Kinetic News: November 5, 2024

In this issue:
• How to Make a Study Plan
• Training Spotlight: API 570 Exam Preparation Courses
• Ask Me Anything (about exam prep)
• Contact Information and Links

In this issue:

How to Make a Study Plan

You have an exam date. You have the course materials, books, practice exams, etc.

You also have a work schedule, family responsibilities, and let’s be honest, you really don’t like studying. You would rather do almost anything else.

How do you transition from the training course materials and instruction (if you were in a live class) to studying effectively so you are ready for your exam?

It starts with a study plan.

A study plan must contain the following steps to be beneficial:

Our courses are set up with productive study in mind. Starting with the precourse materials, participants begin to lay a knowledge foundation. The main course fills in and completes the coverage of the required information. Then our detailed, realistic Practice Exams allow you to start on the first step of a productive study plan – the Knowledge Check.

You need to know what you don’t know, and then patch those gaps. So, our exams provide a Focus Report that details what you did well on, and what you did poorly on in the Practice Exam, and divides it up into your strengths, weaknesses, and provides some information on what is most important in the examination. This takes the work out of building a study plan.

Our courses include a Study Pan document showing you how to develop and maintain a study plan using our course materials.

Measuring, evaluating, studying, remeasuring and evaluating again are the essential components of a progressive, effective study plan.

If you are preparing for an API, National Board Inservice, or jurisdictional exam, contact us to find out how our course design and materials can help you.

Training Spotlight: API 570 Exam Preparation

The API 570 Piping Inspector examination is a valuable certification that can add value and employability to your current resume.

This examination covers eleven documents (5 ASME Codes, 1 API Code, and 5 API Recommended Practices). There are two parts to the exam, an open book portion that is 3.75 hours in length, and a closed book portion that is 2.75 hours in length.

We have three course options to prepare you for this exam. Each link has detailed information and a video showing how the course is delivered.

To write this exam, you need to meet the experience requirements and get permission from API. The exam is written three times per year, and there is a deadline to apply for each exam window. Once you have permission to write, you need to book your actual examination appointment through the testing company Prometric.

The next API 570 examination window is scheduled for February 7 – 28, 2025. The deadline to apply to API for this examination is December 6, 2024.

The link to the API 570 program on the API website is here: https://www.api.org/products-and-services/individual-certification-programs/certifications/api570

Our preparation courses are scheduled to coincide with the exam window, so you arrive at your test date thoroughly prepared and ready to write!

Ask Me Anything (about exam prep)

Please send me your exam and study related questions. I will feature one question in each successive newsletter.

One question I often hear is, “I am not good at reading. Can I still pass an API exam?”

This is likely not the answer most of you want, but I am not going to sugarcoat it – the inspection certification exams such as API 510, 570, 653, 1169, 1184, National Board Inservice, etc. are first and foremost a test of your reading skill.

You can be the world’s greatest inspector but if you do not read the exam questions carefully and correctly, you will fail the exam. It is that simple.

Usually, people who do not recognize this aspect of the exam complain that the exams are not realistic, or that they are unfair. But that is not the case, the exams are simply asking you one thing – did you read that sentence in the code? So, prepare to read well.

How do you do that, especially if you are not a good reader?

The good news is there are ways to prepare properly even if reading is not your strong suit. The first step is to practice, practice, practice.

You also need to pay careful attention to the keywords such as shall, should, not, etc.

Make sure you identify the building blocks that make up the question:

One of the most overlooked steps in reading questions correctly is reading the answers before making a choice. Remember, you do not always need to know the right answer in a multiple-choice exam, you simply must be able to identify the wrong answers.

There are also options such as online readers (such as Speechify, NaturalReader, and ttsreader) that can read the online study material to you to assist with comprehension and study.

And finally, there is the instructor in the course. In our courses, I often answer course participant questions dealing with reading and comprehension. It is the single biggest in exam preparation.

We work hard to make sure that our course materials provide explanations, our course practice questions present the information as you will have to face it in the exam, and you are fully supported by me as the instructor for all the other questions.

If you are preparing for an exam such as the API 510, 570, 653, 1169, 1184, National Board Inservice, or ABSA ISI, contact us and find out how we can assist you to prepare well.

Contact Information and links

Please reach out to us! We want to hear from you.

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