AR Landscape study plan

Compute slope, gradient, and percent grade between contour lines across 20 practice problems, showing every arithmetic step.

Convert landform into contours by drawing proposed 2% and 5% grading solutions for three small sites and checking that they tie into existing grades.

Interpret contour intervals, spot elevations, and hachures to locate high points, swales, ridges, and drainage divides on unfamiliar maps.

Sketch cut-and-fill sections at three locations to verify that proposed surfaces balance against existing topography.

Size a stormwater management train - vegetated swale, detention basin, and outlet - for a one-acre example using the rational method.

Calculate runoff coefficients, time of concentration, and required storage volume for two worked drainage examples.

Assemble a construction document checklist covering plan sheets, general notes, details, specifications, and bidding requirements.

Draft three construction details from memory - a curb transition, a retaining wall section, and a tree pit - then audit each against standard practice.

Compare design-bid-build, construction management at risk, and design-build across risk allocation, schedule control, and cost certainty.

Sequence the construction administration workflow from preconstruction meeting through submittals, RFIs, change orders, pay applications, and closeout.

Write a mock RFI response and a field observation report for a described site condition involving a grade discrepancy.

Distinguish the landscape architect's authority from the contractor's means-and-methods responsibility during observation and certification.

Complete a timed 90-minute practice set drawn only from Domains 1 and 4 and record per-question timing.

Rank your ten weakest sub-topics from the missed items, ordered by frequency and confidence level.

Re-teach each weak sub-topic by writing a plain-language explanation and one worked example from scratch.

Resolve two integrated scenarios that require both a drainage calculation and a change-order judgment call.

Compile a site inventory checklist spanning physical, biological, cultural, and regulatory data sources and note where each is obtained.

Interpret soil survey attributes to derive drainage class, permeability, and bearing implications for planting and structures.

Run a three-layer constraint overlay to rank areas of a parcel for development intensity.

Apply typical zoning requirements - setbacks, height, lot coverage, and landscape buffers - to a sample parcel and calculate the buildable envelope.

Translate a written program into a bubble diagram and adjacency matrix, then into a scaled schematic plan.

Justify three schematic design decisions in writing by tying each one to a specific documented site constraint.

Apply accessibility criteria to a circulation layout: running slope, cross slope, clear width, landings, and ramp transitions.

Compare two schematic alternatives against the program and select one with a documented, criteria-based rationale.

Select plant species by matching cultural requirements - light, moisture, soil pH, and hardiness - to mapped site conditions.

Design a planting plan that satisfies screening, canopy cover, and low-water performance goals simultaneously.

Integrate the stormwater strategy into the site plan so grading, planting, and circulation reinforce one another rather than conflict.

Assemble a materials palette and detail a typical paving section and wall section that each resolve a grade change.

Sit two full-length timed practice exams and score each one by domain to expose residual gaps.

Drill the 20 most frequently missed concepts using flashcards and fresh worked problems until each is correct twice in a row.

Audit the accumulated error log and close out every previously missed topic with a dated confirmation note.

Rehearse exam-day logistics: question pacing, break timing, and reference or calculator handling.