CA Surveying & Seismic State Exams
Hey all, so I’m planning on taking the seismic on July 5th and surveying July 11th. And I wanna know how prepared you were before taking each of the exams and if you passed or not?
For example, right now I am taking a CPESR course for surveying, which I’ve already completed all the lectures and now I’m doing practice questions (which I have an average of 73% in untimed quizzes of 11 questions). I’ve done 66 questions out of the 450 bank so far. I also had no prior knowledge of surveying until I took this course (never taken a course on it).
For seismic, I practically use ASCE seismic everyday at work and I’m more comfortable with the concepts as I’ve done my BS and MS in structural engineering. I purchased the AEI practice exams and I’ve scored a 64% on one so far. Does anyone have experience with AEI, do you know if it’s more or less difficult than the real? I didn’t expect there to be wood shear wall design questions or knowing the stiffness formulas of fixed free, fixed fixed columns, etc for calculating lateral load distribution. Is this something I should know or have in my resources I’m bringing?