[Jennifer E Bucsis Styduhar]

Thank you, so grateful to have a LONG (and expensive) process behind me!

I gathered info. for about a month, but really only studied seriously for two weeks.

Not really any text books used, all on the web, besides for Sunset.

I read all the links that Nanda provided, plus Sunset in the CA natives section and what to plant under oaks section.

I googled things like CA Fire Safety precautions/recommendations and that was enough for the exam ( e.g. know buffer distance recommendations and what are the greatest fire hazard conditions, preventatives in landscape design, etc.)

Also, when learning your natives, know where they would best be used (e.g. wet/dry conditions, can take coastal salt spray, full sun, etc.)

Know procedures to maintain a bare slope condition during construction or after a fire situation, to help prevent erosion.

 

Know your ADA as it pertains to exterior conditions.

 

Know what a registered LA is allowed to and not allowed to design.

 

Know the related disciplines LA’s go to for things like, geological, structural, etc.

 

Feel encouraged, this test is not as tricky as the LARE (it’s REAL world, so that helps). However, the questions need to be read through VERY carefully. They throw a lot of information in some of the questions that can be a bit confusing, but when re-read a couple of times (or a few times in my case), the question is asking for a very specific answer, so read carefully! 

 

 Best of luck, let me know how it goes, I have a feeling you’ll be just fine!

 

 

 

[Jennifer E Bucsis Styduhar]

Hello! Took the CA Supplemental exam today and passed!

Notes:

The exam has been revised! As ERl noted the exam is VERY heavily weighted on the newish Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance and is VERY specific, so know all the numbers and specifics!

All other comments from ERL are correct. Below are some things that are still on the exam from previous posts:

Know your natives and adaptive drought tolerants, what to plant under oaks etc.

 

Fire issues in Landscape architecture.

Irrigation pressure per foot rise of water.

What info do you need for MAWA(water application) calculations?

 

What info do you need to calculate precipitation rate.

Why need a BFP?

Where do you get your water pressure info from.

 

What plants should not be planted in a school design 

What info do you need to calculate max span of wood beam

Why steel in reinforced conc.?

 

Be familiar with CAGreen

Responsibilities and limitations of, US fish and wildlife service, Coastal commission, US army corps of engineers, California Department of Fish and game

 

Which agency is responsible at various scale and location of projects?

Be familiar with CEQA, Coastal commission, Dept of fish and Game, USFWS.

 

If I have not listed items from Nanda’s previous post, they were NOT present.

Good luck!

[Jennifer E Bucsis Styduhar]

Thank you for the update and congratulations ERL! I am taking the exam this Monday. Do you think the exam was simply updated or completely redone? I have a lot of feedback from the exam from people who have taken it, so it would be a shame to loose all that info!

 

Anyone else take it lately?

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