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PMI CAPM Exam Questions

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181.

You have been assigned to a large project that will have stakeholders geographically disbursed. In evaluating the time zones, you find it difficult to have everyone meet at the same time. It is important that you gather requirements from these stakeholders in the most efficient way possible. What is your best course of action?

  • Evaluate a list of requirements to be sent out to these stakeholders so that you may obtain the requested responses

  • Go to each location to meet with the stakeholder

  • Schedule a flight for these stakeholders to meet at your location

  • Select a team leader for various locations to meet with you

Correct answer: Evaluate a list of requirements to be sent out to these stakeholders so that you may obtain the requested responses

The situation dictates that the stakeholders are geographically located. Meetings that would take place face-to-face and various interviews would be difficult to execute. The best course of action would be to develop questionnaires or surveys. In this case, surveys and questionnaires would be an effective way of gathering information from various geographically dispersed stakeholders.

182.

When identifying key deliverables for a project, which of the following can provide details of the product scope to be delivered?

  • Product scope description 

  • Business case

  • Strategic plan

  • Agreements

Correct answer: Product scope description

The product scope description documents the characteristics of the product, service, or results that the project undertakes to create. The description should also document the relationship between the products, services, or results being created and the business need that the project will address.

183.

You are leading a construction project to build a new building for your organization. Fortunately, the scope to build the building has already been determined and agreed on. However, the furniture will need to be broken down into multiple phases due to the long lead times for shipping. Which of the following project lifecycle would be best to manage this project?  

  • Hybrid lifecycle

  • Adaptive lifecycle

  • Predictive lifecycle

  • SDLC lifecycle

Correct answer: Hybrid lifecycle

A hybrid lifecycle may include both predictive and adaptive lifecycles. This is determined by evaluating whether the project will need to be executed in this manner. An example would be that particular computer hardware will need to be managed with a predictive lifecycle but the operating system through an adaptive approach.

An adaptive lifecycle is also called an agile or change-driven lifecycle. This lifecycle can be iterative or incremental. The scope of this type of project environment is agreed upon before the start of an iteration. 

An iterative lifecycle's project scope is determined early in the project. However, time and cost estimates are evaluated and modified as the team understands how the product will increase. Iterations will help to develop the product with repeated cycles. The increments will add to the functionality of the product.

In an incremental lifecycle, the deliverable is produced by iterations that successively add functionality within a certain amount of time. The deliverable will include the necessary and sufficient capability that is necessary to be called completed after the final iteration.  

The traditional and waterfall approach to project management is the predictive lifecycle. In this type of project environment, the scope, time, and cost are determined at the beginning of the lifecycle. Any incurred changes will be reviewed and managed.

184.

A project manager is leading two different projects: one uses an adaptive (Agile) approach, and the other follows a predictive (plan-based) approach. The manager wants to ensure each project is tracked appropriately based on its methodology. 

Which of the following are key characteristics of adaptive project tracking compared to predictive, plan-based tracking? (Choose two)

  • In adaptive projects, progress is measured by delivering working increments of the product

  • In predictive projects, progress is tracked by the percentage of tasks completed according to the baseline plan

  • Adaptive projects rely on tracking earned value to monitor performance against the plan

  • In predictive projects, frequent customer feedback is used to adjust the plan

  • Adaptive projects track progress based on the completion of detailed Gantt charts and milestone schedules

Adaptive methodologies, such as Agile, emphasize delivering usable, working increments at the end of each iteration to track progress.

Predictive (plan-based) projects rely on tracking task completion against a predefined baseline to measure progress.

Predictive projects use earned value management to track performance against scope, schedule, and cost.

Customer feedback is typically more prominent in adaptive approaches, not predictive.

Predictive projects track progress based on the completion of detailed Gantt charts and milestone schedules

185.

You have a stakeholder in your project who is very passionate about the product that is being developed. They are very interested in the project. However, they are not the project sponsor or part of the sponsor's department and, therefore, have little authority over the project. What is the best way to keep this stakeholder happy?

  • Keep the stakeholder informed

  • Keep the stakeholder satisfied

  • Monitor the stakeholder

  • Manage the stakeholder closely

Correct answer: Keep the stakeholder informed

The situation dictates that the stakeholder has very little authority over the project. In this case, the stakeholder has high interest but low power in the project and should merely be kept informed of the project's progress. 

186.

You have just been hired as a project manager for a new organization. You examine the structure of its operations and realize that a project management office (PMO) is in place. Because of your findings, you know that this PMO serves as a project repository. What type of PMO office does this best describe?

  • Supportive

  • Controlling

  • Directive

  • Indirective

Correct answer: Supportive

A supportive Project Management Office (PMO) provides a consultative role and offers templates, best practices, training, information access, and lessons learned from previous projects. A supportive PMO will serve as a project repository. There is a low degree of control for this PMO. 

187.

You are in a meeting with the project team and discussing various processes in the planning process group related to the project. Which of the following is an activity in the Planning process group?

  • Develop the Project Management Plan

  • Develop the Project Charter

  • Identify the Project Stakeholders

  • Conduct Procurements

Correct answer: Develop the Project Management Plan

The planning process group includes those activities associated with the planning process, including developing the project management plan, defining the scope, developing the schedule, and planning communications management.

The Planning Process Group includes all processes related to answering two questions: “What will you do?” and “How will you do it?” These processes are as follows: 

  • Plan Scope Management, Collect Requirements, Define Scope, Create Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Plan Schedule Management, Define Activities, Sequence Activities
  • Estimate Activities Duration, Develop Schedule, Plan Cost Management, Estimate Costs, Determine Budget, Plan Quality Management, Plan Resource Management
  • Estimate Activity Resources, Plan Communications Management, Plan Risk Management, Identify Risks, Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis, Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis, Plan Risk Responses, Plan Procurement Management, and Plan Stakeholder Engagement

Develop the Project Charter and Identify the Project Stakeholders are activities in the initiating process group.

Conduct Procurements is an activity within the executing process group.

188.

You are a senior project manager in charge of training new project managers in the organization. During a meeting, the importance of knowledge requirements is discussed about its role within projects. How many project management knowledge areas are there?

  • Ten

  • Nine

  • Five

  • Four

Correct answer: Ten

The PMBOK includes 10 knowledge areas. These knowledge areas may be divided among more than one process group. The ten knowledge areas are  Project Integration Management, Project Scope Management, Project Schedule Management, Project Cost Management, Project Quality Management, Project Resources Management, Project Communications Management, Project Risk Management, Project Procurement Management, and Project Stakeholder Management.

189.

You have been promoted to become a project manager for a high-priority project within your organization. It is known that this project will have a lot of senior stakeholders. What is the best way to manage stakeholders who have high power and high interest?

  • Manage them closely

  • Keep them informed

  • Keep them satisfied

  • Monitor them

Correct answer: Manage them closely

According to the power/interest grid, stakeholders who have high power and high interest should be managed closely. A power/interest grid groups the stakeholders based on their level of authority (power) and their level of concern (interest) regarding project outcomes.

Data representation techniques for stakeholder analysis include:

  • Power/Interest grid
  • Power/Influence grid
  • Influence/Impact grid
  • Stakeholder cube
  • Salience model
  • Directions of influence
  • Prioritization

A power/influence grid groups the stakeholders based on their level of authority (power) and their active involvement (influence) in the project.

A salience model describes classes of stakeholders based on their power (ability to impose their will), urgency (need for immediate attention), and legitimacy (their involvement is appropriate).

190.

Leisal is leading an agile project within a new organization. In a meeting, the team suggested that they would want a visual way to manage workflow and limit the work in progress. They also mentioned that they don't want to be constrained by timebox iterations. What would be the best method for Leisal to recommend?

  • Kanban

  • Scrum

  • Scrumban

  • Predictive project management

Correct answer: Kanban

This method is derived from the lean manufacturing system. There are agile practitioners who do not classify kanban as agile. Kanban allows for the project team to visually manage the workflow and limit the work in progress without constraints from timeboxed iterations. 

191.

You have been hired by the organization to run a complex IT project utilizing Agile methodologies. In a meeting with senior leadership, you are asked whether you are going to use an iteration- or flow-based Agile lifecycle. Another member asks you to explain the difference because they do not know. 

What is your best answer to differentiate these two?

  • In an iteration-based Agile lifecycle, iterations are timeboxed to a predefined length of time; in a flow-based Agile lifecycle, the iterations are not timeboxed to a predefined duration.

  • In an iteration-based Agile lifecycle, the iterations are not timeboxed to a predefined duration; in a flow-based Agile lifecycle, the iterations are timeboxed to a predefined length of time

  • Iterations are not timeboxed to a predefined length of time for both an iteration-based Agile lifecycle and a flow-based Agile lifecycle

  • Iterations are timeboxed to a predefined length of time for both an iteration-based Agile lifecycle and a flow-based Agile lifecycle

Correct answer: In an iteration-based Agile lifecycle, iterations are time-boxed to a predefined length of time; in a flow-based Agile lifecycle, the iterations are not timeboxed to a predefined duration.

A timebox is a short, fixed period of time in which work is to be completed, such as 1 week, 2 weeks, or 1 month. In an iteration-based Agile lifecycle, iterations are time-boxed to a predefined length of time; in a flow-based Agile lifecycle, the iterations are not timeboxed to a predefined duration.

Agile lifecycles are those that fulfill the principles in the Agile Manifesto. In particular, customer satisfaction increases with early and continuous delivery of valuable products. 

192.

A new project has started, and you have been assigned as its project manager. The scope, time, and cost were initially developed for this project. Any changes will need to be carefully evaluated and managed. This type of project is also known to be a waterfall lifecycle. What lifecycle best describes the project you are leading?

  • Predictive lifecycle

  • Adaptive lifecycle

  • Hybrid lifecycle

  • Iterative lifecycle

Correct answer: Predictive lifecycle

A predictive lifecycle is also known as a waterfall lifecycle. In this type of project, the scope, time, and cost are determined early on. Any changes will need to be carefully evaluated and managed. 

Other project life cycles include adaptive lifecycles, iterative lifecycles, incremental lifecycles, and hybrid lifecycles. 

193.

You are defining the key stakeholder list in the initiating phase of the project. This is often defined within the project charter. What is the best reason that describes why the key stakeholder list is an essential part of the project charter?

  • It allows the project manager to inform all stakeholders of the approved project charter

  • It allows the project manager to identify the responsible team member if the project falls behind

  • It serves as an official list of stakeholders that cannot be modified as the project further evolves

  • It includes outside consultants' pay rates for the project manager to appropriately manage the budget

Correct answer: It allows the project manager to inform all stakeholders of the approved project charter

Informing stakeholders of the approved project charter to ensure a common understanding of the key deliverables, milestones, and their roles and responsibilities is a key task in the initiating project domain. The project charter is a document which authorizes the existence of a project and provides the project manager with authority. It includes high-level information, which includes the key stakeholders list.

The stakeholder list that is included in the project charter gives the project manager an initial comprehensive list of all stakeholders for ensuring this task is performed.

The purpose of the stakeholder list is not to have a source for laying blame in a project, or for knowing consultants' or any stakeholders' pay rates, or for serving as a final source going forward for any key stakeholders. It can always be updated to reflect project changes and new team members or stakeholders as the project evolves.

194.

Dillon has been transferred over to a new department to lead a new project. The requirements are still under draft, and he is identifying stakeholders to be in the project. The Identify Stakeholders process is part of which knowledge area?

  • Project Stakeholder Management

  • Project Integration Management

  • Project Resource Management

  • Project Communications Management

Correct answer: Project Stakeholder Management

The initiating group includes the develop project charter and identify stakeholders processes. These belong to the project stakeholder management knowledge area. The initiating processes are performed to define a new project or a new phase of an existing project by obtaining authorization to start the project or phase. 

195.

Juliette is called into a meeting with the project sponsor to examine the contents of an important document commonly found in the initiating phase of a new project. This document describes the value proposition of a proposed project. What document is Juliette and the project sponsor examining?

  • Business case

  • WBS

  • Project vision statement

  • Organizational case

Correct answer: Business case

The business case is a value proposition for a proposed project that may include financial and non-financial benefits. This is the business document that is necessary to develop the project charter. It describes the information from a business perspective to determine if the expected outcomes of the project justify the required investment. The business case may be used for decisions by managers or executives higher than a project level. The business case is created as a result of market demand, organizational need, customer request, technological advancements, legal requirement, ecological impacts, or social need.

196.

You attend a meeting that is time-boxed for 15 minutes. The team discusses progress and highlights any type of project impediments that may occur or have occurred. What meeting does this best describe?

  • Daily standup

  • Daily brief

  • Daily sitdown

  • Daily morning meeting

Correct answer: Daily standup

The daily standup is a brief collaboration meeting during which the project team evaluates its progress from the day before, talks about what they're going to do for the day, and highlights any types of anticipated or encountered obstacles. Daily standups are also known as sprint planning meetings. Project teams use standups to commit to each other, discover problems, and facilitate work flows smoothly throughout the team. Daily standups are timeboxed to no longer than 15 minutes. 

197.

Cassy has just introduced the team and transitioned into discussing the scope of the project. She sets the expectations for the project to share a common ground of understanding among all stakeholders. This is known as a kickoff meeting. What does a kickoff meeting do?

  • To start the execution of the project

  • To start the closeout of the project

  • To start the scope planning of the project

  • To start a quality audit of the project

Correct answer: To start the execution of the project

A kickoff meeting is a gathering of project team members and project-related stakeholders to start a project regarding setting expectations, gaining a common understanding, and starting the work. A kickoff meeting establishes the start of a project, phase, or iteration. This meeting is associated with the end of planning and triggers the start of execution. Multi-phased projects will typically have a kickoff meeting at the start of each phase.

198.

You coordinate a meeting with the development team. The work for this iteration went fairly smoothly, and you are happy about the results. The team holds a retrospective to discuss ways to improve their performance and identify any type of gaps or drawbacks. When is the best time for a retrospective to be conducted?

  • At the end of an iteration

  • Before the start of an iteration

  • At any point in time

  • At the team's discretion

Correct answer: At the end of an iteration

A retrospective is a regularly occurring workshop where participants explore their work and results. This is conducted to improve processes and products. Retrospectives are quite similar to a lessons learned meeting. A retrospective allows the team to learn about, improve, and adapt its process.

199.

A new agile/adaptive project is underway, and your team is developing estimates for points of effort for your user story implementation. This evaluation will provide the project team with the difficulty of the story as it pertains to complexity, risks, and efforts. What estimating technique does this best describe?

  • Story point estimating

  • Multipoint estimating

  • Relative estimating

  • Parametric estimating

Correct answer: Story point estimating

Story point estimating includes project team members assigning abstract, but relative, points of effort required to implement a user story. This tells the team about how difficult the story is in relation to the complexity, risks, and effort involved. A story point is a metric utilized in adaptive/agile projects to estimate the difficulty of a particular user story. Stories are simple descriptions of a feature told by the requesting person.

200.

The project manager uses the formula EV / PV to analyze the project's actual progression rate against its planned progression rate. What is the term used for the result that the project manager is finding?

  • Schedule Performance Index (SPI)

  • Cost Performance Index (CPI)

  • To Complete Performance Index (TCPI)

  • Variance at Completion (VAC)

Correct answer: Schedule Performance Index (SPI)

The Schedule Performance Index (SPI) is a measure of schedule efficiency expressed as the ratio of earned value to planned value. The formula to calculate SPI is the following:

Schedule Performance Index = Earned Value / Planned Value or SPI = EV / PV

  • SPI > 1 means the project is ahead of schedule
  • SPI = 1 means the project is on schedule
  • SPI < 1 means the project is behind schedule
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