The document provides an overview of preparing for and taking the AICP exam. Key points include: - The exam tests both planning knowledge (40%) and skills (60%) across history, law, plan making and implementation, functional areas of practice, and spatial areas. - Eligibility requires a combination of education and professional planning experience. Registration is through APA and exams are administered by Prometric on computer. - Exam preparation involves studying a wide range of planning topics as well as taking practice tests. Test-taking strategies emphasize completing the exam multiple times while guessing on unknown questions. - Sample exam questions cover topics like industry classification systems, takings case law, ethics principles, census data,