I reviewed Rita’s book and took those end of chapter tests a few times. I also read and took detailed notes from Joseph Phillips PMP All in One Exam Guide (2021) and took practice exams at close of each chapter. Took total tester many times. I would totally recommend getting familiar with agile processes before testing. And practice via any after chapter work/practice tests. This was all helpful for me. Saving Changes...
Congratulations Ron - time to start earning those PDUs for your renewal in (or before) 3 years!
Without providing the specifics of any of the questions, do you have any insights you'd share about the breakdown of the questions for other aspiring candidates such as:
1. What was the split between "scenario/application" type questions and memorization/fundamental type questions?
2. Did you need to use the calculator app at all?
3. Did you do a "brain dump" or not at the beginning?
4. Roughly how many of the "special" (i.e. not single choice picking) type questions were there?
Kiron
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2 replies by Danielle Bolden and Ron Adams
Mar 11, 2022 8:47 PM
Ron Adams
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Indeed..PDU time.
To your questions, I would say:
1. I didn’t notice a great deal of difference between what might be ‘memorization’ type scenarios or fundamental type stuff.
2. I used the calculator twice.
3. I used a brain dump for the EVM formulas. This did make those questions easier to visualize and answer.
4. I think I saw maybe 3-4 special type questions.
Congratulations Ron - time to start earning those PDUs for your renewal in (or before) 3 years!
Without providing the specifics of any of the questions, do you have any insights you'd share about the breakdown of the questions for other aspiring candidates such as:
1. What was the split between "scenario/application" type questions and memorization/fundamental type questions?
2. Did you need to use the calculator app at all?
3. Did you do a "brain dump" or not at the beginning?
4. Roughly how many of the "special" (i.e. not single choice picking) type questions were there?
Kiron
Indeed..PDU time.
To your questions, I would say:
1. I didn’t notice a great deal of difference between what might be ‘memorization’ type scenarios or fundamental type stuff.
2. I used the calculator twice.
3. I used a brain dump for the EVM formulas. This did make those questions easier to visualize and answer.
4. I think I saw maybe 3-4 special type questions. Saving Changes...
Congratulations Ron - time to start earning those PDUs for your renewal in (or before) 3 years!
Without providing the specifics of any of the questions, do you have any insights you'd share about the breakdown of the questions for other aspiring candidates such as:
1. What was the split between "scenario/application" type questions and memorization/fundamental type questions?
2. Did you need to use the calculator app at all?
3. Did you do a "brain dump" or not at the beginning?
4. Roughly how many of the "special" (i.e. not single choice picking) type questions were there?
A brain dump is the activity of spending the first few minutes of your exam writing/typing key info which you might forget at a later point using the exam application's whiteboard. It could include things like the EVM formulas, the stages of team development, or other critical info which might need to be referenced while answering questions.
Brain dumps help some folks and aren't needed by others.
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