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Agenda

Exam

preparation.

Exam marking.

Motivation

Factors.

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Exam preparation

Study the studentmaterials.

Study the guide to thePMBOK.

Concentrate on yourweak knowledge areas &topics within areas: By specialty books for

your weak areas.

Plan your preparationtime so that you do notbecome bored.

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Exam preparation

Take sample testsover and over again:

Test on disks.

Test in booklet.

Through the Internet .

From a study group(If Possible).

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Exam Marking System

Track your decisions.

Document your logic.

Answer the easy

questions as quickly as

possible and leave time

to go back and

reevaluate questions

that you died not

answer.

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Motivation Factors

How important is

passing the exam to

you?

How important isgetting the PMP

certification to you?

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Qualifying to Take The Exam

CategoryGeneral

education

Project

Management

Education

Project

Management

ExperiencesExperiences

Number

Of

Questions

One Bachelors

degree

35 Contact

Hours

4,500 Hours 3 Years

With The

last 6 Years

200

QuestionsTwo High

School

Graduate

35 Contact

Hours

7,500 Hours 5 Years

With The

last 8 Years

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35 4,500 3

6

200 35

7,500 5

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Applying to Take The Exam

Submit an application toPMI By Mail, or Online .

You will receive a noticeauthorizing you to make

an appointment to takethe exam .

You maybe subject to anaudit for your application.

Be aware that an auditwill delay your approvalto take the exam .

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Applying to Take The Exam

The exam offered on acomputer .

You should designate thesite where you want to takethe exam in .

Your authorization noticewill give you specificinstruction .

You have one year startingfrom the eligibility lettersdate to take the exam .

The exam offered in manylanguages , but not inARABIC now .

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Be Aware of The Followings

The exam is not memory

test .

The exam deals with real

word .

The exam include about 150

situational questions What

would you do in this

situation.

There may be instances

where the same data is

used for multiple questions.

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A few questions requireMEMORIZING The stepby step PMBOK guide .(Only about 10 12questions ).

Expect 8 10 formulasrelated calculations onthe exam .

Expect 10 12 questions

Earned Value not all ofthese requiredcalculations using theformulas .

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Most of acronyms willspelled out ( WorkBreakdown Structure ,not WBS ).

The correct answersshould not include directquestions from PMBOK .

Most People feel 40

questions or fewer of the200 questions on thePMP exam .

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WBS.)

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Many people need only

2,5 hours to finish the

exam .

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Strategy to Do the Exam

Try to answer the easiestquestions .

Leave questions thatrequired calculation( Cost , Schedule and some

of Earned value questions) . Do not forget to mark for

review any question youleave it without answer oryou feel that it needs to

review . Give yourself time to review

the questions you leave itwithout answering .

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Questions Types

Situational Questions( Related to specificsituations ) .

Questions with two or

more right answer( You need to take thebest one ) .

Questions with

extraneous information. Questions using Made

Up terms .

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Questions Types

Questions whereunderstanding isimportant .

Questions with new

approaches to knowntopic .

Questions with more thanone items in each choice .

Questions withexcessively wordy .

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How to Study For The PMP Exam

The magic THREE .

Be in test taking mode .

Have a plan for your

study . Use study group with

your friends .

Take exam simulations

( At least two times ) . Concentrate on your

week areas .

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How to Study For The PMP Exam

Review the questionsthat you answeredwrong during yourtests.

Take your final PMPsimulated exam , Youshould score over 75%before you take the realexam .

PASSING THE REALEXAM .

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PMP,

75%.

61. %

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My Personal Experience

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