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LS Exam CBT Tips
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 7:27 am
by Rob_LS
Please share with PLS Exam candidates. Comments are welcome.
Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2013 9:52 am
by DanFrink
If they charge for parking you may want to add "bring money for parking". Glad I arrived early when I took the old exam, had to run to the ATM. Doh!
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 7:33 am
by Dave Sigman
My tips would be:
If they still give the exam at the CalExpo grounds in Sacramento in April, layer your clothes. When I took the exam in '07 the room felt like it never got over 50°F....sitting on a cold steel folding chair....with a stiff back....
The "Test Plan", published here
http://www.bpelsg.ca.gov/applicants/ls_test_plan.pdf, is your friend. Review how the subjects are weighted and plan your study time accordingly. Why waste 40 hours of study time on State Planes transformations when it's worth about 5 points on the exam? Same with photogrametry calcs. Better to spend your time on mapping, research and field work. That's where the points are.