PS EXAM

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Most everyone I know has had a vertical curve question. Know your ALTA standards. They also give you searchable reference materials. The standards are in there. Know your orders of accuracy for horizontal and vertical control.?ÿ

I had almost a dozen questions that I was able to lookup in the reference material.?ÿ

Know when and how to proportion in a subdivision and double or single proportion section corners.?ÿ

They will ask about platting,?ÿ construction surveying, business, easements,?ÿ FEMA, FDGC, NGS, and ASPRS.?ÿ

Sorry for the hodge podge comment - my steam of consciousness was interrupted a few times?ÿ:)

For what it's worth...I found the PS exam to be a breeze compared to the FS. If you have been doing what you should have been in the last 4 years ,and getting exposed to all aspects of the profession, all the question asked of you will be simple.?ÿ

I took it in 2013. That was the first time the PS was closed book. No reference materials were allowed. We were allowed them for the state portion (VA). I don't remember a single math related question being on the PS. Mostly it was reading deed or court descriptions and answering procedural questions. Lots about seniority. They tested you math skills already on the FS. They know you can do that, now they want to know if you understand why decisions got made the way they did.

As for the state portion. I only took Virginia. But it had us size culverts. Also I had printed the state code. Most everything else could be found in our current Erosion Control Manual which we were allowed as a reference. But there wasn't time to look it all up. So book mark your reference material well with quick access tabs. You don't have to memorize it all, but know where to look for certain info ahead of time. Don't spend 10 minutes on hard questions, skip it and do the ones you know quickly first. From what I gather from other guys, most state exam results are determined by test taking time management more so than actual knowledge. Just remember, in real life after you've passed, you have as much time as you want to get real jobs right. That isn't so during the test.

Good luck. You'll do fine. Go get'em.

Thanks for all the help guys... and especially cordgrass.?ÿ I got some material to cover!! ??ÿ

Get a copy of solved surveying problems and work through it a few times. That was the most beneficial thing that u studied. The test question types were very very similar to a lot of the questions in that book.