Who has already written the exam? How was it?

[CASualty]

If you have already written the Module #1 exam, I have a few questions:

1.) Were any questions taken straight from the end-of-section quizzes, or was every question completely new? I've heard a rumour that there is a lot of verbatim replication of questions from the Quiz question bank; however, when I wrote Module 2 in the previous testing window there was no replication whatsoever, so I'm quite skeptical.

2.) On average, how well did you fare on the Quizzes before taking the exam? In contrast, how well did you fare on the actual exam?

3.) After reading all of the material once and doing all of the quizz questions (refreshing each quiz multiple times in an attempt to encounter all of the questions), what is the best way to prepare in the final two days prior to the exam?

[Bobby]

Hey CAS, I thought you already passed course 1?

Pass (80-89). I also passed 5. Today is a good day :clap:

[CASualty]

Hey CAS, I thought you already passed course 1?

Nope . . . that post was for when I passed Module 2. I think the outpost used to have an additional forum for the modules in general, that they merged with the Module 1 and Module 2 subforums?

[FourKicks]

If you have already written the Module #1 exam, I have a few questions:

1.) Were any questions taken straight from the end-of-section quizzes, or was every question completely new? I've heard a rumour that there is a lot of verbatim replication of questions from the Quiz question bank; however, when I wrote Module 2 in the previous testing window there was no replication whatsoever, so I'm quite skeptical.

i didn't notice any verbatim replication of questions from the quizzes. which is not to say the questions are difficult, just don't expect the exact wording from the quizzes.


3.) After reading all of the material once and doing all of the quizz questions (refreshing each quiz multiple times in an attempt to encounter all of the questions), what is the best way to prepare in the final two days prior to the exam?

do some spring cleaning. paint a self-portrait. listen to enya. whatever relaxes you. you'll pass easily.

[CASualty]

Thanks -- I didn't think it would be likely that they would re-use questions from the quizzes. The person who told me that most of the exam were copied verbatim from the quizzes probably encountered questions that *seemed* very similar, but were not actually identical.

do some spring cleaning. paint a self-portrait. listen to enya. whatever relaxes you. you'll pass easily.

Haha, sounds like a good plan :)

Since I still have some time to kill (exam is early next week), I think I'm going to casually browse over the Review Notes provided at the end of each section. Although I'm able to get some of the quiz answers correct by the process of elimination, I'm not always confident on the answer. Some of the quiz questions have VERY obvious items that you can eliminate, but I' not sure that the actual exam will be so generous.

The quiz problems I find the most difficult are the underwriting case studies, where you have to label the "desirability" of a described risk. Some of the cases are obviously VERY desirable or VERY undesirable, but there are some that are somewhere between "Desirable" and "Undesirable" and the answer seems subjective. I also struggle on remembering the specific details of the different construction types, sprinkler systems, protection codes, etc. It seems like a lot of brutal detail that I'll probably never need in the future :( I guess I'll go over that crap since I have trouble remembering it.

[FourKicks]

The quiz problems I find the most difficult are the underwriting case studies, where you have to label the "desirability" of a described risk. Some of the cases are obviously VERY desirable or VERY undesirable, but there are some that are somewhere between "Desirable" and "Undesirable" and the answer seems subjective. I also struggle on remembering the specific details of the different construction types, sprinkler systems, protection codes, etc. It seems like a lot of brutal detail that I'll probably never need in the future :( I guess I'll go over that crap since I have trouble remembering it.

i didn't come across any of those 'desirable/highly desirable' questions on my exam, so i doubt you'll see any. wouldn't worry much about it. and the construction questions won't get insanely detailed.

[CASualty]

i didn't come across any of those 'desirable/highly desirable' questions on my exam, so i doubt you'll see any. wouldn't worry much about it. and the construction questions won't get insanely detailed.

Good to know -- I hate questions with subjective answers! Although they are fine in the quizzes where you are just learning, they would be unfair on an actual exam unless it was obviously very desirable or undesirable.

There were a few construction questions in the quizzes that I thought were pretty detailed, so I think it's fair game. I think it's a little overboard that they expect us to know things such as "Modified Fire Resistive" can withstand fire for two hours instead of just one :p

I guess we should be happy that this material isn't on an actual written exam anymore, because I would hate to have to memorize/recite all of these lists :S

[wendypc]

I just took the exam today. The questions on exam are different from the EOM quizzes and are slightly more difficult, but you can pretty much figure them out if you read through the course study material. At the end of the exam, the system will tell you whether you passed exam.

[Elsaball]

Any idea if specific legislations are likely to be tested on the exam. I remember the main ones, but I'm not sure if it's worth it to memorize them all.

[CASualty]

Any idea if specific legislations are likely to be tested on the exam. I remember the main ones, but I'm not sure if it's worth it to memorize them all.

You don't have to "memorize" anything . . . just be familiar enough that you can pick the correct answer when given four multiple-choice answers. The modules aren't meant to test familiarity of the material, not mastery.

[danslBAIN]

Just passed the exam today. It was a bit harder than the quizzes but quite easy if you read all the material thoroughly once, and reviewed it before the exam. I had some questions (maybe 3-4) that were copied from the quizzes.

[IKnewIt]

I voted that none were copied verbatim from the quizzes, as that is literally what I experienced. However, some were VERY similar, with the only changes being the names of the fictitious people/companies involved or something along those lines.