Some Help to Get You On Your Way…

We have put together the following mini-tutorials for our most common help requests.

Printing the Flashcards

We provide flashcards in two forms:  digital and as printable downloads.  You do not have to download and print the flashcards, but some people prefer physical cards.  Be sure to check out the short video tutorial below that shows you how to print the Flashcards.

Each division typically contains 240 Flashcards arranged into 6 questions per sheet. They are awesome, but it’s going to take a little work to print and trim them, but rest assured the effort will be worth it. They are an excellent study tool and useful at helping you verbalize the answer.

We recommend using 65 lb. cardstock paper, just be sure it is compatible with your printer. We suggest using Adobe Acrobat Reader to print these. Once you OPEN the file, select FILE then PRINT which will bring up the print dialog box. Under Print Range, select the dropdown and choose “PRINT ODD PAGES” in the printer dialog box, and print all of the ODD pages (which are the questions) on the front of the cards. Then you will flip over the card stock and select “PRINT EVEN PAGES” and it will print the EVEN pages (which are the answers) on the back of the cards.

We highly recommend testing your printer and settings and playing with the even and odd settings before running through a whole category.

Once you have the cards printed out, you can trim them using the old faithful X-Acto knife and straightedge or buy one of these cool small paper trimmers (we have one in the office and we’re always trimming something with it as it is very handy).  We’ve also designed them to work with standard Avery Cards (#16110/80505).  They’re perforated, but you’d still have to cut them in half.

Add Audio Files to iTunes Library

Alright, we’re almost done.

In this step we are going to add all of the audio companion files to your iTunes library. It’s not necessary to have iTunes to listen to the audio files.  Any mp3 player will work.  But iTunes allows you to sync the files with your iPhone, iPod, or other portable device player.

Each division has around 25-30 individual .mp3 files.  We recorded one file for each section to allow you to jump around (but you’re going to listen to ALL of them, right?!).

We also took it one step further and tagged and labelled each file with the correct category and artwork, for each of the modules. So you essentially have an album per module, and each album contains the relevant tracks. It’s a pretty cool setup and we’re really proud of the audio companion because it is very slick and user friendly.

You will need to import all of the files into your iTunes library by opening iTunes, clicking the FILE tab, then clicking ADD FILES TO LIBRARY, and selecting the files. Repeat that process for each of the modules. Once you do that, they will appear in your iTunes library along with the rest of your albums and you can now sync to your iPhone, iPod, or other mp3 player. See?! We told you it was pretty cool.

We’ve also prepare the short video below to show you how to import the files into iTunes:

Access to the Exam Simulator

Our popular Online Multiple Choice Exam Simulator (OMCES) is included with the every study package and is found within our online course portal. If you already have access to your online subscription, you have access to the exam simulator too.  (Prior to 2023, you had to request access, but that is no longer required.)

Problems, Questions, Feedback

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Other Questions:  For anything else, send an email to support@architectexamprep.com and respond quickly.

If you’re still feeling lost or unmotivated:  Schedule a free call with Eric for a quick chat about how to best get you on track.