Earn PDUs With Quizzes to Maintain Your PMP® Credential

In our current series of PDU Tips we are exploring the many ways you can earn PDUs. Today we look at how you can use quizzes to contribute to your PDU total.

If you commute to work on public transport you have probably seen those people who turn to the back of the newspaper and do the crossword and quizzes. Maybe you’ve even wished that you could do that, instead of using flip cards or listening to podcasts while studying for your Project Management Professional (PMP)^® exam.

Well, now you are a PMP^® credential holder, you can do quizzes and support your recertification cycle by earning PDUs! You can earn up to one third of your PDUs by taking the Project Management Institute (PMI)^® publication quizzes. These PDUs fall into Category A.

Unfortunately, quizzes are not a way to earn free PDUs, but they are affordable. The member price starts at $10 per quiz, and you can purchase them in bundles. There are over 60 quizzes, in two different formats.

Some ask you to watch videos on a project-related topic and then answer questions based on the content. You don’t have to memorize it or take too many notes as you can review the videos when you get to the questions.

Other quizzes are based on articles. You read a collection of papers or articles and then take the quiz. Again, you can refer back to the articles during the quiz, so you don’t need to have a great memory. The articles come from PMI^® publications such as papers from the Global Congress, articles from PM Network magazine and research studies from the Project Management Journal.

You have three attempts to complete the quiz, and if you score 80% or higher you will earn between 0.5 to 2.5 PDUs depending on the individual quiz. You can access all the quizzes direct from the PMI^® website e-Learning pages. With so many to choose from, and more being added regularly, quizzes are a fun way to top up your PDU total quickly and easily.

In next week’s tip we’ll be looking at how volunteering for your PMI^® Chapter can help you earn PDUs.