Your 6-Week CDMP Study Plan

Weekday evening (6:30–8:00pm)

Optional: 15 min flashcards at lunch. The DAMA exam evening starts at 6:00pm. Saturdays 10:00am–12:30pm, Sundays off. About 10 hours a week.

Move on or repeat?

90%+ Green ✓: move on

80–89% One more set next day

70–79% Reread the cheat sheet

Under 70% Repeat the session

Exam: 100 questions in 90 minutes, about 54 seconds each.

Which practice exam, and when

Your Practice Examthe one we built: retake as often as you like.

• Tue 3 Nov: diagnostic (your baseline)
• Sat 14 Nov: diagnostic again (progress check)
• Sat 21 Nov: full 100-question mock
• Thu 26 and Sat 28 Nov: area sets on weak spots
• Sat 5 Dec: second full mock
• Wed 9 Dec: final area sets

Official DAMAFri 27 Nov: final dress rehearsal on DAMA's own questions. Check on dama.org how many attempts you get; if only one, keep it for this slot.

Checklist

• Your full mock and the DAMA practice exam both at 80%+ (aim for 90%)
• All eight focus chapters green on your study guide dashboard
• Mistakes bank close to empty
• You can recite each cheat sheet's confusions table

If you fall behind

• Catch up on the next Sunday morning (10:00am–12:30pm) before skipping anything
• Week 5 is your buffer: use it for anything still missed
• Merge the 2% chapters (1, 2 and 14) into one evening
• Never drop a high-weight chapter (3, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13) or the DAMA practice exam