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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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Praveen Malik Independent Consultant| Independent Consultant New Delhi, India
Jun 28, 2016 2:45 PM
Replying to Nadeem Ghafoor
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To be honest, 75% questions were hard to answer as all four answers seems right. it can make a person freaky ;)
I agree with jenny, risk and change management questions were really hard to answer for me too.
Hi Jenny, Nadeem,

I have written an article titled "9 Rules to Answer PMP Change Management Questions" http://www.pmbypm.com/how-to-answer-pmp-ch...ment-questions/

Hopefully this will help the PMP aspirants.
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Sungjoon Park Coral Springs, Fl, United States
Jun 29, 2016 9:55 AM
Replying to George Lewis
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Sungjoon - Can you expand what you mean?
Especially organizational theories, like culture and context theory, and contingency theory.
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Mutaz Ali Simulation Specialist | mobily Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
did not take one
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1 reply by George Lewis
Jul 02, 2016 12:46 AM
George Lewis
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Mutaz, so you didn't have any difficult ones in your preparation ?
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George Lewis Program/Project Manager| DXC Technology Company Heredia, Costa Rica
Jul 01, 2016 12:22 PM
Replying to Mutaz Ali
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did not take one
Mutaz, so you didn't have any difficult ones in your preparation ?
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Wade Harshman Scrum Master| GDIT Indianapolis, In, United States
May 23, 2016 8:37 AM
Replying to Jenny Gooch
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The hardest questions for are when ALL the answers seemed right! The risk and change management questions are the worst
A new risk has popped up on your project. This project is halfway through what is your next step,
a. Add the risk to the risk registry
b. Inform your supervisor of the risk
c. Schedule a team meeting to discuss the risk
d. Update the risk management plan

These get me everytime
Jenny, I agree that the worst questions are those that seem to have multiple correct answers, and you're expected to pick the best of the correct answers. There are tips out there to help navigate through these tricky PMP questions. I don't recall them all, but I remember "Never Escalate." So if one of the answers is merely informing a stakeholder, that's not the best answer (even if it's important).

Another tip- on any test- is to avoid absolutes. Any choice that states "always" or "never" is probably incorrect.
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Radhika Namburi Associate Vice President Site coordinator| Wills Towers Watson Company Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
I am still preparing for the exam and currently practicing the mock tests. Cannot add much here .All your inputs have been valuable for me.
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Michael Benson PM III| Independent Boulder, Co, United States
the ones that come from PMI literature, but don't "ring true" from years of project management experience
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Stéphane Parent Self Employed / Semi-retired| Leader Maker Prince Edward Island, Canada
I just hit questions in my RMP mock exams where I have to type out the right answer, in the right case!
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VIJAYA PONNALURI VP, PMO/RMG| Fluentgrid Pvt Ltd Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
All of the above
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1 reply by George Lewis
Jul 25, 2016 4:50 PM
George Lewis
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Vijaya - The idea is for you to please share a sample question that was difficult for you?

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
Jul 25, 2016 2:38 PM
Replying to VIJAYA PONNALURI
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All of the above
Vijaya - The idea is for you to please share a sample question that was difficult for you?

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