Preface

We have been helping people to prepare for the project management profes-
sional (PMP)* certification exam since the A Guide to the Project Management
Body of Knowledge PMBOK Guide was published by the Project Management
Institute (PMI) in 1996. We then prepared the first edition of this Study Guide.
In 1996, there were approximately 1,000 people who were certified as Project
Management Professional (PMP), while in 2015, there are approximately 700,000
PMPs around the world. Throughout the years, we have updated our PMP
Practice Test and Study Guide books so that now this book is in its 10thEdition.
Since our first Study Guide book was published, it has become quite clear that
most prospective exam takers (ourselves included when we studied for the exam)
ask two questions when they decide to earn PMP certification: What topics are
covered on the exam? and What are the questions like? Not surprisingly, some
of the most sought-after study aids are practice tests, which are helpful in two
ways: first, taking practice tests increases your knowledge of the kinds of ques-
tions, phrases, terminology, and sentence construction that you will encounter
on the real exam; and second, taking practice tests provides an opportunity for
highly concentrated study by exposing you to a breadth of project management
content generally not found in a single reference source.
We initiated and continued the development of this specialty publication with
only one simple goal in mind: to help you study for, and pass, the PMP certifi-
cation exam. Because (PMI) does not sell past exams to prospective certifica-
tion candidates for study purposes, the best anyone can do is to develop practice
test questions that are as representative of the real questions as possible. And
that is exactly what we have done. This tenth edition contains 600 practice test
questions.
As we developed this publication, we have worked hard to make the ques-
tions difficult ones yet representative of what you may encounter on the actual
exam. Having attained the PMP, we know it is a difficult exam, and one that
requires study and dedicated effort.

* PMP is a certification mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc., which is registered in the United
States and other nations.
PMI is a service and trademark of the Project Management Institute, Inc., which is registered in the

United States and other nations.

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