Architect Registration Examination (ARE) 5.0, six divisions — National Council of Architectural Registration Boards
The Architect Registration Examination is the exam architects take for licensure in the United States. ARE 5.0 has six divisions: Practice Management, Project Management, Programming and Analysis, Project Planning and Design, Project Development and Documentation, and Construction and Evaluation. Each division is its own appointment, and NCARB reports pass or fail per division. SummitCert's portal gives you explained practice questions, flashcards, a long combined multiple-choice practice set across all six divisions and progress tracking.
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Your full practice pool — 350 questions total, written to mirror the real exam blueprint, with full answer explanations for every question.
Including Practice Management (PcM), Project Management (PjM), Programming & Analysis (PA), and more.
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Covering every key term, concept, and framework you're expected to know.
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The exact formulas and calculations you need, ready to review before test day.
A searchable glossary so unfamiliar terminology never slows you down.
See your accuracy by domain, spot weak areas early, and follow a built-in study schedule.
Tailored to this exam: it knows your progress and weak areas, remembers your earlier chats, and picks up where you left off on your other devices.
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Topics you'll drill
6 core topics pulled straight from the real question bank.
- Practice Management (PcM)
- Project Management (PjM)
- Programming & Analysis (PA)
- Project Planning & Design (PPD)
- Project Development & Documentation (PDD)
- Construction & Evaluation (CE)
ARE 5.0 Architect Exam exam requirements & cost
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The ARE 5.0 Guidelines (October 2026, effective October 1, 2026) describe six divisions that are scheduled and scored separately; across the six divisions the exam has 490 items and 1,190 minutes of testing time, and the portal's combined practice set uses the same 490 questions and 1,190 minutes. Besides multiple-choice questions, the real divisions use other item types such as case studies, quantitative fill-in-the-blank, hot spot and drag-and-place items; the portal practice set uses multiple-choice questions only. NCARB reports a pass or fail result for each division and does not publish a fixed passing percentage. NCARB reports pass or fail for each division and does not publish a fixed passing percentage, so the percent score in the portal mock is only a self-check and not a prediction of your result. NCARB sets the fee for each division and you pay it when you schedule, including for a retake. Published figures differ between sources, so no amount is quoted here; confirm the current fee on ncarb.org. Eligibility runs through NCARB and your jurisdiction's architecture board; confirm the current requirements and how to open an NCARB Record on ncarb.org. The portal is a practice aid: it is not a copy of the exam and does not predict your result.
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