CAPM Chapter 1to3 practice questions and answers
A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) - correct answersThe PMI
publication that defines widely accepted project management practices. The CAPM and the PMP exam
are based on this.
Application areas - correct answersThe areas of expertise, industry, or function where a project is
centered. Examples of this include architecture, IT, health care and manufacturing.
Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) - correct answersA person who has slightly less
project management experience than PMP, but who qualified for and passed the CAPM examination
cultural and social environment - correct answersDefines how a project affects people and how those
people may affect the project. This includes the economic, educational, ethical, religious, demographic
and ethnic composition of the people affected by the project.
Deliverable - correct answersA product, service, or result created by a project. Projects can have
multiples of these.
General management skills - correct answersThese include the application of accounting, procurement,
sales and marketing, contracting, manufacturing, logistics, strategic planning, human resource
management, standards and regulations, and information technology.
International and political environment - correct answersThe consideration of the local and international
laws, languages, communication challenges, time zone differences, and other non-collocates issues that
affect a project's ability to progress.
interpersonal skills - correct answersThe ability to interact, lead, motivate, and manage people.
Iron triangle of project management - correct answersA triangle with the characteristics of time, cost,
and scope. Time, cost and scope each constitute one side of the triangle; if any side of this is not in
balance with the other sides, the project will suffer. It is also known and the triple constraints of PM, as
all projects are constrained by time cost and scope.
physical environment - correct answersThe physical structure and surroundings that affect a projects
work.
Program - correct answersA collection of related projects working in unison toward a common
deliverable.
Progressive Elaboration - correct answersThe process of gathering project details. This process uses
deductive reasoning, logic and a series of information-gathering techniques to identify details about a
project, product or solution.
Project - correct answersA temporary endeavour to create a unique product, service, or result. The end
result of this is also called a deliverable.
, Project environment - correct answersThe location and culture of the environment where the project
work will reside. This includes the social, economic, and environmental variables the project must work
with or around.
Project management institute (PMI) - correct answersAn organization of project management
professionals from around the world, supporting and promoting the careers, values and concerns of
project managers.
Project management office (PMO) - correct answersA central office that oversees all projects with an
organization or within a functional department. This supports the project manager through software,
training, templates, policies, communication, dispute resolution and other services.
Project portfolio management - correct answersThe management and selection of projects that support
an organizations vision and mission. It is the balance of the project priority, risk, reward, and return on
investment. This is a senior management process.
Subprojects - correct answersA smaller project managed within a larger, parent project. These are often
contracted work whose deliverables allows the larger project to progress.
Triple Constraints of Project Management - correct answersAlso known as the iron triangle. This theory
posits that time, cost and scope are the three constraints that every project has.
Adaptive Life Cycle - correct answersThis is a project life cycle that anticipates changes to the project
scope and demands highly involved project stakeholders. Because change happens often, change
control is managed tightly by the project manager. This approach is also know as the agile project
management methodology.
Balanced matrix structure - correct answersAn organization where organizational resources are pooled
into one project team, but the functional managers and the project managers share the project power.
Composite structure - correct answersAn organization that creates a blend of the functional, matrix, and
projectized structures.
Customer/user - correct answersThe person(s) who will pay for and use the project's deliverables.
Deliverable - correct answersA verifiable, measurable product or service created by a phase and/or a
project.
Functional Structure - correct answersAn organization that is divided into functions, and each employee
has one clear functional manager. Each department acts independently of other departments. A project
manager in this structure has little to no power and may be called a project coordinator.
Influencers - correct answersPersons who can positively or negatively influence a project's ongoing
activities and/or the project's likelihood of success.
Negative stakeholder - correct answersA stakeholder who does not want the project to succeed.
A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) - correct answersThe PMI
publication that defines widely accepted project management practices. The CAPM and the PMP exam
are based on this.
Application areas - correct answersThe areas of expertise, industry, or function where a project is
centered. Examples of this include architecture, IT, health care and manufacturing.
Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) - correct answersA person who has slightly less
project management experience than PMP, but who qualified for and passed the CAPM examination
cultural and social environment - correct answersDefines how a project affects people and how those
people may affect the project. This includes the economic, educational, ethical, religious, demographic
and ethnic composition of the people affected by the project.
Deliverable - correct answersA product, service, or result created by a project. Projects can have
multiples of these.
General management skills - correct answersThese include the application of accounting, procurement,
sales and marketing, contracting, manufacturing, logistics, strategic planning, human resource
management, standards and regulations, and information technology.
International and political environment - correct answersThe consideration of the local and international
laws, languages, communication challenges, time zone differences, and other non-collocates issues that
affect a project's ability to progress.
interpersonal skills - correct answersThe ability to interact, lead, motivate, and manage people.
Iron triangle of project management - correct answersA triangle with the characteristics of time, cost,
and scope. Time, cost and scope each constitute one side of the triangle; if any side of this is not in
balance with the other sides, the project will suffer. It is also known and the triple constraints of PM, as
all projects are constrained by time cost and scope.
physical environment - correct answersThe physical structure and surroundings that affect a projects
work.
Program - correct answersA collection of related projects working in unison toward a common
deliverable.
Progressive Elaboration - correct answersThe process of gathering project details. This process uses
deductive reasoning, logic and a series of information-gathering techniques to identify details about a
project, product or solution.
Project - correct answersA temporary endeavour to create a unique product, service, or result. The end
result of this is also called a deliverable.
, Project environment - correct answersThe location and culture of the environment where the project
work will reside. This includes the social, economic, and environmental variables the project must work
with or around.
Project management institute (PMI) - correct answersAn organization of project management
professionals from around the world, supporting and promoting the careers, values and concerns of
project managers.
Project management office (PMO) - correct answersA central office that oversees all projects with an
organization or within a functional department. This supports the project manager through software,
training, templates, policies, communication, dispute resolution and other services.
Project portfolio management - correct answersThe management and selection of projects that support
an organizations vision and mission. It is the balance of the project priority, risk, reward, and return on
investment. This is a senior management process.
Subprojects - correct answersA smaller project managed within a larger, parent project. These are often
contracted work whose deliverables allows the larger project to progress.
Triple Constraints of Project Management - correct answersAlso known as the iron triangle. This theory
posits that time, cost and scope are the three constraints that every project has.
Adaptive Life Cycle - correct answersThis is a project life cycle that anticipates changes to the project
scope and demands highly involved project stakeholders. Because change happens often, change
control is managed tightly by the project manager. This approach is also know as the agile project
management methodology.
Balanced matrix structure - correct answersAn organization where organizational resources are pooled
into one project team, but the functional managers and the project managers share the project power.
Composite structure - correct answersAn organization that creates a blend of the functional, matrix, and
projectized structures.
Customer/user - correct answersThe person(s) who will pay for and use the project's deliverables.
Deliverable - correct answersA verifiable, measurable product or service created by a phase and/or a
project.
Functional Structure - correct answersAn organization that is divided into functions, and each employee
has one clear functional manager. Each department acts independently of other departments. A project
manager in this structure has little to no power and may be called a project coordinator.
Influencers - correct answersPersons who can positively or negatively influence a project's ongoing
activities and/or the project's likelihood of success.
Negative stakeholder - correct answersA stakeholder who does not want the project to succeed.
