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7/15/2018

5 Tips on How to Pass the IFMA CFM Exam on Your First Try

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Probably you've heard that it's not easy to pass the CFM exam and now you're wondering how to pass the IFMA CFM Exam on your first try. So now, we will try to explain to you in the most honest way we can on how you can surely pass the CFM exam in one try.

1. Master All The 11 Competency Areas

Well, we will be frank but attending the CFM training is not enough. Actually, if you just attend the training and you take the exam right after that, your
 chances of passing the CFM exam are very small, unless you have mastered all the competency from your previous training.

What I mean is for example, you're already a Certified Quality Manager so, for sure, the topic about Quality is easy for you, but remember there's 11 competencies and that means, having mastered in one, two or three competency doesn't assure you'll pass the CFM exam right away.

I have known one test taker of IFMA CFM, he is a Certified Quality Manager, LEED Green Associate, Certified Construction Manager, actually he's holding a lot of certifications and yet he brought the question bank for CFM, and luckily he did because only then he discovered that he is weak in three competencies, particularly, Finance and Business, Sustainability and Leadership.

After repeating the practice exam for CFM, and seeing that he's getting a consistent result of 80% in all competencies, he took the exam and he passed the actual exam.


​2. Read the Official Study Resource CFM Book

I am talking about the IFMA Facility Management Learning System Book. You can have that book if you enroll directly from IFMA. And yes, of course you can have that book if you know someone who have that and is willing to give it to you.

If you're a wide reader, it's easy for you to read that book twice, and retain the information you read, if not, then it's really a problem unless you have a question bank.

Unlike the other question bank you saw around the web, our 1,800 questions and answers were based on that book. We took all the necessary information so you can familiarize with the terms without going through the book several times.

We don't want to waste your time reviewing or practicing so all of our questions, all though its 1,800 questions, it's all direct to the point. 
3. Use CFM Practice Exam

After attending the training, and after reading the book, you need to do the Practice exam. And that's important because information is easier to retain if you practice answering. One study showed that, 95% of information is retained after repeating or practicing the practice exam for 5 times.

​There's a lot of free and paid practice exam for IFMA CFM but what made us different is we can show you your result for each competency so you will know which area you need more focus.
4. Ask The Previous Test Taker About Their Experience

If you're lucky and you found an IFMA Certified Facility Manager, (I mean you're really lucky because they are not common) you can ask them for tips how they pass the exam or perhaps they can tell you what they saw on the actual exam. Specific questions, perhaps? If they can still remember.

You can also ask your colleague who tried their luck on CFM exam, and ask which part of the exam, they find most difficult and use their experience so you can avoid doing the same thing wasting your time, effort and money and in the end just failing the exam.
5. The Actual CFM Exam is Situational But Straight Forward

If you ask a lot of previous test takers of CFM, you will notice one common feedback from them. They are all saying that the CFM exam is situational and that makes it difficult.
Actually, it's true that the CFM exam is situational, but it is also straightforward. Example, during the actual CFM Exam, one of the question is

You are a facility manager in Ace Hardware and you are facing a problem. Which tool you need to determine the root cause of the problem?

A. Fish Bone Diagram
B. Checklist
C. Process Control Chart
D. Scatter Diagram


 If you are not familiar with the choices above, you won't be able to answer it correctly, although the question is already telling that the answer should be related to "root cause analysis"

Some questions are longer than that because they elaborate "the problem", I mean, they will give a specific question or situation. But that doesn't mean that when the question is longer, it's already difficult to answer. Actually it's easier because they are trying to make their question understandable, you just need to read and comprehend the questions.
We hope that we gave you the useful information that you need and this makes you boost your confidence in taking the CFM exam.

If you're too busy to go back and read your book, use our 1,800 questions and answers, practice exam for CFM to help you familiarize yourself with the terms or elements, and help you pass the CFM exam and become a Certified Facility Manager.

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33 Comments
Steven Marchese
6/27/2019 08:27:38 pm

Hello,

I'm a little confused by IFMA's layout of their prep materials and was hoping you could help me out.

- Is there a way to get around the large $1000-$1500 fee to buy the CFM learning system offered by IFMA?
- Are there any forums where I can chat with others that have taken this test?
- Do they offer any in-class prep courses?

Thank you,

Steven Marchese

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support
6/30/2019 05:06:14 am

Hi Steven,

Thanks for your comment.

As we all know, the CFM learning system offered by IFMA is very expensive, that's why we encourage anyone we know to prepare and study well before the exam.

But,if you can find the nearest IFMA Local Chapter near you, that would be great because you can ask more information from them.

Perhaps you can borrow the book from them? And read it and study on your own? Or attend the training class they offer?

The CFM learning system offered by IFMA is not required and it doesn't give you an assurance that you'll pass the exam.

We know, because we encounter some that failed despite attending their course.

And, there are some also that passed the exam just by reading the book.

Everything will depend on your dedication.

Thank for dropping by.

I wish you good luck.


Sincerely,
[email protected]

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Martins
7/1/2019 03:13:47 am

Hello

Please this your 1800 practice questions, is it direct past IFMA questions or just random questions from the 11 competencies?
Thanks

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[email protected]
7/2/2019 02:24:45 am

Hi,

This 1800 questions are direct to the point which cover the 11 competencies. It is designed to help you retain all the important information you read in the book.

If you want to see similar to the actual exam, you may want to check out this book https://amzn.to/2LvTKzl

Thanks,
[email protected]

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Anthony
8/13/2019 01:54:02 am

Hi,
I want to know if you conduct online training or is it just the 1800 simulation questions you provide for interested CFM exam takers. I 'm in Nigeria and would like to have training with you if you have online training,like must PMP tutors.

Regards,
Anthony.

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[email protected]
8/15/2019 12:03:08 am

Hi Anthony,

Thanks for your inquiry. We created the 1800 questions and answers to help the CFM exam takers master everything that they read and learned. It is actually intended for those who failed the exam that's why, all of these questions are direct to the point.

But due to the difficulty of the CFM exam, we also recommend it to the first timers. These 1800 questions and answer will help them measure their understanding, prepare more and boost their confidence prior to the exam.

IFMA offers online training, you can find it at this link >>> https://www.fm.training/credentials/cfm

Thanks again and good luck,
[email protected]

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Naveed
9/23/2019 08:11:50 am

Hi Dear,
i am preparing for the CFM exam through IFMA learning system. So i have all 6 Books in which 11 competency areas are discussed.
Do i still need your 1,800 exam questions to get success in CFM exam?
Have you prepared this 1,800 question bank from the 6-Books of IFMA? is the question style is same as IFMA's web training?
Can you send me some questions with answers as a sample?
i will look forward to your answers.
Regards
Naveed.

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[email protected]
9/24/2019 04:24:32 am

Hi Naveed,

The 1800 questions and answers are specifically designed to help the students assess their readiness or understanding.

All of these questions are direct to the point and all came from the IFMA book. So if you took our practice exam and you pass the 80% mark, that only means that everything you read and learned was still in your memory and you got a high chance to pass the exam.

If you fail and get around 50%, which is mostly the case, we suggest that you read the entire book again, or repeat the practice exam. Usually, on the second try, from 50%, you'll achieve 70-80%

Here's our free practice assessment, https://www.sfp-training.com/free-cfm-exam.html this is only 15 questions, but your result here will not be far from your result if you took the 1800 question, you can read more about our study in this article. https://www.sfp-training.com/blog/certified-facility-manager-exam-question-pattern

If you're interested to know what the actual questions look like during the IFMA CFM Exam, we highly recommend this ebook. It contains similar to actual exam.http://www.lulu.com/shop/certified-pro/certified-facility-manager-exam-reviewer/ebook/product-23780061.html

You can also get this book in amazon if you're interested in paperback version. https://amzn.to/2C0A6IT

Good luck in your exam. Try your best and a lot of great opportunities will come to you once you pass the IFMA CFM Exam.

You can find the 1800 questions and answers practice exam here https://www.sfp-training.com/qb-ifma-cfm.html

Regards,
[email protected]

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Shahid
2/11/2021 10:57:10 pm

Hii, can someone help me in buying the IFMA study materials. I am in a fix how to get those. Please help me how to proceed. I already have IFMA membership. I am not able to get an idea how to buy anf from where to buy. Please help

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Ramkrishna kashyap
6/24/2023 05:01:42 am

cfm

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Ayodeji
12/24/2019 08:46:45 am

Please where can I buy the 6-Books of IFMA

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Vijay
1/19/2020 12:59:57 am

If we opt your question bank, how long we can access the training & how many times we can take/try the 1800 question test, is it unlimited or any restriction with duration.

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[email protected]
1/19/2020 05:17:59 am

Hi Vijay,

As of now, we're only offering practice exam.

The question bank can be accessed unlimitedly for 1 year.

Thanks,
[email protected]

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Ali Abdelrasoul Mohamed Hassan
4/26/2020 02:57:36 pm

Dear Sir,
Due to the Coronavirus situation for most all the business downsizing and temporary closed, can you please to give us a good discount rate for your package.
Regards.
Ali Abdelrasoul

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Elkhidir
6/26/2020 07:25:31 pm

Is the 1800 questions updated until jul.2020 (updated regularly or not ) ?

Many thanks

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[email protected]
6/29/2020 12:56:50 am

Hi There!

It is updated based on the most recent CFM Competencies.

Thanks.

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Ahmed
8/26/2020 02:29:01 am

Regarding to the practice exam (1800 questions), is it divided by competency, so i can review each competency it self, OR not?

Thank you

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support
8/26/2020 03:31:23 am

Hi,

It wasn't divided by competency, but after finishing the practice exam, the result will show you how well you scored on each competency. Based on that you'll learn which area you need much focus.

Here's the practice exam link https://www.sfp-training.com/qb-ifma-cfm.html


Thanks,
[email protected]

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Salam
9/25/2020 03:58:45 pm

Regarding to the practice exam (1800 questions),what is number of questions per TRY and what the time for the practice test per try?

Thanks

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support
9/27/2020 09:49:10 pm

Hi,

There are 1800 questions per try. You can answer at your own pace, or up to one year.

If you finish in less than a year, usually it takes 3 weeks (3 hours per day) to finish the practice exam, then you can try again.

Your access is valid for 1 year from the first day of your purchase.

Here's the practice exam link https://www.sfp-training.com/qb-ifma-cfm.html

Thanks.

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imran
11/21/2020 02:35:20 am

i want to buy question bank for cfm, how much is it and how can i buy. thank you,

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support
11/22/2020 08:44:03 am

Hi,

Thanks for expressing your interest.

Please click this link to pay https://www.sfp-training.com/qb-ifma-cfm.html

For payment instruction, click here https://www.sfp-training.com/how-to-pay.html


Thanks again,
[email protected]

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cheung chung man
11/27/2020 05:04:19 pm

I have subscribe 1800 questions and answers. And do you know any way to buy the IFMA , CFM print books. As I could not buy fromIFMA anymore.

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Shaikh Hasan
2/8/2021 09:23:02 pm

Questions:

1. How the questions of this practice exam are formulated? Are they similar type to real CFM exam conducted by IFMA?

2. What is the probability of passing the CFM exam, that if I practice the 1800 questions thoroughly and get 80% marks in 3-4 times in a row.


Thank you very much.

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support
3/1/2021 01:30:40 am

Hi,

The 1800 questions are basic and direct to the point. It is formulated to help the student become familiarize with the terms used by IFMA.

The actual exam is complex and situational, but without familiarizing with the general terms, it becomes harder to understand the question and pass the exam.

Based on our knowledge, those who achieved above 80% in our practice exam, they are CFM now.

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Alexander Ayegba Alhassan
2/28/2021 09:34:08 pm

Can you recommend to me the right study preparation resources cum books for the CFM Examination please.

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support
3/1/2021 01:50:21 am

Hi,

Aside from the 1800 Q&A practice exam https://www.sfp-training.com/qb-ifma-cfm.html

You can also check these e-books, these are situational and almost similar to the actual exam

https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/certified-pro/certified-facility-manager-practice-exam/ebook/product-15v5wqwd.html

https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/certified-pro/certified-facility-manager-exam-reviewer/ebook/product-1wr69vqr.html

Thanks,
[email protected]

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Sahaya
3/1/2021 05:45:17 am

What is the latest edition of IFMA Facility Management Learning System? When was the release year?

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Kotresha
3/7/2021 10:56:14 pm

Hi
Is 1800 CFM preparation question back , hard copy or soft copy?
if not hard copy how Can I Get the same?
Also How can purchase hard copy of CFM 11 competency study materials ?
Thanks & regards
Kotresh

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kamran wahab
7/10/2021 05:07:22 am

Hi
Do you provide detailed explanations for correct answers in those 1800 practice exams?
I am looking to buy practice questions and appreciate fairly discounted price.
Thanks

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support
7/11/2021 04:03:21 am

Hi,

The 1800 Questions are basic and direct to the point hence we do not provide detailed explanations

If you are interested in getting situational questions, here's a nice practice exam with detailed explanation.

These are almost similar to the actual exam.

https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/certified-pro/certified-facility-manager-practice-exam/ebook/product-15v5wqwd.html

https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/certified-pro/certified-facility-manager-exam-reviewer/ebook/product-1wr69vqr.html

Thanks,
[email protected]

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Naser
7/29/2021 01:35:12 pm

Hello,

What is the official IFMA Facility Management Learning System Book that you mentioned above?
Or what is the best book to read before start taking the practice exam?

Thank you.

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AZFMP
12/29/2023 11:16:10 am

Is the CFM an online final test (similar to the FMP and SFP) or an in-person?

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