Learn Me: ASC Certification Testing

Not sure if Off Topic is the correct arena for this post or not.

Current possible employer wants me to take two ASE Certification Tests for employment. He says he is going to pay for the tests. He is asking for the Suspension/Steering test and Brakes test. I was feeling confident until I saw some of the sample questions. Now I'm not feeling so confident. Does anyone have any suggestions or personal experience? The Suspension/Steering and Brakes portions seem like the should be the easiest of all the tests you could take. Does anyone know where I can get study guides that I don't have to pay for? Any help would be awesome!

Are you talking about ASE tests? If so, I took all of them, but years ago. If you are well versed in those subjects, you'll do well, and if your not you won't. They aren't no-brainer tests, as you do have to know what you are talking about...Like what the certification is called...
Now, if you mean ASC tests, I have even less to offer.

The brakes test are pretty easy, but you might want to brush up on turning rotors and run-out and out-of-round basics. The steering/suspension, understand how each alignment angle effects directional stability. That and brush up on alignment procedures.
What do you do and what is the job for?
As far as ASE prep books, maybe Amazon? A few of us here write some of the questions, so while I can't cheat, I'd be more than happy to help out any way I can.

DukeOfUndersteer wrote: The Suspension/Steering and Brakes portions seem like the should be the easiest of all the tests you could take.

I failed the brakes test, but then again, I took Engine Repair, easy, Manual Transmission, easy for me, and Auto Trans, really easy to me, in the same night might have been the undoing of failing. I missed by 1 or 2 questions of passing. I never studied with the books, only the school of hard knocks leading my way.

The biggest bitch is the tech A vs tech B crap in which both are "right", but one word makes the one of them not right.

In reply to bravenrace:

Thats what I meant. Kept hitting C for some reason instead of E

Suspension/Steering test and Brakes test is the EZ test. It is the best one to take first that way you know what to look for on the next ones. No mater what your friends say, you can not reuse the copper washers! Don’t laugh its on the test.

In reply to GVX19:

Thanks. I have Froggy (Fit_Is_Slo) getting me some of the study guides from some Lexus Technicians to I can browse it over. The brakes one I think I can do pretty well on, the suspension/steering I will need some time to study for.

brakes is fairly easy also brush up on your gm abs (seems alot of questions atleast used to be wasnt on the recert tests last year so dont know) suspension know alignment and youll be fine. take electrical also easiest test of them all in my opinion. curse the stupid auto trans test took me 4 tries to pass that one..... arg!

I wrote all 8 mechanics exams many moons ago. I hadn't pulled wrenches in fury for at least 7 years prior. I was rustiest on HVAC and Automatics. If you know your stuff, you will do fine. If you don't, you can't really fake these exams.

KATYB wrote: take electrical also easiest test of them all in my opinion.

I'll contest that statement. Take it from a guy that's been either training technicians for years, or writing the courses that are taught the electrical is the easiest test for a small percentage of the population.
I know guys that can rebuild an engine with a palm frond and dirt but wouldn't know how to check current flow, let alone voltage drops. Electricity just scares most folks. Once you know ohm's law and how to figure it out (not that you'll EVER use that as a tech) you'll be way ahead of the game though.

I cannot help at all, but I certainly wish you well, bro.

That being said, when I saw you'd typed "ASC" my first thought was, "..he wants to build dealer/aftermarket convertibles?.."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Specialty_Cars
Yeah, it's wiki. Sue me.

i said in my opinion. its the only test that i got nothing wrong on. I had an aprentice who for the life of him couldnt pass a single ase test but actually turned out in the end to be a productive talented tech.

KATYB wrote: i said in my opinion. its the only test that i got nothing wrong on. I had an aprentice who for the life of him couldnt pass a single ase test but actually turned out in the end to be a productive talented tech.

Good for you then. That's a tough test for many folks, myself included. I struggled with it until an instructor 'splained it to me in such a way that just clicked. I could teach a classroom full of freshmen "suck-squeeze-bang-blow' in a few seconds but it'd take a week to teach the proper way to do a voltage drop and how to use that info.
On the other hand, a good friend of mine is a KILLER driveability guy. He can look at a schematic and just 'see' everything instantly. But, he couldn't change a head gasket if he had to without the manual every step of the way.