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PMP Questions
Can I guess at what PMP questions will be found on the PMP certification exam? The Project Management Professional (PMP) credential is the most widely recognized and respected credential in the field of project management! The PMP exam was created to weed out possible applicants. This exam tests knowledge, concept application and situation analysis. Here are the six different areas the Project Management Institute (PMI) tests over, and the test is broken down like this:
Below is a table that breaks down what will be on the PMP test.
PM Process Percent of Questions
Project Initiating 11
Project Planning 23
Project Executing 27
Project Monitoring and Controlling 21
Project Closing 9
Professional and Social Responsibility 9
Be aware that the PMP Exam Questions are going to include:
1. Questions about application of Knowledge – The Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK guide), contains the information that will be on these kinds of questions. You will also have to apply apply those concepts to real work. Many of the PMP questions are aimed at application and not simple knowledge.
2. Situational questions– things like, you are a Project Manager, you work for KLM corporation, you have the following problem, what is the first thing you should do? Which may be hard to answer used PMI processes on your projects.
3. There are a number of formula discussed, (yes there is some math on the exam) in the PMBOK guide, but probably only 8 to 10 questions will need formulas.
4. 10-12 or more will be earned value questions (not all of those will require solving for a value), the PMI REALLY likes earned value.
5. Most of the acronyms will be spelled out, so learn the full names.
6. The exam has 25 beta questions, which cycled into the new exams and some old exam questions are dropped.
7. It is estimated that 50% or so who don’t pass the exam, do not pass it because they have no project management training that uses PMI terminology and methodology.
8. The toughest knowledge areas are Framework, Integration, Procurement, Risk, and Time.
9. The toughest process groups are Executing, Monitoring and Controlling, and Professional and Social Responsibility.
Remember, before you can take the exam you need to pre-qualify:
10. If you have a Bachelors degree in any subject — You need 35 hours of PM education (known as contact hours), and 4,500 hours of PM experience over three years in the last six years. OR if you do not have a Bachelors degree you need 7,500 hours of experience over at-least five out of the last eight years. If you need contact hours look into PMI approved training such as PM PrepCast by Cornelius Fichtner, or a full PMP Bootcamp such as the PMPerfect On-Demand Bootcamp.
Preparing for the exam can be a grueling process, but it can be made easier if you brake it down as if it were a project, and work at it consistently every week. Learning more about the PMP Questions through a course or guide will make taking the PMP exam much easier.
If you aren’t sure what to study, then roll all of your training into one, with a new concept, an On-Demand PMP Bootcamp.
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