PMP Exam Practice Test and Study Guide

This study guide helps readers pass the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification exam. It presents study hints, lists of exam topics, and 40 multiple-choice questions for each area presented in A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge Fifth Edition (PMBOK Guide). Answers and rationales are given, with expanded rationales in this edition to explain why the answer is correct, why others are incorrect, concepts in the answer, and study tips, as well as references to the process groups. This edition also adds a new chapter on the five process domains in the 2015 Examination Content Outline and scenario-based questions. It omits definitional questions, focuses on key concepts, reduces the length of questions, and includes a study matrix. Also included is a 200-question online practice rest. Levin is a consultant, author, and educator in the project management field, and Ward is a project, program, and portfolio consultant and advisor. Annotation c2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Dr. Ginger Levin, PMP, PgMP has worked in the project field for 49 years specializing in consulting and training in portfolio and program management, organizational project management, change, and knowledge transfer. Dr. Levin had a career in the U.S. Government and a consulting firm in Washington, DC, focused on project management, information systems, and organizational development. Since 1996, she works on her own in the project management field and is a PMI active volunteer. Dr. Levin also is an Adjunct Professor in project management for the University of Wisconsin-Platteville’s MSPM program and at SKEMA in Lille, France in its doctoral program. She is the author, editor, or co-author of 20 books and has a book series with CRC Press. In 2014, she won PMI’s Eric Jenett Award for her contributions to the field. She received her doctoral degree from The George Washington University and won the outstanding dissertation award for her research on large organizations.

J. LeRoy Ward, PMP, PgMP, PfMP and CSM is a noted expert in professional training and has been involved in PMPR since 1990. In 2013 PMI’s Eric Jenett Award for his working in educating and mentoring project and program managers. He has almost 40 years of experience in the public and private sectors and is a popular and dynamic speaker in the field. He holds B.S. and M.S. degrees from Southern Connecticut University and an M.S.T.M. degree with distinction from The American University.