Certified Associate In Project Management (CAPM)
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Exam: CAPM
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Which organization type utilizes project managers with full authority for directing project work?
A. Balanced matrix
B. Projectized
C. Functional
D. Weak matrix
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
You are working on a project that is designing a prototype for a new model of trucks. The current project stage is progressing as follows: the earned value is $655,000, the actual cost is $625,000, the planned value is $640,000, and the estimate to complete is $129,000. What is the current cost variance for the project?
A. $15,000
B. 1.02
C. $30,000
D. 1.05
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
Which Process Group is responsible for carrying out the actions required to regulate the progress and performance of the project?
A. Executing
B. Closing
C. Planning
D. Monitoring and Controlling
What describes the culture and structure of a project environment?
A. Organizational process assets
B. The physical surroundings that could affect the project
C. The international, national, regional, and local laws that could affect the project
D. Enterprise environmental factors
Salience model is an example of which tool or technique of the Identify Stakeholders process?
A. Data representation
B. Expert judgment
C. Stakeholder register
D. Data gathering
All of the following are inputs to the Control Quality process
EXCEPT
:
A. Work performance information
B. Quality metrics
C. Approved change requests
D. Deliverables
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 type of PMO provides moderate control and requires compliance?
A. Virtual
B. Directive
C. Controlling
D. Supportive
Which type of organizational project management's success is measured by product quality, meeting budget and schedule goals, and customer satisfaction?
A. Operations management
B. Portfolio management
C. Program management
D. Project management
Which process uses inspection as one of the main techniques?
A. Monitor and Control Project Work
B. Manage Quality
C. Control Scope
D. Validate Scope
Which tools and techniques are used by the Plan Human Resource Management process?
A. Interpersonal skills, colocation, and networking
B. Organizational theory, expert judgment, and multi-criteria decision analysis
C. Networking, meetings, and activity resource requirements
D. Organization charts and position descriptions, networking, and organizational theory
A project manager determined that it would take two days for an experienced programmer to test the code for an application. However, the experienced programmer has been scheduled to work on another project and is not able to test the code. As a result, a less experienced programmer will have to test the code and will take three days instead. What should you do when estimating activity durations?
A. Update the activity attributes for testing the code
B. Update the activity duration on the schedule
C. Submit a change request to change the activity duration
D. Advise the project sponsor of the situation
Which process involves archiving information for future use?
A. Control Procurements
B. Manage Quality
C. Monitor Risks
D. Conduct Procurements
When planning for Risk A, your risk strategy was originally to accept the risk. However, due to new government regulations, you can no longer accept the risk. After reviewing the situation, you have determined that the best course of action is to eliminate the threat. Which strategy should be applied in this situation for Risk A?
A. Avoid
B. Mitigate
C. Transfer
D. Escalate
All of the following are project management processes
EXCEPT
:
A. Estimate Costs
B. Collect Requirements
C. Validate Scope
D. Calibrate Equipment
What is the primary function of the project manager?
A. The person designated by an organization to manage a functional or business unit.
B. The person designated by an organization to provide the financial resources, so the team can carry out the project objectives.
C. The person designated by an organization to ensure the day to day functions of a business are efficient.
D. The person designated by an organization to lead the team achieving the project objectives.
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 document is used to formally authorize the project?
A. Business case
B. Project statement of work
C. Project charter
D. Project 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 matrix organization type most closely resembles a functional organization?
A. Strong
B. Weak
C. Balanced
D. Projectized
Which tool or technique is used by the Collect Requirements process to quickly accumulate information from a large number of geographically separated stakeholders?
A. Questionnaires and surveys
B. Benchmarking
C. Prototypes
D. Focus groups
You are estimating a schedule activity and using a triangular distribution as there is insufficient historical information available. You have been given an optimistic estimate of 26 days, a pessimistic estimate of 52 days, and a most likely estimate of 33 days from a project team member. What is the estimated duration for this activity?
A. 37 days
B. 33 days
C. 36 days
D. 35 days
Which input of the Identify Risks process contains project assumptions?
A. Scope baseline
B. Cost estimates
C. Stakeholder register
D. Risk register
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 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
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
Identify the inputs of the Control Procurements process. Choose 3.
A. Organizational process assets
B. Work performance data
C. Agreements
D. Seller proposals
E. Change requests
Which Process Group is the Perform Quality Assurance process performed as part of?
A. Planning
B. Executing
C. Monitoring and Controlling
D. Closing
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
Which of the following is
NOT
an input when creating the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)?
A. Scope baseline
B. Project files from previous projects
C. Project management plan
D. Industry-specific standards
What is used to determine the project documents that are subject to change control?
A. Expert judgment
B. Industry standards
C. Requirements management plan
D. Scope management plan
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 tool or technique is used in the Collect Requirements process?
A. Decomposition
B. Prototypes
C. Dependency determination and integration
D. Product analysis
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
Which statement regarding portfolio management is
TRUE
?
A. High level plans are used to track interdependencies and progress
B. Provides decision-making transparency
C. It is focused on the ongoing production of goods and services
D. Scope is progressively elaborated
All of the following are key features of the PMO
EXCEPT
:
A. Providing reports on the progress of specific projects.
B. Establishing and managing budgets across multiple projects.
C. Coordinating and managing shared resources across multiple projects.
D. Mentoring and supporting the project manager.
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
The following are domains of the common governance framework that can be applied to a standalone project, or a project being run as part of a program or portfolio
EXCEPT
:
A. Communications
B. Risk
C. Performance
D. Oversight
What is an output of the Identify Stakeholders process?
A. Stakeholder engagement plan
B. Organizational process assets
C. Stakeholder register
D. Root cause analysis
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
Which output of the Monitor Stakeholder Engagement process would include updates to the lessons learned register?
A. Project documents updates
B. Enterprise environmental factors updates
C. Organizational process assets updates
D. Project management plan updates
Which process within the Project Integration Management Knowledge Area is part of the Planning Process Group?
A. Develop Project Charter
B. Develop Project Management Plan
C. Perform Integrated Change Control
D. Direct and Manage Project Work
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 document can be used to indicate when risk responses need to be adjusted?
A. Lessons learned
B. Work performance information
C. Change log
D. Issue log
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
All of the following are outputs of the Control Quality process
EXCEPT
:
A. Work performance information
B. Quality control measurements
C. Change requests
D. Accepted deliverables
What are characteristics of a project? Choose 3.
A. Unique
B. Repetitive
C. Progressive elaboration
D. Temporary
What results from sequencing activities in your project?
A. Duration estimates
B. Project schedule
C. Project schedule network diagrams
D. Schedule 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 these is a feature of adaptive environments in project schedule management?
A. The project manager must have expert knowledge of adaptive approaches
B. They require that the project manager's role be revised
C. They use longer cycles to complete work
D. The work cycles manifest as iterative scheduling
Which output of Plan Procurement Management describes how a project team will acquire goods and services from outside the performing organization?
A. Source selection criteria
B. Bid documents
C. Procurement statement of work
D. Procurement management plan
Which item represents the inputs to the Plan Communications Management process?
A. The project management plan, team charter, and the stakeholder register
B. Organizational process assets, the project management plan, and the stakeholder register
C. Enterprise environment factors, organizational process assets, and issue log
D. Enterprise environmental factors, the project management plan, and team charter
Which process in the Monitoring and Controlling Process Group contains the activities used to ensure that completed deliverables are formally accepted?
A. Validate Scope
B. Control Communications
C. Control Procurements
D. Monitor and Control Project Work
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