I'm an access consultant with 4 years of field experience and I'm sitting the CEAC exam in about 5 weeks. I feel decent about the ADA Standards material but I'm less confident on the technical measurement and field assessment sections.
The study materials are dense. There's a lot of overlap between the federal standards and state-level requirements, and I keep getting confused about which threshold applies when they conflict.
Has anyone found a good way to organize the conflicting standards material? That's the part that's giving me the most trouble right now.
When standards conflict, the more stringent requirement almost always applies — that principle will get you through most of the tricky questions. Make that your default answer and only deviate when you have a specific reason.
I made a two-column chart for every major element — federal minimum on one side, common state stricter requirement on the other. That visual helped me stop confusing them during the exam.
Five weeks is enough time if you're consistent. The exam isn't trying to trick you — it's testing whether you understand the purpose behind the standards, not just memorization. That mindset shift helped me a lot.
The field assessment section is heavier on practical measurement tolerances than you might expect. Know the specific dimensions for slopes, turning radius, and reach ranges cold. Those are easy points if you drill them.