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 One important recommendation I have for those taking the PMP Exam is that to manage the time allotted to answer each question on the exam. Call it budgeting, call it time management, call it whatever you want; but do it! You need to walk into the examination room with a clear plan on how many questions you will answer per hour, when you plan on taking a break, and what you will do if time seems to be running out.
Remember that the exam is composed of 200 questions that you must answer within 4 hours. That's 1.2 minutes per question. Once you begin, the clock starts and will not stop even when you take a break. So plan your approach - say for the first 2 hours, answer all easy questions first and mark those difficult ones for later. Be sure to read all the questions carefully and understand them before you answer. Then take a 10 minute break before going back to the harder questions for the rest of the allotted time. By doing this you will be able to finish the whole exam on time.
But that's just one of many possible approaches and you should define your own. And by having a plan and implementing it you will relieve a lot of the exam pressure. So plan well, and budget your time wisely to succeed.
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The following PMP® exam sample question is taken from the Free PMP Exam Simulator at http://free.pm-exam-simulator.com - The answer is at the very bottom:
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Cost of Quality refers to the total cost of all efforts related to quality throughout the Product Life Cycle. Organizations should invest in product quality improvement to reduce which of the following?
A.) Internal Cost of Quality
B.) Prevention Costs
C.) Appraisal Costs
D.) External Cost of Quality
Hint:
If organizations don’t invest in product quality improvements, the cost of product returns, warranty claims, and recall campaigns increases.
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ANSWER AND EXPLANATION:
The correct answer is D
Explanation: Organizations should invest in reducing the External Cost of Quality by improving product quality. This will result in reduced product returns and warranty claims.
Reference: PMBOK Guide 4th Edition, page 191
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 This tip is intended to tell our readers that they should expect the unexpected in the test questions. For instance one student asked why the technique of "Activity on Arrow" was a question he got on his exam, even though this technique had been removed from The PMBOK Guide. My answer was as follows:
The PMBOK Guide is a GUIDE. It doesn't contain 100% of the concepts and tools that project managers around the world use. As such both AON and AOA are still being used. Also, PMI clearly says that the exam will also test you on concepts that are not necessarily found in the PMBOK Guide (but they cleverly omit telling us where we could find these...).
So what is the consequence of all of this? Don't be surprised to find questions on the test that are about concepts that are not (or no longer) on the PMP Exam. But don't let that worry you too much. Simply accept that this might be happening, read lessons learned from others so that you can see what might be on the test and do your best as you prepare for the exam.
Generally: Write this tip in such a way that the students understand that there may be things on the exam that they never heard of, or had expected not to be tested on. What to do in such a moment? Try your best in answering the question.
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The following PMP® exam sample question is taken from the Free PMP Exam Simulator at http://free.pm-exam-simulator.com - The answer is at the very bottom:
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You are developing your project’s Human Resource Plan. Your sponsor asked you to take the historical information from previous projects to determination the project’s human resource roles and responsibilities. Which of the following sources contains this information?
A.) Organizational Process Assets
B.) Enterprise Environmental Factors
C.) Project Management Plan
D.) Project Charter
Hint:
Look for the keyword phrase 'historical information'. Only one of these options contains historical information.
All our questions are updated to the latest PMBOK® Guide standard. Stop by at http://free.pm-exam-simulator.com and try the PMP Exam Simulator free for 3 days. We also offer 110 free questions at http://www.free-pm-exam-questions.com. We are a PMI Registered Education Provider.
ANSWER AND EXPLANATION:
The correct answer is A
Explanation: Organizational Process Assets contain historical information about previous projects.
Reference: PMBOK Guide 4th Edition, page 219
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 “Decomposition” and “work breakdown” are probably not the first words you want to hear with respect to the project you’re managing. However, Decomposition is perhaps the most important technique to understand when it comes to the Scope Management section of the PMP exam. Decomposition involves breaking down the overall project workload into smaller, more manageable tasks. These tasks can subsequently be broken down into smaller tasks until each piece of work can be prioritized, assigned to resources, and tracked in the form of a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). The idea is to move from large, general deliverables to the specific work packages and tasks that make up each deliverable. In essence, you’re carving up the individual puzzle pieces that make up the puzzle as a whole.
PMI places great importance on Decomposition—you’ll need to know the technique and understand how it is applied to projects. So, what better way to learn about Decomposition than by jumping feet first into the fire (surely there’s joke there…decomposition – fire…but, I digress)! Anyway, why not give it a try on one of your current projects? Apply what you’re studying in real life! Here’s how to get started:
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Determine your main project deliverables
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Create a high-level Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) by ‘chunking’ work into smaller tasks
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Continue to break down high-level tasks into smaller tasks
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Create a system for tracking each task
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Verify that the resulting tasks are manageable
Just one word of caution: Make sure that you’re not spending more time ‘decomposing,’ tracking, and managing tasks than it would take to simply get the work done. Your job is to simplify—not to create more work!
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