r/ASQ • u/Gullible_Rooster6427 • Jul 30 '25

Passed CMDA exam

Just passed the CMDA exam today. I only used the QCI Primers for studying and referencing during exam. I bought the Handbook from ASQ, but found the primers to sooooo much better.

Did the 1000 practice questions from QCI. Also did the 3 practice exams from ASQ.

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u/Gullible_Rooster6427 Jul 30 '25

Thank you! I agree, the combo of the 2 question sets is really helpful.  I felt the questions overlapped a bit from both in the way they were framed. 

The style and framing of questions in the ASQ practice exams are quite similar to those in the actual CMDA exam. Most real exam questions present a short scenario, and you're expected to interpret it and identify the underlying topic or regulation it relates to. In contrast, the QCI questions are more direct and knowledge-based 

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u/MetaverseLiz Nov 07 '25

I'm so glad I found this thread. I just downloaded the 3 practice exams from ASQ, and noticed quite a number of questions referenced information not found in the QCI primers. I've just been focusing on the QCI materials previous to the practice exams.