Argus Certification Exam
Hi everyone,

I'm taking the Argus Certification course for work, and have to pass the exam.

I had a couple questions:

\- Do you build a model from scratch on the second portion? Or do you have to upload any files they give you? I have an older Argus version already installed that doesn't seem to be compatible with the files they give in the training course - need to determine if I should install the license that comes with the course on my personal laptop.

\- Do you use the Excel connection for anything? Trying to determine if I need to practice data imports using it.

\- How long did it take you to complete?

Thank you!!

Update: took the exam today, and passed.
1st portion: 75 multiple choice questions, quite easy. Do all the practice ones in the book and you’ll be okay. I had a word file with all of them and it helped searching that. It also seems a lot of the questions are on google, so I’d just do a search for those I couldn’t answer immediately.
2nd portion: 15 questions, you need 12 correct to pass. This was challenging. Make sure you do all the case studies in the book, as that was the only reason I passed. Most of my answers were exact, but there were 3-4 I had to make guesses on, based on how close my figures were. Give yourself at 1.5 hours (ideally more for this part)
[{"id": "fvnn306", "text": "Asking all the questions I was thinking.\n\nAttempting to take the exam this Friday. \n\nBest of luck", "replies": [{"id": "fvnt6t7", "text": "Keep me posted on how it goes!! Will let you know if I find out anything else", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fw2nduq", "text": "Do all the practice exercises for the modelling portion and you\u2019ll do fine, they don\u2019t really throw any curve balls. For the multiple choice, run through the textbook and make note of each \u201csummary of descriptions\u201d page. I failed by 0.67% my first time, and averaged 95% the second time by jotting down the page numbers of the descriptions. Take a lot of time preparing for it like this and you\u2019ll ace it.", "replies": [{"id": "fw2vqkm", "text": "Amazing, thanks for the tips!", "replies": [], "depth": 2}, {"id": "fytd0g9", "text": "What do you mean by summary of descriptions? Could you give an example of a page number?", "replies": [{"id": "fytqj8g", "text": "I wrote in November and honestly couldn\u2019t tell ya where my textbook is, but at the beginning of each \u201cchapter\u201d there\u2019s a breakdown of the definitions.", "replies": [{"id": "fyu2b0m", "text": "Got it. Appreciate the insight! Trying to work smart not hard and knock this out in 7 days. Bought the $1300 online package yesterday and I am almost done with the elearnings. Plan to hit the ebook next. Multiple choice were mostly definition based? Did you google a lot of the questions during the test or did you get 95% from  relying on the definition pages in the book. Also plan to have all the practice m/c questions at my disposal (hoping for some repeats on the actual test). Tried to send a screenshot of an example definition page but for some reason it is not posting. Thank you!", "replies": [{"id": "fyu2m6x", "text": "Multiple choice were definitions and calculations if my memory serves correct. Not sure if they changed it, but I had absolutely no multiple choice answers from google... Wish I did.. feel free to DM me the screenshot and I can tell you if it is or not.", "replies": [], "depth": 5}], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}, {"id": "i0y9gue", "text": "When you retook the exam, did you have to retake the modeling portion as well as the multiple-choice? Also, were the questions the same when you retook it?", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fw2x3e9", "text": "No problem - also familiarize yourself with the basic reports at the end - the leveraged IRR and unlevered IRR were typical questions, etc. For multiple choice, everything is found in the textbook, your only constraint is time. Took me 2 hours and 30mins if memory serves correct. \n\nGood luck!", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "g0on8s2", "text": "Does anyone have a promo code for discount when buying the course? \ud83d\ude0a", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]