What is your total %age in mock exams?

Submitted by sspawar on Mon, 09/17/2012 - 03:59

Dear Frnds,


In one post i was reading that one pmp was consistant on 60% and has passed the exam, while his 2-3 friends were getting around 65 has been failed.


See here in tables 5 imaginary cases studied, how it can happened.


Below statistic shows how luck matters in PMP.


How  25 dummy questions may deflect your result you can see in below table in Case A versus Case B. 


A passer may fail , a failure may pass.


My conclusion is that honestly if you are getting total %age more than 70%(out of 200) consistantly (AT LEAST 5) in your standards mock tests (mix of PMSTUDY + PM4 +PMZILLA), no one can fail you in real exam.


While looking result of mock tests, check your total %age (out of 200)






































































































































































































    CASE A         CASE B = "CASE A" MAY BE LIKE THIS  
PMP
- How Luck Matters		 Qualified
for test		 Dummy Total RESULTS PMP
- HOW
LUCK
MATTERS		 PMP
- How Luck Matters		 Qualified
for test		 Dummy Total RESULTS
EXAM
TAKER  A
 Questions  175 25 200 PASS
5P'S		 EXAM
TAKER  A
FAIL		 Questions  175 25 200 FAIL
Answers  130 0 130 Answers  105 25 130
%age  74 0 65 %age  60 100 65
EXAM
TAKER  B		 Questions  175 25 200 PASS
5P'S		 EXAM
TAKER  B		 Questions  175 25 200 PASS
5P'S
Answers  130 25 155 Answers  130 25 155
%age  74 100 77.5 %age  74 100 77.5
EXAM
TAKER  C		 Questions  175 25 200 FAIL EXAM
TAKER  C		 Questions  175 25 200 PASS
5P'S
Answers  105 25 130 Answers  130 0 130
%age  60 100 65 %age  74 0 65
EXAM
TAKER  D		 Questions  175 25 200 PASS
5MP		 EXAM
TAKER  D		 Questions  175 25 200 FAIL
5BP
Answers  106 0 106 Answers  81 25 106
%age  61 0 53 %age  46 100 53
MOST IDEAL SCENARIO
EXAM
TAKER  E		 Questions  175 25 200 PASS
5P		 COMPETE
YOUR
BAD LUCK		 EXAM
TAKER  E		 Questions  175 25 200 PASS
<5MP TO 3MP
2BP>
Answers  122 12 134 Answers  109 25 134
%age  70 48 67 %age  62 100 67

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saket_pmp

Mon, 09/17/2012 - 05:53

Dear Pawar Ji,


Very good research. You might be right as I can bet for sure, the way all mock test shows you the result i.e. overall percentage is not the right way to check PMP preparations. PMI considers various factor like minimum percentage, each process group performance, psychometric analysis etc. It’s likely a case that a person with overall percentage as 65% might pass and a person with 70% might fail.


I do agree with your assessments that if you target around 70% accuracy in each process group, you are sure to pass. Bet it!


Saket, PMP