anonymous283 wrote:Question 15 of the ballast practice questions (where the solution is given immediately after the question) I answered d thinking for sure that was the answer. I can understand a giant state college being placed off an exit of a highway but not a community college, which would be used more locally with public transportation.
Public transportation uses major highways too, but more importantly, a residential neighborhood is the worst place!
Question 16 I answered c. I think a neighborhood would be more concerned with a towering hospital being built than parking which can be accommodated more easily.
You assume it's towering. Parking is always a major concern.
Question 25 about where utilities are most commonly found is terrible as well. I said streets - their answer right of way but thats more general and the question asked commonly. Even in their answer they say "in most cases, they are under the streets".
Streets are a subset of right of way.
anonymous283 wrote:Huh? We need to know table 503 by heart? Most likely not I'm guessing but Ballast doesn't mention to look at table 503 for reference making you think you should memorize the table.
anonymous283 wrote:I answered ACEF because I've never come across loading spaces in NYC zoning but I have come across minimum amount of window exposure in the form of light and air requirements for quality housing...
anonymous283 wrote:I really don't understand how residential is the worst place for a college (as opposed to commercial, industrial).
Traffic, parking, noise, generally bad impacts.
Pretty much every college I've been to was in a residential area.
I dare say that in most cases, residential built up around existing campus.
Anyways question 40 in 2nd set of practice questions states all exterior pedestrian walks must be accessible... You can't have one ramping somewhere else while another has stairs due to greater elevation change?
anonymous283 wrote:This is kaplan question 16. It is incorrect. ADA allows for 1:8 for ramps not higher than 3". It's funny because the question appears to be a trick but they even got it wrong.
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