CAPM PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
You notice that a project using the predictive approach is behind schedule for four out of
the five weeks. You perform a trend analysis and predict that the project will also be
behind this week. You are in the process of submitting a change request to get the
schedule back on track. What process group are you in?
a. Initiating
b. Planning
c. Monitoring and Controlling
d. Closing - Answers -c. Monitoring and Controlling
Explanation:
Domain:
I. Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts
Objective:
01 - Becoming a Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)
Jason was recently hired to create a new product. The product will be complex and will
require many years to complete and involve many stakeholders from various groups.
Jason has decided it will be best to break up the product into smaller subprojects that
are managed separately. What is Jason managing?
a. Program
b. Portfolio
c. Project
d. Operations - Answers -a. Program
Explanation:
A program consists of similarly grouped projects.
Domain:
I. Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts
Objective:
02 - Projects and Project Management
Which of the following are not project constraints?
a. Scope, quality, and schedule
b. Scope, cost, and schedule
c. Resource, risk, and cost
d. Procurement, issues, and opportunities - Answers -d. Procurement, issues, and
opportunities
,Explanation:
Scope, quality, schedule, budget/cost, resources, and risks are some of the most
important project constraints.
Domain:
I. Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts
Objective:
02 - Projects and Project Management
In a project, laws, compliance, and regulatory requirements are considered:
a. assumptions
b. constraints
c. negotiable
d. irrelevant - Answers -b. constraints
Explanation:
Failing to comply with government agencies and regulations can have an impact on a
project, and the government should therefore be considered stakeholders. Any
specifications and requirements by the government would therefore be considered
constraints.
Domain:
I. Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts
Objective:
02 - Projects and Project Management
You will be the project manager for a new project involving a globally distributed team
across many countries. To mitigate conflict with functional managers, you ask the
project sponsor for assistance. What should be done?
a. Create a project charter and list the authority and responsibilities of the project
manager.
b. Meet with every functional manager and inform them you have control of their teams.
c. Create a human resources plan.
d. Meet with every team member and inform them that you are in charge. - Answers -a.
Create a project charter and list the authority and responsibilities of the project
manager.
Explanation:
Because the project manager will have to compete with functional managers for team
members' time, the project charter would be the best place to outline how much
authority manager has over the project.
Domain:
,I. Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts
Objective:
02 - Projects and Project Management
Which of the following is not an attribute of a project?
a. Definitive start date
b. Definitive end date
c. Ongoing with no definitive end date
d. Results in a product, service, or result - Answers -c. Ongoing with no definitive end
date
Explanation:
Projects, by definition, are temporary. A project has definitive start and end dates and
results in a product, service, or result.
Domain:
I. Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts
Objective:
02 - Projects and Project Management
You have been assigned to a project to open a new veterinary clinic. You need to meet
with the identified stakeholders to determine the best ways to communicate with them
and to get them engaged. What process group are you in?
a. Initiating
b. Planning
c. Executing
d. Monitoring and Controlling - Answers -b. Planning
Explanation:
You are in the Planning process group because you are meeting with the identified
stakeholders to identify how they should be communicated with and to keep them
engaged. This is done during planning.
Domain:
I. Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts
Objective:
02 - Projects and Project Management
A stakeholder is saying they are not receiving project status reports frequently enough.
You review the communication management plan and discover some discrepancies.
You submit a change request to address the stakeholder's communication change.
What process group are you in?
a. Initiating
, b. Planning
c. Executing
d. Monitoring and Controlling - Answers -d. Monitoring and Controlling
Explanation:
You are in the Monitoring and Controlling process group because the communication
preference and frequency that were agreed upon in the plan are not being met. By
submitting a change request, you are monitoring the situation and taking control by
addressing the discrepancy. You are performing the integrated change control process.
Domain:
I. Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts
Objective:
02 - Projects and Project Management
Jacob is joining a new project. His manager informs him that the requirements of the
project will be defined using progressive elaboration. Which of these options best
describes this?
a. The requirements will be defined iteratively over time.
b. The requirements will be defined up front.
c. The requirements are unknown and will be defined later.
d. The requirements will be defined based on discussions with the stakeholders at the
beginning of the project. - Answers -a. The requirements will be defined iteratively over
time.
Explanation:
Progressive elaboration involves defining requirements continuously throughout the
project and obtaining and adding more details and information to the plan as the details
become known.
Domain:
I. Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts
Objective:
02 - Projects and Project Management
You notice that a project is behind schedule for four out of the five weeks. You perform
a trend analysis and predict that the project will also be behind this week. You are in the
process of submitting a change request to get the schedule back on track. What
process group are you in?
a. Initiating
b. Planning
c. Monitoring and Controlling
d. Closing - Answers -c. Monitoring and Controlling
You notice that a project using the predictive approach is behind schedule for four out of
the five weeks. You perform a trend analysis and predict that the project will also be
behind this week. You are in the process of submitting a change request to get the
schedule back on track. What process group are you in?
a. Initiating
b. Planning
c. Monitoring and Controlling
d. Closing - Answers -c. Monitoring and Controlling
Explanation:
Domain:
I. Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts
Objective:
01 - Becoming a Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)
Jason was recently hired to create a new product. The product will be complex and will
require many years to complete and involve many stakeholders from various groups.
Jason has decided it will be best to break up the product into smaller subprojects that
are managed separately. What is Jason managing?
a. Program
b. Portfolio
c. Project
d. Operations - Answers -a. Program
Explanation:
A program consists of similarly grouped projects.
Domain:
I. Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts
Objective:
02 - Projects and Project Management
Which of the following are not project constraints?
a. Scope, quality, and schedule
b. Scope, cost, and schedule
c. Resource, risk, and cost
d. Procurement, issues, and opportunities - Answers -d. Procurement, issues, and
opportunities
,Explanation:
Scope, quality, schedule, budget/cost, resources, and risks are some of the most
important project constraints.
Domain:
I. Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts
Objective:
02 - Projects and Project Management
In a project, laws, compliance, and regulatory requirements are considered:
a. assumptions
b. constraints
c. negotiable
d. irrelevant - Answers -b. constraints
Explanation:
Failing to comply with government agencies and regulations can have an impact on a
project, and the government should therefore be considered stakeholders. Any
specifications and requirements by the government would therefore be considered
constraints.
Domain:
I. Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts
Objective:
02 - Projects and Project Management
You will be the project manager for a new project involving a globally distributed team
across many countries. To mitigate conflict with functional managers, you ask the
project sponsor for assistance. What should be done?
a. Create a project charter and list the authority and responsibilities of the project
manager.
b. Meet with every functional manager and inform them you have control of their teams.
c. Create a human resources plan.
d. Meet with every team member and inform them that you are in charge. - Answers -a.
Create a project charter and list the authority and responsibilities of the project
manager.
Explanation:
Because the project manager will have to compete with functional managers for team
members' time, the project charter would be the best place to outline how much
authority manager has over the project.
Domain:
,I. Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts
Objective:
02 - Projects and Project Management
Which of the following is not an attribute of a project?
a. Definitive start date
b. Definitive end date
c. Ongoing with no definitive end date
d. Results in a product, service, or result - Answers -c. Ongoing with no definitive end
date
Explanation:
Projects, by definition, are temporary. A project has definitive start and end dates and
results in a product, service, or result.
Domain:
I. Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts
Objective:
02 - Projects and Project Management
You have been assigned to a project to open a new veterinary clinic. You need to meet
with the identified stakeholders to determine the best ways to communicate with them
and to get them engaged. What process group are you in?
a. Initiating
b. Planning
c. Executing
d. Monitoring and Controlling - Answers -b. Planning
Explanation:
You are in the Planning process group because you are meeting with the identified
stakeholders to identify how they should be communicated with and to keep them
engaged. This is done during planning.
Domain:
I. Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts
Objective:
02 - Projects and Project Management
A stakeholder is saying they are not receiving project status reports frequently enough.
You review the communication management plan and discover some discrepancies.
You submit a change request to address the stakeholder's communication change.
What process group are you in?
a. Initiating
, b. Planning
c. Executing
d. Monitoring and Controlling - Answers -d. Monitoring and Controlling
Explanation:
You are in the Monitoring and Controlling process group because the communication
preference and frequency that were agreed upon in the plan are not being met. By
submitting a change request, you are monitoring the situation and taking control by
addressing the discrepancy. You are performing the integrated change control process.
Domain:
I. Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts
Objective:
02 - Projects and Project Management
Jacob is joining a new project. His manager informs him that the requirements of the
project will be defined using progressive elaboration. Which of these options best
describes this?
a. The requirements will be defined iteratively over time.
b. The requirements will be defined up front.
c. The requirements are unknown and will be defined later.
d. The requirements will be defined based on discussions with the stakeholders at the
beginning of the project. - Answers -a. The requirements will be defined iteratively over
time.
Explanation:
Progressive elaboration involves defining requirements continuously throughout the
project and obtaining and adding more details and information to the plan as the details
become known.
Domain:
I. Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts
Objective:
02 - Projects and Project Management
You notice that a project is behind schedule for four out of the five weeks. You perform
a trend analysis and predict that the project will also be behind this week. You are in the
process of submitting a change request to get the schedule back on track. What
process group are you in?
a. Initiating
b. Planning
c. Monitoring and Controlling
d. Closing - Answers -c. Monitoring and Controlling
