Certified Associate In Project Management (CAPM)
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Exam: CAPM
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Which input to the Plan Human Resource Management process should be used to locate information related to the organization's culture?
A. Activity resource requirements
B. Project management plan
C. Organizational process assets
D. Enterprise environmental factors
One of the inputs to the Estimate Costs process is organizational process assets. Which options are considered organizational process assets? Choose 3.
A. Cost estimating policies
B. Schedule management plan
C. Project team knowledge
D. Historical information
When procurements are finalized, who provides formal notification that the contract is complete?
A. Upper management
B. Buyer
C. Sponsor
D. Seller
A project manager has determined that their project is two weeks behind schedule. The project manager needs to finish the project on schedule, but they do not want to change the project scope. The project can tolerate more risk, but it cannot accept additional costs. Which technique should the project manager use to bring the project back on schedule?
A. Resource leveling
B. Rolling wave planning
C. Crashing
D. Fast tracking
Which role does a project manager have a part to play in with respect to the industry?
A. Demonstrating the value of project management
B. Taking a part in configuration management training
C. Staying current with respect influences impacting the field of project management
D. Building relationship skills for the creation of formal networks of people
Which statement
BEST
describes an activity performed as part of the Planning Process Group?
A. Track progress and review the project's performance
B. Define the scope of the project
C. Complete the work required to meet the project's objectives
D. Define the purpose of the project
Which of the following is an output of the monitor communications process?
A. Organizational process assets
B. Work performance information
C. Project communications artifacts
D. The communications management plan
Which of the following are something the project manager should consider when tailoring the project resource management processes? Choose 3.
A. Team member assessment
B. Physical location of resources
C. Life cycle approaches
D. Team management
Which tool, used during the Plan Quality Management process, uses quality criteria from another project as a reference point for the current project's quality criteria?
A. Benchmarking
B. Flowcharts
C. Cost-benefit analysis
D. Statistical sampling
Which inputs are used by the Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis process?
A. The cost management plan, scope baseline, and organizational process assets
B. The project charter, scope baseline, and organizational process assets
C. The project management plan, risk register, and enterprise environmental factors
D. The schedule baseline, project charter, and stakeholder register
What is best to use during the Manage Quality process when you need to identify where improvements can be made to project processes?
A. Audits
B. Process analysis
C. Design for X
D. Alternative analysis
Which process involves communicating and working with stakeholders to satisfy their requirements and expectations?
A. Identify Stakeholders
B. Manage Stakeholder Engagement
C. Plan Stakeholder Engagement
D. Monitor Stakeholder Engagement
What is produced by the Acquire Project Team process that identifies when project team members are available to work on project activities?
A. Project staff assignments
B. Resource calendars
C. Project management plan updates
D. Human resource management plan
Which tools and techniques are used by the Manage Team process?
A. Leadership, project management information system, and project team assignments
B. Influencing, interpersonal and team skills, and change requests
C. Project management information system, conflict management, and interpersonal and team skills
D. Emotional intelligence, meetings, and recognition and rewards
Which tool or technique is used by the Monitor Risks process to identify new project risks?
A. Meetings
B. Stakeholder analysis
C. Reserve analysis
D. Audits
In terms of project stakeholder management processes, what is the purpose of frequent interaction with stakeholders throughout the project?
A. To keep track of adjustments to be implemented at the end of the project life cycle
B. To lower project costs
C. To develop project objectives
D. To outline how important the contributions of project team members are to the project's success
Which entity is generally used to manage the project management system in a highly projectized organization?
A. Project management office
B. Project initiator
C. Project sponsor
D. Project management team
Which process is focused on documenting the interests, involvement, interdependencies, influence, and potential impact on project success of the people, groups, or organizations involved with or affected by the project?
A. Plan Stakeholder Engagement
B. Manage Stakeholder Engagement
C. Identify Stakeholders
D. Monitor Stakeholder Engagement
You are working on a development project. Review the |h %5coutput%5ct14%5cmisc%5ccapm5edeo621.html Development Project table. The project contains multiple paths. What is the duration of the critical path?
A. 21 days
B. 23 days
C. 19 days
D. 17 days
What is used during the Manage Quality process that starts with a central idea and records associated issues and causes while solving the problem?
A. Histograms
B. Scatter diagrams
C. Affinity diagrams
D. Design for X
Which of the following are part of the project cost baseline? Choose 3.
A. Contingency reserves
B. Control accounts
C. Schedule performance measurements
D. Work package cost estimates
E. Management reserves
Automated reporting on KPIs is part of which tools and techniques?
A. Force field analysis
B. Regression analysis
C. Change control tools
D. Project management information system
Which Process Group contains the processes that are used to normalize variances?
A. Executing
B. Planning
C. Closing
D. Monitoring and Controlling
Identify the first step in the project scope management process.
A. Define the scope
B. Create the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
C. Plan the scope management
D. Collect the requirements
Lessons learned register and stakeholder register are examples of which output from the Monitor Communications process?
A. Change requests
B. Project documents updates
C. Organizational process assets updates
D. Project management plan updates
Which process results in verified deliverables?
A. Validate Scope
B. Control Quality
C. Close Project or Phase
D. Monitor and Control Project Work
Generally, one user or group has direct or indirect project management responsibilities across multiple projects. Which user or group matches this description?
A. Project management office
B. Project sponsor
C. User
D. Project management team
Which statement about the Perform Integrated Change Control process is
TRUE
?
A. During this process, changes to approved work products are considered through formal change control procedures.
B. Approved change requests are implemented during this process, resulting in the modification of project deliverables.
C. Validated changes are measured during this process to ensure that the changes were properly completed.
D. During this process, work performance data is collected, analyzed in context, and integrated together to become work performance information.
A project manager notices that the duration for the planned schedule is 95 days. However, the project has to be completed in 85 days, on June 25. Which technique should the project manager use to ensure that the project is completed on time with the least incremental cost?
A. Fast tracking
B. Parametric estimating
C. Crashing
D. Analogous estimating
Which type of chart should you create to allow people to quickly identify all of the project responsibilities for a particular department?
A. Responsibility assignment matrix
B. Resource breakdown structure
C. Organizational breakdown structure
D. Work breakdown structure
Which statement
BEST
describes technical project management skills?
A. The ability to inspire and motivate the project team
B. The ability to create the project work breakdown structure (WBS)
C. The ability to write code on a software project
D. The ability to explain the business value of the project
All of the following are inputs to the Plan Scope Management process
EXCEPT
:
A. Requirements management plan
B. Project management plan
C. Project charter
D. Enterprise environmental factors
Which Process Group is the Conduct Procurements process contained within?
A. Closing
B. Planning
C. Executing
D. Monitoring and Controlling
Which tool or technique of Plan Risk Management is primarily used to assess the risk appetite of project stakeholders?
A. Expert judgment
B. Assessment of other risk parameters
C. Stakeholder analysis
D. Meetings
Which tool or technique is used by the Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis process to prioritize project risks?
A. Risk probability and impact assessment
B. Probability and impact matrix
C. Risk categorization
D. Risk data quality assessment
Which of the following documents is helpful for establishing risk thresholds during the plan risk management process?
A. Risk report
B. Risk register
C. Issue log
D. Stakeholder register
You are working on a project that is designing a new office building. The current project stage is progressing as follows: the earned value is $1,255,000, the actual cost is $1,329,000, the planned value is $1,280,000, and the estimate to complete is $325,000. What is the current cost performance index for the project?
A. -$25,000
B. 0.98
C. -$74,000
D. 0.94
Program management is described by all of the following
EXCEPT
:
A. A series of repetitive undertakings
B. A centralized way to manage a series of related projects to achieve strategic benefits
C. A collection of projects and other work that have been grouped together to meet strategic business objectives
D. A group of related projects coordinated together that has benefits above managing the project individually
What is used during the Monitor Communications process to make informed decisions about monitoring communications with the public?
A. Communication requirements analysis
B. Meetings
C. Expert judgment
D. Information management systems
Being involved in expanding the number of peers and business contacts is an example of which power?
A. Relational
B. Persuasive
C. Expert
D. Ingratiating
What is produced by the Develop Project Team process?
A. Team performance assessments
B. Resource calendars
C. Human resource management plan
D. Project staff assignments
Which type of contract involves the buyer reimbursing the seller for the seller’s allowable costs, and the seller earning their profit if they meet defined performance criteria?
A. FFP
B. CPFF
C. CPAF
D. CPIF
What is used during the Define Scope process to identify different approaches that can be used to perform the work required to achieve the project goals?
A. Multicriteria decision analysis
B. Context diagrams
C. Product analysis
D. Alternatives analysis
What is used to reach a conclusion when multiple stakeholders are responsible for validating the project scope?
A. Decision making
B. Inspection
C. Benchmarking
D. Focus groups
An intranet site is provided to the 200 project team members for reviewing project updates, meeting dates, industry standards, and other important information. What is this method of sharing information an example of?
A. Pull communication
B. Interactive communication
C. Resource leveling
D. Resource smoothing
Which source should be used while managing the project team to identify when the team members should be released from the project?
A. Work performance reports
B. Organizational process assets
C. Project staff assignments
D. Human resource management plan
Which technique is used by the Control Scope process?
A. Resource optimization
B. Alternative analysis
C. Variance analysis
D. Reserve analysis
The project manager needs to address internal strategic issues that may affect project quality. Which role is held by the person who can best assist with these issues?
A. Vendor
B. Quality auditor
C. Sponsor
D. Project team
Which statement accurately describes the benefits of the Close Project or Phase process?
A. It includes formal acceptance of the project deliverables and allows the project manager to evaluate the effectiveness of the risk processes. It also allows the organization's project team members to begin work on new projects or other assignments.
B. It includes formal acceptance of the project deliverables, allows the project manager to evaluate the effectiveness of the risk processes, and includes lessons learned gathered throughout the project.
C. It includes formal acceptance of the project deliverables and provides an official ending for the project work. It also allows the organization's project team members to begin work on new projects or other assignments.
D. It provides an official ending for the project work and includes lessons learned gathered throughout the project. It also allows the organization's project team members to begin work on new projects or other assignments.
Which process uses approved change requests resulting in modifications to a deliverable?
A. Control Quality
B. Validate Scope
C. Direct and Manage Project Work
D. Conduct Procurements
What is
NOT
a feature of the project management office?
A. A central means to monitor all project schedules and budgets
B. A decentralized approach to managing multiple projects simultaneously
C. The ability to coordinate project quality control standards between project personnel and the project manager
D. Shared resources that can be used for many different projects
Which statement
BEST
distinguishes leadership from management?
A. Focuses on near-term goals and the bottom line
B. Collaborates with team members to guide the project forward
C. Relies on control and positional power to guide the project forward
D. Focuses on systems, structure, and operational issues
Which input is used by the Plan Risk Responses process includes the prioritized risks?
A. Risk management plan
B. Risk register
C. Work performance data
D. Work performance reports
Which input provides the project approval requirements that are used in the development of the schedule management plan?
A. Organizational process assets
B. Expert judgment
C. Reporting formats
D. Project charter
Which of the following are outputs of the Manage Stakeholder Engagement process?
A. Change log, project management plan updates, and organizational process assets updates
B. Change requests, work performance information, and issue log
C. Issue log, change requests, and project documents updates
D. Performance reports, change log, and project documents updates
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