Certified Associate In Project Management (CAPM)
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Exam: CAPM
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What is used during the Create WBS process to assign identification codes to the WBS components?
A. Decomposition
B. Context diagrams
C. Dependency determination and integration
D. Product analysis
You are working on a project that is designing a new order processing system. The project is currently progressing as follows: the earned value is $234,000, the actual cost is $215,000, the planned value is $225,000, and the estimate to complete is $105,000. What is the current schedule performance index for the project?
A. 1.09
B. $9,000
C. $19,000
D. 1.04
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
Which Process Group contains the activities used to conduct a phase end review?
A. Executing
B. Monitoring and Controlling
C. Planning
D. Closing
Which document is used for making decision results from monitoring the execution of project activities?
A. Project calendars
B. Team performance assessments
C. Quality checklists
D. Work performance reports
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 of the following is an output of the Validate Scope process?
A. Scope baseline
B. Accepted deliverables
C. Work performance reports
D. Work performance data
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
What is the purpose of project integration management?
A. To customize a project's objectives to match the processes within the Process Management Process Groups
B. To generate an in-depth project management plan
C. To create an environment in which the ownership of a project is shared between cost analysts, risk management specialists, and project managers
D. To provide an approach for coordinating various processes and project management tasks within the Project Management Process Groups
Which of these is a knowledge management technique?
A. Reading published articles
B. Codifying explicit knowledge
C. Executing web searches
D. Networking
While in the process of estimating costs for a complex project activity, you obtain a range of estimates from an expert in the industry. The expert states that while the activity could be completed for as little as $300, it is possible it could cost as much as $1200 to complete. They also tell you that from past experience the activity typically costs $450. What is the beta distribution estimate for this activity?
A. $450
B. $650
C. $550
D. $1,200
Which Process Group contains the processes used to gain authorization to start a new project phase?
A. Executing
B. Planning
C. Initiating
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 input to the Manage Quality process is used as the basis for developing test scenarios for improvement initiatives?
A. Quality management plan
B. Quality control measurements
C. Lessons learned register
D. Quality metrics
Which component of the project management plan would most likely be used as an input to the Develop Schedule process?
A. Activity list
B. Activity attributes
C. Resource calendar
D. Scope baseline
What is used during the Create WBS process to identify limitations that affect the project?
A. Work performance data
B. Project scope statement
C. Scope management plan
D. Project charter
Which input to the Manage Stakeholder Engagement process would describe the communication technologies used between stakeholders?
A. Configuration management plan
B. Stakeholder Engagement Plan
C. Organizational process assets
D. Communications management plan
Which input of the Identify Risks process contains project assumptions?
A. Scope baseline
B. Cost estimates
C. Stakeholder register
D. Risk register
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
Which items are inputs to the Plan Risk Management process?
A. Project management plan, organizational process assets, risk register
B. Risk register, stakeholder register, enterprise environmental factors
C. Project charter, work performance data, work performance reports
D. Project charter, project management plan, stakeholder register
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 Project Procurement Management process is used to identify potential sellers?
A. Plan Procurement Management
B. Control Procurements
C. Identify Stakeholders
D. Conduct Procurements
What is an output of the Identify Stakeholders process?
A. Stakeholder engagement plan
B. Organizational process assets
C. Stakeholder register
D. Root cause analysis
Which document is used to formally authorize the project?
A. Business case
B. Project statement of work
C. Project charter
D. Project management plan
Which of the following benefits are related to successfully applying the Control Quality process? Choose 3.
A. It ensures that the performing organization uses appropriate policies and work methods to fulfill the project's quality standards.
B. It helps identify the sources of unsatisfactory work results and prioritize action on sources of errors that cause the most problems.
C. It enables the performing organization to determine whether work results meet project quality standards.
D. It provides a structured method for measuring and analyzing work results.
What does the project manager refer to in identifying the method used to estimate activity durations?
A. Activity attributes
B. Activity list
C. Schedule management plan
D. Scope management plan
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
Which Process Group contains the processes that are used to normalize variances?
A. Executing
B. Planning
C. Closing
D. Monitoring and Controlling
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 technique may be chosen as a strategic option for scheduling the project as part of developing the schedule management plan?
A. Fishbone diagram
B. Root cause analysis
C. Rolling wave planning
D. Attribute sampling
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 tool or technique of the Collect Requirements process is particularly useful when the people that use the product have a difficult time expressing the requirements?
A. Focus groups
B. Observation/conversation
C. Prototypes
D. Questionnaires and surveys
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 included in a resource management plan? Choose 3.
A. Resource acquisition guidelines
B. Training
C. Recognition and rewards
D. Communication guidelines
Which output of the Control Procurements process allows the buyer to track when specific deliverables are expected from vendors or if they have been received?
A. Work performance data
B. Resource calendars
C. Work performance information
D. Project documents updates
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 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
What is an example of a business and strategic factor?
A. Issue log
B. Satisfying concerns
C. Tailoring tools
D. Risks and issues
Which process is responsible for decomposing work packages into tasks so that project work can be estimated?
A. Estimate Activity Durations
B. Develop Project Charter
C. Create WBS
D. Define Activities
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 input to the Control Costs process is used as the basis for comparing actual cost performance to the planned project costs?
A. Project management plan
B. Organizational process assets
C. Project funding requirements
D. Work performance data
Which project cost management process makes use of the following data analysis techniques: earned value analysis, variance analysis, trend analysis, and reserve analysis?
A. Determine budget
B. Control costs
C. Plan cost management
D. Estimate costs
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
Which statement describes an activity that the project manager may be involved in prior to a project’s initiation?
A. Collecting requirements for a new product
B. Being involved with follow-on activities after realizing business benefits
C. Assisting with business case development
D. Identifying key stakeholders
Which input of the Control Scope process is used to determine the impact that deviations in the agreed project scope will have on the project objectives?
A. Requirements traceability matrix
B. Work performance data
C. Requirements documentation
D. Project management plan
During which process are forecasts provided to update current schedule information?
A. Manage Stakeholder Engagement
B. Develop Schedule
C. Monitor and Control Project Work
D. Control Communications
Identify a quality improvement strategy used to establish continual improvement in project quality management.
A. Inspection
B. Quality audits
C. The plan-do-check-act (PDCA) cycle
D. Benchmarking
Which Process Group contains the processes required to align the purpose of the project with the expectations of the stakeholders?
A. Executing
B. Initiating
C. Monitoring and Controlling
D. Planning
The following statements are true regarding tailoring project management
EXCEPT
:
A. The various levels of governance should be considered
B. It should address the various competing constraints
C. The culture of the organization should be considered
D. You should try to include some form of each PMBOK Guide process
Which data analysis technique used by the Identify Risks process develops preventative actions?
A. Interviews
B. Checklists
C. Brainstorming
D. Root cause analysis
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 technique is used by the Control Scope process?
A. Resource optimization
B. Alternative analysis
C. Variance analysis
D. Reserve analysis
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
What is used during the Control Quality process to detect errors before a product is delivered to the customer?
A. Inspection
B. Attribute sampling
C. Variables sampling
D. Prevention
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
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