I had success passing surveying with Reza Mahallati's Civil Surveying Review Workshop - Spring 2020. I still have the book (as well as several others) if you're interested.
I got an exam failed notification in my email late last night with instructions to view the diagnostic on my Connect portal. But I can't seem to find a link to the exam diagnostic.
This problem is not asking about E-W loads. The N-S distributed load is being turned into a point load that is split between the two ends of the 80' side (this is done for flexible diaphragms). The resulting 24000 lbs is converted to a unit shear (SD) along each boundary in the N-S direction...
It sounds like you have the knowledge and ability in the required topics to be able to pass. It may just be your testing strategy that needs a little improvement. My recommendation would be to be able to scan through the test and recognize which topic a problem is targeting, then classifying the...