Fail CE again
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A201 is your most vital resource to reference, and knowing what responsibilities the architect carries with that agreement form (as well as owner, contractor, subs, consultants, etc). G-series forms (701, 702, 703, 704, 711, etc) are also important, as they're the ones that get utilized in the construction phase of the project and track the project as it progresses through closeout.
Along with those contract forms, these are the key topics I focused on that helped me pass: bidding phase, project closeout responsibilities, code requirements, construction assemblies, order of operations when changes are initiated and how to handle them (change order vs CCD vs minor change vs non-conforming).
With your scaled score, where are you falling short? What content areas are you strong in and where can you improve?
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You don't need to eclipse the passing %, as it's an exam measured on the amount of questions you get correct. They're shown and denoted as average ranges of previous passing candidates.
Focus on those processes of construction observation and dig into the bullet points of each section; knowing the A201 contract will assist in understanding the role of the architect during the CA phase of the project, what the project requires and what the design intent is and how construction meets that intent, or how it doesn't and what the architect can reasonably do to make sure it is done correctly.
Knowing the G-series documents will help with the latter two sections of the exam, as you start to understand pay applications, schedule of values, change orders, substantial completion, etc. These documents take you through the course of construction. Take the NCARB practice exam as well, as that is the most realistic thing to the exam you will take. Formatting, question types, relevant questions based on AIA contracts, etc.
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I agreed with above comments, I guess Amber videos are helpful to understand the context that you are not familiar with, not everyone get exposed to all the content in the exam through work experience, and it really depends on what type of experience you have and how much you did construction evaluation/ Administration at your work, how much you communicated or responded to RFI and submittals or if you ever did final walk through and close out or pay application for any project, these are critical experiences that needed for this exam, while not everyone get exposed to those , so amber video is the best to understand some of RFI or construction details , those that you have not been able to do at work, while for study resources, all you studied are correct, but you need to focus way more on the actual contracts and not just read them, try to analyze them , make it more simplified language, I have second language too, this helps me to understand the contracts better, try to use Technology for make contracts to be more understandable, and find examples for each section, if I only read contract by itself, I will fall asleep after few minutes, while I take it apart and break down sections and simplifying the language then it sticks better. Or there is programs that can analyze it or make it like voice track that you can listen to,
And try to get more experience for CA stage, if you are working let your company know to go along for site visit during construction, if you don’t have this option, then try to find construction sites look at foundations and construction details and understand shop drawings, I think this exam is very hard to only study from books , you need to see them visually and experience is very much needed here.
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