Certified Associate In Project Management (CAPM)
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Which tool or technique of Control Procurements is used to verify the compliance of the of the procurement process?
A. Audits
B. Contract management system
C. Inspection
D. Performance reviews
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 are included in a resource management plan? Choose 3.
A. Resource acquisition guidelines
B. Training
C. Recognition and rewards
D. Communication guidelines
Which document defines the initial intentions of a project?
A. The project statement of work
B. The agreement
C. The business case
D. The project charter
Which type of contract involves the buyer reimbursing the seller for the seller’s allowable costs, and the seller earning their profit if they meet defined performance criteria?
A. FFP
B. CPFF
C. CPAF
D. CPIF
Which component of the project management plan would most likely be used as an input to the Develop Schedule process?
A. Activity list
B. Activity attributes
C. Resource calendar
D. Scope baseline
Which Process Group contains the process used to perform assessments of project team members?
A. Monitoring and Controlling
B. Planning
C. Initiating
D. Closing
At what point while performing the processes that make up the Initiating Process Group is a project considered to be officially authorized?
A. When the project scope is defined
B. When the project charter is approved
C. When the business case is assessed
D. When project funding is obtained
Which statement correctly describes the reason for expert judgment being used during the Close Project or Phase process?
A. It is used to ensure that the activities performed during the process are in accordance with the appropriate standards.
B. It is used to assemble the subsidiary documents in the original project management plan.
C. It is used to ensure that the final product meets its specifications.
D. It is used to assess the market demand for the project.
Identify the outputs of the Conduct Procurements process. Choose 3.
A. Change requests
B. Procurement documents
C. Agreements
D. Advertising
E. Selected sellers
Which of the following are characteristics of agile approaches in project scope management? Choose 3.
A. A comprehensive scope is determined and approved at different stages of the project life cycle
B. The focus is on improving the process for determining the scope
C. The project deliverables are established at the start of the project
D. The deliverables are established throughout the project
What is used by the Validate Scope process to identify the number of nonconformities related to the project requirements?
A. Work performance information
B. Accepted deliverables
C. Verified deliverables
D. Work performance data
Which input provides the project approval requirements that are used in the development of the schedule management plan?
A. Organizational process assets
B. Expert judgment
C. Reporting formats
D. Project charter
All of the following are outputs of the Control Quality process
EXCEPT
:
A. Work performance information
B. Quality control measurements
C. Change requests
D. Accepted deliverables
Which tool or technique of the Collect Requirements process is particularly useful when the people that use the product have a difficult time expressing the requirements?
A. Focus groups
B. Observation/conversation
C. Prototypes
D. Questionnaires and surveys
Which process is focused on documenting the interests, involvement, interdependencies, influence, and potential impact on project success of the people, groups, or organizations involved with or affected by the project?
A. Plan Stakeholder Engagement
B. Manage Stakeholder Engagement
C. Identify Stakeholders
D. Monitor Stakeholder Engagement
Which of the following refers to a delay between project activities?
A. Buffer
B. Backlog
C. Lead
D. Lag
Which Process Group contains the Perform Integrated Change Control process?
A. Planning
B. Closing
C. Executing
D. Monitor and Controlling
Collect Requirements is performed as part of which Knowledge Area?
A. Project Time Management
B. Project Scope Management
C. Project Integration Management
D. Project Quality Management
The following are domains of the common governance framework that can be applied to a standalone project, or a project being run as part of a program or portfolio
EXCEPT
:
A. Communications
B. Risk
C. Performance
D. Oversight
Which dimension of communication deals with social media?
A. Formal
B. Informal
C. Internal
D. Unofficial
Which process uses inspection as one of the main techniques?
A. Monitor and Control Project Work
B. Manage Quality
C. Control Scope
D. Validate Scope
Which process defines how to perform risk management activities on a project?
A. Monitor Risks
B. Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
C. Plan Risk Responses
D. Plan Risk Management
Which process involves obtaining seller responses?
A. Conduct Procurements
B. Control Resources
C. Control Procurements
D. Plan Procurement Management
What is best to use during the Manage Quality process when you need to identify where improvements can be made to project processes?
A. Audits
B. Process analysis
C. Design for X
D. Alternative analysis
Which tool or technique is used by the Create WBS process?
A. Alternatives analysis
B. Precedence diagramming method
C. Product analysis
D. Decomposition
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
The following processes are part of the Project Schedule Management Knowledge Area
EXCEPT
:
A. Estimate Activity Resources
B. Define Activities
C. Collect Requirements
D. Control Schedule
What is an output of the Acquire Project Team process and is used to stipulate when people are allocated to the project team?
A. Resource calendars
B. Human resource management plan
C. Project staff assignments
D. Project management plan updates
You need to identify the opportunities that may affect the project's quality requirements. Which input to the Plan Quality Management process is the best source of this information?
A. Risk register
B. Requirements documentation
C. Project management plan
D. Stakeholder register
A project manager is planning communications and is considering the potential number of communication channels. There are 10 project team members working under the project manager. What is the potential number of communication channels?
A. 11
B. 10
C. 55
D. 45
Which statement
BEST
distinguishes leadership from management?
A. Focuses on near-term goals and the bottom line
B. Collaborates with team members to guide the project forward
C. Relies on control and positional power to guide the project forward
D. Focuses on systems, structure, and operational issues
Which process results in verified deliverables?
A. Validate Scope
B. Control Quality
C. Close Project or Phase
D. Monitor and Control Project Work
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 is
NOT
a valid organization type?
A. Cross functional
B. Projectized
C. Matrix
D. Functional
Which type of chart should you create to allow people to quickly identify all of the project responsibilities for a particular department?
A. Responsibility assignment matrix
B. Resource breakdown structure
C. Organizational breakdown structure
D. Work breakdown structure
You are estimating a schedule activity and using a triangular distribution as there is insufficient historical information available. You have been given an optimistic estimate of 26 days, a pessimistic estimate of 52 days, and a most likely estimate of 33 days from a project team member. What is the estimated duration for this activity?
A. 37 days
B. 33 days
C. 36 days
D. 35 days
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.
Which Process Group includes the Validate Scope process?
A. Monitoring and Controlling
B. Planning
C. Executing
D. Initiating
Which source is used during the Acquire Project Team process to identify the number of people and skills required by the project?
A. Organizational process assets
B. Project staff assignments
C. Resource calendars
D. Human resource management plan
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 output of the Plan Quality Management process identifies how quality performance will be measured to ensure the deliverables meet the quality standards set for the project?
A. Quality management plan
B. Quality metrics
C. Checklists
D. Scope baseline
Which input to the Manage Project Team process should be used to identify who is responsible for resolving something that is in dispute between stakeholders?
A. Project staff assignments
B. Issue log
C. Organizational process assets
D. Human resource management plan
Which item is a key input to the Monitor Stakeholder Engagement process?
A. Enterprise environmental factors
B. Work performance information
C. Organizational process assets
D. Work performance data
Which term represents the act of selecting the appropriate processes, inputs, tools, techniques, outputs, and phases for a
project?
A. Progressive elaboration
B. Tailoring
C. Project Integration Management
D. Project governance
Which of the following benefits are related to successfully applying the Control Quality process? Choose 3.
A. It ensures that the performing organization uses appropriate policies and work methods to fulfill the project's quality standards.
B. It helps identify the sources of unsatisfactory work results and prioritize action on sources of errors that cause the most problems.
C. It enables the performing organization to determine whether work results meet project quality standards.
D. It provides a structured method for measuring and analyzing work results.
Which data analysis technique used by the Identify Risks process develops preventative actions?
A. Interviews
B. Checklists
C. Brainstorming
D. Root cause analysis
While managing project communications, what offers a way to express the analyzed and integrated work performance data in a clear and succinct way that stakeholders can understand?
A. Stakeholder register
B. Team performance assessments
C. Project reporting
D. Work performance information
Which input contains forecasting data that is used by the Monitor Risks process?
A. Work performance data
B. Work performance information
C. Work performance reports
D. Team performance assessments
Which tool or technique is used by the Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis process to prioritize project risks?
A. Risk probability and impact assessment
B. Probability and impact matrix
C. Risk categorization
D. Risk data quality assessment
Which of the following are outputs of the Manage Quality process? Choose 3.
A. Project management plan updates
B. Quality control measurements
C. Change requests
D. Project documents updates
During which process are relationships between project tasks identified?
A. Collect Requirements
B. Sequence Activities
C. Develop Schedule
D. Create WBS
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 process is the scope baseline an output of?
A. Plan Scope Management
B. Create WBS
C. Define Scope
D. Collect Requirements
Identify the inputs of the Control Procurements process. Choose 3.
A. Organizational process assets
B. Work performance data
C. Agreements
D. Seller proposals
E. Change requests
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