Hello All,

I managed to pass the exam yesterday on First Attempt. My result:

Initiating - Proficient

Planning - Proficient

Executing - Proficient

Monitoring and Controlling - Proficient

Closing - Moderately Proficient

My preparation:

- 5 continuous days, 8-9 hours per day

- Read Rita's and PMBOK once. I spent more time reading Rita's book as the explanations are easy to understand. I read the points in PMBOK and search for the explanation in Rita's book

- Did not really memorize ITTOs, just tried to understand the logic behind them. Memorized formulas (especially tough ones like the many formulas of EAC, TCPI, TPA) and some important terms from the glossary.

- Did all the knowledge area questions in PMFastTrack - Scoring 75-80%

- Did Oliver Lehman's questions (very tough)

I was very nervous 10 minutes before the exam as I overheard some of the candidates taking the exam earlier that day talking about how tough the questions are, not enough time, getting 5 BPs, etc. That kept me pretty nervous for the first 20 questions at least. Questions were tough and calculations are tricky, harder than Rita's but easier than Oliver's. But in the end I was able to pass and breathed a sigh of relief.

Anyways, please answer this:

During project execution, if a risk has not occurred and the project has passed the point where the risk should ocur, should we reduce the amount of the contigency reserved for that risk from the cost baseline? Or should we leave it as it is just in case another risk occurs?