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Rebecca Braglio Community Engagement Specialist II| Project Management Institute Newtown Square, Pa, United States
Have you taken the exam? Passed? Failed? Failed and then passed?

Help out a fellow project manager and post your tip on studying for and taking the exam. Here are some we''ve gathered from members so far:

J.l Laroche: Try not to try to absorb all the PMBOK content by heart, focus on the main stream of processes and knowledge, the tools and the results and you will be fine don''t worry. remember to get first through all questions, answering the evident ones and flagging the others and then get back to the flagged ones, and think of it, even if you''re unsure of the answer, always, always pick one, if you''re wrong you will not loose points and you have 1 on 4 chances to get it good...

M. Hartsough: When reviewing those questions you flagged, don''t start second-guessing yourself. IMO, in all probability your initial answer was correct. Don''t change your original answers unless you definitely found a better one. Remember to answer from the "PMI Perspective". The PMI Perspective isn''t necessarily how you or your organization manages projects.

F. McCaskell: take a break every 50 questions - no matter if you don''t think you need it. This will prevent you from being burned out at the end.

C.Tong: don''t think the exam is easy or you won''t prepare yourself well
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Mousumi Tripathy Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Aug 28, 2017 12:56 PM
Replying to Hatem Haffar
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It is very easy question and you need to use logic to answer that.
The answer is not A as Sean said.

I will explain it to you, so next time you will know how to answer.
The question tell you that you received a change request.
therefore it is not logical to create another change request since you already have one. so A is not correct.
(Evaluate the impact of the change): we always have to evaluate the cost and schedule impact and assess if any new risk will appear and redo the plan. It is logic answer, I will keep my eye on it and look for other answers.

(Communicate the implication of the change to the customer): How can I communicate the implication of the change while I didn't evaluate the impact yet. So C is incorrect.

(Adjust the project Management plan and baseline): what changes have to be done in the plan? do I need more resources? more time? more cost? I need to evaluate and study before changing the plan. so D is incorrect.

at the end you are only left with one logical answer B.
Thank you Hatem and Sean for the explanations on your choice of answers.
However the answer explanation in the book says as below. Really i am getting confused with such kind of questions.

A project is in the final stages of testing when it receives a major change request from the customer which would delay the final delivery of the project by 2 weeks. What should the Project Manager do NEXT?
a) Create a change request and go through the change management process
b) Evaluate the impact of the change
c) Communicate the implication of the change to the customer
d) Adjust the project management plan and baseline

Answer: (c) Communicate the implication of the change to the customer. The next step is to communicate the impact on the final delivery to the customer and get his approval, especially because it affects the final delivery date of the project. Option (a) and (b) are already completed by the team as they have already assessed the impact of the delay on schedule. Option (d) will come after customer approval.
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ubai salih Erbil Iraq, Erbil, Iraq
Hello ,

I've failed my first exam last week, and it seems I didn't prepare well, thus please is there any recommended exam mock to start practicing more on the PMP Exam?
your recommendation will really help me because I didn't practice well especially to the exam time .

Best Regards ,
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Irtaza Ghafoor Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Aug 20, 2017 3:50 AM
Replying to Hashem Majid PMP_MBA
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Hello ;I was took my exam 15 Aug and just failed that wasn't expected at all.
all my daily score was above 70 and i was able to find the answers and trick in most of the question during daily exercise ,but i found the real exam very different by the what we are testing .
the question was situational and tricky but even i said i will pass today .when i press the bottom i just shocked .
still i don't know where of my plan was wrong ,i have plan to reschedule it at 15 -20 Oct.
Same thing happened with me. I don't know what was wrong. I have plan reschedule in month Nov. Any suggestion. What is your planning now Abbas.
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Irtaza Ghafoor Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
My exam was 12 Sep, but not successful.Any tips for next exam.
1st attempt exam was totally shocking for me. During preparation 75+ marks but on exam day result was not good.
Reschedule exam plan in month of Nov.
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Sulaiman Sakkeer Hussain Project Manager| Sahara Net Limited Co Dammam, Ep, Saudi Arabia
Please read PMBOK at least twice and Rita 8 also...
keep practice new mock questions...
concentrate on change management.
what do next and what to do first also important as well.
best of luck
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2 replies by Irtaza Ghafoor and beba fornaciari
Sep 17, 2017 1:19 PM
Irtaza Ghafoor
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Thanks Sulaiman for your feedback.

New mock question mean not before prepared?
Oct 05, 2017 6:32 AM
beba fornaciari
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Could you tell me where do you find moc tests?because i have done on pmtraining instituteonline but these are very different from the ones of the exam!
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Irtaza Ghafoor Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Sep 17, 2017 4:09 AM
Replying to Sulaiman Sakkeer Hussain
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Please read PMBOK at least twice and Rita 8 also...
keep practice new mock questions...
concentrate on change management.
what do next and what to do first also important as well.
best of luck
Thanks Sulaiman for your feedback.

New mock question mean not before prepared?
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Sulaiman Sakkeer Hussain Project Manager| Sahara Net Limited Co Dammam, Ep, Saudi Arabia
new questions means, keep try new mock questions don't repeat and practice same questions which is already done. keep search for new to cover maximum questions
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Markus Kopko AI Enabler for Project & Program Mgmt | Founder PMotion.ai / The PM AI Coach| PMotion.ai Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Hey Guys,

for all who failed the first or even second time here are hopefuly some useful advice:

Why You Failed PMP Exam and Missed Your Chance to Being a Certified Project Manager (Video included)!:

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Guide to those who failed the PMP Exam!:


Please let me know if you have any further questions.

Regards,

Markus

PS: Just one thing: Reading PMBoK Guide ist waste of time! And reading it twice is wasting time twice!
You need to STUDY it deeply and in companion to a good prep book; you need ti UNDERSTAND the processes and how they work and interrelated. THAN you have a good chance to pass ...
Just my 2 cents ...
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Irtaza Ghafoor Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Aug 16, 2017 1:05 PM
Replying to Hatem Haffar
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Finally I passed my PMP exam from my 2nd try.
It was a great journey. I learned a lot and added them to my knowledge.
I took your advice and practiced as much as I can till the last night before the exam.
I found that practicing is very important. PMP aspirant should solve more than 2000 Q.
I found examcentral questions are very easy. while simplilearn (Free), PM exam simulator (Paid) and PM fast track (Paid) are very similar to the real exam.
Congrats Hatem,
I want to know what area you focus in second attempt. How you recover your weak area.
Or only practice as much as you can.
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Vincent Guerard Coach - Trainer - Speaker - Advisor| Freelance Mont-Royal, Quebec, Canada
I would say that first make sure you have pre question that are from a trusted source!
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