PPP FAIL

[jmart3000]

I passed everything except vignette. Lessons learned, I am almost certain where I f#@*ed up, if I would have studied the Dorf vignettes I believe I would have passed.

deuce

[sammyguns]

Where do you think you messed up? Taking the exam in 2 weeks

[jmart3000]

On the ncarb practice exam the side yard set back and the easement are in the same plane. Be aware that they are in fact 2 different planes.

[sbyrktct]

if I would have studied the Dorf vignettes I believe I would have passed.

Posting your solution for review would probably have helped... and it's free.

[jmart3000]

My practice exams were correct, the point i'm trying to make is that the ncarb practice exam did not totally prepare me for the vignette exam.

[rschindler]

On the ncarb practice exam the side yard set back and the easement are in the same plane. Be aware that they are in fact 2 different planes.

so far I've pretty much only briefly studied this vignette (and I'm taking it in two weeks), so i have no idea what this means...

[dab11]

On the ncarb practice exam the side yard set back and the easement are in the same plane. Be aware that they are in fact 2 different planes.

Could you elaborate on this?

[jmart3000]

the ncarb vignettes do not differentiate between the side yard set back plane and the easement plane. After the exam I quickly looked at the dorf examples and they seem to make you aware of the difference. in short i drew the side yard setback in the same plane of the easement and that was wrong(in my case). i blame myself for not being aware of this.

[cathaejo]

jmart3000, are you talking specifically about the site plan or the building envelope section?

[jmart3000]

plan, if the plan is wrong the section will be as well...obviously, it's consistency... consistently wrong ha!

[jyll]

jmart3000,

Are you referring to sideyard setback of 10ft? And for the eastment - surface improvement prohibitation of 5ft from property line?
ie one should be 10ft and one should be 5ft?

jyll

[fpr4]

On the ncarb practice exam the side yard set back and the easement are in the same plane. Be aware that they are in fact 2 different planes.

I'm pretty sure the easement exceeds the side yard setback for buildable area. I'll have to go back and check, but this is an important distinction.

Be aware that on the test you can have a general side yard setback as well as a specific setback from a certain location that happens to be in a side yard and exceeds the side yard setback (not show graphically, like the easement in the NCARB example).

Say, for example, that they described the easement shown in the NCARB example as:

Buildable Area Side Yard setback = 10'
An easement exists between extending 15' to either side of the property line between Lot A and Lot B.

This would essentially mean that you would ignore your side yard setback between the properties (as you do because of the easement) but it would only be given descriptively, not graphically.

You cannot count on all of the tells on the NCARB practice vignette to show up identically on the exam.

[jyll]

Very good insight!

[rschindler]

I passed everything except vignette. Lessons learned, I am almost certain where I f#@*ed up, if I would have studied the Dorf vignettes I believe I would have passed.

deuce

same here. It was a little frustrating seeing an entire row of blue level 1's and then a level 3 for the vignette all because of a goofy mistake. But at least I know that i'm capable of passing this thing now...