What Is the PMP Exam Like?

The Project Management Professional exam is a computer-based exam composed of 200 multiple-choice questions. Each question has four answers, and the exam-taker is required to choose the best answer to the question. A total of 4 hours is allowed for the exam.

The intent of the questions is to test a thorough understanding of project management. To this end, many questions are creatively designed to check both key understanding (knowledge) and the ability to practically apply concepts at the same time. A part of this creative exam design is to utilize many different types of questions. To better prepare you for the PMP exam experience, let's review the key question types and formats you are likely to encounter:

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