After read PMBook and Rita and take few test, I think the most important that you should recall all knowledge areas: purpose, main input/output/technical & tool of each process by yourself (close the book and say/write what you remember/know). It'll help you find out what you should spend time more to study and practice. After that, recall again and confident to take the exam. Good luck! Saving Changes...
All interesting and valuable comments, practice score should be more than 80%, 85% suggested is good. Saving Changes...
Stanley OranikaDirector Finance & Strategy| Virtus DeusF.C.T, Abuja, Nigeria
Its possible that you need to answer more questions. Try to acheive the Guru Badge on your projectmanagement.com profile by answering and mastering as many as 1000 PMP exam type questions. Passing this exam is more about understanding than memorizing. If you find the PMBOK guide too boring or lengthy to read, find a video with a coach going through each of the 47 processes in a step by step manner as you make notes and intermittently refer to your soft copy of your PMBOK guide, scrolling on your computer screen. Attempt as many exam simulations as you can find. This may be the viatal key to saving you lots of time and ensuring you pass the exam. Saving Changes...
Just before PMI decided to no longer score the PMP exam, the passing mark was 82.5%. That should give you an idea of where you want to be. Saving Changes...
Hi Saurabh,
The below link has very useful information.
https://edward-designer.com/web/list-of-free-pmp-exam-questions/ I followed the same and scored as benchmarked in the link and cleared the exam in my first attempt.
Hope this helps you clearing the PMP.
Hossam HosniSenior Hydrographic Surveyor| Gulf Dredging and General Contracting CoAlexandria, Egypt
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Jay GopalData Integration Manager| Alithya IncArlington, Va, United States
I passed my exam on my first attempt. I wouldn't say it was easy. Also, I was only scoring about 65-70% on my trials and was getting really disappointed and frustrated.
I would definitely advise you to NOT memorize ITTOs. I guarantee that this won't help you to pass the exam. Instead, understand the ITTOs. I chose to create an Excel file, a sheet for each PG and tried to come up with ITTOs which are logical on your own to those KA/PG combination. Then, verify that against PMBOK and find out why you missed some and why you had added some. Go online and search for the particular ITTO which you think is not in the proper place.
Most of the questions on the exam are situational. Understanding the question is half the battle. Once you figure out the KA/PG from the question, it would be easy to eliminate at least 2 answers.
It took me 3.5hours to finish the exam when I was finishing the trials in 2.5hours. The questions were hard to read and the frustration causes you to lose concentration. I will suggest you to verify and understand the questions and answers for those you got wrong as well as correct in your trial exams. This might help you to read and understand the questions properly on the real exam.
Do use the options to strike out the wrong answers. Mark it and move on to the next question. The question might get clearer when you read it later.
Also, very important is that you are using the trial exam from reliable source, correct version of PMBOK and with explanations. There are some online which are old and some actually has wrong answers. This is only going to lead you to confusion.
Hope this helps. Good luck on your exam. Saving Changes...
I would recommend 85% to 90% for practice exams before actually sitting the exam but make sure you are focusing on the areas that you are struggling with. Use the information provided from the first exam to get a map on what you needed to develop a better understanding of. Saving Changes...
