ARE PPD drill: Project Costs & Budgeting

10 questions · Untimed · Every answer explained

Design alternatives, cost estimates and design changes to meet the budget. Ten questions written to NCARB’s Project Costs & Budgeting objectives, with an explanation for every answer.

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Before you start

Most questions have four options and one best answer. Check-all-that-apply questions have six options and say how many to check; they score only when every correct option is checked. Case study questions draw on a scenario and one or two resources shown above each question.
Check each answer to see the explanation before moving on. Checked answers cannot be changed.

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