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EXAM GUIDE
Site Planning & Design
Overview
Knowledge / Skills
Sample Multiple-Choice Questions
Sample Multiple-Choice Answers

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Site Grading Vignette
Sample Passing Solution
Sample Failing Solution

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Site Design Vignette
Sample Passing Solution
Sample Failing Solution

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References

Copyright © 2011

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This document, effective July 2011, supersedes all previous editions of the ARE® 4.0 Exam Guide: Site Planning & Design.
Please check NCARB’s web site, www.ncarb.org, regularly for updates to the ARE 4.0 Exam Guides and for the most current information regarding the ARE.

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Site
Site Planning
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65 MC Questions

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2 Vignettes

Overview

Site Planning & Design
OVERVIEW

Knowledge/
Skills
Sample Multiple
Choice Questions
Site Grading
Vignette
Site Design
Vignette
References

DIVISION STATEMENT
Employ knowledge and skills pertaining to site planning and design including environmental, social, and economic issues, project and practice management.

Content Areas
1. PRINCIPLES
16 24 percent of scored items

2. ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
24 32 percent of scored items

3. CODES & REGULATIONS
(14-22 percent of scored items)

Vignettes
SITE GRADING
Modify a site's topographical characteristics responding to programmatic and regulatory requirements.

SITE DESIGN
Design a site, including building placement, parking, and vehicular and pedestrian circulation, responding to programmatic, functional, environmental, and setback requirements utilizing general site planning principles.

4. MATERIALS & TECHNOLOGY
(22-30 percent of scored items)

5. PROJECT & PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
(4-12 percent of scored items)

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Site
Site Planning
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65 MC Questions

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2 Vignettes

Overview

Site Planning & Design
KNOWLEDGE / SKILLS

Knowledge/
Skills
Sample Multiple
Choice Questions
Site Grading
Vignette

KNOWLEDGE