains 1, 2, and 3 on a 60-item cross-domain set, with all three formula sheets complete

Week 8: Achieve at least 75% overall and at least 65% in every domain on two separate full-length timed mock exams taken at least three days apart