ERROS found in PMchallenge Questions

Hello!

I would like to suggest an possible improvement for one question.
(Is this topic the best place for that or maybe there are a more appropriate channel?)

The question is regarding to the PERT formula. The lack of parenthesis makes all the alternatives mathematically wrong (despite there are one "less incorrect" alternative):

Q What is the formula for three-point PERT estimating?
O+4M+P/3
O+4M+P/6
O+M+P/6
O+M+P/3

Question link: http://www.projectmanagement.com/questions/question.cfm?ID=6012

Now I have to disagree with you a little bit Markus :-)

I solved 1000 questions and found only 1 question with a suspicious or let us say possible wrong answer. Those questions are straight forward and helps you review what you've went through in the PMBOK. They are far away from the real exam questions but I personally found them useful as a review material.

Hello Rami,

well, we are allowed to disagree each other sometimes, i guess ... ;)

But i will still insist here; had nearly the exact same discussion some times before with Stephane ...;)

First what i do agree about: Yes, this PM CHallenge Questions are great; fun tool and really good for reflecting and reviewing knowledge.
And like Kristin added, it is not only about PMBoK Guide and PMI's pm school, but also others, what is great also and highly appriciated.

And now comes the bit BUT here from my perspective (and it is just my personal opinion, but it is based on some experience):
Now and than somebody stated that PM Challenge here on pm.com was a good tool for PMP exam prapration in the sense of sample questions/mock exams! And that is what i definitly disagree about.
Furthermore it could be even counterproductive if some PMP aspirant relys on this statement. So why do i think so?
Well, not only because there is some other stuff than PMBoK Guide involved and not only cause there is some outdated and may be even wrong material included.
THe biggest issue i do have is, that the type of questions and even more the type of answering options is really often (not always!) untypically regarding the PMP exam.
For instance:
You will NEVER see an answering option like "all of the above" or "non of the above" in the PMP exam, but they are often used within PM Challenge (what is not really bad, but it is just not like the PMNP exam).

Another point is, that - like you stated - almost all of the questions are pretty straight forward, what is great for doing some of them here and there.
But most of the exam questions are situational and long textet ... see what i mean?

I do not say: don't use it!
What i want to say: don't use it for PMP exam preparation.

There are some really good and professional PMP exam simulators available out there which gave you the option to really simulate the exam situation. Please rely on them for PMP exam preparation purposes!

Just my 2 cents ...
;)

Hello all! Thank you for your comments. Please note that we are actively updating questions to reflect the newest version of the PMBOK Guide. Also, the questions found in PM Challenge are inclusive of other project management schools of thought beyond the PMBOK Guide.

Hello!

I would like to suggest an possible improvement for one question.
(Is this topic the best place for that or maybe there are a more appropriate channel?)

The question is regarding to the PERT formula. The lack of parenthesis makes all the alternatives mathematically wrong (despite there are one "less incorrect" alternative):

Q What is the formula for three-point PERT estimating?
O+4M+P/3
O+4M+P/6
O+M+P/6
O+M+P/3

Question link: http://www.projectmanagement.com/questions/question.cfm?ID=6012

After I get to the 1000 questions, are they new ones or are they just repeating? I want more :)