PMI Code of Ethics + final two weeks
What you'll be able to do
Ethics: always pick the ethical option. Study plan: two timed mocks + daily drills + sleep.
- Four ethics pillars: Responsibility, Respect, Fairness, Honesty.
- Ethics always wins over commercial pressure on the exam.
- Two full mocks in final two weeks, plus daily targeted drills.
PMI's Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct is enforced in two ways: it's a separate testable domain on the PMP exam, and a few scenarios are designed to trip up candidates who deprioritise it. Four pillars: Responsibility (ownership of decisions), Respect (for people, dignity, resources), Fairness (impartial, transparent), Honesty (truthful, accurate). Memorise them: R-R-F-H.
Ethics scenarios usually have a candidate ethical breach (bribery, conflict of interest, hiding information, plagiarism, retaliation) and a 'business pressure' option that asks the PM to look the other way. The PMI-correct answer is always the ethical one, even when it's commercially painful. Disclose conflicts; refuse bribes; report violations.
Final-two-weeks study plan: (1) one full timed mock exam per week; (2) drill the worst-performing domain daily; (3) re-read the PMBOK principles section once a week; (4) write the EVM formulas, PERT formula, and the five threat / five opportunity strategies on a single index card you read every morning; (5) sleep more than the day before — fatigued candidates underperform their material by ~10%.
Key points
- Four ethics pillars: Responsibility, Respect, Fairness, Honesty.
- Ethics always wins over commercial pressure on the exam.
- Two full mocks in final two weeks, plus daily targeted drills.
- Memorise EVM, PERT, and the five-strategy lists on an index card.
- Sleep — fatigue costs ~10% on real-exam performance.
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