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Pearson vue. Money scam Spokane WA. Washington
*Author of original report: Blowing smoke
*Consumer Comment: Practice Test
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I took two 2015 B1 building inspector exams at Pearson vue. It was an open book test, the code book your being tested on is around 905 pages with a library full of information to remember. I was given 2 hrs. to complete this test which boils down to no more than 2 minutes a question. I marked the chapters and what there content was and studied this code book for 2 weeks believing that I had learned enough information to take this test and pass it....was I ever wrong. I had read blog infor for this examination and learned after I had scheduled my exam that there is an exam prep book to help you pass the exam. Well I took the exam and spent more time than 2 minutes allowed for each question and failed the exam.
I ordered the 2015B1 exam prep book for the IRC certificate, I studied it and took all 6 of the test and did several of them 2 times just to make sure that I understood the pertinent information. I did good on all the exams missing only 5 or less on most of them. I scheduled the second exam and paid another $199 the fee for taking the test. I felt good going into this examination having studied the prep book for 2 weeks, and taking all 6 of the test and doing well in them. I had another 2hrs to complete this exam, the test I'd taken from the prep book had 6, 2 hr time limits also and I completed them with 30 min. to spare, so I felt ready. Well the first question was worded so that I had to re-read it twice then rifle thru the code book to find the answer. I had learned from the prep book to mark the hard questions and proceed to the next question in hopes that you knew the answer off of the top of your head... boy was I in for a suprise, 80% of the questions were worded so that I had a hard time understanding them, trick questions, soo to make a long story short I failed this exam also and felt like I had been ripped off Big Time, all the time, money, spent, not to mention all the hours studying the necessary material. This Pearson vue set me up for failure from the start and I won't be ripped again!!! 2017-07-23
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#2 Author of original report
Blowing smoke
AUTHOR: - ()
SUBMITTED: Monday, July 24, 2017
your address to my complaint is just an excuse for ripping me off,,, I've been in the construction industry all my life working 40 years as a carpenter/contractor..believe me I know real life situations and safety. I've built everything from schools,hospitals, urban houses,and a lot more. I already know a lot of the codes that apply to my trade, as well as other trades. I know that even with more study time the elusive wording in the questions are hard to interpert.. and with the little amount of time allowed for the exam you need to know the exact answers right now,
if your in the marketing department for pearson vue I can understand why you replied the way you did. Building inspecton is not rocket science! and in real life situatiuons you review your inspection schedule and content, then refer to the code book for all the necessary codes to be inforced/interpreted,dont give me that line if it were easy everyone would be doing it, most of the building inspectors that I've worked around have never worked in the construction field and are just warm bodies on the job!!!
#1 Consumer Comment
Practice Test
AUTHOR: Robert - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Monday, July 24, 2017
Practice Tests are there to help you with the Format and pacing of the test. They are NOT there to teach you everything you need to know. If you rely on the Practice Test and the "Open Book" format to get you by...you WILL fail. If you don't understand the underlying concepts you WILL fail.
From your words you spent perhaps a month studying for the test, 2 weeks between the tests. People spend MONTHS to study for this. Even people that have been in the industry for "decades" need to take time. You thought missing 5 means you are ready...Missing 5 on a Practice Test means you were far from ready. You should have been 100% on all of the tests. You say you had 30 minutes...you should have used those 30 minutes to review your test and make sure that is the answers you wanted.
The only reason you "lost" the $199 is because you tried to rush through testing. If it was that easy to get a certification then EVERYONE would be doing it.
Do you think the "real world" is as cut and dry as a textbook? NO...you will run into tricky situations each and every day. This is why you get those type of questions. Tests are not based on how much you study or how well you did on the practice tests. They check how well you can APPLY what you have learned to various situations.
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