Certified Associate In Project Management (CAPM)
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Exam: CAPM
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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 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
Monte Carlo analysis is an example of a simulation technique used in which process?
A. Estimate Activity Durations
B. Sequence Activities
C. Estimate Activity Resources
D. Develop Schedule
A project manager is currently performing variance analysis as part of the Control Schedule process. At this stage of the project, the project manager has determined that the planned value is $182,000, the actual costs are $132,500, and the project has currently earned $165,000. What is the SPI at this stage of the project?
A. -$17,000
B. 1.25
C. $32,500
D. 0.91
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
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 Process Group is the Perform Quality Assurance process performed as part of?
A. Planning
B. Executing
C. Monitoring and Controlling
D. Closing
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 of the following are characteristics of agile approaches in project scope management? Choose 3.
A. A comprehensive scope is determined and approved at different stages of the project life cycle
B. The focus is on improving the process for determining the scope
C. The project deliverables are established at the start of the project
D. The deliverables are established throughout the project
What is used during the Plan Scope Management process to provide high-level requirements that the project will meet?
A. Enterprise environmental factors
B. Organizational process assets
C. Project management plan
D. Project charter
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 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 process is responsible for determining the quantity of equipment, materials, and people for project activities?
A. Plan Scope Management
B. Create WBS
C. Identify Stakeholders
D. Estimate Activity Resources
What is an example of a business and strategic factor?
A. Issue log
B. Satisfying concerns
C. Tailoring tools
D. Risks and issues
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
You are in the process of identifying and documenting relationships related to the project activities that have been defined. How would you best characterize a dependency between project activities and non-project activities?
A. Mandatory
B. External
C. Internal
D. Discretionary
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 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 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.
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 Control Quality process to detect errors before a product is delivered to the customer?
A. Inspection
B. Attribute sampling
C. Variables sampling
D. Prevention
Deliverable status and performance reports are examples of which output from the Manage Communications process?
A. Project communications
B. Bid documents
C. Work performance data
D. Project management plan 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
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 Process Group contains the process used to perform assessments of project team members?
A. Monitoring and Controlling
B. Planning
C. Initiating
D. Closing
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
Identifying Stakeholders is performed as part of which process group?
A. Executing
B. Planning
C. Initiating
D. Monitoring and Controlling
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 inputs are used by the Develop Project Team process?
A. Project staff assignments, team performance assessments, and work performance reports
B. Project staff assignments, resource calendars, and work performance reports
C. Human resource management plan, project staff assignments, and team performance assessments
D. Human resource management plan, project staff assignments, and resource calendars
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
What are three elements found in the project charter?
A. Assigned project manager, risk response strategies, and the summary budget
B. Project sponsor, assumptions, and the stakeholder register
C. Project approval requirements, risk response strategies, and the summary budget
D. Project justification, high-level risks, and the stakeholder list
Which of the following is
NOT
an emerging practice for project communications management?
A. Increased use of social computing
B. Inclusion of stakeholders in project reviews
C. Exclusion of stakeholders from project meetings
D. Diversified approaches to communication
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
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
Which output of the Monitor Risks process contains information about the effectiveness or risk response planning and the implementation of risk responses?
A. Project management plan updates
B. Organizational process assets updates
C. Project documents updates
D. Work performance information
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 item represents an input for the Define Activities process?
A. Resource calendars
B. Scope baseline
C. Activity list
D. Risk register
Which tool or technique uses political awareness to manage stakeholders' expectations?
A. Meetings
B. Communication skills
C. Interpersonal skills
D. Ground rules
Which process uses the project charter as a key input?
A. Develop Project Management Plan
B. Define Activities
C. Estimate Costs
D. Direct and Manage Project Work
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 subsidiary plan determines how contingency and management reserves will be applied?
A. Risk management plan
B. Cost management plan
C. Procurement management plan
D. Schedule management plan
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
What is used when controlling project costs to identify the cost performance that must be achieved on remaining work if the project is to meet a financial goal set by management?
A. EAC
B. CPI
C. ETC
D. TCPI
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
Which type of response strategy involves increasing the likelihood of an opportunity occurring by eliminating uncertainty?
A. Exploit
B. Accept
C. Share
D. Transfer
Which is
NOT
a valid organization type?
A. Cross functional
B. Projectized
C. Matrix
D. Functional
All of the following are techniques typically used in the development of the project charter
EXCEPT
:
A. Flowcharting
B. Expert judgment
C. Brainstorming
D. Conflict resolution
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
Which matrix organization type most closely resembles a functional organization?
A. Strong
B. Weak
C. Balanced
D. Projectized
Which term is the expressed amount of acceptable variation for a project objective communicated to team members?
A. Risk transference
B. Risk exposure
C. Risk enhancement
D. Risk threshold
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
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
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 is responsible for carrying out the activities used to confirm that the project results conform to the requirements?
A. Monitor and Control Project Work
B. Close Project or Phase
C. Control Scope
D. Validate Scope
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
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