Failed PJM for the second time

November 14, 2022 21:11

Hi ARE professionals

I just took my PJM test and it was a strange experience. I don't know if any of you had the same experience. I could manage my time well. In comparison to the previous test the questions were looking so easy to me and except few of them, I was confident about the rest but I failed.

Mainly because of resource management which my score was 0%! Hard to believe! Although low but this score was 28% in my previous attempt. I got less after studying more! I'm suspicious of not answering them as a whole for some reason! That's more convincing for me rather than having them all wrong on this division. Does anyone have any recommendations on what to study for this division, resource management? Thank you ahead!

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Rebekka O'Melia November 18, 2022 18:35

Hi Sara,

Sorry you didn't pass.

If you could send me your score report, I could help you figure it out. Resource management is allocating firm hours per design phase in-house and consultants. Since it's only 3-7% of the exam, that may have only been 1 or 2 questions. I suppose one or 2 question could cause you to fail, but it's unlikely.

You definitely need to be able to do simple, quick estimates on this exam. I wonder if the question(s) you got wrong were buried in the case studies.

LMK, and keep studying!

Rebekka O'Melia, Registered Architect, NCARB, B. Arch, M. Ed, Step UP, Step UP ARE 5.0 Courses

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Sara Mirza November 18, 2022 20:38 (Edited November 18, 2022 20:47)

Thank you Rebekka for your note. Yes, I sent you my score report via Linkedin and thank you for your help. If as you're saying this division might have 1-2 questions, it's very likely that I haven't answered them correctly and I got 0%. Ok, now this percentage is getting more believable for me. So my failure might not be dependent all on them.

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Rebekka O'Melia November 18, 2022 22:18

You're welcome. Yes, 3% of this exam could be 2 questions!!

Rebekka O'Melia, Registered Architect, NCARB, B. Arch, M. Ed, Step UP, Step UP ARE 5.0 Courses

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Victor Ralph Moreno December 12, 2022 14:13

Rebekka. Do you review reports in general? I am about to take this again and have no idea where I went wrong.

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Rebekka O'Melia December 13, 2022 17:10 (Edited December 13, 2022 17:10)

Hi Victor,
I review the report for clients who are signing up or want to sign up but aren’t sure what to do next.

Rebekka O'Melia, Registered Architect, NCARB, B. Arch, M. Ed, Step UP, www.stepuparchitecture.com

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Bryn Young December 19, 2022 22:03

Hi Sara, sorry to hear about your exam. It can feel defeating to fail a second time. The good news is you've seen this exam twice now, so the next time you get in there, you'll be even more prepared. Did you do anything different this time you were studying?

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Sara Mirza December 22, 2022 03:14

Hi Bryn

It's true that I've seen the test twice but for the questions that I didn't know the answers to and I haven't found any answers so far, the bad news is that again on my next test I may have them and again I'm not sure what's the answer! For ARE tests with not having the correct answers at the end in general, we never can learn from our past mistakes! How do we know which one was right and which one was right to learn from them? That's the bad news! I'm studying another division now.

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Bryn Young January 04, 2023 14:57

Hi Sara,
I completely agree, it’s a disservice to not know the correct answers. This is why I think it would be advantageous to have a score report even if we pass, so we know what we missed and what we need to know more of as architects. If you haven’t already, try to write down what you can remember from the previous tests and ones you weren’t confident on keep trying to research more.

What division did you decide to switch to?

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