rwwon wrote:I heard a quote recently given by the Dalai Lama.
"“If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever.”
I've done my fair share of grousing on this site about the injustices of the ARE, but in the end, nothing about the exams changed, so I have to adjust my out look. Hang in there and don't worry about the things you can't change, and focus on the things you can. Above all, stay positive!
corbismyhomeboy wrote:I got quite a few of these on 4.0 BDCS, BS, and SS. And yes, THEY BLOW. I was so thankful for the pop up message that said 'you have chosen too many' or 'you have not chosen enough' because yeah I never choose the right number of answers. As far as strategy goes, I would say look for the most obviously wrong/right answers as a first pass, and then try to narrow down from there. Often times, the most obviously wrong and right ones will help you mark out one and check one, then you're down to the remaining to figure out. (A few I had I didn't know for sure the 3 I checked were right, but I knew 100% that the ones I marked out were definitely not.) Then with the remaining choices I try to think in terms of an ordered list, like if I had to put the remaining in order from most correct to least correct, how would I do it? Then choose the ones that are 'the MOST correct' because the ideal actual correct answer may not be a choice!
Also I've noticed, and maybe this is just on the tests that I had, that sometimes you'll get a question, and 20 questions later, they'll be a different question that inadvertently answers the first question. I had that a lot on my SS exam. Like 'which one of these components would you use for this type of detail' and then later a very similar detail showing the correct component. Good job NCARB.
sb84 wrote:did you get your results back?
vrcat25 wrote:I understand that there are "trial questions", but I had over 50 ambiguous questions. I have been on a wild goose chase digging thru, ballast, MEEB, AHPP, etc. and have only found a couple answers, but the rest i'm sure I won't find because they are hypothetical questions made up by NCARB. What's funny is that people have indicated that they had basically the same question with missing info. It turns out one of the people had to retake and finally passed PDD after there 3rd attempt. What's a real shame is that our licensure relies on the competence or incompetence of people that make up some of these questions. For me, I failed and I'm convinced that it has to do with the low standard of quality control. i wouldn't be surprised if it takes NCARB years to remove the questions and from my experience with 4.0, they will just add new questions that are just as bad or worse. At least with the vignette's, they were not left open to interpretation. Thanks for the good wishes of good luck gbalaka. It looks like i'm going to need it just as much if not more for 5.0. Take care and I do appreciate your comments.
corbismyhomeboy wrote:Really good points vrcat and gbalaka! I'm curious to know how long they let questions fester on the exam (with candidates so unhappy) before they retire them. I mean I had one that was so completely obscure about a real project that happened in the 1980s - not a hypothetical project. How the eff would I know that?! It was clear to me that it was just one of those oldies (but unfortunately not goodies) that had been around for way too long. Like a candidate from the 1990s would probably know the answer, but I certainly wouldn't.
Coach wrote:corbismyhomeboy wrote:Really good points vrcat and gbalaka! I'm curious to know how long they let questions fester on the exam (with candidates so unhappy) before they retire them. I mean I had one that was so completely obscure about a real project that happened in the 1980s - not a hypothetical project. How the eff would I know that?! It was clear to me that it was just one of those oldies (but unfortunately not goodies) that had been around for way too long. Like a candidate from the 1990s would probably know the answer, but I certainly wouldn't.
That's related to history or concepts. If I had to guess, I'd say that the project in question was related to eminent domain and the question/answers probably alluded to it.
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