Different Categories of Questions in PMP Exam

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Mr. DS-
If someone asked me for just one bit of advice about taking the PMP exam, I would suggest the following:
Find and follow the course of study in the Rita Mulcahy "PMP Exam Prep" book. If you follow the instructions carefully this study will prepare you to succeed in your quest.
The Book and most online prep courses will also warn you about poorly worded (english) in the test questions, and incorrect technical terms utilized in all the construction related exam questions.

Good Luck!

M

Dileep -

I'd use two taxonomies for classifying PMP exam questions:

1. Foundational & application/scenario-oriented. The first category are those which can be answered by memorizing specific information (e.g. ITTOs, process names). The latter will test whether you actually understand the PMBOK and have sufficient real-life experience in applying good project management discipline. Over time, a greater percentage of questions come from the latter category.

2. Qualitative & quantitative. The majority of questions will not require you to do any calculations but a small percentage (10%) will. These will include questions on earned value, expected monetary value, decision trees, communication channels, PERT & triangular estimates, network diagrams and so on.

As the 200 questions are randomly picked across the exam pool, use the ECO as Sergio had recommended as a guide but then try a variety of practice exams to gain confidence in answering similar questions to those on the exam.

Kiron