PMZilla Final Test : Scored 65%

Submitted by csbpmp on Thu, 04/19/2012 - 11:24

Hello All,

I have been a silent member of this forum. I followed many advises by the fellow borders.. thank you all.

My test scores are as below:
PM Study 1 : 61% Very initial days
PM Study 2 : 72% Gave after one time read of PMBOK 4 months ago.
Rita Fasttrack : 83%
Oliverlehmann 75 : 80%
Oliverlehmann 175: 75.43%

Finally after advise from you all.. I took PMZilla final test. Scored 65% in that. This was THE TOUGHEST I took so far. Now going through the questions that I got wrong. Is this a good score in this test?

Fingers crossed.. please wish me success for my big day... :)

Regards.
cs

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krantikumar50

Thu, 04/19/2012 - 11:35

Hi csbpmp, you are doing v v well. You'll pass. Believe me. When is your exam?

csbpmp

Thu, 04/19/2012 - 11:41

Thank you Krantikumar50. its tomorrow.. need to calm my nerves down :( .

krantikumar50

Thu, 04/19/2012 - 12:00

Yes, you need to calm your nerves. Do NOT practice any more. What is done is done. Just browse Rajesh----Chowdhury. All the best! See you tomorrow :) KK...

Antony

Thu, 04/19/2012 - 12:23

You are really going good... all the best

csbpmp

Thu, 04/19/2012 - 12:26

Thanks for your wishes Antony, KK. You calmed my nerves somewhat.. :)

csbpmp

Fri, 04/20/2012 - 17:04

Thank you for all your valuable advises and encouragement friends.. I made it through.. first attempt..4Ps and a MP (in Closing !!).. Extremely happy.. will share my LL very soon...

krantikumar50

Fri, 04/20/2012 - 17:29

Congrats Dude! I was expecting your post since long:) Finally, you made it. Kudos. Yes, will wait for your LLs. I feel you preparation was pretty long since you wrote that you took the Lehman test almost 4 months back. Will wait for your LLs. Great... :)

csbpmp

Fri, 04/20/2012 - 17:40

Thankyou KK50. I must thank you. I did remember your post once when I was too nervous during the test.. I found my test questions extremely tricky.. nearly 95% of them had 2 good answers with the BEST one just-just-just-just-just one bit better. I completed the first round at 3:53elapsed time. 7 min and 25odd review Qs. Time finished before I reviewed all. Tense .. amazed and almost cried after seeing congratulations and 4P-1MP on the screen. Thanks once again.

scot.mcpherson

Fri, 04/20/2012 - 17:50

Congrats, I did very well also after worrying too much...

 

You did better than I. I got 2 p and 3 mp.

csbpmp

Fri, 04/20/2012 - 17:54

Hmmm.. but I wasnt sure how I was doing.. while doing..
I wasnt convincingly picking the answers... they were always situational and all had two great answers.. e.g :incase of a change there were both the options about looking at the impact and getting change description-details from customer.. had to figure out what EXACTLY the situation is.. from 6-7 lines to understand the best one.. good that it all went well..

trawal

Fri, 04/20/2012 - 18:42

How many numericals and ITTO questions you had?

csbpmp

Fri, 04/20/2012 - 18:57

A lot of ITTO atleast 20-25 of them... but they were not direct..never a process name directly mentioned and hardly a few times an exact ITTO name mentioned.. believe me sometimes the matching ITTO was not in explicitly stated in the the pmbok guide. I didnt memorize ITTOs per process.. I tried to understand what they are.. for each of them. better said than done I know..but I can now say big NO to memorizing ITTO..(with respect to my exam)

numericals were surprizingly low.. most of the times it was pert and decision tree(EMV).. I was waiting and waiting for a good EVM numerical and the exam concluded already ;).. EVM did appear in a lot of situations though..

krantikumar50

Fri, 04/20/2012 - 19:10

What is your total PM experience in years? I mean how many did you mention in your application. In reality it might be more.

krantikumar50

Fri, 04/20/2012 - 19:11

What is your total PM experience in years? I mean how many did you mention in your application. In reality it might be more.

csbpmp

Fri, 04/20/2012 - 19:13

Its about 4yr KK50

trawal

Fri, 04/20/2012 - 19:32

I tried to understand ITTO but it is just hard. Might have to learn as many as I can. It seems exam can't be passed without knowing ITTO fully.


What other things you would recommend me to know to clear the exam? I still have a few weeks for preparation.


My so far scores in the practice exams are:


Headfirst - 81%


Techfaq360-76%


Oliver 75 - 77.5%


ExamCentral - 80%


 


 


 

csbpmp

Sat, 04/21/2012 - 03:43

Hi.. PMZila final is very good.. Also please try if you can get access to Rita's questions.. These two made me think.. helping to close a lot of gaps..

by the way.. you are doing really wel.. looking at your scores..

trawal

Sun, 04/22/2012 - 00:41

I have Rita's books and solved all her problems. Average score was 75% in her practice questions.

I will take PMZilla a week before my exam. I just want to get a hang of ITTO and glossary to gain more confidence.

 

I took PMStudy's free test and scored 70% but exam was little tough and I made a few silly mistakes as well.

iammarkus

Tue, 10/01/2013 - 19:54

Well I am going for my second attempt this Saturday (4 days). I studdied like crazy before the first exam, I also took a one week boot camp. I failed to focus on the memorization portion and to be honest, at 51 that is much harder. I feel more confident now with some of the key formulas, PV, CPI, EaC etc.

I do feel in some ways, it would have been easier if my mind was a green field and not having 15 years of project management experience. I really feel even with my experience this entire journey has truly round me out in terms of my skills and experience. 

I have taken quite a few test exams and sample questions. I found like most of you there are the Go To ones and a lot of crappy ones as well. I just purchased the PMZilla Final exam and it's tough but doable. I am doing it in chunks so I can really focus on any weak areas that I discover. I am hitting about 65-70 percent and I am praying that this is a good indication. In the remaining days I think I will focus on review of the PMBOK, refer to my mega-cheat sheets and practice practice practice.