People who pass the CQE Exam ALWAYS, ALWAYS report having worked hundreds of practice exam questions!
In fact, I recently shared 4 tips to effectively prepare for the CQE exam, and ALL OF THEM are related to practice exams.
A Free Practice Exam for the Top 10 Topics on the CQE Exam
To become a CQE, you have to be familiar with the Pareto Principle, or the 80/20 rule.
This 80/20 rule tells us that 80% of your outcomes will come from 20% of your causes.
In terms of the CQE Exam, this can be interpreted that 80% of exam questions come from the top 20% of topics.
So, I decided to put together a list of the Top 10 Topics that make up the majority of the CQE Exam:
- Acceptance Sampling
- Auditing
- Lean Tools
- Measurement System Analysis
- Reliability and Maintainability
- Risk Management
- Statistical Decision Making
- Statistical Process Control
- The 7 QC Tools
- The 7 Management and Planning Tools
And I created a 40 question practice exam that covers these 10 topics, with 4 questions from each topic.
Remember, the CQE Exam is 160 questions, and these 40 questions will be very similar to what you’ll see on that exam.
A Free Practice Exam for Statistics
Statistics is the hardest part of the CQE Exam, by far.
So I wanted to put together a free 25 question practice exam specific to Statistics.
A Free Practice Exam for every topic on the website
As you know, the CQE Body of Knowledge is comprised of 7 major topics and I’m slowly creating practice exams for each chapter.
For every page that I’ve created, I’ve also created a free practice exam.
10 Questions – ANSWERED!
Why Practice Exams work!!!
Over the last 10 years I’ve helped many people pass the CQE exam, and I always ask them the same question after they pass:
What was the best thing that helped you prepare for the exam?
95% of people tell me it’s practice exams.
Practice exams are extremely important, and I’ll borrow from Benjamin Franklin to explain why:
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”
Benjamin Franklin was WAY ahead of his time here.
In fact, today’s research on cognitive science (mental processing such as learning effectiveness and memory formation) has proven Mr. Franklin to be absolutely correct.
Research has identified two very different ways of learning – active learning and passive learning.
Passive Learning includes things like reading a book or listening to a lecture.
These are activities where you passively sit there and take information into your brain.
The traditional self-study method is a type of passive learning.
Active Learning is any method where information has to comes OUT of your brain. This includes things like taking a quiz, working an example, discussing a topic or writing notes.
Active learning is what Ben Franklin meant when he said “Involve me and I learn”.
In Active Learning, you’re not only taking in new information (passive learning), you’re actively engaged in applying what you’re learning. You are forcing the new information to come out of your brain, which in turn improves memory retention.
Research has shown that active learning leads to better long-term memory formation than passive learning.
This is where practice exams come in.
Practice exams are an awesome form of active learning!
Not only do practice exams actually help in the learning process, but they also reveal gaps in our understand.
This is where taking a practice exam should guide your study plan so that you’re spending your preparation time focused on the right areas.