I took PPD last week and unfortunately it was a FAIL. This is the second time taking this Exam. I actually was a bit surprised at the Result. Unlike the first attempt (finished with 5 mins left) I finished the exam with about 45 minutes left and was able to go back and review "Marked" questions that I flagged. I felt very confident in most of my answers but unfortunately by looking at my score report I did not fair better than the first time. I found that disheartening. I studied for about 8 weeks. This is the Material I used:
-Building Construction Illustrated
-Architectural Studio Companion
-Building Codes Illustrated
-Architect Exam Prep (for overall view of content)
all I can do now is pick myself and keep moving. I will take a break from this Exam and Move to take PDD at the end of April. I will add Architectural Graphic Standards and some of the BDCS and BS from 4.0 to the list above. I will also try to increase my study hours per week. In my case the longer I take studying the more stuff I will forget. I will try to compile as much info in a shorter amount of time and take the test.
Hopefully have more luck on the PDD exam. trying to knock down these two final monster exams and be done with this!