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Herbert G. Gonder, PMP Oliver F. Lehmann, PMP: Certified Associate in Project Management Sample Questions
Herbert G. Gonder, PMP Oliver F. Lehmann, PMP: Certified Associate in Project Management Sample Questions
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CAPM® Preparation
Chapter 1 – Introduction
Introduction
A Project is…
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A Program is…
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except
a) Organizational culture
b) Political climate
c) Physical environment
d) Work authorization system
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to…
a) …centralize and coordinate management of projects under its
domain.
b) …ensure proper payment of acquired project human resources.
c) …ensure customer satisfaction during the handover of
deliverables.
d) …manage sub-project work under the domain of the project
manager.
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a) Both are performed by people.
b) Both are ongoing and repetitive.
c) Both are constrained by limited resources.
d) Both are performed to achieve organizational objectives.
Projectized organizations…
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organizations?
a) The project managers role is part-time.
b) The project managers authority is high.
c) Resource availability is limited.
d) The project managers authority is limited.
A process is …
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as...
a) ...discrete elements with well defined interfaces.
b) …stochastic elements with well defined interfaces.
c) ...unique black elements of process control graphs.
d) ...scatter diagrams and process flow charts.
processes...
a) ...are both fully described in the PMBOK Guide, 4th edition.
b) …overlap and interact throughout the life of a project.
c) ...do not show any differences.
d) ...are not described up to now.
Knowledge areas?
a) The Project quality management Knowledge area includes most
processes.
b) The Monitoring and controlling Process group includes most
processes.
c) Each process is an element of exactly one Process group and one
Knowledge area.
d) Process groups are another term for Project phases and should
thus be done in sequence.
process:
a) Define Scope
b) Verify Scope
c) Create WBS
d) Define Activities
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a) Verify Scope
b) Develop Project Charter
c) Conduct Procurements
d) Report Performance
a) Stakeholder expectations
b) Expert judgment
c) Implementation of preventive or corrective actions
d) Cost estimating
Project Charter?
a) Project statement of work
b) Enterprise environmental factors
c) Organizational process assets
d) Requirements documentation
following EXCEPT:
a) Market demand
b) Enterprise environmental factors
c) Customer request
d) Organizational need
true?
a) Deliverables must be produced and provided to complete a
process, phase or project .
b) Clearly defined deliverables are nice to have, but not necessary.
c) Responsible team-members perform without stated deliverables.
d) A deliverable is any item, which pleases the customer.
a) Completeness
b) Additional risks
c) Assumptions
d) Approved changes
identification?
a) Factor analysis
b) Rule of seven
c) Brainstorming
d) Root-cause analysis
statement EXCEPT:
a) Project deliverables
b) Project exclusions
c) Project documentation
d) Project constraints
a) ...deliverable oriented.
b) ...activity oriented.
c) ...result oriented.
d) ...none of the above.
What is Decomposition?
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a) ...authorization level
b) ...cost account
c) ...deliverables
d) ...work packages
a) Brainstorming
b) Nominal group technique
c) Delphi technique
d) Estimation technique
processes?
a) Control Scope
b) Define Scope
c) Create WBS
d) Collect Requirements
management processes?
a) Define Scope, Collect Requirements, Control Scope
b) Verify Scope, Define Scope , Collect Requirements
c) Define Scope, Create WBS, Verify Scope, Control Scope
d) Report Performance, Define Scope, Collect Requirements
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a) Activity attributes
b) Activity list
c) Milestone list
d) Work breakdown structure
EXCEPT:
a) Project scope statement
b) Project charter
c) Activity list
d) Milestone list
Resources process?
a) Activity resource requirements
b) Resource breakdown structure
c) Project document updates
d) Schedule network diagrams
a) Finish-to-start relationships
b) Leads and lags
c) Dummy activities
d) Finish-to-finish relationships
dependencies EXCEPT:
a) External dependencies
b) Mandatory dependencies
c) Discretionary dependencies
d) Relational dependencies
method (PDM)...
a) ... uses nodes to represent the dependencies.
b) ...may require application of leads and lags.
c) ...is a method used in Critical Path Method (CPM).
d) ...uses boxes or rectangles to represent activities.
Analogous estimating...
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EXCEPT:
a) Acquire project team
b) Estimate costs
c) Determine budget
d) Control costs
Inputs for the Estimate Costs process are all of the following
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EXCEPT:
a) Scope baseline
b) Project schedule
c) Human resource plan
d) Resource calendars
process?
a) Determine budget
b) Plan Costs
c) Control Costs
d) Estimate costs
a) Estimate costs
b) Determine budget
c) Control costs
d) Estimate activity durations
EXCEPT:
a) Sophistication of the technique
b) Underlying data
c) Statistical relationship with historical data
d) Creation without inputs from external stakeholders
output?
a) Estimate Costs
b) Determine Budget
c) Control Costs
d) Perform Integrated Change Control
EXCEPT:
a) Project management plan updates
b) Organizational process assets updates
c) Work performance measurements
d) Work performance information
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true?
a) Low quality may not always be a problem.
b) Projects should always deliver high grade.
c) Quality and grade are basically the same thing.
d) Low grade may not always be a problem.
true EXCEPT:
a) Precision means that the values of repeated measurements are
clustered and have little scatter.
b) Accuracy means that the measured values are close to the true
value.
c) Precision and accuracy are equivalent in that they are gained using
the same methods.
d) The project management team must determine appropriate levels
of precision and accuracy.
following EXCEPT:
a) Customer satisfaction
b) Inspection over prevention
c) Management responsibility
d) Continuous improvement
Assurance process?
a) Project scope baseline
b) Quality audits
c) Quality metrics
d) Process analysis
states that:
a) Quality is planned, desired, and built in – not inspected in.
b) Quality is not planned, designed, and built in – only inspected in.
c) Quality is planned, designed, and built in – not inspected in.
d) Quality has to be planned, designed, built in, and inspected in.
a) Quality metrics
b) Quality management plan
c) Design of experiments
d) Cost performance baseline
The upper (UCL) and lower (LCL) control limits for repetitive
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management EXCEPT:
a) Develop Human Resource Plan
b) Select Sellers
c) Develop Project Team
d) Manage Project Team
plan:
a) Roles and responsibilities
b) Project organization charts
c) Pre-assignment
d) Staffing management plan
process EXCEPT:
a) Performance reports
b) Project staff assignments
c) Project management plan
d) Resource calendars
Communications Management?
a) Manage Stakeholder Expectations
b) Plan Communications
c) Distribute Information
d) Manage Project Team
EXCEPT:
a) Enterprise environmental factors
b) Organizational process assets
c) Stakeholder management strategy
d) Human resource calendar
process?
a) Performance Reporting
b) Communications Planning
c) Identify Stakeholders
d) Manage Stakeholders
dimensions EXCEPT:
a) internal
b) formal
c) messy
d) written
process EXCEPT:
a) Performance reports
b) Organizational process assets updates
c) Change requests
d) Implemented corrective actions
process?
a) Report Performance
b) Plan Communications
c) Distribute Information
d) Manage stakeholder expectations
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Management?
a) Tornado diagramming
b) Decision tree analysis
c) Monte-Carlo simulation
d) Planning meetings and analysis
summarized in?
a) The quality baseline
b) The project scope management plan
c) The risk management plan
d) In none of the above
a) Potential responses
b) Identified risks
c) Risk management methodology
d) Root causes
stands for:
a) Reserve budget settlement
b) Risk brain storming
c) Risk baseline support
d) Risk breakdown structure
following EXCEPT:
a) Convince
b) Avoid
c) Transfer
d) Mitigate
a) Building a prototype
b) Contingencies
c) Insurance
d) Warranties
opportunities EXCEPT:
a) Exploit
b) Share
c) Transfer
d) Enhance
following EXCEPT:
a) Risk reassessments
b) Risk audits
c) Technical performance measurements
d) Modeling and simulation
All of the following are updated during the process Monitor and
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All of the following are tools and techniques of the process Plan
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Procurements EXCEPT:
a) Make-or-buy analysis
b) Expert judgment
c) Advertising
d) Contract types
new buyer. The contract type with lowest risk for your company
in this situation is:
a) Firm fixed price
b) Time and material
c) Cost plus fixed fee
d) Cost plus incentive fee
a) Plan procurements
b) Conduct procurements
c) Administer procurements
d) Close procurements
a) Close Procurements
b) Plan Procurements
c) Administer Procurements
d) Conduct Procurements
EXCEPT:
a) Proposal evaluation techniques
b) Contract change control system
c) Independent estimates
d) Bidder conference
a) Verify Scope
b) Verify Product
c) Close Contract
d) Close Procurements
Answers
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1 3 d 5
1 4 a 5
1 5 a 13
1 6 a 9
1 7 d 13
1 8 c 14
1 9 a 11
1 10 d 13
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2 12 b 22
2 13 d 15
2 14 a 17
2 15 b 17
2 16 c 19
2 17 a 20
2 18 c 24
2 19 a 30
2 20 b 28
2 21 d 27
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3 23 b 37
3 24 d 37
3 25 c 39
3 26 b 37
3 27 c 38
3 28 a 39
3 29 a 39
3 30 d 39
3 31 b 38
3 32 b 39
3 33 c 43
3 34 d 59
3 35 b 41
3 36 a 64
3 37 c 45
3 38 b 45
3 39 a 49
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4 41 d 71
4 42 b 74
4 43 c 85
4 44 d 77
4 45 d 75
4 46 d 73
4 47 d 74
4 48 b 14
4 49 b 75
4 50 c 77
4 51 c 75
4 52 d 99
4 53 a 83
4 54 a 84
4 55 a 85
4 56 a 87
4 57 c 82
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5 59 b 112
5 60 a 116
5 61 c 456
5 62 a 456
5 63 d 115
5 64 d 126
5 65 c 114
5 66 d 112
5 67 c 114
5 68 c 115
5 69 b 115
5 70 a 116
5 71 b 118
5 72 d 118
5 73 d 120
5 74 d 108
5 75 a 128
5 76 c 104
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6 78 d 133
6 79 a 136
6 80 c 135
6 81 c 133
6 82 a 135
6 83 c 136
6 84 d 136
6 85 b 136
6 86 d 142
6 87 a 145
6 88 b 138
6 89 c 138
6 90 c 138, 140
6 91 d 139, 140
6 92 a 138
6 93 d 149, 150
6 94 c 149
6 95 b 138
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7 97 a 165
7 98 d 169
7 99 d 169
7 100 b 175
7 101 d 172
7 102 c 188
7 103 b 182
7 104 a 182
7 105 a 182
7 106 a 182
7 107 b 184
7 108 b 184
7 109 b 186
7 110 d 180
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8 112 c 189
8 113 a 189
8 114 d 190
8 115 d 190
8 116 c 190
8 117 b 190, 191
8 118 c 202
8 119 c 190
8 120 d 191
8 121 c 191
8 122 b 196
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9 124 b 215
9 125 b 215
9 126 c 217
9 127 c 222, 223
9 128 a 219
9 129 a 220
9 130 b 221
9 131 a 230
9 132 c 234
9 133 d 235
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10 135 d 243
10 136 a 255
10 137 c 255
10 138 d 253
10 139 d 257
10 140 b 253
10 141 c 250
10 142 c 245
10 143 d 266
10 144 c 258
10 145 b 244
Answers
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11 147 c 275
11 148 d 279
11 149 a 304
11 150 b 274
11 151 c 277
11 152 c 279
11 153 d 287
11 154 d 286, 287
11 155 d 287
11 156 a 289
11 157 c 297
11 158 d 298, 299
11 159 a 303, 304
11 160 a 304
11 161 c 304, 305
11 162 d 308
11 163 b 308
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12 165 c 317
12 166 d 322-324
12 167 c 323
12 168 b 329
12 169 d 329
12 170 b 331, 332
12 171 d 338
12 172 c 335
12 173 d 340
12 174 b 342
12 175 d 342