Hi all,
Took CDS as my first ARE exam for the first time and got results today. Level 1 on all MC questions and level 3 on the vignette. I honestly thought I had a pretty good grasp on the vignette and looked carefully at all the joist/duct combinations. I must have made a pretty big mistake somewhere by oversight as I only had 3 minutes left to review before timing out. The only thing I can think of looking back is that I might have extended the rated interior partition down to the grade line ( overlapping the S.O.G.). Could that have been enough to fail?
Moving forward, my plan was to take PPP next regardless of results from CDS, but given that I only failed the Vignette, should I retake CDS prior to studying/taking on PPP since the subject matter is fresh on my mind?
I'd appreciate any comments/suggestions.