Customer Reviews

2008 PMP Exam Test Prep Guide, PMBOK 3rd Edition

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3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

I was hoping that for $60 I would get a good software that would simulate the PMP exam. I was excited to get 2000 questions to prepare for the exam.
Several of the same questions are repeated within the exam (I had at least 20 questions repeated multiple times in 1 exam). I also had at least 4-5 questions asking to calculate the PV and provided different numbers, again same questions over and over.

I have not seen 1 question around Network diagram or calculating ES, EF, float.critical path...etc.

If you want to truly simulate the PMP examp I would not recommend this software.

Oh, and BTW the "software" is an access database with some visual basic coding.

Ferenc

You get 6,000 "PMP exam" questions, but they are very poor quality.
Having just passed the PMP exam last week, and seeing real questions, I must say that this CD is a poor study tool. I also tried Rita's book (bloated, probably more suited to the classroom, but it is not sufficient as an independent PMP exam study-aid), and the excellent "Achieve PMP .. by Chu, Altweis, Preston".
Many of the questions in this CD-only Exam Simulation were simply incorrect, such as asking for the critical path of a pop-up diagram, when EV, PV, & CPI numbers are displayed! Also found many questions were repeated, and often the same 5th answer was offered, but never correct (PMP only has 4 answers). Some questions were outrageously difficult and MBA/PhD obscure (I gave up trying to find useful questions after exam #7 of 10).
As others have mentioned, the authors should be ashamed - the poor quality of the questions, and the lack of focus on needs for the PMP exam are all serious deficiencies. These "PMP" authors have offended the PMI community with this lousy, unprofessional product that goes against so many PMI principles.
I give the product 2 ** instead of 1 * because although the question were flawed, the explanations were of value; I cross-checked against the PMBOK and other sources, which helped me develop my own thoughts and not just learn things by rote.

P.S. The vendor also sent me a used, scuffed CD that took many tries to install - I should have returned it immediately!

This product is utterly useless and the 'PMP's who put it together should be embarrassed that their names are on it.

Very few questions actually follow the PMP Exam model of situational questions. Possibly this was intended for the CAPM. Most are direct questions such as "which of the following refers to this process", or "Which of the following is NOT involved in this process". But, even worse, some questions come through garbled and unreadable, sometimes with the answer choices mixed in with the questions. In the evaluation and answer section it presents "Questions Incorrectly Answered", but correct answers are mixed in with incorrect answers. There were times that it described the answer I gave as correct, but it told me that I had chosen the incorrect answer.

This product was put together in a shabby manner, clearly with no quality control, and very little attention to the actual feel of the PMP exam.

I am embarrassed that I actually purchased this and feel that my purchase of this product was a COMPLETE WASTE OF MONEY, and my time spent working with it was a COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME.

The questions were very good and insightful. HOWEVER...Many times it would list my answer as the expected answer, but list a different choice letter as the answer. Guess that makes the conservative output a little better, but, of course, I don't know if it was scoring wrong answers as right, either.

I enjoyed using this tool to practice for the PMP exam.

I did pass on the first shot and what i did was went through Rita's PMP exam book once. I don't like memorizing and would rather get hands on studying and this did that.

Books and software you really cant compare, everyone has their own unique learning style. What I like about this better than other software is the questions display in random order each time you take an exam, so I didn't get accustomed to the way the questions are presented.

But for me I like the program more and feel it had a greater impact on my successfull completion of the PMP exam. My scores increased steadily and passing higher after each exam and my actual score on the official exam matched the passing scores of this practice program.

Helpful aid in preparation for the PMP Certification Examination. Especially the question bank which has the appropriate level of questions which challenge the users to think and prepare in the method as required for the exam.

The questions are logic and follow the outlines from PMI PMBOK. Some of the questions were challenging which helped me build up my confidence before the exam. I think this is better than the rita software because of the features and bigger question base. I think anyone sitting for the PMP test should try it out.