Published ASQ CQE (Certified Quality Engineer) Exams - Where can I get them?

[deuce]

Does anyone know where I might could find copies of the CQE exams that were published years ago?? Any help would be appreciated.

[Rob Nix]

Examination study guides such as the following usually contain previous exam questions.

http://www.qualityamerica.com/QPProducts/cqe.htm

[Bill Ryan]

Another source is from the Quality Council of Indiana. Their Primer is a very good study guide and they have past questions at the end of each section.

Good luck!!
Bill

[Sam]

Originally Posted by deuce

Does anyone know where I might could find copies of the CQE exams that were published years ago?? Any help would be appreciated.

How many years ago? I think I may have some copies of exams dated from the 70's to 80's.

[deuce]

I think they only published them a couple of times. From any date would be greatly appreciated.

[Sam]

Originally Posted by deuce

I think they only published them a couple of times. From any date would be greatly appreciated.

I have some boxes full of old "stuff" I collected over the years. I'll go through it this week-end.

[deuce]

You are too kind.

[Graeme]

Originally Posted by deuce

Does anyone know where I might could find copies of the CQE exams that were published years ago??

I'm not sure how much good old exams would be ... the body of knowledge and the pool of test questions for all of the ASQ certifications are reviewed and refreshed about every five years or so. Each test is different because the questions are drawn at random from the pool. Also, the whole quality engineering profession has changed so much since the early 1960's that the old exams would not even cover a lot of the current topics, and may even be just plain wrong on others!

I agree with Bill Ryan - the CQE Primer by Bill Wortman (Quality Council of Indiana, www.qualitycouncil.com) is excellent. (It's what I used a dozen years ago!)

Other resources would be topical searches of The Cove (there's a wealth of good stuff here) and some of the references ASQ lists with the CQE body of knowledge. One I personally recommend is Quality Planning and Analysis by Juran and Gryna.