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CA0-001 Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) Certification Questions and Answers

Questions 4

When can pre-assignment of project team members occur?

Options:

A.

When the project uses capital expenditures.

B.

When the required staff can be acquired from outside sources.

C.

When the project would be ignored due to travel expenses.

D.

When the project is the result of specific people being promised as part of a competitive proposal.

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Questions 5

Which process group defines the course of action required to attain the objectives that the project was undertaken to achieve?

Options:

A.

Initiating

B.

Executing

C.

Planning

D.

Monitoring and Controlling

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Questions 6

Which of the following is the definition of a project?

Options:

A.

Temporary endeavor undertaken to create a temporary business process or product

B.

Temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result

C.

Permanent endeavor that produces repetitive outputs

D.

Temporary endeavor that produces repetitive outputs

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Questions 7

As part of a mid-project evaluation, your project sponsor has asked you to provide a forecast of total project cost. You should calculate the forecast using which of the following methods?

Options:

A.

BAC

B.

EAC

C.

ETC

D.

WBS

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Questions 8

A business case is an input to which of the following processes?

Options:

A.

Collect Requirements

B.

Define Scope

C.

Develop Project Charter

D.

Develop Project Management Plan

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Questions 9

Which process must occur after a project manager has been assigned to the project?

Options:

A.

Collect Requirements

B.

Develop the project charter

C.

Develop the project statement of work

D.

Develop project closing document

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Questions 10

Which of the following is a tool and technique for activity duration estimating?

Options:

A.

Parametric estimating

B.

Monte Carlo analysis

C.

Top-down estimating

D.

Bottom-up estimating

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Questions 11

If a project with a CPI of 1.6, what you tell?

Options:

A.

The project is consuming fewer resources than anticipated

B.

The project is using fewer resources than anticipated.

C.

The project is falling behind.

D.

The project is running ahead of schedule.

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Questions 12

What is the function of a Project Management Office (PMO)?

Options:

A.

To focus on the coordinated planning, prioritization, and execution of projects and subprojects that are tied to the parent organizations' or the client's overall business objectives.

B.

To coordinate and manage the procurement of projects relevant to the parent organization's business objectives and to administer the project charters accordingly.

C.

To administer performance reviews for the project manager and the project team members and to handle any personnel and payroll issues.

D.

To focus on the specified project objectives and to manage the scope, schedule, cost, and quality of the work packages.

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Questions 13

What tool or technique of Estimate Activity Durations uses parameters such as duration, budget, size, weight, and complexity from a previous, similar project as the basis for estimating the same parameter or measure for a future project?

Options:

A.

Bottom-up estimating

B.

Analogous estimating

C.

Parametric estimating

D.

Three-point estimates

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Questions 14

A process that is not part of a Project Risk Management is:

Options:

A.

Identification

B.

Solicitation

C.

Quantification

D.

Response Development

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Questions 15

Your project has a budget of $240,000 and is expect to last for 1 year, with the work and budget spread evenly across all months. The project is now in the fourth month, the work is on schedule, but you have spent $120,000 of the project budget. What is your COST Variance percentage in this case?

Options:

A.

-50%

B.

50%

C.

40%

D.

20%

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Questions 16

An example of a project is:

Options:

A.

Billing customers

B.

Managing an organization

C.

Constructing a building

D.

Providing technical support

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Questions 17

A major assumption of all network scheduling methods is that the activity duration must be _____.

Options:

A.

Statistically dependent

B.

Variance distributed

C.

Statistically independent

D.

Deterministic

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Questions 18

Which of the following plans is not done during the writing of a project plan?

Options:

A.

Executive Communication

B.

Risk Management

C.

Quality Management

D.

Scope Statement

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Questions 19

You have a piece of equipment that was purchased for your project recently for $5,000 and is expected to last 5 years in production. At the end of the five years, the expected worth of the equipment is $2,000. Using the straight-line deprecation, what is the amount that can be written off each year?

Options:

A.

$600

B.

$1200

C.

$3000

D.

$100

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Questions 20

Which is the most risky phase of a project?

Options:

A.

Planning

B.

Closing

C.

Execution

D.

Control

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Questions 21

__________ involves using project characteristics in a mathematical model

Options:

A.

Analogous estimating

B.

Life-cycle costing

C.

Parametric modelling

D.

Bottom up estimating

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Questions 22

What process determines which risks might affect the project?

Options:

A.

Qualitative risk analysis

B.

Identify Risks

C.

Plan Risk Management

D.

Quantitative risk analysis

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Questions 23

A scope management plan In which of the following scope management processes is the scope management plan prepared?

Options:

A.

Initiation

B.

Collect Requirements

C.

Define Scope

D.

Verify Scope

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Questions 24

What is a hierarchically organized depiction of the identified project risks arranged by risk category?

Options:

A.

Risk register

B.

Risk breakdown structure (RBS)

C.

Risk management plan

D.

Risk category

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Questions 25

The PV is $1000, EV is $2000 and AC is $1500. What is CPI?

Options:

A.

1.33

B.

2.00

C.

0.75

D.

0.5

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Questions 26

Define Scope involves subdividing the major project deliverables into smaller, more manageable components to __________.

Options:

A.

Improve the accuracy of cost, time and resource estimates

B.

Define a baseline for performance measurement and control

C.

Facilitate clear responsibility assignments

D.

Al1 of the above

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Questions 27

Which of the following does not provided by scope statement?

Options:

A.

Project justification

B.

Project product

C.

Project manager authority

D.

Project objective

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Questions 28

How many communication channels will be required in a project in which 10 individual are participating?

Options:

A.

45

B.

12

C.

10

D.

5

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Questions 29

What are common types of cost-reimbursable contracts?

Options:

A.

CPF

B.

CPFF

C.

CPIF

D.

Al1 of the above

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Questions 30

What is the purpose of the WBS?

Options:

A.

To show which work elements have been assigned to organizational units.

B.

To ensure that all work within a project is identified and defined within a common framework.

C.

To show the organizational structure of a program.

D.

all of the above

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Questions 31

Which of the following are parts of project scope management?

Options:

A.

Verify Scope

B.

Collect Requirements

C.

Control Scope

D.

Al1 of the above

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Questions 32

__________ is providing detailed plans for tasks that are about to start in the near future using the most current information and revisiting future activities when they near their starting dates.

Options:

A.

Rolling wave planning

B.

Progressive elaboration

C.

Milestone detail planning

D.

Expert judgment

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Questions 33

Project success can be achieved only if:

Options:

A.

There is a clear link between the project deliverables and the business strategy.

B.

The project sponsor leads the initiatives.

C.

The project manager is an expert in managing resources.

D.

Team members like project manager.

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Questions 34

The main purpose of project initiation is to ________.

Options:

A.

Assign the project manager to the project

B.

Formally describe the project

C.

Produce the project charter

D.

Formally authorize the project

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Questions 35

Your project team is composed of team members in three countries plus a contractor team in a fourth country. What tool would optimize communication?

Options:

A.

Extranet-based electronic document repository

B.

Manual filing system

C.

War loom

D.

Verbal

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Questions 36

What do composite organizations involve?

Options:

A.

Functional and project managers

B.

Functional managers only

C.

Project managers only

D.

Technical managers and project managers

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Questions 37

When do stakeholders have the greatest influence?

Options:

A.

At the start of the project

B.

At the end of the project

C.

During execution

D.

Stakeholders have constant influence

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Questions 38

Another name for an Ishikawa diagram is:

Options:

A.

Cause and effect diagram

B.

Control Chart

C.

Flowchart

D.

Histogram

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Questions 39

Assumptions in the project plan should be _________.

Options:

A.

Written down

B.

Understandable

C.

Not understandable

D.

No need to write

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Questions 40

At what point in a project do you have the highest probability that it will fail?

Options:

A.

The beginning of the project

B.

^ust before the end of the project

C.

QA Phase

D.

Execution phase

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Questions 41

With triangular distribution, the low, likely and high values are 20, 30 and 40, respectively. The mean is _____.

Options:

A.

30.0

B.

22.5

C.

25.0

D.

27.5

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Questions 42

Which of the following relationship is used in the Arrow Diagramming Method [ADM] :

Options:

A.

Start-to-Finish

B.

Finish-to-Start

C.

Start-to-Start

D.

Finish-to-Finish

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Questions 43

The planning processes are:

Options:

A.

Define Scope, Resource planning, Estimate Costs, Schedule development. Define Activities

B.

Inputs, Control, Status reports, Risk management

C.

Planning, Resource planning, Quality assurance, Risk control

D.

Define Scope, Team development, Control Schedule, Budget control, Contract administration

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Questions 44

A Project Manager is at the project kick-off meeting. He confidently states the vision and mission for the project. This PM is exhibiting the following leadership style:

Options:

A.

Hierarchal

B.

Authoritarian

C.

Charismatic

D.

Associative

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Questions 45

Which of the following inputs is required for the WBS creation?

Options:

A.

Project Quality Plan

B.

Project Schedule Network

C.

Project Management Software

D.

Project Scope Management Plan

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Questions 46

A requirement document is an input of __________ process?

Options:

A.

Collect Requirements

B.

Define Scope

C.

Integrated Change Control

D.

Monitor and Control Project Work

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Questions 47

Which of the following is NOT an input of close project process?

Options:

A.

Project management plan

B.

Contract documentation

C.

Deliverables

D.

WBS

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Questions 48

The product description of a project can help to create procurement details. Which one of the following best describes product description?

Options:

A.

The product description defines the contracted work, based on the requirements of the project customer

B.

The product description defines the contracted work

C.

The product description defines the requirements for the contract work

D.

Al1 of the above

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Questions 49

Purchasing insurance is an example of __________.

Options:

A.

Transfer

B.

Acceptances

C.

Mitigation

D.

Contingency

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Questions 50

What is a corrective action?

Options:

A.

An action that brings future project events Into alignment with the project plan

B.

An action to correct something in the project

C.

An action to prevent something in the project

D.

Corrective action is not related to project

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Questions 51

Which of the following is not part of project scope management?

Options:

A.

Verify Scope

B.

Collect Requirements

C.

Create WBS

D.

None of the above

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Questions 52

In an optimal organization structure, the project manager is:

Options:

A.

Functional

B.

Weak matrix

C.

Piojectized

D.

Dedicated project team

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Questions 53

Which of the following is an output of Verify Scope?

Options:

A.

Formal acceptance

B.

WBS template

C.

sow acceptance

D.

Rework

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Questions 54

Which of the following provides the least accurate in estimating?

Options:

A.

Rough order of magnitude

B.

Budget estimate

C.

WBS estimate

D.

Definitive estimate

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Questions 55

Which tools or techniques will the project manager use for developing the project team?

Options:

A.

Negotiation

B.

Roles and responsibilities

C.

Recognition and rewards

D.

Prizing and promoting

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Questions 56

How many process groups are there according to the PMBOK Guide?

Options:

A.

5

B.

9

C.

10

D.

12

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Questions 57

Lessons learned session should be held at what point in a project?

Options:

A.

At the project conclusion

B.

At key milestones

C.

When risk events occur

D.

When sponsor want

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Questions 58

At which point of the project is the uncertainty the highest and the risk of failing the greatest

Options:

A.

Final phase of the project

B.

Start of the project

C.

End of the project

D.

Midpoint of the project

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Questions 59

What tool and technique includes all costs incurred over the life of a product by investment in preventing nonconformance to requirements?

Options:

A.

Cost of quality

B.

Measure of design

C.

Statistical control

D.

Systematic analysis

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Questions 60

When you are developing the estimates for project, you choose to add the individual estimates for the activities that comprise each phase. What type of estimation method are you using?

Options:

A.

Parametric estimating

B.

Bottom-up estimating

C.

Top-down estimating

D.

Analogous estimating

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Questions 61

Cost benefit analysis, scorecard modelling, payback periods, and internal rate of return are examples of ____________.

Options:

A.

Enterprise benefits measurement methods when selecting a project

B.

Integral parts of the SOW

C.

Ways to ensure stakeholder commitment

D.

Project selection methods

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Questions 62

A complete set of indexed project records is called __________.

Options:

A.

Project archives

B.

Index

C.

sow

D.

Project History

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Questions 63

If a project with a SPI of 1.8, what you tell?

Options:

A.

The project is running ahead of the schedule

B.

The project is running behind of the schedule

C.

Resources assigned to the project cost 1.8 units

D.

None

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Questions 64

From whom do you need to gain the formal acceptance at project closure?

Options:

A.

The customer

B.

The qualify director

C.

Project management office

D.

Project manager

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Questions 65

Which of the following statement is true about project charter?

Options:

A.

Provides a high level definition of the effort and its stakeholders

B.

Announces who is the project engineer

C.

Tells the newspapers and media when the project will end

D.

Announces who is the project sponsor

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Questions 66

Based on the PMBOK, who is ultimately responsible for the project quality?

Options:

A.

Project team

B.

Project manager

C.

QA manager

D.

Validation engineer

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Questions 67

Create Procurement document is done in _______.

Options:

A.

Plan Procurements

B.

Conduct Procurements

C.

Administer Procurements

D.

Close Procurements

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Questions 68

Make-or-buy decisions measure the costs of both options. What are the two options?

Options:

A.

Direct ar|d Indirect

B.

Tactical and Strategic

C.

Management and Project

D.

0n|y Tactical

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Questions 69

An Ishikawa or fishbone diagram is used for which of the following?

Options:

A.

Identifying causes of risks

B.

Identifying frequency of occurrence of risks

C.

Developing a resource plan

D.

Developing schedule

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Questions 70

Which of the following statement is true about Strategic planning?

Options:

A.

Strategic planning determines which projects will be choosing in order to achieve the organizational goals

B.

Strategic planning determines which projects will be sponsor in order to achieve the organizational goals

C.

Strategic planning determines these are the projects that get chosen and funded

D.

Al1 of the above

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Questions 71

Which type of network diagram is also referred to activity-on-arrow (AOA) diagrams?

Options:

A.

Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM)

B.

Gant Cnart Diagram (GCD)

C.

Dependency Diagramming Method (DDM)

D.

Arrow Diagramming Method (ADM)

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Questions 72

Who is responsible for issuing the project charter?

Options:

A.

The project manager

B.

The project sponsor

C.

The Team lead

D.

The nianagement

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Questions 73

Which document is best suited for tracking the assignment of all resources to specific tasks in a project?

Options:

A.

RACI mAl,x

B.

sow

C.

Staffing management plan D)0 CPI

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Questions 74

What defines the portion of work included in a contract for items being purchased or acquired?

Options:

A.

Procurement management plan

B.

Evaluation criteria

C.

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

D.

Contract Statement of Work (SOW)

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Questions 75

Which of the following documents allows the project manager to assess risks that may require near term action?

Options:

A.

Probability and impact matrix

B.

Contingency analysis report

C.

Risk urgency assessment

D.

Rolling wave plan

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Questions 76

Which of the following is one of the key components of the basic communications model?

Options:

A.

Push

B.

Decode

C.

Pull

D.

Duration

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Questions 77

Which is not included in Performance improvements :

Options:

A.

Improvements in amount of overtime worked

B.

Improvements in individual skills

C.

Improvements in team behaviours

D.

Improvements in team capabilities

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Questions 78

Which of the following is not a part of the project cost baseline but is included in the project budget?

Options:

A.

Management Contingency Reserve

B.

Management Overheads

C.

Project Management Planing

D.

Activity Cost Contingency Reserve

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Exam Code: CA0-001
Exam Name: Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) Certification
Last Update: Jun 15, 2025
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