Certified Associate In Project Management (CAPM)
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Which statement
BEST
describes a characteristic of the project management plan?
A. Updates to the project management plan require approval through the Perform Integrated Change Control process.
B. The project management plan contains the milestone list.
C. The business case is one of the inputs when developing the project management plan.
D. Once developed, the project management plan should not be updated.
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
Which Process Group contains the activities used to conduct a phase end review?
A. Executing
B. Monitoring and Controlling
C. Planning
D. Closing
Which item is
BEST
characterized as being a work performance report?
A. Actual activity durations
B. Notes identifying potential issues
C. The status of change requests
D. Scheduled activity dates
What is a key benefit of the Plan Procurement Management process?
A. Records agreements and related documentation for future use
B. Determines whether or not outside support should be obtained
C. Ensures alignment of external and internal stakeholder expectations
D. Ensures that the buyer's and seller's performance aligns with agreed upon requirements
Which conflict resolution technique is characterized by the following traits?
- The person with the power makes the decision
- It does little for team development
- It is generally seen as a win-lose solution
A. Forcing
B. Compromising
C. Smoothing
D. Withdrawal
Which tool or technique uses political awareness to manage stakeholders' expectations?
A. Meetings
B. Communication skills
C. Interpersonal skills
D. Ground rules
What is used during the Plan Cost Management process to consider strategies for project funding?
A. Data analysis
B. Funding limit reconciliation
C. Expert judgment
D. Meetings
Which Process Group contains the process responsible for managing the needs of project stakeholders?
A. Monitoring and Controlling
B. Initiating
C. Executing
D. Planning
Which of the following items represent inputs to the Close Project or Phase process? Choose 3.
A. Organizational process assets
B. Project management plan
C. Accepted deliverables
D. Enterprise environmental factors
Which outputs are produced by the Manage Team process?
A. Change requests, project management plan updates, and enterprise environmental factors updates
B. Change requests, team performance assessments, and enterprise environmental factors updates
C. Project documents updates, project management plan updates, and project team assignments
D. Project documents updates, resource calendars, and enterprise environmental factors updates
Which of the following are outputs of the Manage Quality process? Choose 3.
A. Project management plan updates
B. Quality control measurements
C. Change requests
D. Project documents updates
In what type of organizational structure is a project manager known as a project expeditor?
A. Weak matrix
B. Strong matrix
C. Projectized
D. Balanced matrix
Which process is responsible for managing risks and performing the risk response activities?
A. Plan Risk Responses
B. Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
C. Direct and Manage Project Work
D. Identify Risks
While managing project communications, what offers a way to express the analyzed and integrated work performance data in a clear and succinct way that stakeholders can understand?
A. Stakeholder register
B. Team performance assessments
C. Project reporting
D. Work performance information
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 source is used during the Acquire Project Team process to identify the number of people and skills required by the project?
A. Organizational process assets
B. Project staff assignments
C. Resource calendars
D. Human resource management plan
As more information is known about the project, which technique is typically used with decomposition to provide details about project activities?
A. Critical path method
B. Bottom-up estimating
C. Data analysis
D. Rolling wave planning
Which output of the Plan Quality Management process details quality requirements that may need to be updated?
A. Checklists
B. Quality metrics
C. Quality management plan
D. Scope baseline
Which Process Group contains the activities used to record the effects of tailoring the processes to the project environment?
A. Closing
B. Planning
C. Executing
D. Monitoring and Controlling
Which input of the Estimate Activity Durations process provides details on when a piece of equipment is available, and for how long it will be available during a project?
A. Resource calendar
B. Activity attributes
C. Activity list
D. Organizational process assets
Which Process Group includes the Validate Scope process?
A. Monitoring and Controlling
B. Planning
C. Executing
D. Initiating
Collect Requirements is performed as part of which Knowledge Area?
A. Project Time Management
B. Project Scope Management
C. Project Integration Management
D. Project Quality Management
What is used during the Estimate Costs process to determine the impact of additional funds required for conformance versus nonconformance?
A. Control account
B. Contingency reserve
C. Management reserve
D. Cost of quality
Which of the following are a tailoring consideration for project communications management? Choose 3.
A. The location of physical resources
B. The organization's knowledge resources
C. The language of team members
D. The available communications technology
Which document includes a glossary of commonly used terms?
A. Procurement management plan
B. Activity list
C. Issue log
D. Communications management plan
Which Knowledge Area contains the Define Activities process?
A. Project Scope Management
B. Project Schedule Management
C. Project Risk Management
D. Project Integration Management
Which item represents an input for the Define Activities process?
A. Resource calendars
B. Scope baseline
C. Activity list
D. Risk register
Which of these is a knowledge management technique?
A. Reading published articles
B. Codifying explicit knowledge
C. Executing web searches
D. Networking
Select the option that includes inputs from the Develop Project Charter process.
A. Change requests, project management plan, organizational process assets
B. Cost forecasts, schedule forecasts, work performance information
C. Agreements, business case, project statement of work
D. Business case, enterprise environmental factors, project charter
Which tool or technique of the Develop Project Team process focuses on the forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning stages of development?
A. Training
B. Team-building activities
C. Interpersonal skills
D. Personnel assessment tools
Which statement correctly describes the reason for expert judgment being used during the Close Project or Phase process?
A. It is used to ensure that the activities performed during the process are in accordance with the appropriate standards.
B. It is used to assemble the subsidiary documents in the original project management plan.
C. It is used to ensure that the final product meets its specifications.
D. It is used to assess the market demand for the project.
Which process enables the allocation of clear responsibilities for each work unit that is required by the project?
A. Define Activities
B. Develop Schedule
C. Estimate Activity Resources
D. Create WBS
Identify a characteristic of project stakeholder management.
A. Includes processes for applying the company’s quality policy requirements in order to meet stakeholder objectives
B. Includes methods for developing and applying an effective communication strategy so that the information needs of the project and stakeholders are met
C. Includes methods for defining, obtaining, and managing the resources required to complete a project
D. Includes strategies for determining which individuals, groups, or companies may affect or be affected by a project
Which project documents are inputs in the directing and managing project work phase of the project integration management process? Choose 3.
A. The risk register
B. The issue log
C. The milestone list
D. The lessons learned register
A project has a greater likelihood of succeeding when stakeholders are actively involved. Which practice is
NOT
a strategy of effective stakeholder engagement?
A. Assign a team member to conduct stakeholder engagement activities
B. Identify all stakeholders
C. Communicate with stakeholders regularly
D. Track the value of effective stakeholder engagement
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 during the Determine Budget process to account for uncertainty?
A. Funding limit reconciliation
B. Cost aggregation
C. Expert judgment
D. Reserve analysis
Which of the following are included in the communications management plan? Choose 3.
A. Stakeholder risk thresholds
B. Communication limitations
C. Guidelines and templates for project meetings
D. Communication methods or technologies
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 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
Which tools and techniques are used by the Plan Risk Responses process?
A. Strategies for opportunities, contingent response strategies, and expert judgment
B. Strategies for threats, contingent response strategies, and stakeholder analysis
C. Strategies for threats, expert judgment, and trend analysis
D. Contingent response strategies, technical performance measurement, and assumptions and constraint analysis
Which of the following are tools or techniques from the Monitor and Control Project Work process? Choose 2.
A. Meetings
B. Expert judgment
C. Agreements
D. Change control tools
Identify the outputs of the Conduct Procurements process. Choose 3.
A. Change requests
B. Procurement documents
C. Agreements
D. Advertising
E. Selected sellers
What is a technique used in the Collect Requirements process to generate ideas for improvement and provide a basis for measuring performance?
A. Prototypes
B. Benchmarking
C. Product analysis
D. Context diagrams
Which statement provides the
BEST
example of work performance data?
A. Actual costs incurred
B. Resource availability
C. The status of change requests
D. Estimate to complete forecasts
Which Process Group is the Perform Quality Assurance process performed as part of?
A. Planning
B. Executing
C. Monitoring and Controlling
D. Closing
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 output from the Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis process contains assumption log updates?
A. Project documents updates
B. Project management plan updates
C. Risk register
D. Risk management plan
When planning procurement management, which contract type is used as an input when requirements are thoroughly defined and the scope is not expected to change?
A. Lump sum contract
B. Time and material (T&M) contract
C. Cost-reimbursable contract
D. Fixed-price contract
What is the main output of the Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis process?
A. Risk management plan
B. Project management plan updates
C. Project documents updates
D. Risk register
During the quantitative risk analysis process, which document provides an understanding of how project estimates were reached?
A. Schedule forecasts
B. Assumption log
C. Duration estimates
D. Basis of estimates
Which of the following is an output of the develop team process?
A. Resource requirements
B. Project team assignments
C. Team performance assessments
D. Work performance reports
A project manager uses the actual durations for three activities from a previous project to estimate the durations for three similar activities on a current project. Which technique was used in this case?
A. Three-point estimating
B. Analogous estimating
C. Parametric estimating
D. Fast tracking
The project manager has identified a risk. The likelihood that that the risk will occur is 25%. The impact the risk will have on the project is -$15,000. What is the value calculated for risk?
A. -$375,000
B. -$37,500
C. -$3,750
D. $3,750
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