PMI-RMP Study Guide 2026

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PMI-RMP exam key facts

The PMI-RMP exam has 115 multiple-choice and multiple-answer-select questions; 100 are scored and 15 are unscored pretest questions. Source
PMI-RMP candidates may take the exam up to three times within their one-year eligibility period, and after three failed attempts they must wait one year before reapplying. Source
The PMI-RMP certification runs on a 3-year cycle, and holders renew it by earning PDUs during that cycle. Source

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📋 PMI-RMP Exam Format at a Glance

115

Questions

150 min

Time Limit

70.00%

Passing Score

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📚 PMI-RMP Topics to Study (37)

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✍️ Sample PMI-RMP Questions & Answers

1. What is the primary purpose of a risk register's 'risk owner' field?

✓ To identify who is responsible for monitoring and responding to the risk

The risk owner is the person responsible for monitoring the risk and implementing the agreed response.

2. Which document records the chosen threat response strategy and the assigned risk owner?

✓ Risk register

The risk register captures identified risks, their responses, and the assigned risk owners.

3. When running a schedule risk simulation, which network paths are most likely to become critical under uncertainty?

✓ Near-critical paths with high duration variability

Near-critical paths with high variability can overtake the original critical path, revealing criticality risk.

4. Which tool uses categories such as PESTLE, TECOP, or VUCA to stimulate ideas about sources of individual project risk?

✓ Prompt lists

Prompt lists are predetermined lists of risk categories (PESTLE, TECOP, VUCA) that prompt teams to consider relevant risk sources.

5. The remaining exposure after a risk response has been implemented is referred to as what?

✓ Residual risk

Residual risk is the risk that remains after planned responses have been taken.

6. An influential stakeholder becomes resistant after a risk response increases project cost. What should the risk manager do?

✓ Engage them to explain trade-offs and rebuild support

Active engagement and transparency on trade-offs help restore stakeholder support.

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