CAPM Practice Question: Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts
A medium-sized software company is developing a new mobile application. The project manager, Alex, has a team of 10 developers and 2 testers. The organization uses a hybrid approach combining waterfall planning for the overall phases and agile for individual iterations. In the first iteration, the team committed to completing 20 user stories. During the sprint, two developers left the company, and the remaining team members had to pick up their tasks. The product owner is concerned about the delivery date. Alex needs to communicate the impact to stakeholders. What should Alex do first?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
✓
Re-estimate the remaining user stories using the new team capacity to determine the impact on the schedule.
Before communicating delays or taking corrective actions, Alex must first understand the impact of the reduced capacity on the iteration and overall project. Re-estimating the remaining stories based on the new team capacity provides a data-driven basis for revising the schedule and communicating realistic expectations. Option A is correct. Option B (immediately informing of delay) is premature without analysis. Options C and D are reactive and may not be feasible or effective.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
- ✓
Re-estimate the remaining user stories using the new team capacity to determine the impact on the schedule.
Why this is correct
Assessing the impact first allows informed decision-making and communication.
- ✗
Immediately inform the project sponsor that the release date will be delayed.
Why it's wrong here
Without analysis, this may cause unnecessary alarm or misrepresent the actual delay.
- ✗
Ask the remaining team members to work overtime to make up for the lost capacity.
Why it's wrong here
Overtime can lead to burnout and may not be sustainable; also, impact should be assessed first.
- ✗
Add more developers from another project to the team.
Why it's wrong here
Adding new members may cause ramp-up delays and requires coordination; assess impact first.
Go deeper
Related to this question
About these practice questions
One of 487 original CAPM practice questions on Courseiva, each with a full explanation and wrong-answer analysis — not exam dumps or protected exam content. Learn why practice questions differ from exam dumps →
JA
Written by Johnson Ajibi, MSc IT Security
Senior Network & Security Engineer · founder of Courseiva
This CAPM practice question is part of Courseiva's free PMI certification practice question bank. Courseiva provides original exam-style practice questions with explanations, topic-based practice, mock exams, readiness tracking, and study analytics to help learners prepare for the CAPM exam.