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ASBOGFundamentalsofGeology

StudyHints‐ November10,2011

DaphneM.Jones,P.G., R.S.M

SeniorGeologist

Duncklee&Dunham,P.C.

[email protected]

ConsideringaCareerinGeological

•

Therearestilljobsforgeologymajors even

Sciences?

Therearestilljobsforgeologymajors

even

withtheeconomicdownturn.

–

Oil&GasandMineralsExploration

– Environmentaljobs– consultants,state&

federalgovernment

– Geologicalengineering

–

Academicresearch/Teaching

UndecidedaboutASBOGFGExam?

•GoaheadandtakeyourFundamentalsof

Geology(FG)

examassoonasyouhave

UndecidedaboutASBOGFGExam?

Geology(FG)

examassoonasyouhave

completedtheapplicablecoursework(earliest

wouldlikel

bethes

rin

of

oursenior

ear

)



y pg y y)

•Findastudypartnerororganizeasmallstudy



group.

•

Startearly studyseveraltimesaweekoverat

•

Startearly

studyseveraltimesaweekoverat

leastseveralmonths;crammingwillnotwork.

• Memorizeim

ortantinformationand



equationsovertime



–

youwon’tbeableto



takeprogrammablecalculatorsorany

referencematerialintotheexamwithyou

• Referto

ourtextbooksandinternet



Resources

resources.



•Workthemostcommontypesofproblems

overandover Three

pointproblemshave

overandover

Three

‐

pointproblemshave

manyapplicationsindifferentsubjectareas.

•Take

racticeexams

•EITvs.GITprepcourses



–

nomulti‐evening



offeringsforgeologists‐in‐training(GIT)

exam Plentyofofferingsforengineersin

exam

Plentyofofferingsforengineersin

training(EIT)exams.

•

http://www.asbog.org/

ASBOG®Site

http://www.asbog.org/

–

Greatsourceofinformation.I’dlookat



mosteverylinkonthissite.

–

Candidatehandbookhasti

sandsam



p p

FGquestions

–

Linkto2010TaskAnal

sis

ivesaFGtest



y g

blueprint.

FundamentalsandPracticeofGeology

Content FG

PG% Content FG

PG%

TestBlueprints

General/Field Geology 20/21 Structure,Tectonics,

Seismology

11/9

Mineralogy Petrology

11/5

Hydrogeology

11/19

Mineralogy

Petrology

Geochemistry

11/5

Hydrogeology

11/19

Sedimentology,

St ti h Pl tl

12/5 EngineeringGeology 11/17

grap

P

eon

ogy

Geomorphology,Surficial

Processes,Quaternary

13/8 Economic Geologyand

EnergyResources

11/16

ogy

Total 100/100

From ASBOG®ProfessionalGeologistsCandidateHandbook

FG=FundamentalsofGeologyexamPG=PracticeofGeologyexam

(Requires30semesterhoursingeologicalsciences.)(4+yrsexperienceasGIT(geologist intraining)

ASBOG®FGPassin

Rates

•

Reg

Review

http://regreview.com/

StudyGuides

Reg

Review

http://regreview.com/

• Offeredtwiceyearly‐ currently$495+$16shipping;

includesstudymanual.

– http://www.regreview.com/studyaids2012.html (change



yearinlinkformostrecentversion).

–

$125forStudyManual

–

hasproblemsattheendofeach

$125forStudyManual

hasproblemsattheendofeach

chapter

–$35forPracticeQuizzes

$ for

both

canbep rchased itho tattending

–

155

for

both

–

canbep

rchased

itho

tattending

course.

– FlashCards$28–makeyourownonindexcards!

–Somepracticematerialsontheirwebsite

PennsylvaniaCouncilforProfessional

•

PCPGoffersoneandtwo

‐

daycoursesfor

Geologists(PCPG)

PCPGoffersoneandtwo

daycoursesfor

FG/PGreview.Itookthe2‐dayreviewinFeb2011.

•

Reviewmaterialsareincludedwithcourse

registration,butnotavailableseparately.

•

OnedayreviewforFG oneforPG(back

‐

OnedayreviewforFG

oneforPG(back

back).$299/$559whenItookit.

•

Offeredsemi

‐

annuallyinPittsburgor

Offeredsemi

annuallyinPittsburgor

Philadelphiaareas

•

http://www pcpg org/

http://www

pcpg

org/

OtherSources

•MometrixMedia– http://www.mo‐media.com/asbog/

ASBOGExamSecrets

‐

$50 

Keystotesttaking 

OtherSources

ASBOGExamSecrets

$50



Keystotesttaking



Othersourcesbetterfortechnicalreviewareas.

• http://www.georev.com/services.htm offersASBOG

pre

‐

testsfor$50 Studymanualsfor$90(e

‐

copy) 

pre

testsfor$50

Studymanualsfor$90(e

copy)



Haven’tactuallyseenproducts,butitsaysitcontains

1,400Q&Ainalltopics.

•

IfoundtheRegReviewmanual/practiceexamstobe

morebeneficialthanmyPCPG two‐daycoursewith

handouts.Acourseisgoodonlyiftakenatthe

beginningofyourstudytimefortheexam(i e take

beginningofyourstudytimefortheexam(i

take

thecoursesixmonthsbeforeexam).Ithelpsyouwith

whatyouneedtoemphasizeinyourindividualor 

groupstudies

idih

•

InNorthCarolina prior

to

takingtheASBOG

CostsAssoc

ate

w

FGExam

InNorthCarolina

prior

to

takingtheASBOG

exam,thereisanapplicationprocess/$55fee.

The

applicationalsoincludes

transcriptsand

The

applicationalsoincludes

transcriptsand

recommendations.Completeapplications

mustbereceived75dayspriortothe

exam

mustbereceived75dayspriortothe

exam

•Exammustbeorderedapproximately6

weeksbeforeitisoffered Thecurrent

costis

weeksbeforeitisoffered

Thecurrent

costis

$180fortheFG.

•

See

http://www ncblg org/

forNCinfoor

See

http://www

ncblg

org/

forNCinfoor

refertoyourownstate’slicensingboard.

•P



m

in



nfl

h



m

riz





Equat

ons

ut te a oeso as ca ds ad eo ete

•Youmayreceiveinformationinaquestionthatthatcan

beusedtosolveanotherunrelatedquestionlaterinthe

test.

•Youoftenhavetousemorethanoneequationto

calculatetheanswertoaproblem.Forexample,Darcy

’

s

calculatetheanswertoaproblem.Forexample,Darcy s

LawandtheVelocityEquation.

Q=KiAandQ=Av

l b h f h h

Youmayon

y

egivenenoug

in

ormationsuc

t



youhavetousebothequationstosolvetheproblem.

•Knowtheunitsfore

uations

(

.transmissivit

in



Units

q (g y

gpd/ftorft

/day),measuresvolumeofwaterflowing

through1‐footaquiferthickness.Hydraulic

conductivityisgpd/ft



andmeasuresthevolumeof

conductivityisgpd/ft

andmeasuresthevolumeof

waterflowingthrougha1x1’crosssection.

•Kee



ourunitsstrai

htdurin

conversions

;

writeit



p y g g ;

outtomakesurethatyoucancancelouteverything



exceptthefinalanswer.Thisiswhenknowingwhat

theunitsarewillhelpyou Someofthewrong

theunitsarewillhelpyou

Someofthewrong

answersintheexamarebasedoncommonconversion

errors.

QuestionsontheFG

•140Questions,4hoursis~1minute40secondsper

QuestionsontheFG

ques

on.

• Eliminateobviouslywronganswersandmarkthoseoff

inthetestbooklet.Then,ifyouarestumped,gotothe

nextquestion.

•Gobackandfinishtheskippedquestionsattheend,

f h h l f

eveni

you

avetoguess.T

ereisnopena

ty

ora



wronganswer.Thisiswhyyoumarkedthewrong

answersearlier

;

to

ive

oubetterodds.

; g y

•Wearawatchandbeawareofthetimewithout

obsessingonit.

•

Thecloseryoucansittothefrontoftheroom

Log

Thecloseryoucansittothefrontoftheroom

thelesspeopletherewillbeinfrontofyou

fidgeting/speedingthroughthetestor

exhibitingotherannoyinghabitsinyourline

ofsight

• Earplugsaregoodtohaveifyouareeasily

distracted

•

Bringasilent non

‐

programmablecalculator 

Log



– cont’d.

Bringasilent

non

programmablecalculator



360°protractorandengineerscale.Arolling

ruler compassandafewcoloredpencilsmay

ruler

compassandafewcoloredpencilsmay

alsobeuseful.Thegraphpaperinthetest

bookletisn

’

tthe

best;youmightwantto

bookletisn t the

best;youmightwantto

bringyourownifyourexaminerwillallowit.

•

Onlyonepersonallowedtotakebathroom

breakatatime;youdon’thavetimetowaste,

soforgocoffeepriortotest

h ki d f l

•

VISUAL

at

o



earnerareyou?

•

VISUAL

• AUDITORY

KINESTHETIC

•

KINESTHETIC

Of   lll b  ll f h  h 

Of

course



lll

earn

b



ll

f

ese



ree



styles,butusuallyhaveapreference.

•

Numerousdetailednotes

VISUAL

Numerousdetailednotes

•Tendtositinfrontofclass

•Ma

closee

estovisualizetoremember



y y

something

• Benefitfromillustrations/presentationsusing

• Attractedtowritten/spokenlanguagerichin

imagery

•40%preferthisstyle

•

Sitwheretheyhearbutneedn

’

tpayattention

AUDITORY

Sitwheretheyhearbutneedn tpayattention

towhathappeninginfront

•

Oftenhumortalktothemselves

•Acquireknowledgebyreadingaloud

•

Rememberbyverbalizinglessonsto

themselves–thesearethestudentsthatlike

totapethelecturer

•20‐30%learnerspreferthisstyle

KINESTHETIC

• Needtobeactiveandtakefrequentbreaks.

Sitneardoororsome

laceelsewherethe

y

p y

cangetupandmovearound.

•Speakwiththeirhands,withgestures

•

Rememberwhatwasdonebuthavedifficulty

•

Rememberwhatwasdonebuthavedifficulty

recallingwhatwassaidorseen

•Findreasonstotinker

moveordoodlewhen



bored

•Learnbestfromwhattheycandirectly

experienceorperform

•Enjoyfieldtripsandtasksinvolving

mani

ulatin

materials

•30‐40%oflearnerspreferthisstyle,yetitis



usuallytheleastusedteachingstyle.

•

Useyourownstyleoflearningtoprepare

StudyingforFGExam



•

Useyourownstyleoflearningtoprepare

–Visuallearnersmaywanttohaveawhite

boardtowritethingsover&overagain.

– Auditorylearnersmaywanttorecord

informationthe

readoutloudand

back



y py

tothemselves.

– Kinestheticlearners–Visualaidsorpropsare

forimportantfor



learning,asismovement



whileyouarestudying.

di f

•Stud

consistentl



(

severalda

saweek

)

over



Stu

ng

orFGExam



‐ cont’d.

y y ( y )

aseveralmonthtimeperiod.

•Thereiswaytoomuchinformationtocramat

h  d



•Takesampletestsofferedbyguidance

materialsofferedonASBOGwebsiteorin

purchasedstudymaterials.

•

Meetwithyourstudygrouponaregular

basis.

•Usetheinternet.

•TheASBOG®ProfessionalGeolo

istCandidate



ImportantTop

HandbookliststheKnowledgeBaseandTask



Statements.

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decipheringgeologicmaps.Knowthem.

•

GeologicTimescale

–

Imemorizedand

GeologicTimescale

Imemorizedand

regurgitateditonpaperitassoonasIstarted

thetestforreference.Itcanhelpyouwith

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geologicmapinterpretation)throughoutthe

test

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•

Familiaritywith

geophysicalmethods

and

ImportantTop

cstoStu



‐2

Familiaritywith

geophysicalmethods

and

theirstrengthsandlimitations(seismic–

reflection/refraction;

ravit

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netics,

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resistivity,boreholegeophysics.).Dittofor

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differenttypesofremotesensingandwhat

h   df 

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are

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use

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or.

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• Fieldgeology,especiallyifyoudidn’ttakea

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geo

ogy

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course.

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geo



maps–knowsymbols,rulesof“V.”

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•

Thereareanumberofquestionsrelatingto

ImportantTop

cstoStu



‐3

Thereareanumberofquestionsrelatingto

hydrogeology.Knowyourequations.

• Structural

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gy,



latetectonics.

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bigpicturethanminutiae.Forinstance,you

won’thavetoconstructastereonet,butyou



needtoknowhowbasicstructuralfeatures



appearonastereonet.Whatigneousand

thi kt 

 itd ith

amorp



roc

kt

ypes

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are

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assoc

d

ith

differentplatetypes/boundaries?

i d

•

Economicgeology

–

minerals:typeofore

ImportantTop

cstoStu



‐ 4



Economicgeology

minerals:typeofore

bodyclassifications.Oilandgas:trapping

mechanisms Coal 

–

rankinginformation

mechanisms

Coal

rankinginformation

• Engineeringgeology–soilproperties,

classification(Unified Wentworth) slope

classification(Unified

Wentworth)

slope

stability,Atterberg Limits,massmovement.

Equationsforwater content voidratio bulk

Equationsforwater content

voidratio

bulk

density,drydensity,etc.

i d

•

Petrology

–

Igneous metamorphicand

ImportantTop

cstoStu



‐ 5



Petrology

Igneous

metamorphicand

sedimentaryrockclassificationsand

associatedmineralogy

Summary

• EverythinglistedintheASBOGhandbookwill

Summary

becovered,soeverythingisimportant.You



won’tknowwhatisontheexamuntilyou

takeit,andyouwanttobeprepared.

• Statisticall

s

eakin

,

ourbestchancefor



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successisyourfirsttimeyoutaketheexam

withthecaveatthatyouhaveadequately



preparedforit.

Summary

–

cont

’

D’t it It ill l tk ti t  

Summary

–

cont d

•

’t

It

ill

t



ti

t



prepare



later,onceyourcourseworkisadistantmemory.

•

Ifyouplantogotogradschool theFGexamhas

•

Ifyouplantogotogradschool

theFGexamhas

replacedwhatusedtobecalledtheadvanced

GRE 

GRE



•IfyoupassyouwillbeaGITandhalfwaythrough

theASBOGexamrequirementsaswell.No

annualfeesuntilyoupassbothexams.