Sharique SiddiqueLead Project Control Engineer| H.K. AL Sadiq Sons Contracting Co. LtdRas Tanura, Saudi Arabia
Hello Everyone!
My exam is in 3 weeks. Can you please advise what to do and what not to do for these days?
I have solved many mocks (PMstudy 3 sets of 200Q,, Prepcast 2 sets of 200Q,, simplearn free mock of 200Q, Scardo 10 sets of 50Q) and my scores are not crossing 72% they are stucked in between 68% to 72% | should I keep solving more mocks or study the book?
What should be my strategy for the remaining days?
Most importantly: what should I do to braindump all concepts at a time for final 3-5 days revision?
Or Should I extend my exam date?
Your advice and guidance will be highly appreciated.
Thank you!
P.S: I passed my CAPM at 2nd attempt and I literally want to pass PMP at first attempt. Saving Changes...
Deepa KalangiManager, Program Management, Author, Trainer| CVS HealthCharlotte, NC, United States
68-72% range score in mock tests seems to be a good range to pass the actual test. The actual test will have a combination of some easy and medium and some hard questions. I don't think you should extend the date. Last 3 days brain dump should be ITTO's in my opinion. All the very best. Saving Changes...
Mohamad FararjehProject Management - Electrical Engineer| San Francisco Bar Area Rapid Transit (BART)Santa Clara, Ca, United States
If you can get Rita book it is very good. The ideas and questions are great! Saving Changes...
Drew CraigSr. Agile & Product Coach| VanguardPhiladelphia, Pa, United States
Hi Sharique,
You have done many mock questions. But what are you doing from the questions marked wrong? Look at why you got it wrong, in what areas are you having difficulty with. Take a moment to really analyze your results.
From that, go back to the books - PMBOK and Rita's. Focus on understanding the concept - because maybe there are only a few concepts giving you trouble, but causing many mistakes.
Personally, it seems you are giving too much focus to mock exams - but that is simply my opinion. Do some mind mapping exercises. Take the concepts and try to make them something tangible you can picture in your mind.
Only you can answer if you should postpone. My suggestion is to keep it. Saving Changes...
Markus KopkoAI Enabler for Project & Program Mgmt | Founder PMotion.ai / The PM
AI Coach| PMotion.aiHamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Hello Sharique,
i am with Andy here. Have you analyzed your results? Have you figured out where your weak areas and where your knowledge gaps are?
If not, then this would be the next step.
Then focus on those areas and repeat the stuff by utilizing PMBoK Guide and your prep books and what material you may also have.
Give you another week for doing that and then do some more mock exams to check if you have increased your results.
If you have not significantly increased your results (getting consitently 75%+ in every NEW mock exam) then you should seriously consider to postpone your exam date.
Deepa is right, your scores might be good for passing, but i understand you that you want to be as sure as you can be to past in the first try (there is no guarantee anyway ...).
Well, then you need to increase your results, that is my perspective.
Regarding the brain dump, well here i am the wrong to person to be asked, cause i am not a friend of this brain dump thing, but this also something anybody has to decide on his own.
Ramachandran SwaminathanRegional Delivery Manager| Oracle Consulting IndiaBangalore, Karnataka, India
Hi Sharique,
I would agree with Andy and Markus on this. You need to analyze what are the areas of your improvement and focus on those. What is more important is how the correct answer co-relates to the PMI pricnciples. Dont attend too many mock exams and attend those from credible sources. Credible sources would give you justification for the correct answer and not simply tell you the correct answer. Justification means the relevant PMI guiding principle for the situation in the particular question.
Hi Sharique,
Mock exams are a necessary part of any PMP exam prep. However, don't rely on the % you get in these mock exams. In my experience, I would say the actual PMP exam was around 10% harder or more than the mock exams. You mentioned that you received 68%-72%, therefore using my example, this would equate to 58%-62% on the actual PMP exam. The comments posted here about focusing on the questions you are getting wrong are very wise, and certainly that is what I did during my exam prep. Why focus on things you are getting right? Also, don't repeat mocks exams more than 2 or 3 times, even after spreading them apart. They become irrelevant after that. I would aim for 80% on the mock exams before sitting the real exam. I hope you go well on your exam, and all the best. Saving Changes...
Sharique SiddiqueLead Project Control Engineer| H.K. AL Sadiq Sons Contracting Co. LtdRas Tanura, Saudi Arabia
Thank you everyone for your valuable input. Appreciate it. Saving Changes...
Sanjay RajpootSanjay Kumar| saracasolutionsPVTNew Delhi, India, India
there are many PMP Exam simulator available in market, what it will be right choose more than one simulator Saving Changes...
Sharique SiddiqueLead Project Control Engineer| H.K. AL Sadiq Sons Contracting Co. LtdRas Tanura, Saudi Arabia
I passed my PMP today. Thank you everyone for your amicable support. Much appreciated.
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