Janice GrierSenior Technical Vendor Manager| ATTShelby Township, Mi, United States
Like Henri I too passed the exam on my 1st attempt, however, after I hit the send button I was already thinking how I would prepare myself to retake and what to focus on. Turns out I had prepared properly.
You need to ensure you understanding the processes, knowledge areas and how they interact. As stated by Kiron take as many exams as possible from various providers. YOu also need to practice sitting for a 4hour test. It is very difficult.
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Dan BaleanOperations Mgmt.| 2089956 Ontario Inc.Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Your performance is rated on each of the 5 process groups, make sure you concentrate on the domain where you scored Below Proficient in the exam; the questions are textbook copy and paste, so if you can memorize the book... it will help a lot. Saving Changes...
It depends on the questions in the exam as well as your qualification. Who knows what are the questions for you on the exam day? You must be prepare for all possible situations. So please review the PMBOK and find your improvement areas based on the result of the exams you wrote. You can learn from the mock exam mistakes.
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Dec 13, 2017 12:20 PM
Dan Balean
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I took an online preparation course from a REP and scored 95% on the mock exam, however I failed my 1st real exam.
The REP's exam questions couldn't be more different than PMI's exam questions...
A waste of time and money.
Memorize the PMBOK!
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Dan BaleanOperations Mgmt.| 2089956 Ontario Inc.Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Dec 13, 2017 12:00 PM
Replying to Abolfazl Yousefi Darestani
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It depends on the questions in the exam as well as your qualification. Who knows what are the questions for you on the exam day? You must be prepare for all possible situations. So please review the PMBOK and find your improvement areas based on the result of the exams you wrote. You can learn from the mock exam mistakes.
I took an online preparation course from a REP and scored 95% on the mock exam, however I failed my 1st real exam.
The REP's exam questions couldn't be more different than PMI's exam questions...
A waste of time and money.
Memorize the PMBOK! Saving Changes...
Anish AbrahamPrivacy Program Manager| University of WashingtonAuburn, Wa, United States
Hi Saurabh,
Please concentrate more on your weak areas and try to do more questions for those areas. When I tried the mock exams I was getting around 75% most of the time. I think I tried more than 2000 questions from various sites and it was very helpful.
Anyway good luck and all the best for your exam. Saving Changes...
Winder DorismondEng.M.Sc.PMP,Engineering&Construction Project Management/DRM/Airport Engineering| Public Works Ministry(MTPTC)/Civil AviationPort-Au-Prince, West, Haiti
Saurabh,
It should be good if your scores range from 75 to 80% and you keep on trying until you go beyond 80%. But it depends on the materials of preparation you're using. As all PMP credential holders know, one should read the PMBOK Guide at least three times to succeed. Moreover, a good book you should have at your side and read carefully as much as you can while taking all the tests is the Rita Mulcahy's PMP Exam Prep before the exam. Don't forget to take many mock exams available online and on the websites suggested on www.pmi.org. Have good sleep before the exam as everyone knows Rapid Eyes Movement (REM) influences how quickly you answer the questions and depends on how good you sleep before the exam. Good luck! Saving Changes...
Don't underestimate the stress of sitting for 4 hours to answer 200 questions. This was the most difficult part of the whole process for me. I was fortunate to be the only candidate in the room on the day, so I could read out the questions to myself which helped a lot. I got scores in that range after two months of prep work. I felt I got to a point where I could not study anymore. I passed on my first attempt with overall above target. I felt for sure that I was going to fail when I did the exam. The questions was much more difficult than Rita's book or the PM training website mock exams. As the other have stated, only you will know what will work. I have spend about a week researching forums to get a median idea of exam prep and took what worked for me. There was a point during the exam where I wanted to give up, but I had to pull myself together to focus intensely on each question
Good luck
Henri, you were lucky in a way that no one else was in the room. I sat my exam while in another country, and that room had at least 6 other people, who came into the room at different times, not to mention the admin person who walked in every 5 minutes to walk up and down, damn distracting. I recalled the first time I sat for a similar exam back in 1997 and I was in a very small room suited for only one participant, and monitored by a camera, a much better system. Saving Changes...
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten AssociatesNew Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
I agree with Kiron ... You should score at least 85% since it is a second attempt. Good Luck Saving Changes...
KARIM REKIKPortfolio Manager| SOCIETE GENERALESaint-Denis, France
Saurabh, It depends if you're 75-80% on "easy" or "hard" tests. You've a first experience having already passed the exam and can be more prepared to do your second test.
I do not particulary agree with my colleagues above. Reading PMBOK 3 times will take too much time and you may not have it (remember deadline is on end of March before exam update on PMBOK 6!) Be more "practical" and make tests, tests, tests.
If I can give you some advises: - Learn perfectly your ITTO - Read Ileen book (i liked it!) - Make "hard test" like J._LeRoy_Ward one (if you score over 75% you should be ready!)
You asked if 75-80% on simulation exams is good enough to clear the exam, clearly it's not if you didn't pass the first time. So bump it up as the others have suggested, I would say 85-90%. Saving Changes...
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