Beyond book theory
Hi everyone, this is my first post
I am prepared for the Construction & Evaluation exam and had some concerns.
I've read the contract docs, ballast, birghtwood, and I'm about to starting reading the CSI project resource manual.
So far, from the material I've read, they tend to focus more on the theory but I always get caught off guard when calculations & other numeric questions are involved whenever I take a mock exam.
Did you struggle with this as well? What other materials should I use?
Thank you.
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Yes. These catch me off guard too and they take too much time for the exam, so I flag them and do them at the end.
If you’re lucky to have time for them, then you should be able to use the inconvenient calculator and your knowledge of who is responsible for what part (contract docs), as I think they test this in those questions.
Looking at my over-priced stack of books, I don’t see one that deals directly with the calculations.
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Agustin, I found Ben Norkin's Hyperfine the most useful resource for practicing actual calculations. He gives real world examples that actually teach, rather than help you memorize. Especially when it comes to the numbers.
Ben | Archizam
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What I tend to do is follow the concepts into practical questions. For example, Ballast divides the material into chapters, and after reading a chapter I do some of the practice questions just to reinforce my knowledge and see what concepts I didn't get, so that I can go back to reread.
I also use Architect Exam Prep, which tends to have examples of numerical questions.
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