Graeme CardSenior Programme Manager - Strategy & Science| Gisborne District CouncilGisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand
Doing lots of prep work for up coming PMP exams. My Achilles heel is questions like this... "Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons that this project had difficulty?" and then the answers all start with "A lack of...." or some other negative. The double negative is confusing me so any neat tricks anyone can suggest? Saving Changes...
Aws NabeelInformation Technology Multimedia Educational Technologist| Dhofar UniversitySalalah, Dhofar, Oman
i have used the old trick which is paper and pencil to not get confusing with these kind of questions, beside do not underestimate the highlighter option in the exam, also strike the wrong answers there are great options to set your mind. Saving Changes...
Janice GrierSenior Technical Vendor Manager| ATTShelby Township, Mi, United States
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten AssociatesNew Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
This exam is a very difficult and experience based exam. It truly tests your knowledge, experience and best judgement as a project manager and this is why you find those sort of questions where more than one answer is right but you have to chose the best or eliminate which is irrelevant. Sometimes you have to go backwards. Start reading the choices and go to the question - Try this strategy. Saving Changes...
Anish AbrahamPrivacy Program Manager| University of WashingtonAuburn, Wa, United States
I agree with my colleagues here.
PMP is not a difficult exam but it is a tricky exam. The question may be about a very basic concept but the way it is worded makes a whole lot of difference. I'm sure you won't find too many of such questions but being ready for them can help you save valuable exam time. Saving Changes...
tariq syedProject Manager| Dorsch GmbH -dewaDubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Tariq, the issue isn't that a double negative equals a positive (not always the case by the way in situational questions), the issue is that it takes some people longer to comprehend the sentence when the question could have been worded a lot easier, and still assess the candidates knowledge of the topic area, rather than his/her mastery of written gymnastics. Saving Changes...
These negation type questions have conceived many candidates. It's normal that our eyes gets tired when you got to answer 200 questions. And it is possible to miss keywords like "NOT". So the trick would be to take breaks once in a while to freshen your mind. It will at the least make you read the questions and the options quite thoroughly. Saving Changes...
Colin WhittakerSenior Project Manager| Intelligent EnvironmentsMilton Keynes, Bucks, United Kingdom
Do the opposite / use elimination.
e.g. In this case, it may be easier to find "Which of the following ARE reasons that this project had difficulty".
.... The answer will be the one that's left :) Saving Changes...
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