CAPM Mock Exam LITE 7
May 9, 2023
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Question 1 of 51
1. Question
1. David’s project is currently in difficult times, and the project stakeholders are not happy with the project updates they receive. In a meeting with the project sponsor, David said the stakeholders’ attitude is irrational since he personally ensures that all project communications are accurate and timely. Mary, the project sponsor, advises David that he needs to go the extra mile in managing the stakeholders rather than just managing the project communications. What does Mary mean?
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Question 2 of 51
2. Question
2. In adaptive lifecycles, such as the agile approach for product development, requirements are documented as user stories that are then __________ just prior to construction.
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Question 3 of 51
3. Question
3. A construction project requires that government environmental hearings be held prior to site preparation. What kind of dependency is this?
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Question 4 of 51
4. Question
4. A manager asked to see a list of milestones in the project. This would be available as an output from the:
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Question 5 of 51
5. Question
5. A planning package is a work breakdown structure component below the control account and above the work package with known work content but without:
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Question 6 of 51
6. Question
6. Different stakeholders might require dissimilar outcomes from a project. An integral component of stakeholder management is managing these competing expectations throughout the project from initiation to closure. Which of the following management techniques can help in this situation?
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Question 7 of 51
7. Question
7. There are a number of risks that have been identified in your project. The team has decided not to change the project plan to deal with the risks, but they have established a contingency reserve of money in the event something triggers these risks. This is an example of what type of risk mitigation technique?
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Question 8 of 51
8. Question
8. Large variations in the periodic expenditure of funds are undesirable for organizational operations. Therefore, the expenditure of funds is frequently reconciled with the disbursement of funds for the project. According to the PMBOK® Guide, this is known as:
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Question 9 of 51
9. Question
9. The Earned Value Management methodology can be used to:
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Question 10 of 51
10. Question
10. Sam’s project has successfully been initiated, and all the major roadblocks are removed. The senior stakeholders have now switched from a leading role to a supportive role. What is Sam’s next step once the first version of the project stakeholder register is developed?
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Question 11 of 51
11. Question
11. A Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) dictionary supports the WBS and is a companion document to the WBS. Which of the following is not included in the WBS dictionary?
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Question 12 of 51
12. Question
12. The State of New York has contracted with your company to provide a claims payment system for Medicaid benefits. In the contract, a clause states that the State of New York can review your work processes and deliverables. This is an example of:
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Question 13 of 51
13. Question
13. Control Schedule is part of which Project Management process group?
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Question 14 of 51
14. Question
14. Mandatory dependencies are those that are inherent in the nature of the work being done. They often involve physical limitations, such as on a construction project when it is impossible to erect the superstructure until the foundation is built. According to the PMBOK® Guide, a mandatory dependency is also:
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Question 15 of 51
15. Question
15. Sandra is managing a software development project. The project has many stakeholders having a negative attitude toward the project. Sandra knows she can’t keep everybody happy but still can try her best to manage them. Which of the following can help Sandra manage these negative stakeholders better?
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Question 16 of 51
16. Question
16. The termination clause and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mechanism for each procurement in a project is in the:
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Question 17 of 51
17. Question
17. Jack is the project manager of a project that is halfway through its execution. He is currently looking at the work schedule. He adjusts a few of the schedule milestones and imposes date constraints for some of the work packages. This relates to which of the following processes?
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Question 18 of 51
18. Question
18. As a project manager, you are concerned with both prevention and inspection of errors in a work product. The difference between prevention and inspection is:
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Question 19 of 51
19. Question
19. Which of these statements is true?
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Question 20 of 51
20. Question
20. A storm has damaged the manufacturing facility that is under construction as part of your project. You have just discovered that although the project risk management plan mandated that the facility have insurance against damage and loss, this policy was never acquired, and the project budget must cover the losses. Who is at fault?
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Question 21 of 51
21. Question
21. You have a schedule activity that can be delayed without delaying the early start date of any subsequent activities. This is an example of:
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Question 22 of 51
22. Question
22. As the project manager of a project, you had estimated certain activity durations before acquiring all project team members. On acquisition, you find that their actual competency levels are much lower than what you anticipated. In such a case, you will:
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Question 23 of 51
23. Question
23. The Executive VP of Finance has informed you that you will be the project manager for an energy audit the company is performing in order to save expenses. He has assigned you to identify the stakeholders and to start documenting the high-level assumptions and constraints. Your project is in what stage?
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Question 24 of 51
24. Question
24. The objective of a transformation project is to move an organization from one state to another state. Before the project begins, the organization is commonly referred to as being in the:
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Question 25 of 51
25. Question
25. A software vendor on your project is hoping to be awarded a contract providing software for another project at your company. You are not the manager of the other project. However, the vendor offers you tickets to an upcoming professional sports event if you will “put in a good word” for his company to the vendor selection team of the other project. What do you do?
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Question 26 of 51
26. Question
26. Which of the following predictive project management techniques resembles an agile approach:
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Question 27 of 51
27. Question
27. A project manager is managing a project in which there are teams located in remote locations in order to obtain cost savings. This is in accordance with organizational guidelines that require that at least 25 percent of the work should be done from a remote location. This is an example of:
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Question 28 of 51
28. Question
28. The project manager controls the interfacing and overlapping areas of the organization’s procurement processes, along with the project schedule, with processes from this area:
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Question 29 of 51
29. Question
29. The methods used to transfer information among project stakeholders may vary significantly. A project team may apply different techniques and communication technologies to ensure effective and efficient communications. Which of the following must not be a factor to consider while choosing a communication technology?
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Question 30 of 51
30. Question
30. Once a project’s business case has been approved, what should be done next?
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Question 31 of 51
31. Question
31. You are managing a complex software development project for an external customer. You are using the waterfall approach to manage the project in line with the contractual requirements. However, you are not comfortable with this approach. You believe that customers don’t really know what they want upfront; rather, what they want emerges out of repeated two-way interactions over the course of the project. In your current situation, the waterfall approach has its emphasis on upfront requirements capture and design, followed by product development and finally the system testing. The customer will only be involved during the requirements gathering and system testing stages and will be completely out of touch during the development activities. Which of the following can help you mitigate the risk created by the waterfall approach:
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Question 32 of 51
32. Question
32. You have completed a milestone in your software development project, and you are now verifying that the product meets the specifications outlined in the project management plan. In which process group is this process?
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Question 33 of 51
33. Question
33. Which of the following may help in ensuring that certain bidders in the procurement process do not receive preferential treatment and that all prospective sellers have a clear and common understanding of the procurement?
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Question 34 of 51
34. Question
34. The X in the DfX can be:
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Question 35 of 51
35. Question
35. Which of the following statements regarding Resource Leveling and Resource Smoothing is correct:
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Question 36 of 51
36. Question
36. In an agile approach to project management, requirements classified as “epics” are decomposed into:
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Question 37 of 51
37. Question
37. Megawatt is estimating the expected cost of a new ERP system deployment project using the actual costs of an earlier similar ERP system deployment project as the basis for the cost. This is what type of estimating?
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Question 38 of 51
38. Question
38. Costs incurred in one area of a project can offset costs in another area of the same project. However, it is not enough to consider only the costs of project execution when making project decisions. What other costs external to the project must also be considered?
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Question 39 of 51
39. Question
39. Your company is way behind schedule in the deployment of a government-mandated change to a health care processing system that must be in production by the end of the year. To meet the due date, you and your team have met and decided to hire an additional 50 programmers to work with the existing staff. This is an example of what?
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Question 40 of 51
40. Question
40. The key difference between Validate Scope and Control Quality is:
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Question 41 of 51
41. Question
41. You are managing a fund-raising golf tournament that has a hole-in-one contest. However, your company cannot afford to pay the $1,000,000 award if someone does get a hole in one, so it has elected to take out an insurance policy in the event someone does get lucky. This is an example of:
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Question 42 of 51
42. Question
42. The Make-or-Buy analysis is a technique used as part of the Plan Procurement Management process. It can determine whether the project team can produce a particular product or service, or if it should be purchased. The analysis to arrive at a decision should include:
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Question 43 of 51
43. Question
43. What is the logical sequence of the Project Scope Management processes?
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Question 44 of 51
44. Question
44. Breaking down project activities into smaller components in order to obtain a more accurate cost estimate and then aggregating the estimates of the lower-level components is:
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Question 45 of 51
45. Question
45. Daniel is managing the development of an e-commerce website for his organization. Daniel enjoys coercive powers. He has assigned Julie, a project team member, to facilitate the team meetings. During any team meeting, Julie must:
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Question 46 of 51
46. Question
46. Projects are often started as a result of an external factor such as market demand for a new product, a new legislative or regulatory mandate, or a change in technology. This results in the creation of ______ by an entity or organization external to the project.
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Question 47 of 51
47. Question
47. Bottom-up Cost estimating is typically motivated by the size and complexity of:
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Question 48 of 51
48. Question
48. The Quality Policy is the intended direction of a performing organization with regard to quality. However, as a project manager in a performing organization, you find the organization lacks a formal quality policy. What should you do in such a case?
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Question 49 of 51
49. Question
49. Lucy is managing a website development project in an agile environment. She wants to create a burndown chart to present the project’s progress to the stakeholders. She adds a diagonal line representing the ideal burndown and a line for daily actual remaining work. She now needs to show the likely variance at the iteration completion. What should she do?
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Question 50 of 51
50. Question
50. The cost estimates for a project are in the range of +/- 5 %. What phase is the project likely to be in?
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Question 51 of 51
51. Question
51. You are setting up your project team, and you are looking at a chart that shows that Systems Development will perform programming, Infrastructure Systems will implement the infrastructure, and the Call Center will handle the customer communication. This is an example of what type of chart?
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