I took the test two weeks ago after sitting through a 4 day Cheetah PMP class and failed. I thought the test was fairly easy and straight forward but when I hit the finish button my world crashed around me. My guess is that I took the test way too fast and didn't read through all the questions. I looked for an answer that matched and went with it without reading the other choices.

This time I went through it and read each question and answer before picking one. I did very well with

4 proficients and 2 moderately proficient marks.

Things I would recommend:

1. Get a book other than the Pmbok guide that expains the processes in layman's terms... I used Kim Heldmans book

2. I would use as many practice tests as possible.. I used PMperfect, the Cheetah tests and Kim Heldmans tests. PMperfect is great!

3. Don't try to memorize every TT or IO. Understand each process and what kind of tools they use. I only had a handful of questions that asked a direct question about TT. I figured them out by using my knowledge of the process.

4. This goes with number 3. You don't have to prove every TT in, you just have to prove one out. If you have 4 answers that contain 4 tt's, just try to rule one out in each answer.

5. I knew all the basic formulas for the math problems but I did not know the rules for the math problems when the question had "when conditions are expected to stay the same/ get worse" that didn't seem to hurt me. If you can memorize all them..... more power to you.

6. The more definitions, theories and TT attributes you know the better off you will be. I look at those as low hanging fruit. It easy to answer a functional question when you know the definition of the words they are using.

7. Memorize page 43 of the PMbock guide and write it out during the 15 minute tutorial. Also brain dump all the formulas you can during this time.

Good luck!