PMP Exam Overview - Day 0

• How to qualify and apply for the PMP Exam.

• Length, Duration, Examination Process.

• What kind of Question come in the exam?

• Why is the exam considered hard?

• Success Secrets.

• How to answer ambiguous questions

• How to answer questions that seem to have multiple correct answers?

• What are the PM Terminology that is specific to the PMI?

• What to assume regarding PMP question?

• What the constraints of the PMP Exam?

 PMP Exam Overview - Day 0

                 

Course Introductions:

 

• Target Audience

• New Professionals

• Executives

• Team Members

• Team Leaders

• Project Leaders

• Project Mangers

• Directors

 

 Course Introduction:

 

• Course Delivery Strategy (Exam Centric)

• Define Concepts

• Use tools and techniques

• Real time PMP Exam questions

• After hours PMP Exam questions Homework

• Discuss, review PMP exam question Homework

  PMP Exam Introduction:

 

• Project Management Institute (PMI)

• Sets Professional standards for the project management profession

• International US based not-for-profit educational association

• Over 200,000 Members worldwide

• Group of project managers and educators from a variety of industries that share 

project management experiences, applications and concepts

Value of PMP:

 

• International recognition

•  Acknowledged as the credential choice for countless number of organizations and companies

• Industry neutral (IT, Teco, Construction. HealthCare, Government, Engineering, Medicine & Aerospace etc)

• Many corporations are requiring PMP Certification as a per requisite

• Worldwide, 10,000 PMP holders in year 2000 --> 50,000 PMP holders Currently

   

  PMP Exam Introduction: 

   

  • PMP Exam is designed to test real Project Management Experience and Knowledge

  • Areas defined in PMBOK Guide

  • Just PM experience or mugging up PMBOK guide is not Sufficinet.

  • The questions are randomly selected from a huge database and can jump from 

  • Topic to topic or cover multiple topic in one question 

   

  Qualifications for the PMP Exam: 

   

  • Require specific educational and experience before an application can be submitte

  • For Degree Holders, Min of 4500 hours (3 Yrs) of Project Management experience

  • For High School diploma or Secondary school credential, min of 7500 hours (5 yrs)

  of Project Management experience

  • At leaset 35 hours of formal Prject Management education

  • PMP is computer based test that comprise of 200 MCQ's (Actual 175)

  • 25 Pre-test questions are not testable

  • 4 hours are allowed

  • Each qusestion has 4 answers (Choose the best answer)

  • Situational based questions

  • Very few simple and memorization questions

  • Combined with qualitative management oriented questions

  • Passing Score Required 61%  & 106  correct our of 175, or 132 out of 200 to be safe

  • Exam fee  US $ 405 for PMI Member

                   US $ 555 for Non Member

  • Re-exam (Limited to 2 times per year)

  US $ 275 for PMI Member 

  US $ 375 for non Member

  • Continuing Certification Requirements Program (CCR)

  • PMP Certification Valid for 3 years

  • Need 60 PDU during the 3 years to maintain the credential

  Process to apply for PMP Exam.

   

  Step1: Attend PMP Exam Pre Course (35 hours)

  Step2: Submit credential and experience details online (PMI)

  Step3: Go through auditing (random selection)

  Step4: Pay for PMP Exam Fee

  Step5: Book for PMP Exam at Prometric website

  Type of Exam Questions

   

                               Ready??

   

   

  Type of Exam Question

   

  • Questions are Mostly situational

  • Out of the Blue

  • Seem to have two right answers

  • Many are ambiguous

  • Very wordy

  • Knowledge of the correct order of '' Project Processes"

  • ITTO question about processes

  • Be prepared for the following types of questions so you will not wast time or 

  be caught off guard when you are talking the exam 

   

  Situational Questions:

   

   

  Question: Supply of the car engine parts you are purchasing from India will be 

  delayed by another week, as there is a labour union issuse What is the Best thing

  to do?

  A) Notify you management of the delay.

  B) Ignore it. This is a minor issue and will not delay the Project too Much.

  C ) Let the t Customer Know about the delay and discuss the options with them.

  It is always good to involve the Customer.

  D) Meet with the project team and identify other alternatives to deal with the Situation.

   

   

    "Out of the Blue " Questions

   

  Made-up terms are being included as a choice to trick those who do not kno the answer

  Tests on a project manager's knowledge and fact based on PMI PMBOK terms.

  
  

  
  

  Question: As a project manger, you have been given the responsibility  for a project that

  is already running behind schedule. Which of the following is the MOST appropriate technique to compress the project in order to meet the original target date and budge?

   

  A) PERT

  B)Time Minimizing Technique

  C) Crashing

  D)Multi Processing

   

  "Two or more right answers "Questions.

  Question: The customer is unhappy about the recent delays in the project deliverables

  They have just requested for a minor enhancement to the system, Which , althought not

  part of the scope, can be done quickly. Your team advices you that this is the time to please

  the customer and win them over with a quick delivery.

  A) Do it quickly, as it will  make the customer happy..

  B) Notify your boss

  C) Send a Change Request Forum to the customer to fill.

  D) Start working on the enhancement ,while waiting for the paper work to be completed

  
  

  
  

  "Extraneous information"  Questions.

  Most of the information provided may be useless in leading you to the eventual 

  answer. Example multiple paragraphs of information for each question.

  Tests on a project manager's ability to filter information based on his/her accurate,

  Concise and factual knowledge

  Question: You are a project manger for QuickPick Towing Company. Your company

  Specializes in towing large vehicles across the county with a turn around time of only

  48 hours. Your Project involves Standardizing the branding and product offerings for the company across all regions, Your lead engineer has given you the following estimates for a critical path activity: 55 days most likely, 78 days pessimistic, 44 days most optimistic.

  What is the expected value, or weighted average of this job?

  "Knowledge of prior processes" Questions.

   

  Tests the Project manger on the order of the project management processes

  which should come first  and which should come later

  Test on a Prject manager's knowledge and facts based on PMI PMBOK processes

  Question: The scope has been defined, and the detailed activities are being planned.

  the process of decomposing deliverable into smaller,  More manageable components

  is complete when:

  A) Cost and duration estimates can be developed for each work element in detail

  B) All change request have arrived

  C) Project ROI has  been estabished.

  D) The WBS dictionary contains each and every work element.

   

  "Knowledge of Inputs, Tools & Techniques, & Outputs of Processes" Questions.

  Tests the project manger on the usage of the  project management processes

  What comes in, and what is the output

  Tests on a project manager's knowledge and facts based on PMI PMBOK Processes

  
  

  Question) Which of the following process is mostly concerned with mitigation?

  A) Quality Assurance.

  B) Risk Identification

  C) Procurement Planning

  D) Risk Response Planning.

  
  

  
  

  Types of Exam Question

  • Question are mostly situational 

  • Many are ambiguous

  • Very wordy

  • Seems to have two right answers

  • Out of the Blue Terms

  • Knowledge of the correct order of "Project Processes" 

  • ITTO Questions about processes.

  • Be prepared for the following types of questions so you will not waste time or be caught of guard when you are taking the exam 

   PMP Exam Introductions

  End.

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