Today, I had my first mock oral. I was given nine questions from two categories: organization of architectural practice and professional responsibilities and conduct.
Feedback for both me and my classmate included:
Make more eye contact
Speak with more conviction
Speak more slowly
Pay attention to the phase in which the question is asked
Work the panel (?)
Stay away from personal experience
Try to give textbook answers
Focus on what is being asked
Try to give concise answers
We were audio taped. I will have to allocate time to review the tape and how I sounded.
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06 February 2008
05 February 2008
test date here!!!
I just looked at CAB's website and the 2008 oral exam dates have been posted. My exam date is either March 17th or March 18th. http://www.cab.ca.gov/oral_dates.htm
I have just under 6 weeks to study. If I study at least 16 hours per weekend and 10 hours on the weekdays, that gives me almost 96 hours to study for this exam. I want to go over the AIA contract documents: A101, A111, A201, A201/CMa, A201 SC, A305, A310, A312, A501, A701, B141, B163, B352, B431, C141, D101, D200, G612, G701, G701/CMa, G702, G704, G704/CMa, G706, G706A, G707, G707A, G709, G710, G711, G712, G714, G714/CMa and M107. (40 hours)
I also want to make flashcards as I review the codes (CBC, California Energy Code, Coastal Act, etc.), their purposes and what agencies enforce them. (20 hours)
I have to also read the list of material provided in the package from CAB which includes the Architects Practice Act, Essential Services Building Act, etc. (20 hours)
This leaves 16 hours for review of how to structure my answers.
I think I may have to increase the weekday and weekend hours. But that is my rough estimate.
I have just under 6 weeks to study. If I study at least 16 hours per weekend and 10 hours on the weekdays, that gives me almost 96 hours to study for this exam. I want to go over the AIA contract documents: A101, A111, A201, A201/CMa, A201 SC, A305, A310, A312, A501, A701, B141, B163, B352, B431, C141, D101, D200, G612, G701, G701/CMa, G702, G704, G704/CMa, G706, G706A, G707, G707A, G709, G710, G711, G712, G714, G714/CMa and M107. (40 hours)
I also want to make flashcards as I review the codes (CBC, California Energy Code, Coastal Act, etc.), their purposes and what agencies enforce them. (20 hours)
I have to also read the list of material provided in the package from CAB which includes the Architects Practice Act, Essential Services Building Act, etc. (20 hours)
This leaves 16 hours for review of how to structure my answers.
I think I may have to increase the weekday and weekend hours. But that is my rough estimate.
04 February 2008
getting started
Last last Saturday, while I was in an overview class for the California Supplemental Exam (oral exam), my best friend had her first baby. Yay!
The agenda of the class was to go over the topics on the four subject categories of the oral exam: Professional Organization; Professional Responsibilities and Conduct; Research, Programming and Analysis; and Project Scope and Implementation. Each subject lasted about 45 minutes. Areas that I need to review further are: responsibilities of the architect during the design phases, the AIA contract documents and codes, their purposes and what agency enforces each.
Last Wednesday, I had my second class. There are only two of us in the class so we received more personal attention from the instructor. We were able to give examples of our exam questions and to get possible answers from the instructor. Our homework assignment was to write down the problem and questions we can remember from our last exam, dig up our scores to identify our areas of weakness and prepare for our mock orals this Wednesday.
Tomorrow, I will layout my plan for the areas I need to study more.
The agenda of the class was to go over the topics on the four subject categories of the oral exam: Professional Organization; Professional Responsibilities and Conduct; Research, Programming and Analysis; and Project Scope and Implementation. Each subject lasted about 45 minutes. Areas that I need to review further are: responsibilities of the architect during the design phases, the AIA contract documents and codes, their purposes and what agency enforces each.
Last Wednesday, I had my second class. There are only two of us in the class so we received more personal attention from the instructor. We were able to give examples of our exam questions and to get possible answers from the instructor. Our homework assignment was to write down the problem and questions we can remember from our last exam, dig up our scores to identify our areas of weakness and prepare for our mock orals this Wednesday.
Tomorrow, I will layout my plan for the areas I need to study more.
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