ARE 5.0 Reference Materials - PDF

November 30, 2017 16:25

Good Morning,

NCARB has been notified by Prometric that some ARE 5.0 candidates are indicating they expect to receive hard copies of reference materials at the test center, for access during their exam administrations. The reference materials are PDFs, but they are integrated into the exam itself. They are NOT hard copies to be handed to you by the Prometric team. I hope this helps to clear up the confusion.

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Dulce De La Paz March 09, 2018 05:47

Are the references in the practice exam the same as the ones we get in the actual exam?

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Nick NCARB March 09, 2018 13:17

Hi Dulce,

Yes, the references on the actual exam are identical to what you will see in the ARE 5.0 Demonstration Exam.

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Hannah Terry March 09, 2018 15:01

Dulce D.: Which practice exam are you referring to?

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Dulce De La Paz March 10, 2018 01:38

Thank you Nick, does that include the zoning reference for the case studies?

Hanna, I'm referring to PPD :)

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Nick NCARB March 12, 2018 20:30 (Edited March 12, 2018 20:30)

Hey Dulce,

No, case study resources are different for each division and case. My above comment was referring to the "References" button within the top menu bar. This is the same across all divisions of the ARE.

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Kirsten Solberg March 19, 2018 18:18

Hi Joan,

Are candidates given the option of using a handheld calculator during testing? I thought I saw a post about that elsewhere here, but I wasn't given a handheld calculator at my last exam. I know there is one available online, but having a handheld one would be better since there is so much toggling between screens on the exam.

Thanks, Kirsten

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Kirsten Solberg March 19, 2018 18:19

Hi Joan,

Are candidates given the option of using a handheld calculator during testing? I thought I saw a post about that elsewhere here, but I wasn't given a handheld calculator at my last exam. I know there is one available online, but having a handheld one would be better since there is so much toggling between screens on the exam.

Thanks, Kirsten

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Joan NCARB March 20, 2018 13:15

Kirsten,

The available option is the on-screen calculator. That policy hasn't changed.

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Jonathan Chertok May 22, 2018 23:40

how about making a pdf of the references available so folks aren't spending a lot of time searching for current reference materials or taking screenshots off the practice software (once they figure out that they are in there)? might help some folks. just an idea.

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Meghan Lacoche January 31, 2019 21:59

I recently took PPD & PDD and found the loading of reference material PDFs to be very slow on the case studies. A hard copy would be very helpful to use as a back up reference. In case the computers at the testing center are slow.

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Weiyi Tan January 31, 2019 22:30

I know NCARB is trying to be fair to all the exam candidates. However, what Meghan pointed out which is exactly the same as my past experience. There are some unnecessary headaches such as PDFs loading are slow, and drawings are not readable because of the small PC screen, etc.

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Brian Starkey April 29, 2019 20:14

Will never be fixed... and neither will the horrible graphics or the tiny window to view drawings in....

These are apparently things we "have to live with"... (sorry...no face palm emoji)

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