Am I Prepared? - 1 Day for the Exam!

Submitted by kajay on Sun, 05/20/2012 - 04:16


I have about 22 hours for the exam. I am now starting to revise Rajesh's notes and PMBOK Glossary instead of re-reading remaining chapters from PMBOK for the 2nd time. Any suggestions?


I took Oliver Lehmann's 75 questions test today - 69.3% .. IIt has kind of made me nervous now..  and I think revising Rajesh's notes will give me some confidence.


Earlier Study Plan: 


PMBOK 4 -  2 times (1 time - cover to cover, 2 times - Chapters 1, 2, 3, Integration, Cost, Quality, HR & Risk) .


Rita 6 - 2 times (All chapters and chapter end questions 1st round 65-75% 2nd round 75-85%)


Mock exam results:


1st Mock - Provided by REP (Registered Education Provider) - 68%


2nd Mock - Headfirst  (free) - 76%


3rd Mock - Rita Fastrack Super PMP - 54.9% ..................... Could not complete all questions. Very lengthy Q&A and were way tougher than even chapter wise questions in Rita 6 . Made me nervous :-)


4th Mock - PMStudy (free) - 70.86%   ...............was running 1/2 hour behind time. Luckily, stormed through the last few questions (125-200) to finish the exam with just one minute remaining.


Apart from trying to keep focus for 4 hours, I know my strong and weak areas (Scope - 66 %, Cost - 57%, Quality - 66%, HR - 52%, Risk - 64% & Prof./Ethics - 64%).


Thank you...


 

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webr

Sun, 05/20/2012 - 06:21

 I think you are close, but need some more push.  Getting 54 in SuperPMP will be nervous.

You have some luck , you can do it.. let us know how it goes

Shamir

Sun, 05/20/2012 - 06:40

The scores are not very convincing,I would suggest Read PMBOK 1 More time End to End. Focus on Cost Management (Lot of questions from CPI, SPI), Risk Management and Time Management. then go through Scope and Quality. Do no practise any MOCK. Mock are just to make you to get a feel of actual PMP and you already got that by doing so many mocks its better to utilize your time in constructive way. All the best..


Regards,


Shamir Surani

kajay

Sun, 05/20/2012 - 15:51

Thank you for your advise guys.


I was planning to read through the PMBOK today.. this time more carefully and then revise the notes tomorrow. And not give any more Mock exams.


One of the other challenges I had was not to be able to finish the exam on time. I targeted 50 questions every 50 mins which would leave me at least 40 mins at the end to review marked questions. But during MOCK exams except for Headfirst (I had about 20 extra mins) all other mock tests, I was rushing through the last 150-200 questions. Running late by 1/2 hour. Not sure if the tests I took lengthy questions and answers compared to the real exam. But I need to focus on my time management :-) during the exam.


I was answering every question and there were questions where I used to read it 3-4 times. So maybe thats where I lost time. What is your advise for the exam?


Should I guess (based on my expert judgement) the right answer for confusing questions and mark it for review and rather answer the questions first that I know for sure? And then review the marked questions in the extra time? Will that work?


Are the questions in  the real exam as wordy just like pmstudy mock exam?


Thanks!

kajay

Mon, 05/21/2012 - 14:30

I took Shamir's advise and started reading PMBOK for the 2nd time yesterday.

So far only read chapters 1,2,3,4 (integration), 7 (cost) and 8 (quality). It took almost a whole day, but i did gain a lot of confidence.

I have to read other KAs. Please advise as to whether i should continue to read others or start revising Rajesh's notes, and PMBOK glossary? I also didnt review the wrong answers from the Mock. Thought i would do that during my revision.

Thanks!

mechguy

Mon, 05/21/2012 - 16:23

on the last day, instead of covering new ground, review all your old notes.