Examitect's mind maps and flow charts are interactive diagrams of the Examination for Architects in Canada that link every objective to the exact chapters and references it comes from. The mind map is radial, section by section; the flow chart is a top-down outline. In our years helping Intern Architects, our team has seen candidates study topics in isolation and miss how they connect; these tools fix that. Examitect is an independent ExAC prep platform unaffiliated with the CACB. When the big picture clicks, the reading list stops feeling random.
The mind map is a radial diagram of the exam, built one section at a time. At the centre sits the section; rings spread out from there to its topics, then the objectives under each topic, then the keywords, and finally the references on the outer ring. Resources are colour-coded by type, so codes, handbooks, cost guides, and contracts each read at a glance, and a legend tells you which colour is which. You drag to pan and scroll or pinch to zoom, and clicking a topic expands its objectives and reveals the exact references behind it.
What makes it useful for studying is the connections. Instead of a flat list, you see that one objective draws on NBC 2020 while another leans on CHOP or CHING, and you can trace any thread from a section all the way out to a specific resource. A sidebar lets you expand or collapse everything and search for any section, topic, objective, or reference by name.
| Shape | Radial map, built section by section |
|---|---|
| Layers | Section, topic, objective, keyword, reference |
| Controls | Pan, zoom, click to reveal references, search, expand or collapse |
| Best for | Seeing how objectives connect to their references |
The flow chart shows the same curriculum from the top down. Instead of rings, it is a tree: sections branch into topics, topics into objectives, and objectives into the references that cover them. It is the view to reach for when you want to work through the exam in order rather than explore relationships. You pan and zoom the same way, and a left sidebar gives you the controls that make a large tree manageable: expand all or collapse all, a search box that filters the whole chart, section chips to narrow the view, and counter pills that tell you how many sections, topics, objectives, and references are currently in view.
Click a topic and it opens to show its objectives; click an objective and it reveals the resources. Because the flow chart and the mind map are generated from the same data, they never disagree about what belongs where, so you can switch between them freely depending on whether you are exploring or navigating.
Both tools map the entire exam, not a sample of it. Between them they account for every part of the ExAC, which is what lets them double as a coverage checklist.
| Layer | Count |
|---|---|
| Sections | 4 |
| Topics | 27 |
| Objectives | 60 |
| References | 43 |
Seeing the whole exam laid out like this is the quiet benefit. It is easy to over-study the topics you like and quietly skip the ones you do not, and a flat reading list hides that. A map does not: the objectives you have never opened are right there, unvisited, next to the ones you keep returning to.
Visual tools are best as a frame around the rest of your prep:
The ExAC mind map is an interactive, radial diagram of the exam, built section by section. Working out from the centre, it links each section to its topics, objectives, keywords, and the references that cover them. You can pan, zoom, and click a topic to reveal the exact resources behind it.
The ExAC flow chart is a top-down, tree-style view of every section, topic, and objective on the exam. You can filter by section, search for any term, expand or collapse branches, and click a topic to see its objectives and the references that cover them.
They show the same curriculum two ways. The mind map is radial and good for seeing how everything connects around a section. The flow chart is a top-down outline and good for working through the structure in order. Use the mind map to grasp relationships and the flow chart to navigate the hierarchy.
Both cover all four ExAC sections, the twenty-seven topics, the sixty objectives, and the forty-three official references the exam draws from. The mind map and flow chart are built from the same data, so they agree on what connects to what.
Yes. That is the point of both tools. Click any topic or objective and it reveals the references that cover it, colour-coded by type, so you can see exactly which chapters to read for any part of the exam instead of guessing.
The mind map and flow chart are part of the Examitect dashboard for members. You can see how they fit with the rest of the tools on the ExAC study guides hub, then unlock them, along with practice questions and mock exams, with a plan.
The ExAC covers a lot of ground, and it is easy to study topics in isolation without seeing how they fit. A mind map or flow chart shows the structure at a glance, links each objective to its references, and helps you spot the gaps in your coverage before the exam does.