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mrdcon
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| تاريخ الالتحاق: | السبت نوفمبر 19th, 2005 |
| الموقع: | Pennsylvania USA |
| عدد المواضيع: | 388 |
| Exams Taken: | PD, GS, LF, ME, BD/MM, CD, SP, BP, BT | | Exams Passed: | PD, GS, ME, BD/MM, CD, SP, BP, BT | | Describes Me: | a r c h i t e c - |
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كتب: الاثنين يوليو 28th, 2008 05:54 pm |
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Hey everyone:
First, I want to thank everyone who has posted replies to my many concerns regarding calculating reactions and moments about a point. You are truely patient people. I was so worreid about this exam yet thanks to those of you who suggested that I relax and focus on the concepts rather than the formulas, I was able to walk into the test center relatively calm.
I studied for about 8 weeks, about 4 hours per night and 18-20 hours on weekends (it's a wonder than I'm still married and the kids remember my name...other than "dad"). I assembled a 3 ring binder and sectioned it into catagories such as forces, reactions, stress and strain, beam design, steel columns, concrete framing systems, etc. Each day I would practice writing down Thaddeus's cheat sheet as well as about 50% more information that I thought I would need. I studied like I never studied before because it has been so long since I studied structures in college. And, given that most of what I do is sent to engineering consultants, I rarely become involved in designing the structural aspects of a project. Anyway, I finished the exam just 60 minutes ago and I thought I'd share the experience while it is still fresh in my mind.
The Test:
I was so blown away in terms of how relatively simple and straight forward my exam was compared to both NCARB's sample test and Kaplan's questions and answer book. I had 9 calculations, which were very simple and did not require much work in terms of steps. I would definitely recommend working with the windows calculator as you study. After weeks of practicing with it, I didn't find the calculator all that bad. You just have to watch to make sure that what you input is showing up correctly.
I had nothing on retaining walls, history, columns, foundations. I had a fair amount on wood (ie; trusses and hardware identification), a fair amount on systems (ie: given a circumstance, what system would be appropriate, a few more code related questions than I studied for, I had one WTF question regarding the soil boring log( which I have been trying to find out what it is in my books but haven't found it yet).
I had a lot of concept questions on loading of beams. You really need to know the formulas from the standpoint of what they mean and how they work, ie: if the beam spans 20' more, how does that affect the moment of inertia, etc.
While the calculations were simple, I still guessed on 4 of the 9 because they were worded in a way that I was not used to seeing. I also took "educated" guesses on about 20 general knowledge base questions. So if I'm lucky, I passed, if not, I know the next time not to get so friggin stressed out over the exam. I actually finished the exam with about 40 minutes to spare which was great because I could take my time and really check my answers. It's really not as bad as I thought it was going to be.
Hopefully, I passed. Now it's on to lateral forces on August 16th and maybe.... just maybe, I'll be done with this all ... and reclaim my life!
Cheers everyone ...and thanks again! .....
btw ... no bolt questions, no handrail, no canopy .... it really felt like a Materials and Methods exam with a couple calculations sprinkled in....go figure!
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mgilman
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| تاريخ الالتحاق: | الاربعا يناير 23rd, 2008 |
| الموقع: | ARCHITEC _, LEED AP, New York USA |
| عدد المواضيع: | 743 |
| Exams Taken: | PD, GS, LF, ME, BD/MM, CD, SP, BP, BT | | Exams Passed: | GS, LF, ME, BD/MM, CD, SP, BP, BT | | Describes Me: | Happy Happy! |
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كتب: الاثنين يوليو 28th, 2008 07:53 pm |
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great recap, now enjoy the rest of the week!
good luck with LF, I'm also taking that next.
keep us posted re results!
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mrdcon
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| تاريخ الالتحاق: | السبت نوفمبر 19th, 2005 |
| الموقع: | Pennsylvania USA |
| عدد المواضيع: | 388 |
| Exams Taken: | PD, GS, LF, ME, BD/MM, CD, SP, BP, BT | | Exams Passed: | PD, GS, ME, BD/MM, CD, SP, BP, BT | | Describes Me: | a r c h i t e c - |
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كتب: الاثنين يوليو 28th, 2008 08:02 pm |
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| Ha! ... I think while I'm in the "study zone" and with only 2 1/2 weeks before lateral forces, I'm gonna just jump right in and get to work on lateral forces. After August 16th I'll take it easy and wait for the results.....
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btb
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كتب: الاثنين يوليو 28th, 2008 08:54 pm |
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Good Luck! you're on your way, see you at the finish line, hopefully mine is in Oct. (retake of BT), got a "gutter glitch" last time and failed the all three 2nd half vignettes, asked ncarb and got a typ. "no glitch" respond, so here I am, back in the BT forum, any pointers are welcome...
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mgilman
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| تاريخ الالتحاق: | الاربعا يناير 23rd, 2008 |
| الموقع: | ARCHITEC _, LEED AP, New York USA |
| عدد المواضيع: | 743 |
| Exams Taken: | PD, GS, LF, ME, BD/MM, CD, SP, BP, BT | | Exams Passed: | GS, LF, ME, BD/MM, CD, SP, BP, BT | | Describes Me: | Happy Happy! |
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كتب: الاثنين يوليو 28th, 2008 08:56 pm |
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| I'm already checking the mail box and it's only been 10 days. I did get one result within 10 or 12 days - forget which exam - NY State tends to be pretty quick. Good thing I have LF studying to distract me! Oh, not to mention my kids and work and life and summer visitors...
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mrdcon
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| تاريخ الالتحاق: | السبت نوفمبر 19th, 2005 |
| الموقع: | Pennsylvania USA |
| عدد المواضيع: | 388 |
| Exams Taken: | PD, GS, LF, ME, BD/MM, CD, SP, BP, BT | | Exams Passed: | PD, GS, ME, BD/MM, CD, SP, BP, BT | | Describes Me: | a r c h i t e c - |
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كتب: الاثنين يوليو 28th, 2008 09:03 pm |
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btb wrote: Good Luck! you're on your way, see you at the finish line, hopefully mine is in Oct. (retake of BT), got a "gutter glitch" last time and failed the all three 2nd half vignettes, asked ncarb and got a typ. "no glitch" respond, so here I am, back in the BT forum, any pointers are welcome...
Hey btb;
Unfortunately NCARB doesn't respond very well with reports of glitches and the like. I consider myself extremely lucky that I have not had any problems thus far with the exam computer at Prometrics.... (knock on wood).
The pointers that I can give is to simply practice those vignettes and upload them for comments...but you probably already know that.....
Good Luck in October!
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mrdcon
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| تاريخ الالتحاق: | السبت نوفمبر 19th, 2005 |
| الموقع: | Pennsylvania USA |
| عدد المواضيع: | 388 |
| Exams Taken: | PD, GS, LF, ME, BD/MM, CD, SP, BP, BT | | Exams Passed: | PD, GS, ME, BD/MM, CD, SP, BP, BT | | Describes Me: | a r c h i t e c - |
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كتب: الاثنين يوليو 28th, 2008 09:05 pm |
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mgilman wrote: I'm already checking the mail box and it's only been 10 days. I did get one result within 10 or 12 days - forget which exam - NY State tends to be pretty quick. Good thing I have LF studying to distract me! Oh, not to mention my kids and work and life and summer visitors...
Hahahahahaha .... I do the same! ..... so it's good that we have LF to study for .... but that won't checking the mailbox. Let us know when you get it!
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