TOPIC: ITTO Questions

Hi everybody, I just finished my Prepcast course and reading of the 7th edition of the book + agile practice guide. I am about to apply for the exam and doing the prepcast simulator quizzes and mock exams over and over since I find it as a fun and active learning experience.
I have some questions regarding ITTO questions since I haven't been able to find discussions on this topic anywhere. When I include ITTO exam questions into the quiz I am not that successful in answering those as I am in answering other questions. I mostly go intuitively and answer incorrectly sometimes and I know this is because I didn't go through the 6th edition and learn processes and knowledge areas by hard.

I have two concerns here:
First: Are these types of questions still on the exam and do I need to learn processes by hard so I know which activity is part of which process and how they correlate with each other?
Second: How should I approach learning the necessary, since I don't feel like reading and learning the whole 6th edition is the way to go (I already feel confident on the quizzes earning 70%-80%), I just feel that if I had a general good understanding of what is needed from that part I would feel comfortable in every area.

I hope I explained well what I wanted to ask and I would be really grateful for any kind of suggestion or guidance in the matter.

P.S The exam simulator is the best learning tool I ever used. Congratulations on making it, it is truly a blessing to have it

Hello Đorđe

First of all, thank you for the kind words about our simulator. It's much appreciated. We put a lot of effort into the tool, so I'm happy to hear that you like it.

Now... about your concerns:

ITTO on the exam: ITTO-style rote-memorization questions are now exceedingly rare on the current PMP; the exam rewards understanding how inputs, tools, and outputs logically flow rather than reciting them. By this I mean that questions in the form of "Which of the following is not an input to the Create WBS process" are no longer part of the exam. Instead, the questions would indirectly reference things as part of a scenario like this:

"After scope changes add new neighborhoods to your fiber-optic rollout, you hold a Create WBS workshop and bring the approved change requests, updated scope statement, lessons-learned registers, and the scope management plan. Which document do you consult to confirm that each work package is decomposed enough for reliable cost estimates?"

To be honest... that's not the best scenario example, but you get the idea. You need a general understanding and be able to see the big picture. Being able to recall minute details is usually not required. Which neatly takes us to your second question:

How to approach your studies? My recommendation is to build a high-level mental map of the process groups and why each tool is used. So go ahead and *skim* the PMBOK 6/7 diagrams, cluster related tools by purpose, and reinforce with simulator explanations, rather than slogging through every page of the guide. And - this one is important - if you come across a question in the simulator that totally stumps you, now is the time to open up the PMBOK Guide and review the details.