PRINCE2 Project Management Foundation (Version 7)

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PRINCE2 Project Management Foundation (Version 7) Pass Rate

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The score you need to pass the PRINCE2 Project Management Foundation (Version 7) certification exam, what the cut score actually means, and how to read your mock results against it.

60% to pass
60 questions
2.1/10 difficulty

The number you need to hit

Published cut score for this certification.

Passing score
60%
60%
Margin
40%
room for wrong answers, on a flat mock
Wrong answers allowed
24
out of 60 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 PRINCE2 Project Management Foundation (Version 7) it is 60%. 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. PeopleCert 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.

Themes31%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 31% of the exam, and it has 19 practice questions here.

Processes31%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 31% of the exam, and it has 19 practice questions here.

Tailoring10%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 10% of the exam, and it has 6 practice questions here.

Principles9%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 9% of the exam, and it has 5 practice questions here.

Project Environment19%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 19% of the exam, and it has 11 practice questions here.

The practical version: the PRINCE2 Project Management Foundation (Version 7) 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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