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ASHRAE Building Energy Assessment Professional

ASHRAE Building Energy Assessment Professional

ASHRAE Building Energy Assessment Professional

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Hi,
I planning to take the BEAP certification exam at the end of this month. I have read the ASHRAE Standards and was wondering what type of questions will come in the exam from the standards. Do we have to remember the values from the standards.


Please Advise

Thanks,

RE: ASHRAE Building Energy Assessment Professional

Hi Ritss, welcome to eng-tips!

There is a set of example questions at ashrae.com in the certifications area. I can't disclose actual questions from the exam, but in general they are not different from the examples. They are pretty challenging, though.

If you have read all the standards and the portions of the handbooks that were recommended, my advice is "go back and read them again." Most values in the exam will be things you have to calculate, so know the formulas.

I have more advice for test day:

1. Whip through the test rapidly, answering only those questions of which you are immediately dead certain.
2. Start back at the beginning a whip through again as fast as you can, answering only those questions that require a bit of thought but you can puzzle out the answer in under one minute.
3. Now go back and answer the questions that require you to calculate anything complicated. Be careful on these and check your work. Keep an eye on the clock!!
4. When you have about 15 minutes left, go through and spend a few seconds reviewing all the questions you answered. Take your best guess at each question you left blank -- unanswered questions count the same as wrong answers.

This advice is what I have always done on any test -- but a surprising number of people were never taught how to effectively take an exam that otherwise cannot possibly be finished in the allotted time.

Study hard, and best of luck!

Good on ya,

Goober Dave

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RE: ASHRAE Building Energy Assessment Professional

(OP)
Thanks Dave,
So the problems are from the standards? I mean do I have to remember the formulas from the standards?

Also, do I need to remember the vlues such as the requirements of DCV, supply temp reset etc etc from the standards?

Thanks,

RE: ASHRAE Building Energy Assessment Professional

It's good to remember those formulas, you'll have to use them to calculate.

If you've been doing energy auditing (or better yet, simulations) for years, you should already know most everything you need to know. I don't think that anyone who is new to the field could pass it by just studying the reference material. You have to know how to apply the material. Experience, as well as knowledge, is being measured.

Good on ya,

Goober Dave

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