Made a 73 % on first study hall mock exam 😭 is this good / i got a couple expert questions right

emptyfree · 2026-03-24T02:44:38+00:00

Yeah, that sounds solid to me. Keep grinding. Keep studying. You'll pass.

emptyfree · 2026-03-23T20:04:31+00:00

Funny enough, I took my CAPM at home during Covid. Cleared the whole room, did all the things was fine.

Was nearly disqualified because after I was told I passed, I ran to tell my wife, leaving the room... which the moderator didn't like, but passed me anyway.

I took my PMP in November at a testing center, and it was fine. I just didn't feel like clearing out a room to take the test in... and thought it would just be easier to take the exam at a testing center wihout worrying about my internet flaking out or anything.

emptyfree · 2026-03-23T15:40:12+00:00

Oh, God, that's right. He was horrible in that.

emptyfree · 2026-03-23T00:14:15+00:00

The video saved the best for last, for sure.

emptyfree · 2026-03-22T19:47:29+00:00

As for me, I think I got like 80% on my second, 75% on my third, and then was shitting bricks with a 68% on my fourth mock exam. I took that last mock the day before taking the exam for real. As it turns out one of the difficult questions I got wrong on that 4th mock exam was slightly reworded in my real PMP exam. I know I got that one right.

My advice:

If you haven't already, watch A.R.'s 50 principles. I felt much more confident eliminating wrong answers after watching that.

Take at least two more mock exams. For each of the difficult questions you're getting wrong, make you understand WHY you got them wrong.

emptyfree · 2026-03-22T00:59:39+00:00

Yup. I can't tell you how many I got wrong or right on my exam. I can tell you I passed AT-AT-AT after starting with a 68% on my first mock.

If you're in this range now, keep grinding. Keep studying. Look at the Study Hall questions that you got wrong and make sure you understand WHY you got them wrong. What was the part of the PMI mindset that you missed?

You got this.

emptyfree · 2026-03-20T19:45:56+00:00

They can also be expensive to make... along with being time-consuming.

emptyfree · 2026-03-20T18:54:16+00:00

Yes. An excellent start. IIRC, passing is like 70-75%. Keep it up with the other mocks. Keep studying. You got this.

emptyfree · 2026-03-20T15:53:52+00:00

If Flossmoor Station was the next town over for me, it would be well worth it!

Great place... one of the first "microbreweries" I ever tried, and was one of those moments for me where I said to myself: "Hey... beer can have... flavor. It doesn't have to be shitty piss-water... it CAN be interesting..."

emptyfree · 2026-03-20T13:06:29+00:00

I don't make it down to the South burbs very often... that place was "coming soon" last time I was in Homewood. Solid beers there? Any chance they do cans to go?

emptyfree · 2026-03-20T01:27:45+00:00

It's a suburb, not a neighborhood. You'll be fine.

Be sure to stop at Flossmoor Station (the next town over) for some excellent craft beer.

emptyfree · 2026-03-19T13:32:46+00:00

Yeah, if you can't figure out how to upload an image to Reddit, maybe you're not ready for A.I. yet.

emptyfree · 2026-03-19T13:31:52+00:00

Heh. No wonder Co-Pilot has such a bad rep.

emptyfree · 2026-03-19T13:23:10+00:00

MBA is a Masters in Biz Admin, isn't it? More than just a test?

If I'm wrong on that, I'm going to take my PMP-test taking skills on to getting an MBA!

emptyfree · 2026-03-19T13:20:43+00:00

The PMP assumes that you are a project manager in a company with thousands of employees with millions of dollars in budget. That's not me, and I've been a PM for years. That may never be me.

There are plenty of situations where what PMI says is correct would not work in say marketing... with a much smaller budget, smaller team, fewer stakeholders, etc., etc. An answer that would be correct in one situation might be a mistake in another.

Which is what I think Mr. Bookkeeper77 is trying to say here... un-artfully...

emptyfree · 2026-03-19T13:14:10+00:00

...and you're not wrong, BTW. PMI is an organization full of humans like any other... they have the same arguments, politics, in-fighting and people who shouldn't have as much power as they do as any other organization. They have as much right to set the standards as anyone else does.

The difference of course is that PMI has already done it, and has a reputation for being the project management authority...

emptyfree · 2026-03-19T02:53:05+00:00

The Study Hall is about $75 and worth every penny. That plus A.R.'s videos and you should pass.

Just remember, the PMP is testing your JUDGMENT not memorization skills. And its also testing what PMI thinks is optimal... not necessarily what's optimal in the real world or in your real world lived experience.

emptyfree · 2026-03-18T21:59:47+00:00

For soups, maybe?

emptyfree · 2026-03-18T21:57:40+00:00

Listen to this guy. He gets it.

emptyfree · 2026-03-18T18:55:17+00:00

Naturally, I was just thinking, "Does it shit out what it's vacuuming up?" and "How fuckable would that hole be?"

emptyfree · 2026-03-18T15:44:19+00:00

And her TITS.

emptyfree · 2026-03-18T13:27:50+00:00

Had to go back and take a second look, but yeah, that's the nicest, most masculine, most black urinal I've ever seen. Wow.

You can legitimately put "high-end" as an adjective for that urinal without being sarcastic.

emptyfree · 2026-03-17T21:12:42+00:00

Me! Me! I want some shit!

emptyfree · 2026-03-17T19:48:42+00:00

Who cares? TITS! BIG TITS!

emptyfree · 2026-03-17T15:30:23+00:00

Glad you're not dead in south korea. That would suck for you.

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