CAPM Questions
CAPM Questions
1- A project manager is working in an environment where requirements are not very clear
and may change during the project. In addition, the project has several stakeholders and
is technically complex.
Which strategies should the project manager take into account for risk management in
this environment?
C. Include contingency reserves and update the project management plan frequently
D. Frequently review incremental work products and update the requirements for
proper prioritization
Answer : D
2- Which group of inputs will a project manager use during the Monitor Stakeholder
Engagement process?
Answer : D
3- How should a project manager plan communications for a project which has uncertain
requirements?
B. Invite customers to sprint planning and retrospective meetings, update the team
quickly and on a daily basis, and use official communication channels.
D. Adopt a strong change control board process, establish focal points for main
subjects, and promote formal and transparent communication.
Answer : A
4- Which of the following are outputs from the process of creating a work breakdown
structure (WBS)?
Answer : B
5- Which statement about identification and engagement of stakeholders during a project is
correct?
Answer : A
6- Which of the following conditions should the project manager consider when working on
the scheduling for an adaptive environment?
B. The detailed project schedule should remain flexible throughout the project to
accommodate newly gained knowledge.
D. To address the full delivery schedule, a range of techniques may be needed and
then need to be adapted.
Answer : B
7- Which task will a project manager undertake while conducting Project Resource
Management?
A. Identify the different aspects of the team to manage and control physical
resources efficiently
Answer : D
B. Factory location
D. Industry research
Answer : B
9- Which technique is used to identify roles and the level of responsibilities?
A. Capability table
D. Affinity diagram
Answer : C
10- A company must implement sales software because it is opening a new branch in a
foreign market. Although this software is used in every domestic branch, multiple
changes are expected during the implementation because it is a foreign location.
Which type of life cycle would the project manager use in this case?
Answer : A
11- What are the two most common contract types used in a project?
A. Cost plus award fee (CPAF) contract and fixed price contract
D. Time and material (T&M) contract and cost plus award fee (CPAF) contract
Answer : B
12- If you established a contingency reserve including time, money, and resources, how are
you handling risk?
A. Accepting
B. Transferring
C. Avoiding
D. Mitigating
Answer : A
13- Which are required to create the schedule management plan?
A. Scope baseline, work breakdown structure (WBS), estimated costs, and milestone
list
Answer : C
14- In an agile or adaptive environment, when should risk be monitored and prioritized?
Answer : C
15- Which factors should be considered for cross-cultural communication?
Answer : A
16- Once the make-or-buy analysis is completed, which document defines the project
delivery method?
B. Procurement strategy
C. Terms of reference
D. Change request
Answer : B
17- A project is just beginning, and management creates a long list of potential stakeholders.
Which statement about identifying and engaging stakeholder, is correct?
A. The project manager should identify and deal with stakeholders only during the
execution phase.
C. The project manager should focus on project objectives and deal with stakeholders
as a secondary priority.
D. Stakeholder satisfaction is the most important goal, and project objectives should
be considered a secondary priority.
Answer : B
18- Which is an example of leveraging evolving trends and emerging practices in Project
Integration Management?
A. Hybrid methodologies
Answer : A
19- What should a project manager use to determine how much money is needed to
complete a project?
Answer : C
20- The project manager is creating the communications management plan. Which group of
inputs is required to begin?
Answer : C
21- What is an agile control method that shows where the project is going over time?
A. Burnup chart
B. Backlog
C. Burndown chart
D. Kanban board
Answer : C
22- A project team is working closely with the product owner in order to determine inputs
for the scope. Due to the complexity of the project, the team will develop a hierarchical
description of the project requirements in order to deliver the expected business value.
Which artifact will be developed?
Answer : A
23- A project manager has finished the project charter dra and presents it to the sponsor. However,
the sponsor no fies the project manager that two items are missing in order to obtain document
approval. Which two of the following should be included? (Choose two)
A. High-level requirements
B. Stakeholder register
D. High-level risks
E. Assump on log
Answer : A & D
24- A project is in progress and about to move to a different phase, according to the plan.
This will be a good opportunity for the project manager to:
Answer : C
25- A new project has been set. Four main stakeholders besides the project manager and
four other team members have been identified.
How many communication channels are available?
A. 8
B. 18
C. 36
D. 40
Answer : C
26- A project manager is preparing to meet with three crucial project stakeholders on a new
project. Which tools and techniques can the project manager use to capture stakeholder
interest?
Answer : B
27- Select three processes that are associated with Project Schedule Management? (Choose
three.)
A. Define Activities
D. Develop Schedule
E. Acquire Resources
Answer : A,C,D
28- What are the project management processes associated with project quality
management?
Answer : A
29- In an adaptive project environment, which action helps the project manager ensure that
the team is comfortable with charges?
A. Having control over the planning and delivery of the products without delegating
decisions
C. Selecting different team members to take the project manager role during reviews
with stakeholders
D. Asking the control change board to approve changes before notifying the team
Answer : B
A. the members of the project team need to select the appropriate order of every
tool, technique, input, and output listed in the PMBOK Guide; this is required for all
projects.
B. each project is unique, and the members of the project team should select the
appropriate tools, techniques, inputs, and outputs from the PMBOK Guide.
C. the members of the project team need to understand the PMBOK Guide processes,
which are applied to all projects.
D. each project is unique, and the project team must plan how to apply all the tools,
techniques, inputs, and outputs in the PMBOK Guide.
Answer : B
31- When developing the project schedule, a project manager uses decomposition and
rolling wave planning techniques in this process:
A. Develop Schedule
B. Define Activities
C. Define Scope
D. Collect Requirements
Answer : B
B. Define activities
Answer : B
33- During what project management process does the project manager invest the most
effort into creating the work breakdown structure (WBS)?
A. Initiating
B. Planning
C. Executing
Answer : B
A. 8 weeks
B. 9 weeks
C. 10 weeks
D. 11 weeks
Answer : C
35- Which is an example of analogous estimating?
Answer : B
36- With regard to a project manager's sphere of influence in a project, which of the
following does the project manager influence most directly?
A. Suppliers
B. Customers
C. Governing bodies
D. Project team
Answer : D
37- Which document can help a project manager to leverage historical project information?
B. Schedule baseline
Answer : A
38- Which kind of communication should the project manager use when creating reports for
government bodies?
A. Hierarchical
B. External
C. Formal
D. Official
Answer : D
39- Which is the main benefit of managing and tailoring strategies in the Stakeholder
Engagement process?
Answer : A
Answer : A
41- The project manager is dividing the project scope into smaller pieces, and repeating this
process until no more subdivisions are required. At this point the project manager is able to
estimate costs and activities for each element.
What are these elements called?
A. Project activities
B. Work packages
C. Planning packages
D. Project deliverables
Answer : B
42- Which tools and techniques will a project manager use to develop a project charter?
B. Lessons learned database, interpersonal and team skills, cost baseline, and
meetings
D. Expert judgment, data gathering, interpersonal and team skills, and meetings
Answer : D
45- Which key benefit can a project manager obtain by identifying stakeholders?
Answer : A
46- The project team is inspecting the completed project scope to determine if the
requirements have been satisfied. What is the result of this inspection?
A. Accepted deliverables
B. Planning packages
C. Verified deliverables
D. Work packages
Answer : C
47- Which are the most important competencies required for a project manager?
Answer : C
48- Which is the correct hierarchy in a project environment, from most to least inclusive?
Answer : B
49- Two members of the team are having a conflict. The project manager decides that, in this
case, the best solution is to bring some degree of satisfaction to all parties in order to
temporarily or partially resolve the problem.
Which technique should the project manager use?
A. Withdraw/Avoid
B. Smooth/Accommodate
C. Compromise/Reconcile
D. Collaborate/Problem Solve
Answer : B
A. Verify Deliverables
B. Validate Deliverables
C. Review Deliverables
D. Analyze Deliverables
Answer : B
51- Why is tailoring required in a project?
B. Because every project is unique and not every tool, technique, input, or output
identified in the PMBOK Guide is required
D. Project managers should apply every process in the PMBOK Guide to the project,
so tailoring is not required
Answer : B
52- Company A has just been notified about a new legal requirement for its business
operations. What is the classification of this item?
Answer : C
53- Which of the following documents are created as part of Project Integration
Management?
Answer : A
54- A project manager is working on an estimate. The project team is estimating each work
package and then finding the total of all the work packages.
Which technique is the project manager using?
A. Three-point estimating
B. Parametric estimating
C. Bottom-up estimating
D. Data analysis
Answer : C
55- A project manager is updating their CV or resume and realizes that they need to improve
skills related to expertise in the industry and organizational knowledge.
Which dimension of PMI's Talent Triangle best relates to this need to improve?
B. Leadership skills
D. Organizational management
Answer : A
D. Scope baseline, resource management plan, activity list, and assumption log
Answer : B
57- When managing costs in an agile environment, what should a project manager consider?
Answer : A
A. Evaluates the differences between the communications management plan and the
reality of communications in a project
B. Ensures that the information needs of the project and the stakeholders are met
Answer : B
59- Which tasks should a project manager accomplish in order to manage project scope
correctly?
A. Define, Validate, and Control Scope; Control Schedule; Control Costs and Manage
Stakeholder Engagement.
B. Collect Requirements, Define Scope, Create WBS, Develop Schedule, and Manage
Stakeholder Engagement.
Answer : C
60- In a preliminary meeting for a project, team members decide to execute the project with
agile methodology. A finance team member wants to know how project cost will be
determined at this early stage.
How will the project team determine project cost?
C. Retrieve a budget from a previous project and create a baseline for this project
based on it
Answer : A
61- Which of the following lists represents the outputs of the Monitor Communications
process?
Answer : B
62- A project team member is estimating the cost of an activity and is checking
documentation from previous similar projects. Which estimation method is the project
manager using to complete this task?
A. Bottom-up estimating
B. Three-point estimating
C. Analogous estimating
D. Parametric estimating
Answer : C
63- Which are inputs for the Plan Quality Management process?
Answer : C
64- What should the project manager use to evaluate the politics and power structure
among stakeholders inside and outside of the organization?
A. Expert judgment
B. Interpersonal skills
C. Team agreements
D. Communication skills
Answer : D
65- The project manager has the following information about the estimated duration for an
activity:
✑ Most likely [tM] `" 15 days
✑ Pessimistic [tP] `" 20 days
✑ Optimistic [tO] `" 10 days
What is the estimated duration of this activity, according to the triangular distribution
technique?
A. 10 days
B. 15 days
C. 12.5 days
D. 5 days
Answer : B
Answer : A
67- Which statement is related to the project manager's sphere of influence at the
organizational level?
C. A project manager considers the current industry trends and evaluates how they
can impact or be applied to the project.
D. A project manager may inform other professionals about the value of project
management.
Answer : A
68- What process group establishes project scope, refines objectives, and defines the actions
necessary to attain project objectives?
A. Executing
B. Planning
C. Initiating
Answer : B
69- Which are examples of processes that may be used once or at predefined points in the
project life cycle?
Answer : A
70- After defining activities in project schedule management, which processes should a
project manager follow?
Answer : A
71- Which of the following tasks is related to the Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis process?
B. Perform a sensitivity analysis to determine which risk has the most potential for
impacting the project
D. Prioritize each protect risk and assign the probability of occurrence and impact for
each one
Answer : D
72- The project manager needs to manage a critical issue immediately, and this requires
action from the upper management of a specific stakeholder group. Which plan should the
project manager consult?
Answer : B
73- During what project management process does the project team begin identifying risks?
A. Initiating
B. Planning
C. Executing
Answer : B
74- A project manager is reviewing the change requests for project documents, deliverables,
and the project plan. In which project management process does this review belong?
Answer : D
75- Which format can a network diagram take?
A. Flow chart
B. Control chart
C. Affinity diagram
D. Cause-and-effect diagram
Answer : A
76- A project manager is working on the communications management plan. Which of these
documents are inputs to consider?
Answer : A
77- According to the PMI Talent Triangle, leadership skills relate to the ability to:
Answer : D
78- Which is the best way for a project manager to ensure efficient and frequent
communication with management and stakeholders in an agile/adaptive environment?
B. Make surveys among the stakeholders and meet with the team once a month.
D. Create personalized emails for each stakeholder, asking for requests and reviewing
objectives with them periodically.
Answer : A
79- A project manager is assigned to a strategic project. Senior management asks the project
manager to give a presentation in order to request support that will ensure the success of
the project.
Which entities will the project manager attempt to influence?
Answer : A
80- Which statement summarizes the role of the change control board?
A. The change control board is responsible for presenting the change for approval
B. The change control board will analyze the change impact in terms of cost and
schedule
C. The change control board is responsible for managing the change management and
configuration management systems
D. The change control board is responsible for reviewing and approving changes to the
project
Answer : D
81- A project manager is working in an environment where requirements are not very clear
and may change during the project. In addition, the project has several stakeholders and is
technically complex.
Which strategies should the project manager take into account for risk management in this
environment?
C. Include contingency reserves and update the project management plan frequently
D. Frequently review incremental work products and update the requirements for
proper prioritization
Answer : D
82- Which group of inputs will a project manager use during the Monitor Stakeholder
Engagement process?
Answer : D
83- How should a project manager plan communications for a project which has uncertain
requirements?
A. Include stakeholders in project meetings and reviews, use frequent checkpoints, and
co-locate team members only.
B. Invite customers to sprint planning and retrospective meetings, update the team
quickly and on a daily basis, and use official communication channels.
C. Adopt social networking to engage stakeholders, issue frequent and short messages,
and use informal communication channels.
D. Adopt a strong change control board process, establish focal points for main
subjects, and promote formal and transparent communication.
Answer : A
84- Which of the following are outputs from the process of creating a work breakdown
structure (WBS)?
Answer : B
85- Which statement about identification and engagement of stakeholders during a project
is correct?
Answer : A
86- A manager and the head of engineering discuss a change to a major work package. After
the meeting, the manager contacts you and tells you to complete the paperwork to make
the change. This is an example of:
B. Management planning.
Answer : C
87- As a project manager, you received an urgent call from the sponsor to estimate the
project which was done before 18 months. Which tool & technique will the project manager
refer to first?
A. Three-point estimating
B. Bottom-up estimating
C. Analogous estimating
D. Independent estimating
Answer : C
88- Which of the following is one of the Tools and Techniques of Control Quality Process?
A. Cost-benefit analysis
B. Meetings
C. Process Analysis
D. Inspection
Answer : D
89- Which technique is used for determining the reason for variances between the baseline
and actual performance?
A. Variance analysis
C. Earned value
D. Pareto Chart
Answer : A
90- What is the schedule variance of a project if the earned value is 899 and the planned
value is 1099?
A. 200.000
B. -200.000
C. 0.889
D. 1.125
Answer : B
91- Which of the following describes a work breakdown structure?
B. Is an environmental factor
Answer : C
92- Which of the following is NOT one of the tools and techniques that are used in the
Sequence Activities Process?
B. Dependency determination
Answer : D
93- Which of the following is an input for Plan Stakeholder Management Process?
A. Stakeholder Register
B. Analytical Techniques
C. Issue Log
D. Change requests
Answer : A
D. Contains information related to risks identified – E.g. identified risks, the root cause
Answer : D
95- Which of the following factors do NOT affect the choice of communication technology
used?
B. Availability of technology
C. Stakeholder register
D. Ease of use
Answer : C
project.
Answer : D
97- Which one of the following is NOT an Enterprise environmental factor?
A. Government standards
B. Regulations
C. Historical information
D. Marketplace conditions
Answer : C
98- Which of the following is a strategy for dealing with negative risks or threats?
A. Avoid
B. Transfer
C. Accept
Answer : D
99- Interpersonal skills of an effective project manager include?
A. Leadership
B. Influencing
Answer : D
100- In which organizational structure does the project manager has maximum control over
the team?
A. Functional
B. Strong Matrix
C. Balanced Matrix
D. Projectized
Answer : D