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| PMP Test |  Several exams for project management professionals were developed by the Project Management Institute (PMI). The Project Management Professional exam (PMP) is one of these exams. This PMP computer-based exam assesses and measures one’s ability to apply their project management knowledge in six different domains regarding project management.
Take into account two ways in which to apply to take the PMP examination. You may apply online on the PMI website, or through the paper copy of the application in the PMP Credential Handbook, which also can be found on the PMI website. In both cases applicants are required to document and list their eligibility to take the PMP examination. There are the following eligibility requirements: high school diploma (or equivalent) with 7500 hours experience leading and directing specific tasks with 60 months of project management experience and 35 hours of formal project management education, or a bachelor’s degree with 4500 hours experience leading and directing specific tasks with 36 months of project management experience and 35 hours of formal project management education. Supporting documents proving one’s eligibility do not need to be submitted with either the online or the paper application. Nevertheless, some applicants are randomly audited by PMI, and these applicants are required to send in supporting documents relating to the eligibility. You must also pay fees at the time of application, and these fees are outlined on the PMI website.
After an applicant has applied to take the PMP examination, and their application has been successful, they will receive an electronic authorization to test (ATT) letter. This letter contains information on exam scheduling. To know more about exams, test-takers must go to the website for Prometric to select a test date and a testing location. The Project Management Professional exam is offered during normal business hours Monday through Saturday. You may find specific testing dates and test locations on Prometric’s website. It is advised to schedule an exam six weeks before the preferred test date.
The PMP exam is a computer-based examination, and it contains 200 multiple choice questions. Twenty-five of those questions are pretest questions, and these questions are not part of the overall test score. They help test makers in the development of future test questions and exams. The exam questions cover six different domains of project management: initiation of the project (11%), planning the project (23%), executing the project (27%), monitoring and controlling the project (21%), closing the project (9%), and professional and social responsibility (9%).
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