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My Top 10 Recommended Web Sites For Free PMP Exam Sample Questions
My Top 10 Recommended Web Sites For Free PMP Exam Sample Questions
After eight years as a project management trainer, I have helped more than 20,000 students
prepare for their Project Management Professional (PMP)® Exam. In my experience along the
way, I’ve found one thing that unites them all: They all want to practice with free PMP Exam
sample questions.
In an effort to help, I have identified 10 web sites that offer free PMP Exam sample questions. I
recommend each of them for the quality of their questions.
1. www.oliverlehmann.com. Hands down, this web site has the toughest questions around.
If you are able to answer more than 50% correctly, then hats off to you. Lehmann
provides sample questions in a variety of formats. From the site, you can take a free 75-
question simulated, timed (90 minute) exam. He also includes a link to over 3,000 free
sample questions (4,000 for PMI members) as well as a download option (PDF) for an
additional 175 sample questions, which is also available in German. What’s more,
smartphone owners can access another 30 free questions for their iPhone/iPad and/or
Android in the iTunes Store and Android Market, respectively.
4. http://certification.about.com/od/projectmanagement/a/pmp_test_whiz.htm. If you’re
looking for something short and sweet, this excerpt from Whizlabs’ PMP Exam Simulator
gives you 20 free PMP sample questions to test your readiness. There are five questions
per page, and the answers--as well as explanations for each question--are available at
the bottom of each page. In addition, the site provides suggested reading, related
articles and resources for each question, giving you additional support in areas where
you may need more help.
7. http://www.ajithn.com/login.php. The free, sample exam on the PMP Question World site
is rather like the old Choose Your Own Adventure books; you decide how many
questions you’d like to answer in your mock exam. Possible questions come from all
nine PMBOK knowledge areas, and you can take the mock exam as many times as you
like. The sample exam does not display correct answers; however, practice questions --
with their answers--are also available on the site. You can also “share” questions with
your fellow PMP exam-takers.
Obviously, exam simulators and sample questions are often a very good indicator of your
readiness to take the exam. Generally speaking, if you are able to correctly answer at least 85%
or more of the sample or practice questions on your first try, you’re probably ready to take your
PMP certification exam. Note that answering a question correctly on your second try doesn’t
count, since you will only have one chance in the real exam. So, for example, a simulator with
1,800 questions gives you 1,800 “first tries.” This is plenty to build your confidence and gauge
when you are ready to take the exam. Of course, the 85% rule is just a rule of thumb, but if you
want to know how you are doing it is a useful benchmark against which to assess your abilities.
Sample questions are extremely helpful in preparing for the exam; however, remember that free
questions aren't everything. I recommend you also subscribe to a commercial exam simulator
so that you can practice in a "real" environment using realistic exam questions. After all...free
questions are free and may only take you so far.
About the author: Cornelius Fichtner, PMP is a noted PMP expert. He has helped over 16,000
students prepare for the PMP Exam with The Project Management PrepCast and offers one of
the Best PMP Exam Simulators on the market.
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Summary:
Sample questions are extremely helpful in preparing for the PMP exam. This article presents 10
web sites that offer free and quality PMP Exam sample questions.
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