CAPM Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts Practice Test 5 — 15 Questions

Question 1

Drag and drop the steps for performing risk management planning in the correct order.

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Plan Risk Management, then Identify Risks, then Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis, then Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis, then Plan Risk Responses. Risk management follows the sequence: planning, identification, qualitative analysis, quantitative analysis, and response planning.

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Identify Risks, then Plan Risk Management, then Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis, then Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis, then Plan Risk Responses

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Plan Risk Management, then Identify Risks, then Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis, then Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis, then Plan Risk Responses

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Plan Risk Management, then Identify Risks, then Plan Risk Responses, then Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis, then Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis

Question 2

During the project kickoff meeting, a key stakeholder expresses concerns about the project scope. What should the project manager do first?

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Review the requirements documentation with the stakeholder.. When a stakeholder raises scope concerns at kickoff, the PM should first understand the concern by reviewing the requirements documentation with the stakeholder. This clarifies what was agreed, identifies any misunderstanding, and determines whether a formal change is warranted. It is a collaborative, information-gathering step before any escalation or change.

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Proceed as planned since the scope was already approved.

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Update the project charter to reflect the stakeholder's concerns.

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Escalate the issue to the project sponsor.

Question 3

Which of the following best defines a project?

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A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result.. The Project Management Institute (PMI) defines a project as 'a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result.' The key characteristics are temporality (definite start and end) and uniqueness (the output is different from all other products or services). This definition is foundational to the CAPM exam and distinguishes projects from operations.

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An ongoing process to produce the same product repeatedly.

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A set of tasks that can be completed in any order.

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A routine operation with a defined start and end.

Question 4

What is the main advantage of a projectized organization structure?

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High level of authority for the project manager.. In a projectized organization, the project manager has the highest level of authority — team members report directly to the PM, who controls the budget, resources, and priorities. This structure eliminates competing functional priorities and enables fast decision-making, which is the primary advantage. The trade-off is higher cost and reduced resource sharing across projects.

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Lower administrative costs.

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Efficient resource sharing between projects.

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Clear career path for team members.

Question 5

A project manager notices that the project is behind schedule. Which of the following actions is most appropriate to bring the project back on track?

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Add more resources to critical path tasks.. Adding resources to critical path tasks is a form of crashing — a schedule compression technique that shortens the critical path by increasing the resources applied to it. Since only critical path activities directly determine project duration, adding resources there is the most direct and legitimate way to recover schedule.

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Reduce the project scope without stakeholder approval.

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Ask team members to work overtime without compensation.

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Ignore the delay as it will recover later.

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT a purpose of the project charter?

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Define the detailed project schedule.. The project charter is a high-level document that authorizes the project, identifies the sponsor, and provides high-level requirements. It does not include a detailed project schedule; that is developed later in the project planning process group, specifically within the Develop Schedule process. Therefore, option A is correct because defining the detailed project schedule is not a purpose of the project charter.

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Identify the project sponsor.

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Authorize the project manager.

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Provide high-level project requirements.

Question 7

In earned value management, if the Cost Performance Index (CPI) is 0.8 and the Schedule Performance Index (SPI) is 1.2, what does this indicate?

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The project is over budget and ahead of schedule.. CPI is calculated as EV/AC; a CPI of 0.8 means every dollar spent yields only $0.80 of earned value, indicating the project is over budget. SPI is EV/PV; an SPI of 1.2 means the project is progressing faster than planned, indicating it is ahead of schedule. Therefore, the project is over budget and ahead of schedule.

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The project is over budget and behind schedule.

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The project is under budget and behind schedule.

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The project is on budget and on schedule.

Question 8

Which of the following is a key output of the Plan Risk Management process?

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Risk management plan.. The Plan Risk Management process produces the Risk Management Plan, which documents the approach, methodology, roles, responsibilities, budgeting, timing, and risk categories for risk management activities. It is the primary output that guides all subsequent risk management processes. The Risk Management Plan is distinct from the Risk Register, which is created later in Identify Risks.

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Risk breakdown structure.

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Risk register.

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Risk response plan.

Question 9

A milestone in a project schedule is best described as:

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A task with zero duration.. A milestone is a significant point or event in a project with zero duration — it marks a moment in time rather than representing work. In scheduling tools like MS Project, milestones are entered with a duration of 0 days, which is why they appear as diamond symbols on Gantt charts. Because they consume no time or resources, they are used to flag key decision points, phase completions, or contractual deliverables.

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A work package.

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A control account.

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A summary task.

Question 10

In a predictive project life cycle, which of the following best describes the relationship between scope, time, and cost?

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Scope is fixed, time and cost are estimated.. In a predictive project life cycle, the scope is defined and fixed early in the project, while the time and cost are estimated based on that scope. Therefore, Option B correctly states that scope is fixed and time and cost are estimated. Option A is incorrect because not all three are fixed; time and cost are estimates. Option C is incorrect because it describes an adaptive life cycle where scope is variable, not predictive. Option D is incorrect because scope is not variable in predictive life cycles.

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All three are fixed.

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Time and cost are fixed, scope is variable.

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All three are variable.

Question 11

Which THREE of the following are characteristics of a project?

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Progressive elaboration. Option A (Progressive elaboration) is correct because a project's scope, requirements, and plans are refined and detailed incrementally as more information and better estimates become available throughout the project life cycle. Option C (Temporary) is correct because a project has a defined beginning and end, and it concludes when its objectives are achieved, terminated, or no longer viable. Option D (Unique) is correct because a project produces a distinct product, service, or result with characteristics that differentiate it from other deliverables, even when similar work has been done before. Options B (Repetitive) and E (Ongoing) do not belong because repetitive, continuous work with no defined end date describes operations or business-as-usual processes, not a project, which is by definition temporary and unique.

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Repetitive

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Ongoing

Question 12

Which TWO of the following are outputs of the Plan Stakeholder Engagement process?

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Stakeholder engagement plan. The Plan Stakeholder Engagement process produces the stakeholder engagement plan (C), which documents the strategies, approaches, and actions needed to promote productive involvement of stakeholders throughout the project life cycle. It also generates project management plan updates (E), because the stakeholder engagement plan is a subsidiary component of the project management plan and its creation or revision requires updating that parent document. The stakeholder register (A) is an input to this process, created earlier in Identify Stakeholders, not an output. Stakeholder analysis (B) is a data analysis technique used within the process, not a deliverable. The issue log (D) is an output of Manage Stakeholder Engagement (or Direct and Manage Project Work), not Plan Stakeholder Engagement.

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Stakeholder register

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Stakeholder analysis

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Issue log

Question 13

Refer to the exhibit. Based on the error log, which task has a dependency issue?

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T2. The error log shows 'Dependency not met for T2: predecessor T1 not completed'. This indicates T2 has a dependency issue because its predecessor task (T1) has not finished, violating the logical relationship defined in the project schedule. In project management, a finish-to-start dependency requires the predecessor to be 100% complete before the successor can begin.

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T3

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T1

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T4

Question 14

A project manager is defining success criteria for a new software development project. Which of the following is the most objective and measurable success criterion?

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Completion within the approved budget and schedule. Completion within the approved budget and schedule is objective and measurable — you can compare actual cost and finish date against the baseline to determine success or failure. The other options are subjective or lack clear thresholds, making them unsuitable as primary success criteria.

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Positive team morale

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Low number of change requests

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High customer satisfaction

Question 15

A project team is working on a construction project. The project manager notices that the team is spending excessive time clarifying task responsibilities. Which project management artifact would most directly help assign clear ownership?

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RACI matrix. A RACI matrix explicitly maps each task or deliverable to who is Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, and Informed, which directly resolves ambiguity about task ownership. Because the team is losing time clarifying who owns what, the RACI chart provides that clarity in a single artifact. The WBS decomposes scope into work packages but does not assign roles, and the Gantt chart only schedules activities.

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Work breakdown structure (WBS)

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Gantt chart

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Risk register