when you do a survey do start from the first point you find .. probably not. you find a few maybe as many as you can until you think to yourself ok we need to get to work. so that is what i did. I started with the State Specific exam for reasons particular to me. The main being the math involved in the Fundamentals and Principles (NCEES) exams. As a surveyor you would think that I should be more in tune with the math that is going on behind the scenes but I am not. I am very good at problem solving so I quickly go to the computer or data collector and I can solve the problems quickly but to do it by hand is not quite my thing yet. I'm working on it and I am getting there but it is going to take me some time.