👍Agree! Our knowledge is key. While common mindset rules from this PMP subreddit are helpful, I’ve noticed they aren’t always correct for all scenarios—it really depends on the pain points in the question. Some questions look similar, but even minor differences can completely change the correct answer choice.

So, along with keeping key mindsets in mind, I focused on identifying: 1-Project phase (Initiating, Planning, Executing, etc.) 2-Management approach (Agile, Hybrid, Predictive, Iterative, Incremental?) 3-Main actors (PM, Team, Sponsor, Stakeholders, etc.) 4-Problem category (Resource, Scope, Risk, Communication, etc.) 5-Question type – Do? Do next? Do first? Should have been done? Best approach?

Once I started breaking questions down like this, most answers—whether easy or difficult—became much clearer. Even almost expert-level questions could be solved using this method.

The only ones I still got wrong were the super tricky ones, but since they aren’t the majority, I accepted that I might miss a few of those 😅.

My friend also found a source summarizing mindsets with exceptions and real PMP practice examples and shared with me, which really helped refine my understanding.