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[badal]

I havent seen any discussion from anyone after taking the 2009 format test. I am going to test some time soon and just dont know what to study. i have two of the reference books from the gbci website and will probably buy one of the practice tests, but i still feel like i have no idea what they are going to ask. is it just memorization? no reference material and no calcuator just makes me thing i need to memorize as much as possible and hope i can spill it out on test day.

[MechGuy]

I havent seen any discussion from anyone after taking the 2009 format test. I am going to test some time soon and just dont know what to study. i have two of the reference books from the gbci website and will probably buy one of the practice tests, but i still feel like i have no idea what they are going to ask. is it just memorization? no reference material and no calcuator just makes me thing i need to memorize as much as possible and hope i can spill it out on test day.

That's what the v2.2 test was like. I just memorized the reference guide credits and intents, and then the process of submitting a LEED project online. I took a few practice exams I found online, one was from the Colorado Chapter of USGBC that was recommended to me.

Not having taken the 2009 version I couldn't tell you how different it is, but the credits and intents haven't changed that much. So I can't see that the exam itself would be fundamentally different.

[lundoc]

I second what MechGuy said exactly. I made flash cards, did the Colorado test, and memorized it. You have to know all of the credits forwards and backwards. Also spend some time on the first couple of chapters of the manual on the application process and so forth.

[badal]

I second what MechGuy said exactly. I made flash cards, did the Colorado test, and memorized it. You have to know all of the credits forwards and backwards. Also spend some time on the first couple of chapters of the manual on the application process and so forth.

which manual?

[lundoc]

I second what MechGuy said exactly. I made flash cards, did the Colorado test, and memorized it. You have to know all of the credits forwards and backwards. Also spend some time on the first couple of chapters of the manual on the application process and so forth.

which manual?

I was referring to the LEED-NC version 2.2 reference guide. I know it has changed now, but that is what I more or less memorized for the test.

[alabama_ee]

is it just memorization? no reference material and no calcuator just makes me thing i need to memorize as much as possible and hope i can spill it out on test day.

That's exactly what was needed under v2.2. I think they were trying to make it less memorization for the new version, though I imagine there's still a lot of memorization/regurgitation involved.