Available Formulas
Where can I found the formula tab of the Exam as separate document/archive through NCARB Site? The ARE Guidelines only have references to books and dozens of hiperlinks.
Looking to minimize memorization, As far as I understand, NCARB expect from us to know few numbers by heart in order to pass some questions, like conversions foot-acre, cubic feet to yards, PSI to feets of water column, tons to lbs, township to sq miles, BTU to watt/hours or BTU- tons of cooling capacity and so... the list is overwhelming.
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The documents can be viewed with the practice exams. As unlimited attempts can be made, might be a good idea to start a session and play with the interface to see all categories of information available!
Besides that, I have below written down that's not provided for myself:
43,560 sq ft = 1 acre
Stair Run: “7-11 rule”
1 yard = 3’, 1 sq yard = 9 sq ft, 1 cubic yard = 27 cubic ft
Gallon to in- sq ft conversion: (0.6 gal/in-sqft)
And yes the memorization is overwhelming, including wood treatments, ozone-depleting chemicals, MasterFormat sections, elevator call methods, escalator landing types, addendum sequences... They could show up as single choice and there isn't much context to make an educated guess unless you already know. The lists go on and on and charts and charts after charts....
But the better we embrace that part of the exam the better it is! Some of these i am not sure there is a good way to memorize but rather take notes and read it over for retaining, and they become more familiar as it goes ;)
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Hello,
I would not try to memorize all these formulas. Just know how to use the common ones. They are on pages 126-129 in the updated version of NCARB's Guidelines. The formulas will be available on the exam in each test item. I actually think that memorizing the abbreviations on pages 122-125 is more important. NCARB will use acronyms on the exams, and if you don't know them, you won't understand the question they are asking. I think it's ridiculous to test folks on their knowledge of abbreviations, but the list wouldn't be there if they didn't!
Hope this helps!
Rebekka Klos, NCARB, B. Arch, M. Ed, ARE Educator
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