To learn to ride a bike, a person must ride a bike. To learn to pass the PMP Exam, a project manager must practice with hundreds and hundreds of sample questions. PMP Exam Simplified provides hundreds of sample questions with detailed solutions explaining why the best answer is best and the wrong answers are wrong. The book is organized by section of the PMBOK Guide. With each section, the PMP Exam Simplified book tells you what section of the PMBOK Guide to read, then provides a summary of the most important ideas. Exam tips are included along with sample questions that pertain to that particular section of the PMBOK Guide. Summary tests are dispersed throughout the book. One complete sample exam, again with details explanations of the right and wrong answers is included at the end.

A key part of passing the PMP Exam is recognizing tools and techniques. An explanation of this is provided early in the book with a summary of names and equations at the end. The author, Aileen Ellis, PMP, PgMP , has helped thousands of participants pass this exam, both through her workshops and books. She truly is the PMP Expert. Her approach is to focus on understanding the project management processes and their interaction with limited memorization.