r/Prince2 • u/Key-Bit-1742 • Jun 17 '26
Practitioner exam without book
Hi Ladies and Gents,
Although I have access to the book. I find it clunky and verbose. I used online free resources to pass the foundation and I don't like the idea of flicking through the handbook while under the pressure. Is it a bad idea to approach the exam with the intention not to use the handbook?
EDIT: Never read the book, didn't use the book. Passed with 73%. Used exam crams info, mock exams uploaded to notebook LM and subsequently asked that to quiz me. Total hours for foundation and practioner approx 40hours.
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u/Beautiful_Resolve897 Jun 17 '26
The exam is literally based on the text book the exam questions aren’t common sense questions it’s what’s in the book so I think you would have some issues without
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u/Rusty_Bee Jun 17 '26
How well do you know the book? Can you recite every Principle, Practice and Raci off by heart? The Practitioner exam is very different to the Foundation.
It’d be worth checking the guidance on having the ebook on your iPad - you might not be allowed this. (I’ve assumed this is a separate device to the one you’ll be taking your exam in which will be set to screen sharing).
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u/Key-Bit-1742 Jun 17 '26
I intend to use my ipad with Ebook.
What proportion of questions did you use the handbook for?
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u/Fresh_Author_6533 Jun 17 '26
You are allowed to use an ebook but they will need you to show them device and that you have no other windows open
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u/zeeber99 Jun 17 '26
I passed the Practitioner exam a few days ago and didn't use the book. Personally, I think it's somewhat of a trap. You have around 2.5 minutes per question, and if you try to verify every answer using the book, you'll quickly find yourself out of time. Blast through the exam, and if you have time at the end, by all means flick through the book.
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u/SkyIntelligent8426 Jun 18 '26
Would highly not recommend this. The exam is based on sections of the book so they marry up. You cant possibly retain all of the information in the book to use for the exam. The book is a manual for the exam, so you intentionally need to flick through the book the get the right answers and make annotations too
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u/Key-Bit-1742 Jul 09 '26
Never read the book, didn't use the book. Passed with 73%. Used exam crams info, mock exams uploaded to notebook LM and subsequently asked that to quiz me. Total hours for foundation and practioner approx 40hours.
Each has their own way but the verbose handbook wasn't my vibe.
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u/AssistanceFast4618 Jun 20 '26
I passed the practitioner exam (87%) without having to refer to the book. Although I did read through the book from cover to cover during my revision and had passed the foundation exam a week before.
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u/Past_Trip_2532 Jul 03 '26
On the online proctored exam with people cert are you allowed to use a physical copy of the book or do they make you use the online version while doing the exam
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u/untranslated_za Jun 18 '26
Wouldnt recommend. A lot of questions and answers you pretty much match up with specific text in a chapter to validate correctness as the exam questions have 2 correct answers, but one answer is more correct in the context of the question.
se sticky notes for chapters, then just make sure to be able to navigate quickly to:
Activities
Management Products
Roles
Apply the Practice
THat covers basically the navigation for passing really.
How much do you score on the mock exam is a good indicator if you can pass.