Certified Associate in Project Management

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Certified Associate in Project Management Pass Rate

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The score you need to pass the Certified Associate in Project Management certification exam, what the cut score actually means, and how to read your mock results against it.

65% to pass
150 questions
2.2/10 difficulty

The number you need to hit

Published cut score for this certification.

Passing score
65%
Not published by the provider
Margin
35%
room for wrong answers, on a flat mock
Wrong answers allowed
53
out of 150 questions

Pass score vs pass rate

Two different numbers that get mixed up constantly.

Pass score (cut score)

The scaled score the vendor publishes. For the Certified Associate in Project Management it is 65%. This is the number you can actually prepare against, and it is the one that decides your result on exam day.

Pass rate (percentage of candidates)

The share of candidates who pass. Project Management Institute generally does not publish this for individual exams, and the numbers you find online usually come from candidate self-reported surveys. We would rather tell you nothing than tell you a figure we cannot source.

Where you lose points

The exam is not scored flat. Each domain carries its own weight, so a domain where you lose everything can sink a score that looks fine on paper.

Business Analysis Frameworks27%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 27% of the exam, and it has 39 practice questions here.

Agile Frameworks/Methodologies20%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 20% of the exam, and it has 30 practice questions here.

Predictive, Plan-Based Methodologies17%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 17% of the exam, and it has 26 practice questions here.

Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts36%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 36% of the exam, and it has 55 practice questions here.

The practical version: the Certified Associate in Project Management is not passed by knowing most of the content. It is passed by being strong in the domains that carry weight, and by not leaving one of them empty.

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