CAPM Exam Questions - Chapter 04

Question 1

Which of the following is the first process in the Integration Management Knowledge Area?
A. Develop Project Charter 
B. Develop Project Scope Statement 
C. Develop Project Management Plan 
D. Distribute Information

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which of the following is not part of the Integration Management Knowledge Area?
A. Direct and Manage Project Execution 
B. Develop Project Management Plan 
C. Distribute Information 
D. Monitor and Control Project Work

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following information is not captured in the project charter?
A. Initial constraints and assumptions 
B. The name of the project manager 
C. The Project Management Plan 
D. All of the above are captured

Answer 3

C

Question 4

When should the organization’s business needs be documented?
A. Throughout the entire project process
B. In the planning process
C. In the initiation process
D. Before beginning the initiation process

Answer 4

D

Question 5

When does the project officially become authorized?
A. When the required information has been captured
B. When the Project Charter is approved
C. When the initial assumptions and constraints have been reviewed
D. When the Project Manager has been selected

Answer 5

B

Question 6

Which of the following is not a reason to repeat the initiating process group at the start of each project phase?
A. To Keep the project focused on the business need the project was undertaken to address
B. It allows the project team to evaluate if the business need no longer exists
C. It allows the project team to evaluate if the project will not be able to satisfy the business need
D. It ensures project success

Answer 6

D

Question 7

Involving the customers and other stakeholders in the initiation process is important because:
A. It improves the probability of shared project ownership
B. It improves the likelihood of deliverable acceptance
C. It improves stakeholder satisfaction
D. All of the above

Answer 7

D

Question 8

The initiating process group does all of the following except:
A. Provides for the project management plan
B. Defines the project’s purpose
C. Identifies project objectives
D. Authorizes the project manager to begin work

Answer 8

A

Question 9

Which of the following project management processes is part of the initiating process?
A. Develop Project Management Plan 
B. Develop Project Charter 
C. Define Scope 
D. Collect Requirements

Answer 9

B

Question 10

Which of the following project management processes is part of the Initiating Process Group?
A. Identify Stakeholders 
B. Define Scope 
C. Collect Requirements 
D. Develop Project Management Plan

Answer 10

A

Question 11

The Initiating Process Group feeds into or accepts input from each of the following project management process groups except:
A. The Planning Process Group 
B. The Executing Process Group 
C. The Closing Process Group 
D. All of the above

Answer 11

C

Question 12

The development of the Project Charter is primarily concerned with which of the following?
A. Assigning the project team
B. Authorizing the project
C. Providing constraints and assumptions
D. Providing the limits of the project manager’s authority

Answer 12

B

Question 13

The progressive detailing of the Project Management Plan indicating that planning is an iterative and ongoing process is often called what?
A. An Iterative Feature Plan 
B. A Project Management Plan 
C. A Rolling Wave Plan 
D. All of the above

Answer 13

C

Question 14

Which of the following statements is not true about stakeholder involvement in the Planning Process Group?
A. The project team should involve only the senior stakeholders and sponsor in the initial scoping of the project.
B. The project team should use stakeholders in project planning since the stakeholders have skills and knowledge that can be leveraged.
C. The project team is responsible for creating an environment in which stakeholders can contribute.
D. All of the above are true.

Answer 14

A

Question 15

What ensures that feedback and refinement do not continue indefinitely in the planning processes?
A. The project manager
B. The project sponsor
C. The project management plan
D. Organizational policies and procedures

Answer 15

D

Question 16

According to the PMBOK® Guide, how stringently must a project manager ensure that all the defined process interactions occur?
A. Interactions within the planning process are dependent on the nature of the project and there is a great deal of flexibility
B. Interactions within the planning process are not dependent on the nature of the project, and only depend on the PMBOK Guide so there is not significant flexibility
C. Interactions within the planning process group are not dependent on the nature of the project, but there is significant flexibility based on the definitions in the PMBOK® Guide.
D. None of the above is true.

Answer 16

A

Question 17

The results of the various iterations within the planning processes are documented how?
A. Within the various deliverables
B. As updates to the scope statement
C. As updates to the risk management plan
D. As updates to the project management plan

Answer 17

D

Question 18

What typically happens to the project management processes when the project is divided into phases?
A. Nothing, the project management processes are designed to work with many methodologies
B. The process groups are normally repeated within each phase
C. The process groups must be altered as they are not designed for a phased-based methodology
D. None of the above

Answer 18

B

Question 19

Which of the following statements is true about processes?
A. Not all of the project management processes are needed on every project.
B. All of the processes are required on every project
C. All of the process interactions are required
D. None of the above

Answer 19

A

Question 20

Which of the following statements is not true about projects?
A. Not all of the project management processes are needed on every project
B. Not all of the interactions apply to all project phases
C. Projects dependent on unique resources might skip the definition of roles and responsibilities as they are already defined
D. None of the above

Answer 20

D

Question 21

Can process inputs be predefined on a project as constraints?
A. Rarely 
B. Never 
C. Often 
D. Occasionally

Answer 21

C

Question 22

Which of the following is not a process from the Integration Management Knowledge Area?
A. Create WBS 
B. Develop Project Charter 
C. Close Project or Phase 
D. Develop Project Management Plan

Answer 22

A

Question 23

In which of the following processes would you develop a high-level narrative of the project?
A. Develop project charter
B. Develop preliminary project scope statement
C. Develop project management plan
D. All of the above

Answer 23

A

Question 24

Which of the following statements about the Project Charter is true?
A. Chartering a project links the project to the ongoing work of the organization
B. The project charter helps define the organizational strategy
C. A project is not informally recognized until it is chartered
D. All of the above

Answer 24

A

Question 25

Which of the following is an acceptable reason to need to re-baseline your U.S. $25,000,000 project?
A. The IT department deploys a new project management control system
B. Your primary vendor requests the use of a new Earned Value reporting methodology
C. Your sponsor approves a $1,500,000 change in scope.
D. The most expensive deliverable on the project comes in 20% under budget.

Answer 25

C

Question 26

What kind of project justification would it be if the project was occurring because a chemical manufacturer authorized a project due to new national guidelines for handling of toxic materials?
A. A business need 
B. A legal requirement 
C. A market demand 
D. A social need

Answer 26

B

Question 27

Which of the following either directly or indirectly should be addressed by the project charter?
A. Requirements that satisfy stakeholder needs, wants and expectations
B. Summary milestone schedule
C. Functional organizations and their participants
D. All of the above

Answer 27

D

Question 28

Which of the following is a narrative description of products or services to be
supplied by the project?
A. Contract 
B. Project Statement of Work 
C. Business needs analysis 
D. Project justification

Answer 28

B

Question 29

What kind of project estimate is typically included in the preliminary project charter?
A. Rough Order of Magnitude Estimate 
B. Detailed Budget Estimate 
C. Budget Estimate 
D. None of the above

Answer 29

A

Question 30

Who is responsible to ensure that the knowledge, skills, and processes of project management are applied as needed by the project?
A. The project team 
B. The project sponsor 
C. The project manager 
D. All of the above

Answer 30

C

Question 31

Which of the following is usually a core area of emphasis for effective project integration?
A. The technical expertise of the team
B. Effective use of the change management process
C. Efficient and effective communication throughout the key interfaces
D. Efficient and effective product control

Answer 31

C

Question 32

Which of the following is a key driving force for communication on a project?
A. Performance 
B. Differentiation 
C. Optimization 
D. Integration

Answer 32

D

Question 33

You are a project manager meeting with a coworker over lunch. You explain you are spending a lot of time right now reviewing historical records from previous, similar projects to prepare for your current project. Which of the following describes the best use of those records?
A. Project planning, creating lessons learned, and risk management
B. Life cycle costing, estimating and lessons learned
C. Estimating, risk management and project planning
D. Life cycle costing, lessons learned and project planning

Answer 33

C

Question 34

You are a relatively new project manager in your organization and have been given a mentor to help you succeed. While meeting with your mentor they suggest that when it comes to change, your attention should be given to:
A. Following your change management process
B. Making the changes
C. Tracking and recording the changes
D. Preventing unnecessary changes

Answer 34

D

Question 35

When designing an effective Change Management Plan it should include all of the following except:
A. Lessons learned 
B. Policies 
C. Procedures 
D. Meetings

Answer 35

A

Question 36

You have just been hired by a company and are a new project manager. You receive your first project and are preparing to begin your role. It would be best in this situation to rely on what during planning to improve your chances of success?
A. Historical information 
B. Stakeholder input 
C. Certification training 
D. Scope verification

Answer 36

A

Question 37

When attempting to lead a project you struggle because your project is experiencing a significant number of changes to the project charter. As you work through these changes, who has primary responsibility to decide if the changes are necessary?
A. Project manager 
B. Project team 
C. Project sponsor 
D. Project stakeholders

Answer 37

C

Question 38

You are a project manager at ABC Corp. Which of the following explanations would be most accurate in describing your project management plan to a coworker?
A. A Gantt chart showing the project schedule and resources
B. The project scope document
C. A scope management plan, risk management plan combined with six other management plans
D. None of the above

Answer 38

C

Question 39

As a project manager your boss instructs you to develop a realistic plan. Which of the following is the best method for achieving a realistic plan?
A. You create the plan with input from the sponsor
B. You create the plan with input from the project team
C. You create the plan with input from the stakeholders
D. The team creates the plan with your input

Answer 39

B

Question 40

As a new project manager you discover that you will be required to have 11 stakeholders sign off on your charter. Which of the following most concerns you?
A. The amount of time spent on configuration management
B. Defining your change management process
C. Managing the sponsors
D. Defining your reporting structure

Answer 40

A

Question 41

You are taking over a project that has had issues. After examining the project documentation you determine that a hard to obtain resource is tasked with completing a deliverable that has an early start of day 21, and a late start of 27. The project currently has a CPI of .99, an SPI of .79 and an ETC of $127,000 USD. Based on this information which of the following would be most concerning to you?
A. Resources 
B. Budget 
C. Schedule 
D. Scope

Answer 41

C

Question 42

As an experienced project manager you are asked to review a project being managed by a junior project manager. After examining the project documentation and meeting with the project sponsor, you determine that the project has an EAC of $513,000 USD, a CPI of .82, an SPI of .93, and the sponsor is concerned with product delivery. Based upon this information which of the following is most concerning to you?
A. Sponsor support 
B. Costs 
C. Time 
D. Resources

Answer 42

B

Question 43

As a professional project manager you know that many of the processes are ongoing efforts that potentially overlap. In the real world, which of these processes are you most likely to combine?
A. Collect requirements and create WBS
B. Create WBS and define activities
C. Plan communications and develop human resources plan
D. None of the above, you should not combine these processes in the real world.

Answer 43

B

Question 44

All of the following are part of performing integrated change control except:
A. Project management plan
B. Change request status updates
C. Project management information system
D. Work performance information

Answer 44

C

Question 45

You are an information technology project manager and have been asked to lead a traditional engineering project. You delegate the various processes to the project resources who are subject matter experts and serve as coordinator of activities and an arbiter for disagreements. What results do you expect based upon this approach?
A. A team that functions as a cohesive unit with both commitment and collaboration
B. A team that might start out slow with a large amount of confusion, but eventually gets organized and performs well
C. A team with strong technical focus and performance, but little interest in the overall goal
D. A team with poor performance, low morale, significant conflicts and a significant amount of turnover

Answer 45

D

Question 46

As a project manager you build your project plan and schedule based upon a commitment from senior management that you will have several senior level resources completely dedicated to your project. When it actually comes time to do the work you are provided with much less skilled resources. The best thing to do is:
A. Remind management that you were promised senior level resources
B. Show management the impact of having the less experienced resources assigned to your project
C. Rework the project schedule with the new, less experienced resources
D. Crash the project

Answer 46

B

Question 47

You are six months into an 18-month project when you receive a change request from the customer that will not affect the project schedule and is easy to complete. What should you do first?
A. Evaluate the change’s impacts on the other constraints
B. Get the sponsor’s approval before making the change
C. Get the change completed as soon as possible
D. Go to the CRB

Answer 47

A

Question 48

You are a project manager within a large PMO. Currently, the PMO is at about 75% capacity when your company wins a new very large contract that will require significant organizational resources to execute. What is the first thing you should do once you hear about the new project?
A. Ask management if you can lead the new effort
B. Ask management how the new project will use organizational resources
C. Fast track your project
D. Ask management how the new project will affect your project

Answer 48

D

Question 49

You are a project manager leading a major web-based project management and enterprise resource planning project for a major engineering firm. Due to constraints caused by other projects within the organization your timeline is very aggressive. Schedule delays and cost overruns will be seen as totally unacceptable within the organization and will risk your position in the organization. You are very fortunate in that you have the president of the company as your sponsor, and she has signed off on the charter and plan. You are 80% through the project when you hear the entire project may be cancelled because of dissatisfaction by a key stakeholder community with the product being delivered. What is the most likely cause of this situation?
A. The stakeholders were not adequately involved in the project
B. The project charter and project management plan were not thoroughly reviewed by the key stakeholders
C. The communication management plan failed to address this stakeholder group
D. The project sponsor failed to adequately support the project

Answer 49

A

Question 50

You are a project manager and get asked to take over for a retiring coworker. You meet with the current project manager as part of your transition and discover the project is currently on schedule. However, the current project manager tells you this is only because they have constantly pushed the project team to perform. What is the first thing you should do?
A. Determine your management strategy
B. Determine the exact SPI
C. Determine the current cost performance
D. Meet with your new team to outline your objectives

Answer 50

A

Question 51

During project you determine that additional material needs to be purchased for the project. You call your team together to plan exactly how to make the required change. This is an example of what?
A. Management by consensus 
B. Lack of a change management plan 
C. Good team relations 
D. Management by objectives

Answer 51

B

Question 52

A project manager is trying to convince management to use more formal project management processes and procedures and has decided the best way to start is by implementing a project charter. Which of the following best explains why the charter would help the project manager?
A. It describes the project’s background
B. It gives the project manager their authority
C. It lists all the project resources
D. It explains what needs to get done

Answer 52

B

Question 53

Linear programming is an example of what type of project selection criteria?
A. Regression analysis 
B. Benefit cost measurement 
C. Quantitative scoring 
D. Constrained optimization

Answer 53

D

Question 54

Your company is evaluating three different projects, but can do only one. Project A has an NPV of $120,000 and will take 6 years to complete. Project B will take 3 years and has an NPV of $91,500 and Project C has an NPV of $83,000. Based on this information, which project would you pick?
A. Project A 
B. Project B 
C. Project C 
D. Not enough information to determine

Answer 54

A

Question 55

A project manager is interested in obtaining a position within his organization’s project management office. As part of the hiring process the PMO reviews the project manager’s past performance on projects within the organization. The project manager has four projects which are reviewed. One project finished ahead of schedule and had a CPI of 1.04. That project sponsor provided a recommendation for the project manager. The second project had an SPI of 0.92 and a less than 10% cost variance. In discussions with the sponsor the PMO team discovers these results were achieved due to fast tracking the schedule and some rework was required after project completion and the product of the project has never been used. The third project was a large project for the organization with significant visibility throughout the firm. This project experienced three restarts due to changes that were 30% greater than other projects within the organization and was completed with 17 items remaining on the issue log. The final project was relatively low in the organizational priority system and had an SPI of 0.76, had struggled with several unexpected items on the risk register, and had to rework their project charter twice. The PMO decides not to hire this project manager based on the past performance. Which of the following statements best justifies this decision?
A. The project manager had consistently missed schedule and cost targets showing they do not have the skill to work in the PMO.
B. The project manager consistently failed to involve stakeholders showing they do not have they skills to work in the PMO.
C. The project manager failed to properly use a risk register showing they do not have the skills to work in the PMO
D. The project manager consistently showed problems managing change showing they do not have the skills to work in the PMO.

Answer 55

B

Question 56

Your project has changed significantly and requires changes be made to the project charter. Who has primary responsibility to decide if these changes are necessary?
A. The project manager 
B. Key stakeholders 
C. The project team 
D. The sponsor

Answer 56

D

Question 57

You have just been assigned to lead a large highly visible project within your organization. The project is ready to enter into the planning phase and time is critical. Since planning is a continuous process which of the following are you most likely to combine?
A. Estimate costs and determine budget
B. Develop human resources plan and develop team
C. Create WBS and define activities
D. Estimate activity durations and sequence activities

Answer 57

C

Question 58

Which of the following best describes the project manager’s role as an integrator?
A. The project manager puts all the pieces of a project into a cohesive whole
B. The project manager puts all the pieces of the project into program
C. The project manager helps the team become familiar with the pieces of the project
D. The project manager gets the project team together into a cohesive unit

Answer 58

A

Question 59

As a new project manager you are tasked with delivering an important project in a short time window. In this situation it would be best to rely on what to improve your chances of success?
A. The organization’s configuration management system
B. Your PMP training
C. Historical information
D. Stakeholder input

Answer 59

C