A Few 23 CAPM Contact Hours Training Programs

A Few 23 CAPM Contact Hours Training Programs

Attending a 23 contact hours training program in project management for the CAPM is one of the three mandatory conditions to apply for the CAPM certification exam if you don’t have any project management work experience.

If you have at least 1,500 hours of project management work experience, you don’t need any training; you can apply for the CAPM exam straight away.

I have been asked many times by visitors to my blog to provide them with good online, cheap training programs for the CAPM exam, and I used to respond to them individually by email.

Most of the time I was recommending they try the PMP training program as it will serve two purposes.

What Can I Bring to the PMP Certification Exam?

What Can I Bring to the PMP Certification Exam?

You might wonder what you can take into the examination hall while attempting the PMP exam.

You cannot take anything except your ID and a key. After completing all check-in formalities, the staff member will ask you to put your belongings in a locker next to the exam room.

You may enter the test room with your ID and the key to your locker. This can be any government-issued ID card, for example, a national ID card, driver’s license, etc.

Keep in mind that in some countries they only accept a passport as a form of ID from a non-citizen, like in Kuwait.

Download PMBOK Guide 7 Edition (PDF) for Free (2024)

Download PMBOK Guide 7 Edition (PDF) for Free (2024)

If you are wondering if you can download the PMBOK Guide for free from the PMI website after joining the PMI, the answer is yes.

In fact, this is the prime benefit of joining the PMI.

Please note that opening an account at PMI.org and getting a PMI membership are two different things. Anybody can go to the PMI website and open an account, but you will have to pay a 139 USD to join the PMI.

I am writing this blog post because many aspirants have thought that after opening an account with the site they could download the PMBOK Guide for free.

So, they opened an account, tried to download the PMBOK Guide, and when they failed, they contacted me about the issue. They were thinking that signing up for the site is the same as signing up for the PMI membership.

How To Use PMI Registry For PMP Verification (2024)

How To Use PMI Registry For PMP Verification (2024)

As soon as you pass the PMP exam, you will be anxious to see your name on the PMI online certification registry.

I have passed two PMI certification exams: the PMP on December 13th, 2010, the PMI-RMP on April 9th, 2012, and I had the same feeling.

In both cases, I received congratulatory emails from PMI within 24 hours, and then I was able to see my certification information in my PMI account and on the PMI online certification registry.

This is what I experienced in 2010 and 2012.

PMP Certificate Hard Copy: When Will I Get My PMP Certificate?

PMP Certificate Hard Copy: When Will I Get My PMP Certificate?

If you pass the PMP Certification Exam, then as per the PMI, you’ll receive your certificate package within eight weeks.

When I passed my PMP Certification Exam I was greeted and informed immediately through the computer screen that I would receive my certificate package within eight weeks.

I received it in the third week.

In my PMI-RMP test, I saw the message on the screen that I would receive my certificate package within six weeks (but in an e-mail from the PMI, they mentioned that I would receive my certificate package within eight weeks; I don’t know the reason for this discrepancy).

Now I am waiting for my PMI-RMP Certificate package.

Can I Use a Calculator During My PMP Exam?

Can I Use a Calculator During My PMP Exam?

Many aspirants are worried about math-based questions and the calculations involved in solving these questions. They wonder if they can use a calculator during the PMP certification exam.

Yes, you can use a calculator during your PMP certification exam.

In fact, you have two choices: you can use the built-in calculator application through the computer or ask the Pearson VUE staff to provide you with a calculator.

They will let you borrow a non-programmable basic calculator.

What Type of Questions Will I See on the PMP Certification Exam?

What Type of Questions Will I See on the PMP Certification Exam?

The PMP is one of the most valued certifications for project professionals. To attain it, you will have to go through a process. At the end, you must pass a computer-based exam under a controlled environment.

The PMI will test your knowledge on various aspects of project management, such as analytical, logical, mathematical, management, and leadership skills.

The PMP exam is a multiple-choice exam, and you have to answer 200 questions in four hours.

These questions are in different styles, and in order to prepare well, you will have to understand them properly. Each type has its own purpose and collectively they make this certification exam quite challenging.

How Long to Study for the PMP Exam Preparation?

How Long to Study for the PMP Exam Preparation?

How long you need for PMP exam preparation depends on one thing: you. How many hours can you put in each day, and how big is your knowledge gap?

Each aspirant will take their own time..

Once I read the lessons learned of a successful exam taker who took three years to prepare.

He dedicated the first year to reading the PMBOK Guide, and the second year was to reference books, and, in the final year, he reviewed all these materials again and practiced some questions. He then took the exam and passed.