PRINCE2 Project Management Foundation (Version 7)

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PRINCE2 Project Management Foundation (Version 7)

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We scored 60 real PRINCE2 Project Management Foundation (Version 7) exam questions 1-10 on question complexity and broke the result down by exam domain.

60 questions scored
5 domains
2.1/10 overall complexity

Complexity by exam domain

Higher scores mean more demanding question formats. The exam score is computed over the whole bank, not averaged across domains.

Exam complexity score2.1/10Gentle · measured across 60 bank questions
  • Principles5 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle

    40% multi-select · 0% scenario · 20% interactive

  • Processes19 questions · complexity 1.9/10 · Gentle

    32% multi-select · 0% scenario · 32% interactive

  • Project Environment11 questions · complexity 2.4/10 · Gentle

    45% multi-select · 0% scenario · 27% interactive

  • Tailoring6 questions · complexity 2.7/10 · Gentle

    50% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive

  • Themes19 questions · complexity 1.9/10 · Gentle

    32% multi-select · 0% scenario · 32% interactive

Full per-domain breakdown

Blueprint weight, bank size and question format mix for every domain of the exam.

DomainBlueprintQuestionsSingleMultiInteractiveComplexity
Principles9%52212.0/10Gentle
Processes31%197661.9/10Gentle
Project Environment19%114432.4/10Gentle
Tailoring10%62222.7/10Gentle
Themes31%197661.9/10Gentle

How the score is calculated

The formula is fixed and public, so anyone can reproduce these numbers from the same bank.

Every question in the PRINCE2 Project Management Foundation (Version 7) bank is measured on four signals that can be read directly from the database. Each signal is expressed as a share of the questions in the domain, and the four shares are combined with fixed weights:

  • Multi-select questions (40% weight). Items with more than one correct answer. The candidate has to find all of them, which is the single hardest format in the bank.
  • Scenario questions (30% weight). Questions longer than 150 characters, which describe a situation instead of a definition and therefore test reasoning rather than recall.
  • Interactive questions (20% weight). Items that require reading code or a configuration snippet.
  • Deep explanations (10% weight). Questions whose explanation runs past 300 characters, which signals a concept with real nuance behind it.

The combined share is multiplied by ten to produce a 1-10 score. The exam-level score is computed over the whole bank rather than averaged across domains, so a small domain cannot distort the total. Figures on this page are recomputed from the live bank on every crawl.

Data set: Certilum PRINCE2 Project Management Foundation (Version 7) Foundation question bank, 60 questions, 5 domains. Published by CERTILUM. This is Certilum’s own measurement of its own question bank and is not an official PeopleCert statistic.

Questions analysed
60
Exam domains
5
Hardest domain
Tailoring (2.7)
Most approachable domain
Processes (1.9)
Question mix
22 single · 20 multi · 18 interactive
Measured on
Foundation

Frequently asked questions

What our PRINCE2 Project Management Foundation (Version 7) complexity numbers mean and how they are produced.