Building Systems (BS) ARE Mock Exam (Architect Registration Exam): ARE Overview, Exam Prep Tips, Multiple-Choice Questions and Graphic Vignettes, Solutions and Explanations
Language: English
Published by ArchiteG, Incorporated, 2012
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- Title
- Building Systems (BS) ARE Mock Exam (Architect Registration Exam): ARE Overview, Exam Prep Tips, Multiple-Choice Questions and Graphic Vignettes, Solutions and Explanations
- Author
- Chen, Gang
- Publisher
- ArchiteG, Incorporated
- Publication year
- 2012
- Condition
- As New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1612650031
- ISBN 13
- 9781612650036
To become a licensed architect, you need to have a proper combination of education and/or experience, meet your Board of Architecture's special requirements, and pass all seven divisions of the Architect Registration Examinations (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!
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About the Author
Gang Chen is a LEED AP BD+C and a licensed architect in California. He is also the internationally acclaimed author of other fascinating books, including Building Construction, Planting Design Illustrated, the ARE Mock Exam series, and the LEED Exam Guide series, which includes one guidebook for each of the exams.
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