bobarhett13 wrote:Thanks bud. Finally taking PA in two days. Do these case studies have a certain number of incorrect answers that triggers a fail? I can’t seem to provide the proper question but I mean, the old vignettes had minor and major and critical errors. If you get 3 for in a case study, for instance, is that a test fail?
Also, I saw one of your other posts; do you get your test results immediately?
bobarhett13 wrote:Yes, thanks, bud. I've cooled off now. The score report came back with:
E&CC: Level 1
C&R: Level 2
SA&P: Level 2
BA&P: Level 3 <----- Made me feel a little better that I was fairly close...at the same time, I WAS CLOSE!
I suppose just keep going. I believe the content was there, but I was just taking too long on the first 71 questions. If I had some more time, I might have been able to properly finish the Case Studies.
bobarhett13 wrote:Zooming in and out to see the site plans and then switching to one of the code books or zoning plans just to realize I was naturally using CTRL+Mouse Wheel to zoom instead of the - and + buttons, then having to zoom back out with CTRL+Mouse Wheel and click the + several times...ugh.
nickedemus wrote:bobarhett13 wrote:Zooming in and out to see the site plans and then switching to one of the code books or zoning plans just to realize I was naturally using CTRL+Mouse Wheel to zoom instead of the - and + buttons, then having to zoom back out with CTRL+Mouse Wheel and click the + several times...ugh.
Do they have practice software for the 5.0 like they did with the 4.0? If so, going through practice tests a few times could help you with this issue. That's what I did for the vignettes and I found it very helpful. I agree with you that the vignettes were basically a worthless test of knowledge.
thd7t wrote:5.0 does have a practice exam that's identical to the real format. It's essential to practice with it.
Sarcasmo wrote:There is -- technically -- "practice software", in that NCARB does provide a practice exam.
Note, however, that there is essentially nothing in the 5.0 exam that is equivalent to the 4.0 vignettes -- not in content or format.
The provided practice exam gives a good idea of the format of the 5.0 exam questions, the case studies format, and several specific bits of information about the process of dragging and dropping, pointing and selecting areas or components in a diagram, and selecting and rotating objects within the answers.
So -- what I'm saying is that 5.0 exam requires very little in terms of format preparation. Where 4.0 candidates spent hours and hours practicing for the vignettes, 5.0 requires about 30 minutes of using the practice exam software to understand all you need to know about exam format.
Sarcasmo wrote:The provided practice exam gives a good idea of the format of the 5.0 exam questions, the case studies format, and several specific bits of informatio
nickedemus wrote:Sarcasmo wrote:The provided practice exam gives a good idea of the format of the 5.0 exam questions, the case studies format, and several specific bits of informatio
But actually, that's what I was practicing with the vignettes. The vignette 'problems'' they gave were irrelevant. I was just building muscle memory (and thus efficiency) to maximize my time.
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