What and how to Study

Focus on the practice test questions. For most people, 30-40 mins each day for about 2 weeks is all you need to pass the exam. I recommend 20-25 questions at a time, then check your answers. For the ones missed, understand why you got these questions wrong.

For the old exam, you needed to know all 49 processes front to back. This is not the case with the new exam. Be familiar with the 49 processes, but there is no need to memorize them. Know the 5 Process Groups and 10 Knowledge Areas. You’ll likely get a few questions asking, “what is the next step in a process.” Only one of the answers will be a real process. As long as you’re familiar enough to pick the right answer, you’ll be fine.

Example Question:

1.       What should you do after you develop a Project Charter?

a.    Review the Charter for mistakes

b.    Celebrate with the team

c.    Catalogue Stakeholder

d.    Identify Stakeholders

Answer is D because this is the only answer that’s a real process.

Some terms that were on my exam that I wasn’t expecting:

Parkinson’s Law: a person will spend all of the available time to complete a task regardless of the task size.

Student Syndrome: refers to planned procrastination, when, for example, a student will only start to apply themselves to an assignment at the last possible moment before its deadline.