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What's the most difficult question you've faced in a mock exam?

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George Lewis Program/Project Manager| DXC Technology Company Heredia, Costa Rica
What's the most difficult question you've faced in a mock exam?

It could be a general topic
It could be a knowledge area
It could be a process group
It could be a particular question that you never got by
It could be a phrase/wording

I want to hear from your experiences...
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Sungjoon Park Coral Springs, Fl, United States
Jun 12, 2016 6:18 AM
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Sungjoon - Yes, that exacly what this trail is about, but sharing an especific example would help...

what to share an example?
It was always not easy for me to solve wordy questions because English is my second language. Even it was applicable to real exam since I had only 2 minutes left when I answered all questions in the real exam without revisiting the marked questions.
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John Caron, MBA, PMP, CSM VP - Technology Project Solutions Consultant| Bank of America Jacksonville, Fl, United States
On a serious note, for me it was reading quickly and formulating an opinion before read in its entirety. I would catch this demise only when looking at the answers and realizing I erred in a nasty way. Needless to state, I corrected this immediately.
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Venkatgiri Ganesh.T Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
Certain phrases , which have different meaning in dictionary were the toughest .
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1 reply by George Lewis
Jun 14, 2016 5:13 AM
George Lewis
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Venkatgiri - thanks for your input, do you have an example?
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George Lewis Program/Project Manager| DXC Technology Company Heredia, Costa Rica
Jun 14, 2016 1:43 AM
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Certain phrases , which have different meaning in dictionary were the toughest .
Venkatgiri - thanks for your input, do you have an example?
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Alfred Samuel Hyderabad, Telengana, India
May 25, 2016 10:25 AM
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The good thing is that we've succeded and now we're passing on the lessons learned.
Coming Generations are leaning PM in the early schooling days . So it won't be so difficult for them.
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Marianela Araya Heredia, Heredia, Costa Rica
Which changes occur in risk and uncertainty as well as the cost of changes as the life cycle of a typical project progresses?

A. Risk and uncertainty increase; the cost of changes increases.
B. Risk and uncertainty increase; the cost of changes decreases,
C. Risk and uncertainty decrease; the cost of changes increases.
D. Risk and uncertainty decrease; the cost of changes decreases.

George help with this one!
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1 reply by Rody Nigel
Aug 04, 2016 11:34 AM
Rody Nigel
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Answer is C
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Marianela Araya Heredia, Heredia, Costa Rica
Which changes occur in risk and uncertainty as well as the cost of changes as the life cycle of a typical project progresses?

C. Risk and uncertainty decrease; the cost of changes increases.

The answer is C. Can you let me know where can I found this answer in the Risk Chapter.
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George Lewis Program/Project Manager| DXC Technology Company Heredia, Costa Rica
Marianela - Yes, as the project approaches the end, the uncertainty minimizes ( this because the scope is clearer, the budget is normally allocated correctly, and the schedule and timeline is normally clear). Sooouu the Risk and uncertainty decreases.

Also at the beginning of the project most of the changes to the triple constraints are cheaper, because you can easily change direction, but as the project approaches the end, any change to the scope/time/cost will have a higher impact, sooouuu the cost of changes are Higher (increases) towards the end.
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Nicholas Carcanague Construction Project Manager Quakertown, Pa, United States
Hi George, after many of mock exam questions I ran into a few questions where the grammar and/or spelling was off just enough to confuse me. Also many were very lengthy and had an awful amount of useless info that was not even relevant to the question being asked. Those I thought were intentionally designed to waste time. With that said, this strengthened my exam strategy. Use the time allotted wisely and get down to the real question quick.
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Denise Canty Agile Coach, Life Coach, Author, Senior Project-Program Manager| Cenden Company Washington, Dc, United States
Schedule network questions that ask for early starts and finish, those questions use to drive me crazy.
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