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6 years 5 months ago #12407

Scott Gillard

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My exam had some of the examples. ESPECIALLY formulas and solving for different variables. However, I haven't taken the most recent version and can't speak to if something changed or not.
6 years 5 months ago #12356

Stan Po - Admin

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Dear recent PMP exam takers,

First, let me congratulate you on your success!

Second, would you mind sharing your input on the following subject (within your PMI Code of Ethics & Professional Conduct obligations, of course).

Based on the vast majority of forum posts, most of the questions on the PMP exam are situational. Most of them require you to determine what should the project manager do next/first/etc. or what is the best course of action for the project manager to take. Does it mean other types of questions are no longer included in the exam? For example, do you remember seeing questions such as:

- A diagram/chart is shown, and you are asked to identify the type of the diagram, for example, a control chart, a scatter diagram, etc.
- True/false type of questions, for example, which of the following regarding XYZ is true?
- Knowledge/definition/concept based questions, for example, this type of tool/technique is known as...
- Calculation questions, for example, given BAC, EV, PV, etc., please find SPI, CPI, TCPI, etc., or any combination of those.
- Negatively worded questions, for example, all of the following will help the project manager to achieve this, except for...

Anything else you can remember that is not situational or not of the "classic" What should you do type?

Thank you in advance.

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