Graeme CardSenior Programme Manager - Strategy & Science| Gisborne District CouncilGisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand
Final question before I sit the exam tomorrow. Feeling well prepared and semi-confident! The online course I did had 5 full practice tests on it and I did them all. However, they seemed to ask the question kinda of in order i.e. initiating questions first then, planning etc with closing questions last. Is the real exam structured this way? I'm presuming it's a bit more random.... but you never know, so after your guys impressions..... Saving Changes...
Kushal ShahPM I Digital Marketing| Accenture Services private limitedMumbai, Maharasthra, India
Feb 19, 2018 12:56 AM
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Went to the test centre this afternoon - NO air conditioning so likely to be a hot and humid test! Urgh. If the windows are open I'll have to cover myself in mosquito repellent! Thanks for the advice.
very weird. Here in Mumbai, India we had AC running at full blast. I had a sweater on all through the test and was still feeling cold.
However, I am sure you will acclimatize to the conditions within few mins of starting the exam. All the best and do let us know about your results. Saving Changes...
I'm guessing by the time you read this, you'll have passed already, so let me be the first to congratulate you as I'm sure you will have succeeded in attaining your PMP!
Kiron Saving Changes...
Graeme CardSenior Programme Manager - Strategy & Science| Gisborne District CouncilGisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand
Hi everyone - thanks for your tips and suggestions and advice. I passed my exam earlier today so that's great. Someone ask me to note my impressions of the exam so here goes.
Firstly - my on-line course said that I could use the remaining free time in my tutorial before the exam - about 14 minutes - to do a brain dump. However, I was expressly forbidden from doing so by the exam proctors at my testing site. So is this true? Fist 20 minutes of my exams was doing a brain dump.
Secondly, I though the exam asked really fair questions - hardly any of the trick type questions I had encountered in my on-lline practice exams, and hardly any negatively based question - much to my relief!
Thirdly - all the questions were situational - no questions such as "what's at the bottom of Maslow's Hierachy". and most (about 80-90%) were "what should the PM do next?"
Fourth - it seemed to me that most of my answers were "communication management plan" based "make change request", or Pareto charts - which did freak me out a little bit and test the courage of my convictions. But after reviewing my answers, I still kept those answers.
Once again, thanks to everyone for their input - it was much appreciated. Now it's time for this stay-at-home parent to find a job!
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7 replies by Anish Abraham, Drew Craig, Eduard Hernandez, Kushal Shah, Najam Mumtaz, Rami Kaibni, and Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD
Feb 20, 2018 3:20 AM
Kushal Shah
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Congrats Graeme on passing the exam and all the best for your job hunting.
and yes you cannot use tutorial time to create the braindump. I think this is followed every where PMI conducts the exam.
Feb 20, 2018 3:21 AM
Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD
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Yes Graeme, they removed that advantage a while ago. When I took my exam a year ago, it was not allowed either.
Congrats by the way and well done :-)
Feb 20, 2018 11:33 AM
Rami Kaibni
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Congrats, great achievement. You must be proud :-) Good Luck with your career.
Feb 20, 2018 5:09 PM
Anish Abraham
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Congrats and all the best !!
Feb 20, 2018 8:22 PM
Najam Mumtaz
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Congratulations Graeme and welcome to the club.
Feb 21, 2018 4:37 AM
Eduard Hernandez
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Congratulations on the massive achievement!
Feb 21, 2018 6:15 AM
Drew Craig
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I came to say questions are random, but I suppose you know that already! Congrats!
Your observations are on point. And yes, the 'dump period' has been recently changed, as prometric was asked to be strict on forbidding test takers to utilize that period for dumping.
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Kushal ShahPM I Digital Marketing| Accenture Services private limitedMumbai, Maharasthra, India
Feb 20, 2018 2:20 AM
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Hi everyone - thanks for your tips and suggestions and advice. I passed my exam earlier today so that's great. Someone ask me to note my impressions of the exam so here goes.
Firstly - my on-line course said that I could use the remaining free time in my tutorial before the exam - about 14 minutes - to do a brain dump. However, I was expressly forbidden from doing so by the exam proctors at my testing site. So is this true? Fist 20 minutes of my exams was doing a brain dump.
Secondly, I though the exam asked really fair questions - hardly any of the trick type questions I had encountered in my on-lline practice exams, and hardly any negatively based question - much to my relief!
Thirdly - all the questions were situational - no questions such as "what's at the bottom of Maslow's Hierachy". and most (about 80-90%) were "what should the PM do next?"
Fourth - it seemed to me that most of my answers were "communication management plan" based "make change request", or Pareto charts - which did freak me out a little bit and test the courage of my convictions. But after reviewing my answers, I still kept those answers.
Once again, thanks to everyone for their input - it was much appreciated. Now it's time for this stay-at-home parent to find a job!
Congrats Graeme on passing the exam and all the best for your job hunting.
and yes you cannot use tutorial time to create the braindump. I think this is followed every where PMI conducts the exam. Saving Changes...
Hi everyone - thanks for your tips and suggestions and advice. I passed my exam earlier today so that's great. Someone ask me to note my impressions of the exam so here goes.
Firstly - my on-line course said that I could use the remaining free time in my tutorial before the exam - about 14 minutes - to do a brain dump. However, I was expressly forbidden from doing so by the exam proctors at my testing site. So is this true? Fist 20 minutes of my exams was doing a brain dump.
Secondly, I though the exam asked really fair questions - hardly any of the trick type questions I had encountered in my on-lline practice exams, and hardly any negatively based question - much to my relief!
Thirdly - all the questions were situational - no questions such as "what's at the bottom of Maslow's Hierachy". and most (about 80-90%) were "what should the PM do next?"
Fourth - it seemed to me that most of my answers were "communication management plan" based "make change request", or Pareto charts - which did freak me out a little bit and test the courage of my convictions. But after reviewing my answers, I still kept those answers.
Once again, thanks to everyone for their input - it was much appreciated. Now it's time for this stay-at-home parent to find a job!
Yes Graeme, they removed that advantage a while ago. When I took my exam a year ago, it was not allowed either.
Congrats by the way and well done :-)
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1 reply by Natalia Camino
Feb 20, 2018 4:51 PM
Natalia Camino
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Hi everyone
Does any one knows what is the reason to not allowed to do brain dump? I was counting with that
Congratulations Graeme - your hard work has paid off!
Interesting to see that Pareto charts showed up a few times on the exam. Given the elimination of that very useful tool in the PMBOK Guide Sixth Edition, I guess they will have purged those questions...
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten AssociatesNew Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Feb 20, 2018 2:20 AM
Replying to Graeme Card
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Hi everyone - thanks for your tips and suggestions and advice. I passed my exam earlier today so that's great. Someone ask me to note my impressions of the exam so here goes.
Firstly - my on-line course said that I could use the remaining free time in my tutorial before the exam - about 14 minutes - to do a brain dump. However, I was expressly forbidden from doing so by the exam proctors at my testing site. So is this true? Fist 20 minutes of my exams was doing a brain dump.
Secondly, I though the exam asked really fair questions - hardly any of the trick type questions I had encountered in my on-lline practice exams, and hardly any negatively based question - much to my relief!
Thirdly - all the questions were situational - no questions such as "what's at the bottom of Maslow's Hierachy". and most (about 80-90%) were "what should the PM do next?"
Fourth - it seemed to me that most of my answers were "communication management plan" based "make change request", or Pareto charts - which did freak me out a little bit and test the courage of my convictions. But after reviewing my answers, I still kept those answers.
Once again, thanks to everyone for their input - it was much appreciated. Now it's time for this stay-at-home parent to find a job!
Congrats, great achievement. You must be proud :-) Good Luck with your career. Saving Changes...
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten AssociatesNew Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Feb 20, 2018 8:25 AM
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Rami - - is the exam truly different or is it the exact same questions just presented in a different (random) order for different test takers?
That, I have no idea to be honest with you. I just know they are different, but in what way, no clue.
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1 reply by Graeme Card
Feb 20, 2018 11:42 AM
Graeme Card
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I know from speaking with a friend at a university that they randomise the order of the answers on multi-choice so that the "A" answer on your paper is different then others in your class etc, and maybe the alter the order of the questions too.
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Graeme CardSenior Programme Manager - Strategy & Science| Gisborne District CouncilGisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand
Feb 20, 2018 11:34 AM
Replying to Rami Kaibni
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That, I have no idea to be honest with you. I just know they are different, but in what way, no clue.
I know from speaking with a friend at a university that they randomise the order of the answers on multi-choice so that the "A" answer on your paper is different then others in your class etc, and maybe the alter the order of the questions too. Saving Changes...
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