CAPM CHAPTER 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A PMI publication that defines widely accepted project management practices. The
CAPM and PMP are based off this book. - Answers -PMBOK
The areas of expertise, industry, or function where a project is centered. Ex. IT,
Healthcare, architecture. - Answers -Application Areas
A person who has slightly less project management experience than a PMP, but has
passed the CAPM. - Answers -CAPM
Defines how a project affects people and how those people can affect the project.
Cultural and social environments include the economic, educational, ethical, religious,
demographic, and ethic composition of people affected by the project. - Answers -
Cultural and Social Environment
A product, service, or result created by a project. There can be multiple deliverables in a
project. - Answers -Deliverable
Skills. Ex. Accounting, procurement, sales, marketing, contracting, logistics, IT, exc. -
Answers -General Management Skills
The consideration of local and internal laws, languages, communication challenges,
time zone differences, and other non-collocated issues that affect a project's ability to
progress. - Answers -International and Political Environment
the ability to interact, lead, motivate, and manage people. - Answers -Interpersonal
Skills
Time, Cost, Scope. If one side of this triangle is off balanced, the project will suffer. -
Answers -Iron Triangle of Project Management
The physical structure and surrounding that affect a project's work. - Answers -Physical
Environment
A collection of related projects working in unison towards a common deliverable. -
Answers -Program
Describes the process of gathering project details in steady, uniform steps. You'd use
deductive reasoning, logic, and a series of information gathering techniques that identify
details about a project, product, or solution. - Answers -Progressive Elaboration
A short-term endeavor to create a unique project, service, or result. The end result of a
project is also a deliverable. - Answers -Project
A PMI publication that defines widely accepted project management practices. The
CAPM and PMP are based off this book. - Answers -PMBOK
The areas of expertise, industry, or function where a project is centered. Ex. IT,
Healthcare, architecture. - Answers -Application Areas
A person who has slightly less project management experience than a PMP, but has
passed the CAPM. - Answers -CAPM
Defines how a project affects people and how those people can affect the project.
Cultural and social environments include the economic, educational, ethical, religious,
demographic, and ethic composition of people affected by the project. - Answers -
Cultural and Social Environment
A product, service, or result created by a project. There can be multiple deliverables in a
project. - Answers -Deliverable
Skills. Ex. Accounting, procurement, sales, marketing, contracting, logistics, IT, exc. -
Answers -General Management Skills
The consideration of local and internal laws, languages, communication challenges,
time zone differences, and other non-collocated issues that affect a project's ability to
progress. - Answers -International and Political Environment
the ability to interact, lead, motivate, and manage people. - Answers -Interpersonal
Skills
Time, Cost, Scope. If one side of this triangle is off balanced, the project will suffer. -
Answers -Iron Triangle of Project Management
The physical structure and surrounding that affect a project's work. - Answers -Physical
Environment
A collection of related projects working in unison towards a common deliverable. -
Answers -Program
Describes the process of gathering project details in steady, uniform steps. You'd use
deductive reasoning, logic, and a series of information gathering techniques that identify
details about a project, product, or solution. - Answers -Progressive Elaboration
A short-term endeavor to create a unique project, service, or result. The end result of a
project is also a deliverable. - Answers -Project
