Section 2: Exam Details

Question 1

What are the three things you need to show PMI to get Certified?

Answer 1

1. Completed 35 hr PM Course
2. Show high school deploma
3. Show certain number of years of experience

Question 2

What are the five steps of the PMP process to get certified?

Answer 2

1. Sign up for a 35 hour class
2. Apply for exam online
3. Wait 3-5 business days for PMI approval
4. Take and pass the exam
5. PMP certified

Question 3

What are the PMP certification requirements?

Answer 3

1. High school diploma or an associates degree
2. 60 months leading projects
3. 35 hours of project management education/training, or CAPM certification.

Question 4

How many questions will the PMP exam have?

Answer 4

180.

230 Minutes.

Pass/fail

Question 5

Average duration of test takers?

Answer 5

3-3.5 hours

Take full break!

Question 6

What are the three domains of the test?

Answer 6

People
Process
Business Environment

You want to be “Target” or “Above Target”

Question 7

What are the different types of questions?

Answer 7

Multiple choice
Multiple Responses
Matching
Hotspot
Limited fill-in-the-blank
Graph interpretation

Question 8

What is the principle mindset you should apply when approaching questions?

Answer 8

Understand the principles PMI wants to get across, not necessarily specific questions or number of reps.

Mindest > individual questions

Question 9

What are the two ways to take the test?

Answer 9

1. Take the test in-person (testing center). More professional, but difficult to coordinate.
2. Live online PROCTOR exam.
   -Must. have webcam and good internet connection
   -Quiet Room
   -Can be taken 24/7
   -Proctor will be watching
   -Virtual whiteboard

Question 10

What is the ideal pacing of the exam?

Answer 10

Of 230 minutes (counting down)… 75 seconds per question.

Questions 1-60 (first 75 minutes)

10 minute break

Questions 61-120 (75 minutes)

10 minute break (most important)

Questions 121-180 (75 minutes)

*Breaks not included in 230 minutes.

Question 11

What are some choice ways to buy more time during the exam?

Answer 11

Spend less time on easy questions, more on hard ones.

Apply the mindset!!

Don’t spend too long on hard questions! Mark for review and move on. Select an answer and come back to it later and move on. Stay under 60 seconds on a difficult question. When at end of section, go back and review if you want.

Question 12

What is the rough content outline of the test?

Answer 12

Half will represent predictive project management.

The other half will represent agile or hybrid approaches.

1. People 42%
2. Process 50%
3. Business Environment 8%

Question 13

What is the secret to passing?

Answer 13

1. Understand the concepts and don’t memorize them. Don’t memorize terms, but understand them. DO I understand this? Where am I going to use this? How am I going to use this?
2. Do not apply your work experience. What you do at work isn’t what you do at work! The more experience you have, the more likely you will fail. Blank minds tend to do better than minds that are influenced/biased from work experience. It’s not about experience, it’s about best practices from PMI.
3. Apply the PMI Project Manager Mindset (last section)

Question 14

What is the PMI Mindset?

Answer 14

How would PMI answer this question?

Question 15

How do you maintain your certification?

Answer 15

60 PDUs over 3 years (1 hour training is 1 PDU). Take classes in something that support your profession.

-Take Classes
-Teach Classes
-Write Books or Articles
-Attend PMI meetings

If you do not, you must retake exam.

Question 16

How do you find Reference list for exam?

Answer 16

Google “pmp exam reference list.”