Certified Associate In Project Management (CAPM)
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Exam: CAPM
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Which Process Group focuses on progressive elaboration?
A. Executing
B. Planning
C. Initiating
D. Monitoring and Controlling
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
Which item represents a formal proposal by project stakeholders to modify any document, deliverable, or baseline?
A. Request for proposal
B. Project scope statement
C. Contract
D. Change request
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
Which Process Group contains the process used to verify that project deliverables have been accepted?
A. Planning
B. Executing
C. Monitoring and Controlling
D. Closing
Which technique is used by the Control Scope process?
A. Resource optimization
B. Alternative analysis
C. Variance analysis
D. Reserve analysis
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
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 risk management process involves prioritizing risks for further analysis?
A. Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
B. Plan Risk Management
C. Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
D. Plan Risk Responses
Identify the project manager's role in project integration management.
A. Ensure that the original project integration management processes are applied to the project's life cycle
B. Accept full responsibility for the project
C. Ensure business operations run swiftly
D. Request authorization to use organizational resources in project tasks
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 tool or technique is used in the Collect Requirements process?
A. Decomposition
B. Prototypes
C. Dependency determination and integration
D. Product analysis
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 type of response strategy involves increasing the likelihood of an opportunity occurring by eliminating uncertainty?
A. Exploit
B. Accept
C. Share
D. Transfer
Which Knowledge Area contains the Define Activities process?
A. Project Scope Management
B. Project Schedule Management
C. Project Risk Management
D. Project Integration Management
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
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 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 estimating technique typically provides the most accurate results?
A. Bottom-up
B. Three-point
C. Parametric
D. Analogous
Identify the outputs of the Conduct Procurements process. Choose 3.
A. Change requests
B. Procurement documents
C. Agreements
D. Advertising
E. Selected sellers
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
Which of the following are emerging trends in project resource management? Choose 3.
A. Strong top-down leadership
B. Optimal resource utilization
C. High emotional intelligence (EI)
D. Effective distributed teams
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
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
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 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 Process Group contains the activities used to conduct a phase end review?
A. Executing
B. Monitoring and Controlling
C. Planning
D. Closing
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
A project manager determines that he will need five programmers to test an application's code from Monday to Friday. However, the project manager will only need three programmers from Monday to Friday if one programmer works the weekend. What did the project manager use in this scenario?
A. Data analysis
B. Expert judgement
C. Bottom-up estimating
D. Parametric estimating
Which Process Group contains the processes that are responsible for generating work performance data?
A. Closing
B. Monitoring and Controlling
C. Planning
D. Executing
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
Which of the following
BEST
identifies work performance information?
A. The number of defects encountered
B. The status of deliverables
C. Activity schedule dates
D. Electronic dashboards
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
Which dimension of communication deals with social media?
A. Formal
B. Informal
C. Internal
D. Unofficial
Which document includes a glossary of commonly used terms?
A. Procurement management plan
B. Activity list
C. Issue log
D. Communications management plan
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 directly supports the activities of the CCB?
A. Change control tools
B. Control chart
C. Resource histogram
D. Analytical techniques
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
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
All of the following processes are part of the Project Scope Management Knowledge Area
EXCEPT
:
A. Create WBS
B. Define Scope
C. Define Activities
D. Collect Requirements
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 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
Which process group is responsible for preventing the circumvention of integrated change control?
A. Monitoring and Controlling
B. Planning
C. Executing
D. Closing
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 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 of these is a knowledge management technique?
A. Reading published articles
B. Codifying explicit knowledge
C. Executing web searches
D. Networking
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 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 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 term refers to the translation of a message back into meaningful thoughts and ideas by an individual?
A. Decode
B. Negotiation
C. Encode
D. Voice of the customer
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 project resource management process ensures the availability of physical resources assigned to a project?
A. Plan resource management
B. Estimate activity resources
C. Acquire resources
D. Control resources
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
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
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