The PMP certification exam is comprised of 180 questions including, but not limited to, multiple
choice single or multiple response, drag-and-drop, as well as practicum hands-on testing that
may include tools, data, and case study questions. Of the 180 questions, 10 are considered pretest
questions. Pretest questions do not affect the score and are used in exams as an effective and
legitimate way to test the validity of future exam questions. All questions are randomly placed
throughout the exam.

The allotted time to complete the center-based exam is 240 minutes. It may take you less than
the allotted time to complete the exam.
For the PMP certification exam, there are two 10-minute breaks in the exam.
The first break occurs
after the case-study section, and the second break occurs approximately midway through the
independent question portion of the exam. Please note, once you review your responses and start
your break you will not be able to return to the questions from the previous section of the exam.
In total, you will have 240 minutes to respond to 180 questions. Those taking the exam online,
please refer to the section below regarding breaks during the Online Proctored Tests (OPT).
The exam is preceded by a tutorial and followed by a survey, both of which are optional. The time
used to complete the tutorial and survey is not included in the exam time of 240 minutes (4 hours).