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PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP) exam guide

Exam PMI-RMP

The PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP) validates skill in identifying, assessing and responding to project and organizational risk. As organizations face supply chain, cyber and AI-related uncertainty, a recognized risk specialist credential helps project professionals move into risk lead and governance roles.

Questions115 (100 scored, 15 unscored)
Time limit150 minutes
Passing scoreSee official page
Exam fee$670 USD
Valid for3 years
DeliveryPearson VUE test center or online proctored

Format: Multiple choice, multiple response, matching and hotspot. Fee note: PMI member USD 520.

Who it's for

Project managers, risk analysts and PMO staff who run risk workshops, maintain risk registers and perform qualitative and quantitative risk analysis.

What the exam covers

Risk Strategy and Planning22%
Stakeholder Engagement20%
Risk Process Facilitation25%
Risk Monitoring and Reporting19%
Perform Specialized Risk Analyses14%

Eligibility & prerequisites

Required: Secondary degree with 36 months of project risk management experience in the last 5 years and 40 contact hours of risk education; or four-year degree with 24 months of experience in the last 5 years and 30 contact hours.

Recommended: Practical use of risk registers, probability-impact matrices, Monte Carlo simulation and decision trees on real projects.

Keeping it active

Valid 3 years. Earn 30 PDUs in risk management topics per 3-year cycle and pay the renewal fee.

Skills & careers

Skills it validates

  • Developing a risk management plan and risk appetite thresholds
  • Facilitating risk identification workshops
  • Qualitative probability-impact assessment
  • Quantitative analysis (Monte Carlo, EMV, decision trees)
  • Planning threat and opportunity responses
  • Risk reporting and trend monitoring

Job roles

Risk ManagerProject Risk AnalystProject ManagerPMO Risk LeadEnterprise Risk AnalystProgram Risk Coordinator

Where it fits in your path

Planning a degree too? See how this cert earns college credit in the College Credit Navigator.

Build my study plan

  1. Week 1: Read the PMI-RMP Exam Content Outline and The Standard for Risk Management in Portfolios, Programs, and Projects.
  2. Weeks 2-3: Risk strategy and planning plus stakeholder engagement: risk appetite, thresholds, roles.
  3. Weeks 4-5: Facilitation and specialized analyses: work EMV, decision tree and Monte Carlo questions by hand.
  4. Week 6: Monitoring and reporting: risk audits, reserve analysis, trend reporting.
  5. Weeks 7-8: Two full timed simulations; review weak domains.

Make it yours: pick your exam date and weekly hours. We'll split your time by domain weight and give you a printable plan.

Exam-day tips

  • Distinguish threats and opportunities; exploit, enhance, share and accept apply to opportunities.
  • Know when to use qualitative before quantitative analysis and why.
  • Practice EMV and decision-tree math until it is fast; calculators are on screen.
  • Risk owners implement responses, not the project manager; watch for role traps.
  • Contingency reserves cover known risks; management reserves cover unknown unknowns.

Key terms for this exam

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Frequently asked questions

How much does the PMI-RMP cost?

USD 520 for PMI members and USD 670 for nonmembers.

How many questions are on the PMI-RMP?

115 questions (100 scored, 15 unscored) in 150 minutes.

Is PMI-RMP harder than PMP?

It is narrower but deeper; candidates with quantitative risk experience usually find it manageable.

PMI-RMP vs CRISC?

PMI-RMP covers project and program risk; ISACA CRISC covers IT and enterprise risk and controls.

How do I renew PMI-RMP?

Earn 30 risk-related PDUs every three years and pay the renewal fee.

Official page: www.pmi.org. Reviewed November 2026. Vendors change fees and objectives, so confirm with the vendor before you book. Spot something out of date? Tell us.