Just received a PASS on my 1st CDS attempt!
Materials:
Schiff Hardin Lecture!!!! (Very valuable source to me! I listen to all the lectures once and A 201 & B101 2-3 times...few days before the exam I brainwashed myself with the audio at 1.5X speed during work
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All AIA documents recommend on the NCARB guide (Use commentary version for A201 & B201)
Kaplan (didn't finish last 2 chapters tho...)
AIA Code of Ethics & Professional Conduct (there were questions from here)
Caroline notes
Try to answer questions on this forum/Google+ ARE 4.0 community
Memorized MasterFormat Divisions on the test day
I only tried sample questions on the NCARB Guide... based on the questions from this forum/Google+ ARE 4.0 community, many 3rd party CDS practice questions seem poorly written, so I rather spent time on the AIA document texts
I didn't read AHPP. I only flipped it when I tried to look up an answer from this forum/Google+ ARE 4.0 community.
I will definitely read it for the PPP exam! 3 weeks to go!
On the exam, there were 1-2 building technology questions (e.g. mortar joint profile).
I took BDCS with a pass on January so it's a bonus point for me