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How many sample questions should a PMP aspirant attempt before the real exam?

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George Lewis Program/Project Manager| DXC Technology Company Heredia, Costa Rica
How many sample questions should a PMP aspirant attempt before the real exam?
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Steve Swift owner| Silver Otters St Kilda, Vic, Australia
Sample tests enabled me to get used to the syntax of the questions. And to get used to the 4 hours allowed. In my preparations i worked up to 200 questions in a session. I put the time into the study and preparation and the sample exams as a guide to when I thought I was ready. Once I got around 80% consistently I booked in for the real test.
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Jul 11, 2016 9:46 PM
George Lewis
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Steve - They are two questions in the below Poll...

The number of questions and the score. Please vote in each one.

1. http://www.projectmanagement.com/polls/327904/How-many-sample -questions-should-a-PMP-aspirant-attempt-before-the-real-exam-

2. http://www.projectmanagement.com/polls/328...r-the-PMP-Exam-
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Elangovan Perumal Senior Director, Customer Success| Happiest Minds Technologies India
There is no fixed set of number of sample questions that one take before PMP. I would recommend to take minimum of 3 full 200 question exam and ensure we get minimum 85% correct before you can real PMP exam.
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Jul 11, 2016 9:50 PM
George Lewis
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Elangovan - You're saying under 1000 and 85, good, please vote in both questions below

• http://www.projectmanagement.com/polls/327...-the-real-exam-

• http://www.projectmanagement.com/polls/328...r-the-PMP-Exam-
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Nurlan Yelmuratov Technical Director, Business Development| BI Group, Energy Division Astana, Kazakhstan
George

I think there should be as many questions as possible to handle. The one may know the theory and the practice very well, but this would not guarantee passing the exam. Exam is the different story that has to have its own preparation strategy. And the best strategy is to take as many sample tests as one can. Though the real exam questions differ from what we can find in different sources, but still such practice gives an understanding of the logic of exam answers, experience and confidence.
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André Trindade Infrastructure Senior Project Manager & Team Lead| Fresenius Digital Technology Lisboa, Portugal
A great amount of them.
We shall not focused in a specific number but rather on your personal study strategy: which areas i should focus on, do i already understood this process...?
However, if we are talking about a number i would say a minimum of 2.000 questions covering all the processes.
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George Lewis Program/Project Manager| DXC Technology Company Heredia, Costa Rica
Jul 04, 2016 8:53 PM
Replying to Steve Swift
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Sample tests enabled me to get used to the syntax of the questions. And to get used to the 4 hours allowed. In my preparations i worked up to 200 questions in a session. I put the time into the study and preparation and the sample exams as a guide to when I thought I was ready. Once I got around 80% consistently I booked in for the real test.
Steve - They are two questions in the below Poll...

The number of questions and the score. Please vote in each one.

1. http://www.projectmanagement.com/polls/327904/How-many-sample -questions-should-a-PMP-aspirant-attempt-before-the-real-exam-

2. http://www.projectmanagement.com/polls/328...r-the-PMP-Exam-
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George Lewis Program/Project Manager| DXC Technology Company Heredia, Costa Rica
Jul 05, 2016 3:44 PM
Replying to Elangovan Perumal
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There is no fixed set of number of sample questions that one take before PMP. I would recommend to take minimum of 3 full 200 question exam and ensure we get minimum 85% correct before you can real PMP exam.
Elangovan - You're saying under 1000 and 85, good, please vote in both questions below

• http://www.projectmanagement.com/polls/327...-the-real-exam-

• http://www.projectmanagement.com/polls/328...r-the-PMP-Exam-
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George Lewis Program/Project Manager| DXC Technology Company Heredia, Costa Rica
Jul 11, 2016 5:43 AM
Replying to André Trindade
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A great amount of them.
We shall not focused in a specific number but rather on your personal study strategy: which areas i should focus on, do i already understood this process...?
However, if we are talking about a number i would say a minimum of 2.000 questions covering all the processes.
Andre - vote here

• http://www.projectmanagement.com/polls/327...-the-real-exam-

• http://www.projectmanagement.com/polls/328...r-the-PMP-Exam-
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Stephanie Graham VP of Strategy| BankOnIT Oklahoma City, Ok, United States
For most certifications, the general guide I follow is to be able to consistently be able to get 80% of questions correct when it is my first time going through them.
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Visswanathan KKN Senior Project Manager Hyderabad, India
I answered close to 800 questions before taking the exam with variying levels of difficulty. I think one should aim for around 90% to 95% in case of easy questions and 85% for tough questions.
The difficulty level is given in the question bank normally.
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Satish Sharma Certified SAP S4Hana 1909 Financials Expert| Freelance New Delhi, India
As much as possible, else your understanding would not get straightened up
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