Need Advice for Study Planning

Submitted by h.fazel on Sat, 05/03/2014 - 02:18

Hello Everyone,

My exam is scheduled for May 28th. I would like some advice on how to best utilize my time from now until my exam day. Here's where I am so far with my studies:

I've read both the PMBOK and Rita's book once 

I have attempted Rita's questions and scored an overall average of 84% with an average time of less then 1 minute per question.

I have not yet memorized anything. The next thing I'll be doing is reviewing the questions I got wrong. 

My question is what are some recommendations on how I should spend my time studying?

I have about 20 hours a week to spare for my exam prep.

should I re-read the books or attempt more questions or do both? I know that this really depends on the person but all i need is a general guidance so I can be steered in the right direction. I don't feel very confident and i would like to be very confident going into the exam. 

Also, what are some recommended sources for practice questions? I only have Rita's questions and head first mock exam. How much practice questions should I do without going overboard?

Thank you everyone in advance!

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Mon, 05/05/2014 - 04:12

Give mock tests, Free and Paid from different sources, if you consistently get above 80% you are prepared and can face real exam with confidence. 

h.fazel

Wed, 05/14/2014 - 01:31

Thank you Admin for your suggestion. Since my post I have done a few mock tests:

Rita's end of chapter questions - overall average of 84% (I had mentioned this in my earlier post)

Head first 200 questions - 80%

72 question self evaluation from a course I had taken - 72%

Oliver Lehmann 175 questions - 67%

My scores seem to be getting less and less the more tests I take (maybe it's the difficulty level of the tests). After completing Oliver Lehmann's questions my confidence is completely shattered! I found these questions very tough - mostly because of the type of language used. I'm starting to wonder if I have enough time to be ready for the real test. I have two weeks to go until my test date and I'm wondering what I should do. Would it be a good idea for me to read through Rita's study guide once more and continue to give more mock tests? Or should I continue to give mock tests?Also do you have any recommended tests I should give?

Thank you in advance.

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Wed, 05/14/2014 - 02:16

As you will see in other posts here on PMZilla, Oliver questions are only for Practice these type of questions will not come in real exam. The question set itself is old and I dont think it has been updated since 5 years.

Focus on your results from other mock tests.

h.fazel

Fri, 05/16/2014 - 16:11

Thank you admin! That's a great relief. I will focus on other mock tests.

@jerry

Wed, 05/14/2014 - 12:46

Hi,

 

Try out PMstudy and PMP4sure mock test. I tried it and found it to be very helpful. Go through the below site you should get lot of links and information that you are looking out for.

http://www.testprepsupport.com/blog/100-pmp-exam-lessons-learned-posts-all-in-one/

Regards

@Jerry

h.fazel

Fri, 05/16/2014 - 16:12

Thank you Jerry. I will definitely visit this site.

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pmhigherlearning

Mon, 05/19/2014 - 15:40

I know I might sound like a broken record but try to find test that will break it down by knowledge group. You might be studying on a knowledge group that you are getting 90+% but you do not know it but in another group getting 50%. Once you find your weakness then you can focus on that. Try out PM Higher Learning under the free resource section to take free pmp exams.

h.fazel

Wed, 05/21/2014 - 02:10

Hello everyone. I now have one week until my exam day and I'm starting to debate if I should postpone/cancel the exam. Since my last post I attempted the following:

PreparePM free mock test (75 + 28 Questions) and got average of 84%

I just completed the free 100 question mock exam from PMP for sure and got 56% which is a fail! this set of questions was listed as one of the recommended sets inf pmzilla. I had a hard time understanding what some of the questions were asking. 

Right now i'm feeling very overwhelmed and I feel like I've forgotten everything and am mixing up all the concepts. 

Does anyone have some advice for me? Should I postpone my exam date? If not, how should I study between now and my test date? 

Thank you everyone in advance for your help.