challenged by one of those PMI questions that described a scenario and then gave four correct answers and asked for the best answer.Of course, they want the PMI answer.For most of these questions, unless I was sure of my answer, I marked the question for later review.I believe I marked about 64 questions that either asked for the best of four right answers or dealt with "gray" areas where the questions were in a subject area I was not as familiar with.In reviewing these, I believe I only changed 3 to 4 answers.
Exam Content:The exam I took had
8 questions on the Initiation process, The Initiation process questions dealt with feasibility studies, Mgt. responsibilities, ID needs, and project charters.
74 questions on planning, The Planning process questions covered cost and scope planning, scope definition, schedule development, risk planning, resource planning (tough area), quality planning, organizational planning, communications and procurement planning, and project plan development including activity definition, estimating, and sequencing.
48 questions on execution processes, Execution process questions included quality assurance, scope verification, source selection, information distr., contract admin. (tough area), team development, and project plan execution (also tough area).
56 questions on controlling processes,Controlling process questions covered cost control, change control, performance reporting, quality control, risk response control (tough), schedule control, and scope change control (tough).and..
14 questions on closing processes.Closing process questions included admin close out and contract close out.Both these areas were tough.Know the difference between administrative close out functions andcontract close out functions.
The Test Process:The room was crowded and initially quite warm, so be prepared to shed clothes ifneeded.The usual 2 pencils and scratch paper were provided and my personal belongings were locked up.The room was crowded and initially quite warm, so be prepared to shed clothes ifneeded.The usual 2 pencils and scratch paper were provided and my personal belongings were locked up.Once I completed reviewing the marked questions, I hit the End of Exam button and got it over with.I completed the exam in four hours.Roughly three hours to complete the first pass, I took a ten minute break which was refreshing, and then spent another 45-50 minutes reviewing the marked questions.I had about a half hour to spare.After pushing the done button, you complete a questionnaire from PMI and once that is complete your exam results are displayed.After the "war whoop" upon notification that I had passed, and calming down and apologizing tothe other test takers (who were smirking), I took my scratch pad to the proctor who immediately verified the test results and printed a certificate on the spot.I immediately left the test site and took the rest of the day off after relaying the information to my coworkers at my Topeka work site.
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Study method:I used the PMBOK as a guide listing the chapters I wanted to study for that time period.I determined that with 6-7 weeks of study time, I should have 168 total hours of study time available (28 hours per week).I spent 3-4 hours reading and marking each chapter in the PMBOK, the study notes from the IBM PM web site, and the class notes for the relevant chapter and then spent an additional hour taking the sample questions from the class and ...[查看详情] 
