McCann CEM Practice Test Reviews

Overall Rating: 5.3

Price:	$80	User Recommendations: Yes: 25% No: 50% Maybe: 25%
Website:	McCann CEM Practice Test
Exam(s):	CEM - Certified Energy Manager

User Comments:

July 30, 2010 Review By: Andropov

The test crashed when i was taking it the night before the exam, and the website didn't come back up before i took the exam, though the questions I did answer were helpful

January 3, 2010 Review By: Lawrence Lile, PE, LEED AP

There are several problems with this review test: 1. Be prepared to print each page as you are taking the test. You will not have any chance to print all of the questions at once for future study. 2. The test is scored in sections, so you are not told which specific questions you missed or should focus your studying on. 3. You've got four hours from the time you start the online test, no coming back to it later. You can't do it in chunks of time, don't plan on doing a session here and there, it won't let you. 4. There is no answer key given, so it is not possible to score your own test and focus your studying. 5. There were questions referring to material in an appendix you were allowed to print before the test. Print this appendix first. 6. Some questions refer to material that is missing from the appendix. Sorry, suckers, you'll miss this question unless you guess right. 7. The only good news is, you get to pick which sections to score. Try all of the sections, and if you run out of time, just print them off page by page and study them later. 8. I was able to finish with 15 minutes to spare, even after printing off sections I didn't plan to test on the real exam. 9. I didn't find the questions very hard, compared to LEED which has more memorization. Know your HVAC, power, motor and electrical basic formulas and you'll do fine. Basically, if you know the answer, or know where to find it in the books you bring, you'll be able to answer it. 10. I really wish there were a competitive product to this test, it is expensive and you don't get much except the chance to try a test. A simple answer key at the end would improve the study value immensely. 11. The real test is open book, I used the Doty/Turner energy management book which was OK. Notes from the class were more useful. You'll need an index or some kind of method to find things in the class notes, in order to find them during this test.

November 13, 2009 Review By:

Excellent prep product

October 1, 2009 Review By: Digger53

You can only take the test once and they do not tell you what questions you got wrong. I suggest printing out all the questions as you answer them so that you have them for review. You need to pay $80 to take the test a second time and the questions are the same. Better than nothing, but I would like to see a more professional review exam.