# Understanding ARE Score Report **URL:** \ **Category:** Practice Management\ **Created:** [April 23, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://community.blackspectacles.com/t/understanding-are-score-report/1092 "2020-04-23T17:56:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![w.carr](https://blackspectacles.com/uploads/images/18.png) [@w.carr](https://community.blackspectacles.com/u/w.carr)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://community.blackspectacles.com/t/understanding-are-score-report/1092/1 "2020-04-23T17:56:43Z")
]I took the practice management exam and failed. The results divided the test into 4 Content areas. Can you shed some light on what material each of the Content areas cover? I would like to focus on the areas I did poorly in but the labels are vague and there seems like there would be a lot of overlap. 1. Business Operations 2. Finances, Risk and Development of Practice 3. Practice Wide delivery of Services 4. Practice Methodologies. ---
**Author:** ![Lara](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.blackspectacles.com/lara/32/12_2.png) [@Lara](https://community.blackspectacles.com/u/Lara)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://community.blackspectacles.com/t/understanding-are-score-report/1092/2 "2020-04-23T18:25:50Z")
Hello @w.carr and welcome to our ARE Community! @Oana @icci or @cat.heard9, any of you able to help us with this question regarding which material is best to focus on? ---
**Author:** ![icci](https://blackspectacles.com/uploads/images/3.png) [@icci](https://community.blackspectacles.com/u/icci)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://community.blackspectacles.com/t/understanding-are-score-report/1092/3 "2020-04-23T19:17:25Z")
Hey- sorry to hear that. For perspective, I took this exam in March (right before the shut down) and passed, although to be honest I was shocked that I did. I went into the exam pretty confident as I had been consistently scoring well on the practice exams with plenty of time to go back and check answers but the actual exam I took was A LOT harder, with way more long equations that ate up a ton of time. I had no time to go back and check any questions I flagged and finished the last question with literally seconds left. I know each exam is different but I think my exam was really heavy on project delivery and contracts, specifically less common forms of delivery like design build (which I personally was a little unprepared for). At one point I literally had the thought that I had mistakenly signed up for the project management exam- that’s how heavily the exam I took skewed to those subjects. Who knows, maybe it was just the form that I took but if I had to do it again I would really study these areas a lot more than I had. I also would do more exercises relating to project budget and practice using that awful calculator with the mouse. Best of luck to you on the second time around! ---
**Author:** ![w.carr](https://blackspectacles.com/uploads/images/18.png) [@w.carr](https://community.blackspectacles.com/u/w.carr)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2020, 8:26pm UTC](https://community.blackspectacles.com/t/understanding-are-score-report/1092/4 "2020-04-23T20:26:10Z")
I had the exact same thought that I was taking Project Management test. Lots of math questions about staffing. I felt like I was missing critical pieces to the equations. Finances, Risk and Development of Practice is where I struggled but I am not sure which resources I should use for this.