Graeme CardSenior Programme Manager - Strategy & Science| Gisborne District CouncilGisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand
I've been doing a ton of on-line practice exams. The last one I did it was pretty clear to me which questions were part of the 25 "dummy" question you get in the exam eg. effects described by Ringelmann (1913). On the real exam are the "dummy" questions as obvious as this, or is my on-line provider just being lazy? (They also just made the last 20 questions dummy ones.) Saving Changes...
I took the PMP exam in December 2017 and can assure you that I didn't know the difference between the dummy questions and the real questions. Good luck Saving Changes...
Rajeev SharmaPrincipal Consultant | Strategy, EA CoE | Digital Transformation, AI and Gen-AI| Tech MahindraGurgaon, Haryana, India
Agree with Michael, could able to understand difference of dummy and real question. In 2012 first time clear PMP but didn't see any concept of dummy question !
Good Luck Saving Changes...
Drew CraigSr. Agile & Product Coach| VanguardPhiladelphia, Pa, United States
Good luck with that approach :)
If you take the approach to identify and skip the 'dummy' questions then your focus is in the wrong place. Take heed of all questions equally. Saving Changes...
I agree absolutely with Andrew.
You need to go into the exam and understand what is being asked.
Our lecturer put it very simply, " if you know your work and understand the processes and why these processes are so important, then the exam will be a breeze" Saving Changes...
Remember, the "dummy" questions are real questions which are being field-tested by PMI to gather sufficient statistical data so that they can be refined (if needed) prior to becoming "full-fledged" questions.
I do remember seeing some control questions on the first day of an exam item writing session which weren't that great, so it comes down to who actually wrote them...
Kiron Saving Changes...
Dhawal ShahPM Consultant| ElectronicMumbai, Maharashtra, India
I also have a question about dummy questions:
Are dummy questions selected in such a way to leverage the scoring of Examinee in all the process groups?
Though I was given to understand that dummy questions are selected randomly and independent of the answers given by Examinee. Saving Changes...
Drew CraigSr. Agile & Product Coach| VanguardPhiladelphia, Pa, United States
Question - and Kiron raises the same point. Why are we referring to these as ‘dummy’ question? I thought the extra questions were supplied as a way of vetting new or experimental questions. Saving Changes...
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten AssociatesNew Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
I agree with my fellow colleagues here. I could not differentiate at all. Good Luck. Saving Changes...
Graeme CardSenior Programme Manager - Strategy & Science| Gisborne District CouncilGisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand
My point is that the unmarked 25 questions on my last test exam were so obvious - and made more so by being the last 20 questions. I guess my on-line course is just being lazy. I do intend to take every question as if it is a real one. Thanks for the input that most people can't distinguish between real and the non-marked 25. Saving Changes...
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