CAPM Online Practice Questions and Answers

Updates to organizational process assets such as procurement files, deliverable acceptances, and lessons learned documentation are typical outputs of which process?

A. Close Project or Phase

B. Conduct Procurements

C. Control Procurements

D. Close Procurements

Which tool or technique of the Define Activities process allows for work to exist at various levels of detail depending on where it is in the project life cycle?

A. Historical relationships

B. Dependency determination

C. Bottom-up estimating

D. Rolling wave planning

Skills necessary for project management such as motivating to provide encouragement; listening actively; persuading a team to perform an action; and summarizing, recapping, and identifying next steps are known as:

A. organizational skills

B. technical skills

C. communication skills

D. hard skills

The zero duration of milestones in project planning occurs because milestones:

A. Are unpredictable and challenge the Plan Schedule Management process.

B. Occur at random times in the project plans.

C. Represent a moment in time such as a significant project point or event.

D. Represent both significant and insignificant points in the project and are difficult to anticipate.

The process of formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables is known as: A. Validate Scope.

B. Close Project or Phase.

C. Control Quality.

D. Verify Scope.

Projects can be divided into phases to provide better management control. Collectively, what are these phases known as?

A. Complete project phase

B. Project life

C. The project life cycle

D. Project cycle

In the Develop Project Team process, which of the following is identified as a critical factor for a project's success?

A. Team meetings

B. Subcontracting teams

C. Virtual teams

D. Teamwork

Which statement is true about the project management body of knowledge?

A. Recognized by every project manager

B. Constantly evolving

C. The sum of all knowledge related to project management

D. A sum of knowledge that should be applied on every project

Cost variance (CV) is equal to earned value:

A. Minus actual cost [EV - AC].

B. Minus planned value [EV - PV].

C. Divided by actual cost [EV/AC].

D. Divided by planned value [EV/PV].

Project management processes are:

A. Static; they must not change across different projects.

B. Applied globally and across all industry groups.

C. Discrete elements with well-defined interfaces.

D. Project phases, applied as required in different projects.

What is the tool and technique used to request seller responses?

A. Procurement documents

B. Expert judgment

C. Bidder conferences

D. Contract types

Which Activity Duration Estimating technique incorporates additional timing for contingency purposes?

A. Analogous Estimating

B. Expert Judgment

C. Optimistic Estimates

D. Reserve Analysis

Within a matrix organization, dual reporting of team members is a risk for project success. Who is responsible for managing this dual reporting relationship factor?

A. Functional manager

B. Project manager

C. Functional manager supported by the project manager

D. Project management office

What two key components of the project management plan are used as inputs to create the cost management plan?

A. Schedule management and risk management plans

B. Schedule management and scope management plans

C. Procurement management and schedule management plans

D. Resource management and schedule management plans

What process is performed periodically throughout the project as needed?

A. Plan Risk Management

B. Plan Communications Management

C. Plan Resource Management

D. Plan Cost Management