Virginia State Specific Exam
Vdot drainage manual a must. VA survey regulations a must. VA survey business regulations a must. Wouldn't hurt to have vdot drainage and design manual. And as always a surveying book of definitions. However I took the exam over 10 years ago...not sure what's been added since.
Easy answer to you question is yes, you will see questions from most if not every one of those references, including the regulations (White book as we referred to it)
Good Luck
I breezed through the exam in about 80 minutes. The questions will be straight forward. Good luck to those taking it.
Thanks for the information.
I have been debating on what to print.
Now its time to start studying.
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Well the questions were all over the place: from Manning's equation to oyster bed lease surveys. But that's another one down....5-0 on state specific exams; think I'll retire from testing undefeated. Well survey testing, I've developed an unnatural desire for an MBA. ???ñ
If'n you were going to Oak Island why waste time on another LS when you could go get the treasure?
That could be a good thread in itself! To sit and have a beer with Fred Nolan would have been amazing.
To late for an October exam, but if you can't take it then, I would suggest going to the VAS convention and taking their exam review class in April. They do a good job reviewing possible questions.
VAS also just put on the John Foster School in July. Maybe they will do it again next year.
Good luck. I passed mine the first time by the way...no pressure.
Speaking of treasure, I'm recalling the guy in late 2014 who was asking about latitudes and longitudes to find a treasure in North Carolina. He either gave up or (very unlikely) quietly found it.
As I recall, he had "deciphered" something that he thought gave him astronomical lat-lon from 1870 and expected that to match his handheld GPS to sufficient precision to dig a hole at the treasure. I don't think we ever got through to him that those are different animals and might be a football field apart.
Although I've never been a part of a treasure hunt, I find it super fascinating! I'm sucked in to all of those treasure hunting shows lately. I love catching times when surveying is involved. Most untrained eyes would never catch it. As for what you were talking about, I'll have to look that one up!
