CAPM : Certified Associate in Project Management (PMI-100) : Part 58

CAPM : Certified Associate in Project Management (PMI-100) : Part 58

1. What is the most important skill that project managers should possess to lead stakeholders throughout a project?

   • Communication
   • Problem-solving
   • Negotiating
   • Trust-building

2. A software development team is pulling work from its backlog to be performed immediately as they become available. What emerging practice for project scheduling is the team using?

   • Iterative
   • On-demand
   • Interactive
   • Quality

3. What is the key benefit of the Monitor Stakeholder Engagement process?

   • Ensures that the informational needs of the project and its stakeholders are met through implementation and the development of artifacts
   • Ensures that the project includes all the work required – and only the work required – to complete the project successfully
   • Increases the probability and/or impact of positive risks, and decreases the probability and/or impact of negative risks or issues
   • Maintains or increases the efficiency and effectiveness of stakeholder engagement activities as the project evolves

4. During a project’s execution phase, the project manager reviews the communications management plan for communication technology factors. What can affect the choice of communications?

   • Legal requirements
   • Politics and power structures
   • Internal information needs
   • Sensitivity and confidentiality of the information

5. What kind of skills should a project manager use when attempting to achieve consensus by balancing the conflicting and competing goals of project stakeholders?

   • Interpersonal skills and the ability to manage people
   • Strategic and business management skills
   • Technical and business management skills
   • Business analysis skills and expertise

6. What type of stakeholder is part of a project manager’s sphere of influence on a project?

   • Customers
   • Sponsors
   • Directors
   • Resource managers

7. What estimating technique is used when there is limited information?

   • Analogous estimating
   • Parametric estimating
   • Bottom-up estimating
   • Three-point estimating

8. DRAG DROP

   Match each tool or technique with its corresponding Project Cost Management process.

   

   

9. When in a project should the Plan Risk Management process be completed?

   • Prior to beginning the testing/validation phase
   • At the end of the project, prior to releasing to production
   • At the beginning of the project
   • When change requests are submitted
   Explanation:
   Reference: https://opentextbc.ca/projectmanagement/chapter/chapter-16-risk-management-planning-project-management/

10. During what process in Project Schedule Management does the project manager identify the actions necessary to produce the project’s deliverables?

    • Define Activities
    • Sequence Activities
    • Estimate Activity Durations
    • Develop Schedule
    Explanation:
    Reference: https://www.projectengineer.net/steps-in-project-scheduling/

11. What type of knowledge can be readily codified for sharing?

    • Existing
    • Explicit
    • Contextual
    • Tacit
    Explanation:
    Reference: https://www.passeidireto.com/arquivo/92415170/a-guide-to-the-project-management-body-of-knowledge-pmbok-guide/37

12. What key element does project management offer to organizations to remain competitive?

    • Business value
    • Ability to ensure change
    • Unique product service or result
    • Improved processes.
    Explanation:
    Reference: https://www.pmi.org/-/media/pmi/documents/public/pdf/white-papers/value-of-project-management.pdf

13. DRAG DROP

    Match the inputs to the corresponding Project Procurement Management Process.

    

    

    Explanation:
    Reference: https://www.projectengineer.net/project-procurement-management-according-to-the-pmbok/

14. What is an output of the Develop Team process?

    • Project management information system (PIMS)
    • Team performance assessments
    • Resource breakdown structure
    • Project team assignments
    Explanation:
    Reference: https://4squareviews.com/2018/06/16/6th-edition-pmbok-guide-process-9-4-develop-team-outputs/

15. DRAG DROP

    Match the tool or technique with its corresponding Project Integration Management process.

    

    

    Explanation:
    Reference: https://www.projectengineer.net/project-integration-management-according-to-the-pmbok/

16. What level of authority does a project manager have when working within a project-oriented organizational structure?

    • High to almost total
    • Low to moderate
    • Moderate to high
    • Little or none
    Explanation:
    Reference: https://www.pmi.org/learning/library/matrix-organization-structure-reason-evolution-1837

17. What process is included in Project Scope Management?

    • Define Activities
    • Perform Integrated Change Control
    • Estimate Activity Resources
    • Collect Requirements
    Explanation:
    Reference: https://kissflow.com/project/project-scope-managem

18. What process involves the development of an approach for project communication activities based on the needs of each stakeholder or group, and the overall needs of the project?

    • Plan Communications Management
    • Develop Schedule
    • Monitor Communications
    • Plan Schedule Management
    Explanation:
    Reference: https://www.projectmanagement.com/blog/blogPostingView.cfm?blogPostingID=21224&thisPageURL=/blog-post/21224/Project-Communication-Management#_=_

19. A project manager is searching for solutions that bring some degree of satisfaction to all parties in order to temporarily resolve a conflict. What conflict management technique is described in this situation?

    • Withdraw/avoid
    • Smooth/accommodate
    • Collaborate/problem solve
    • Compromise/reconcile
    Explanation:
    Reference: https://www.ktlsolutions.com/conflict-management-pmbok-guide/

20. What is an output of the Control Costs process?

    • Cost management plan
    • Cost baseline
    • Change requests
    • Basis of estimates
    Explanation:
    Reference: https://4squareviews.com/2018/05/25/6th-edition-pmbok-guide-process-7-4-control-costs-outputs/

21. DRAG DROP

    Match each tool or technique with an appropriate example of that tool or technique.

    

    

22. A certified project manager mentors a colleague who is interested in obtaining the certification. What component of the project manager’s sphere of influence does this represent?

    • The project
    • The organization
    • Professional discipline
    • Across disciplines

23. DRAG DROP

    Match the tool or technique with the corresponding Project Integration Management process.

    

    

    Explanation:
    Reference: https://www.projectengineer.net/project-schedule-management-according-to-the-pmbok/