A PMP® Exam Simulator Assesses Your Readiness

for the PMP® Exam

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A PMP exam simulator can help you assess your readiness for the PMP® certification.

• It is a piece of software that mimics the environment of the exam, down to the way the questions are presented.

• It will give you an idea of whether you are ready to apply to take the real PMP® exam.

So how will a simulator give you

that feedback?

1. Exam simulators test like the exam will

• A PMP® exam simulator mimics the set up of the exam.

• Simulators will also display questions in the same proportions to how they will appear to you during the exam.

• It will include questions that come from concepts not found in the PMBOK® Guide.

• A simulator will ensure that you have a comprehensive understanding of all the material that will be covered in the exam.

• Simulators will also give you experience of answering the types of question that you will face on the test day.

2. Exam simulators are professionally designed

• An exam simulator will have been professionally designed to simulate not only the testing environment, but also the questions style and difficulty.

• Taking sample exam papers through an exam simulator will give you an idea of how ready you are to take the real thing.

3. Exam simulators help you gauge readiness with the 85% rule

• The 85% rule is simple: if you are able to correctly answer at least 85% or more of the practice questions on your first try, then you are ready for the PMP® certification exam.

• A simulator with 1,800 questions will give you 1,800 ‘first tries’.

• Answering a question correctly on your second try doesn’t count.

• Remember, you will only have one chance when it comes to the real exam.

The 85% rule is just a rule of thumb, but if you need to know how you are doing it is a useful benchmark against which to assess your abilities.

4. Exam simulators prepare you for the exam day

• A PMP® Exam simulator will force you to find time and practice your ability to focus on taking the exam.

• You also have to prepare mentally for the rigors of taking the test.

• A simulator will help you practice applying this information to exam questions in a realistic environment, against the clock.

These four points show you how a PMP exam simulator can help assess your readiness for the PMP® certification exam.

• You should make use of every available tool to prepare yourself fully for taking the test.

• a PMP exam simulator will help you decide when you are ready, by giving you the chance to review the concepts, types of questions and to prepare in a realistic environment.

When you feel confident in your abilities – and your sample PMP® exam test scores reflect the level you need to pass the real thing – then put together your application and apply to take the PMP® exam.