Gang Chen

Building Systems (Bs) Are Mock Exam (Architect Registration Exam): Are Overview, Exam Prep Tips, Multiple-choice Questions and Graphic Vignettes, Solutions and Explanations Gang Chen

A Practical Guide & Mock Exam for the Building Systems (BS) Division of the ARE!

Every July, NCARB begins to draw the Architect Registration Examinations (ARE) questions from a new edition of ARE exam guide and scope. We have incorporated this latest information into our books.
 
To become a licensed architect, you need to have a proper combination of education and/or experience, meeting your Board of Architecture's special requirements, as well as passing all seven divisions of ARE.

This book provides an ARE overview, suggested references and resources, exam preparation and exam taking techniques, tips and guides, and a realistic and complete mock exam with solutions and explanations for the Building Systems (BS) division of the ARE.

More specifically this book covers the following subjects:
1. ARE, IDP, and Education Requirements
2. ARE Content, Format, and Preparation Strategies
3. Codes and Regulations
4. Environmental Issues
5. Plumbing: Principles and Materials & Technology
6. Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning Systems (HVAC): Principles and Materials & Technology
7. Electrical: Principles and Materials & Technology
8. Lighting: Principles and Materials & Technology
9. Specialties: Acoustics, Communications & Security, Conveying Systems, and Fire Detection & Suppression
10. Two Graphic Vignettes with Step-By-Step Solutions Using the NCARB Practice Program Software

The mock exam includes 95 challenging questions of the same difficulty level and format as the real exam (multiple-choice, check-all-that-apply, and fill-in-the-blank), and two graphic vignettes. This book will help you pass the BS division of the ARE and become a licensed architect!


Can you study and pass the ARE Building Systems (BS) Exam in 2 weeks?
 
The answer is yes IF you study the right materials: If you have ZERO experience but read the right materials, you can pass with 2 weeks of prep.
 
If you study our book, "Building Systems (BS) ARE Mock Exam (Architect Registration Exam)," you have an excellent chance of studying and passing the ARE Building Systems (BS) Exam in 2 weeks. We have added many tips and tricks that WILL help you pass the exam on your first try. Our goal is to take a very complicated subject and make it simple.  "Building Systems (BS) ARE Mock Exam (Architect Registration Exam)" will save you time and money and help you pass the exam on the first try!


Is Building System the most difficult ARE division?

For many candidates, BS is the most difficult exam, but somehow I never find it to be very hard.
 
The key is NOT to be overwhelmed by the sea of information like MEEB, know what to read and what not to read. Think like an architect, and NOT like a MEP engineer, you should be able to pass.
 
Most people suffer from too much information (TMI) and too little time (TLT). It is the epidemic of modern time.
 
Learn how to cherish you limited time and effort, and still manage to pass under a situation that is NOT ideal.