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meltingplastic
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Posted: Tue Aug 12th, 2008 09:26 pm |
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I am taking GS next week and I was wondering if anyone knows if a copy of the reference formulas provided in the exam are available anywhere. I want to know which formulas they include, and what they look like (i.e., are the formulas labeled or is it just a big list with no descriptions)
Any input would be welcome.
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ghack
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Posted: Wed Aug 13th, 2008 02:06 pm |
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Everyone's test is different and that goes for the reference material as well. I had plenty of material in mine, but only needed to look at it for 3-4 questions.
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sjansen
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Posted: Wed Aug 13th, 2008 03:01 pm |
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when i went into the exam i spent the first minute or two reading through the reference section so that i was familiar with what was on it before i started the exam, that way i wasn't fumbling around with it at the end of the exam when i needed to find something. i thought that helped me because i was then able to focus on the questions. there was plenty of information in the reference section and it was organized in a straightforward way. don't stress too much about it. good luck!
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meltingplastic
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Posted: Wed Aug 13th, 2008 10:22 pm |
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Thanks guys....
How are the equations labeled, if at all? I don't know if that's an "off limits" question or not......
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sjansen
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Posted: Thu Aug 14th, 2008 04:24 pm |
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| i honestly don't remember if the equations were labeled or not. i just remember thinking, " ok- got it, this is gonna work"... i wish i remembered, but all i have are impressions, and brain mumbo jumbo.
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simoemployee
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Posted: Thu Aug 14th, 2008 09:09 pm |
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| does anyone know if the beam diagrams and formulas are in the reference section or is that something we need to memorize. i know the wl/2 etc. but the remembering the deflection formulas for each beam type is a bit much.
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Bryan G
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Posted: Fri Aug 15th, 2008 01:16 pm |
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| Took the test yesterday, and the pages with the diagrams from the steel manual where in my reference section. Funny thing is that they asked a question about what would moment diagram look like for a certain type of beam and all i did was look it up in the reference.....
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Posted: Fri Aug 15th, 2008 02:45 pm |
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| thanks, i appreciate it
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Posted: Fri Aug 15th, 2008 04:54 pm |
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| Check out my post here: http://www.areforum.org/forums/view_topic.php?id=52071&forum_id=2&highlight=elvis
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meltingplastic
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Posted: Thu Aug 21st, 2008 07:40 pm |
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simoemployee wrote: does anyone know if the beam diagrams and formulas are in the reference section or is that something we need to memorize. i know the wl/2 etc. but the remembering the deflection formulas for each beam type is a bit much.
I just took it today. All that stuff is there and neatly organized with equations, example shear and moment diagrams, labels. It was actually more than I had expected. So don't worry about memorizing deflection formulas, focus on concepts and applying them........
Oh, and as of July 1st you cannot bring a calculator. You use the one onscreen, its kind of annoying in that there is no x(squared) button and stuff, but you'll survive...
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