Taking Professional Certification Exams: The Correlation Between Exam Preparation Techniques and Strategies and Exam Results

Professional certifications can be found in a host of industries such as accounting (Certified Management Accountant - CMA), finance (Certified Financial Analyst - CFA), project management (Project Management Professional - PMP), agile scrum (Professional Scrum master - PSM), governance risk and com...

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Published in:Journal of higher education theory and practice 2021, Vol.21 (5), p.42-52
Main Authors: Anderson, Trisha, Ogruk, Gokcen, Bell, Thomas J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anesthesiology
Anxiety
Associate Degrees
Certification
Cognition & reasoning
College Entrance Examinations
Fatigue (Biology)
Females
Grade Point Average
Information technology
Job Performance
Language Proficiency
Likert scale
Likert Scales
Literature Reviews
Males
Methods
Pedagogy
Project management
Statistical analysis
Study Habits
Study skills
Success
Supply chain management
Teaching Methods
Test Anxiety
Test Format
Test Preparation
Tests
Variables
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Summary:Professional certifications can be found in a host of industries such as accounting (Certified Management Accountant - CMA), finance (Certified Financial Analyst - CFA), project management (Project Management Professional - PMP), agile scrum (Professional Scrum master - PSM), governance risk and compliance (Control Objectives for Information and Related Technologies - COBIT 2019), information technology service management (Information Technology Infrastructure Library - ITIL), supply chain management (Certified Supply Chain Professional - CSCP), and quality (Lean Six Sigma Green Belt - LSSGB), etc. [...]to fill this gap we find it relevant to test the hypothesis examining the relationship between the study methods and the exam performance. (2016) found that exam scores of school children decrease if the exam is given later in the day. [...]cognitive fatigue plays a role in exam performance. The survey consists of questions related to study strategies and study habits of exam takers to fulfill our research purpose of measuring the relation between exam preparation techniques, strategies, and exam results.
ISSN:2158-3595
2158-3595
DOI:10.33423/jhetp.v21i5.4267