TOPIC: Need Some Clarity For Exam Day

Hi! I’m a few weeks away from taking the PMP exam. There's one thing that’s still bugging me: what’s the actual passing score for the PMP exam these days? I’ve seen so many mixed answers online.

Daniel,

The passing score of the PMI exam is a closely guarded secret at PMI. Professional certification exams do not publish "passing score." So, you will have to get comfortable being uncomfortable with that knowledge gap.

Experience has shown that a consistent score on the OSI Exam Simulator (PrepCast) of 80% ish USUALLY demonstrates that you understand the material well enough to pass the PMI exam. That may be where you're getting numbers.

Hi Daniel,

There is no single passing score with the PMP Exam.
For many years now, PMI has been using a so-called "psychometric assessment system".
That means, the passing score is individual to each exam, and depending on the difficulty level of your exam, that is once again individual, cause
your Exam Questions are drawn from a pool of thousands of questions.
So, if you do have many easy questions in your exam, your passing score will be higher than average, and the other way around.
That means, like Harry already mentioned, the only thing you can do is to ensure being as best prepared as you can; and that should be your focus.

BR,

Markus