PMI CAPM - Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)
During what project management process does the project team begin identifying risks?
Which component of the project management plan should be updated if a change occurs?
During the project life cycle for a major product, a stakeholder asked to add a new feature. Which document should they consult for guidance?
Which kind of communication should the project manager use when creating reports for government bodies?
Which of the following is an example of tacit knowledge
A project manager is calculating the current budget. The earned value (EV) of the project is lower than the actual cost (AC) of the project.
How should the project manager report the status of the project?
A project manager is preparing a monthly status report for the project, which includes project performance compared to the baseline schedule. How can the project manager calculate the schedule variance (SV) for tasks on the critical path?
How can a project manager ensure effective project stakeholder engagement?
A project team is working on relocating offices to another building and providing new furniture. The new furniture was purchased from an international vendor. The price was negotiated in a foreign currency, and due to changes in the exchange rate, the cost has increased by 10%. There is no contingency in the project budget. What should the project manager do?
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 project manager needs to determine the schedule variance (SV). The project manager's latest schedule indicates 14 units of work completed against a plan of 23 units.
What is the SV?
A project is in the planning phase and ready for plan review and approval when a sponsor switch happens. What should the next course of action be?
What process is included in Project Integration Management?
Which of these statements is true of subsidiary management plans?
To ensure stakeholder satisfaction; identified stakeholder needs should all be
What is the recommended approach for handling risk in a high-variability environment?
A business analyst sent multiple meeting requests via instant message to a subject matter expert (SME) working in another country but did not receive a response. What should the business analyst do to reduce the likelihood of this occurring in the future with other stakeholders distributed across multiple locations?
A project manager is reporting the project performance as 25 days worth of work completed against 13 days originally planned. What is the schedule variance (SV)?
At what stages of project should the identify Stakeholder process be performed?
What is the purpose of the Manage Quality process?
After defining activities in project schedule management, which processes should a project manager follow?
A project is delivering an integrated solution to an external client on a fixed-price contract. The project has a significant technical component and has a dedicated technical project manager working with a business program manager and the client's project manager. The technical lead is requesting two new developers.
Which plan should the project manager use to identify who is responsible for finding the budget for additional developers?
Which scenario is most desirable during the execution phase of a project?
The project manager has following information about 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?
Which set of tools and techniques is useful for estimating activity durations for the project schedule?
Which of the following is a goal of the project charter?
In an adaptive project environment, which action helps the project manager ensure that the team is comfortable with changes?
A project manager needs information to finish their work on the project charter for a clinical trial.
Which procedure is used to obtain the requirements information?
Which process is engaged when a project team member makes a change to project budget with project manager's approval
Which tool should a project manager use to calculate cost variance for a project?
A project team member identifies a possibility......the team member's idea?
A project team member identifies a possibility of increasing project performance by adopting an innovative approach to a proposed solution. This also will save resources for the company and increase stakeholder satisfaction.
How should the project manager evaluate the team member's idea?
Which of the following set of elements is part of an effective communications management plan?
Once the make-or-buy analysis is completed, which document defines the project delivery method?
What is a tailoring consideration for the application of Project Risk Management processes?
What conflict resolution technique involves delaying the issue or letting others resolve it?
Which project manager competency is displayed through the knowledge, skills, and behaviors related to specific domains of project, program, and portfolio management?
Under which circumstances should multiple projects be grouped in a program?
What is the discipline that focuses on the interdependences between projects to determine the optimal approach for managing them?
What organizational asset can influence the Plan Risk Management process?
The project manager is distributing project communications, collecting and storing project information, and retrieving documents when required. In which process is the project manager involved?
A project manager uses their networking skills to build agreement with a difficult stakeholder. What level of influence did the project manager apply?
Which statement is related to the project manager's sphere of influence at the organizational level?
In an adaptive or agile life cycle, how are the customer and sponsor involved in the project scope management activities?
Which are the main objectives of Project Risk Management?
Which of the following best correspond to the organizational process assets (OPAs) that affect the project?
How should a project manager plan communication for a project which has uncertain requirements?
When managing costs in an agile environment, what should a project manager consider?
Why is tailoring in a project necessary?
Which type of project life cycle uses an iteration plan?
The features and functions that characterize a result, product, or service can refer to:
