This was my first attempt, and I failed. My study guides were the PM PrepCast videos and the Christopher Scordo PMP Exam Prep Book. I had taken every practice test and quiz within that book prior to the exam. I found that the real exam questions were more difficult than the practice ones. In the Scordo book, the questions are rather long winded, but provided more information so as to be able to select the "best answer" from multiple possible correct answers. I found that the real exam questions were less detailed, and therefore I struggled to select the "best" answer.
Many of my questions were "whats next" questions. Such as "You have just completed X, and Y has just occurred. What is your next step?" And I could almost always narrow it down to 2 possible choices that could be done as a next step, but there was not enough information provided in the question for me to determine what in fact should be the "best" next step. In a real life scenario, I would generally have much more information available to me about the situation in order to make an appropriate decision.
I received 3 MPs, and failed, so I feel like I am nearly there and am hopeful to pass on my second attempt. I will continue with a different exam prep book as hopefully the format of the questions is more similar to the real exam questions.
