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Project Management Exam Tips Guide

This document provides tips for taking the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification exam. It outlines the process groups and knowledge areas covered on the exam. General exam strategies are described such as eliminating implausible answers, educated guessing, and not leaving any questions blank due to no penalty for guessing. Concept-oriented tips focus on the proactive nature of project managers and following PMBOK concepts over experience. Question-oriented tips warn about irrelevant information and special/generalized cases. Scenario-based questions should rephrase to the first action of an ideal project manager. The exam strategy recommends taking breaks, reviewing marked questions, and answering all questions before final submission.

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Project Management Exam Tips Guide

This document provides tips for taking the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification exam. It outlines the process groups and knowledge areas covered on the exam. General exam strategies are described such as eliminating implausible answers, educated guessing, and not leaving any questions blank due to no penalty for guessing. Concept-oriented tips focus on the proactive nature of project managers and following PMBOK concepts over experience. Question-oriented tips warn about irrelevant information and special/generalized cases. Scenario-based questions should rephrase to the first action of an ideal project manager. The exam strategy recommends taking breaks, reviewing marked questions, and answering all questions before final submission.

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Tips:

The Source of Clue Matrix


Initiating

Planning

Executing

Monitoring & Control

Closing

Integration
Scope
Time
Cost
Quality
HR
Communication
Risk
Procurement

Breakdown of Questions by Process Group


Process Group

Approximate Number of
Questions

Initiating

22

11

Planning

46

23

Executing
Controlling

54
42

27
21

Closing

18

Professional Responsibility 18

General tips

Memorize or dump out all formulas, especially for EVM and PERT.

Practice eliminating the completely implausible options first.

There is no penalty for guessing; thus, do not leave any question blank.

There will always be those situations where you have no idea what the question
is asking. Use educated guessing to select the most appropriate option. Remember,
you have only 72 seconds for each question. If you do not know the answer of a
question, mark it and move on and revisit it later if you have time.

Answer the questions based on the PMBOK concepts first, then consider your
experience. If they are in conflict, the PMBOK wins.

If applies to you, check the translated version of the question as it may be a bit
better worded (you are allowed to switch back to English)

PMI concept-oriented tips

The project manager takes an active approach to the job by not waiting until a risk
materializes and becomes a problem. This is an extremely important concept that might affect
many questions on an exam. The project manager does not escalate problems to upper
management or to the customer before fully analyzing them and identifying options. When
answering a question related to what the project manager should do in a specific situation,
you should rephrase the question to: What is the first thing the project manager will do given
such a situation and given his or her proactive nature?
Always assume that lessons learned and historical databases are available.
PMI does not approve adding extra functionality without benefits (gold plating).
Project managers have all kinds of soft and hard skills.
The Work Breakdown Structures (WBSs) are wonderful tools.
Roles and responsibilities need to be properly defined.

Question-oriented tips

Some questions contains irrelevant information that does not relate to the correct answer.
You don't need to use all the information provided to answer the question.

Each question has only one correct answer. Select the most appropriate answer. Some
choices may represent true statements but are not relevant. Make sure you read all the
options before you select any one.

You need to answer the questions from a PMI perspective not from your own
experience. For the exam imagine to be in an ideal environment for project manager.

Beware: Some choices may represent generalizations, which may be characterized by


words such as always, never, must, or completely; these are often the incorrect choices.

Look out for: Some choices may represent special cases. These choices tend to be
correct and are characterized by words such as often, sometimes, may, generally, and
perhaps.

Remember that the correct answer may not be grammatically correct

Scenario Based Questions


Such questions describe a project management scenario and will ask you to make a
decision on a course of action.

1. Rephrase the question to: What is the first thing the ideal project manager will do in
such situation and given his or her proactive nature?
2. Eliminate the patently incorrect answers - you will generally be left with more than one
potentially correct answer.
3. Use the PMBOK as your guide in selecting the correct answer.

Exam strategy
1. Take a break (or two)
2. Review marked questions
3. Answer ALL. Don't leave any questions unanswered.
4. Submit, wait for a warning that submission is irrevocable - click OK.

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