CAPM (Certified Associate in Project Management) Practice Exam — All Questions

Which statement best defines a project as used in project management?

• a.Ongoing operational work that keeps a business running day to day
• b.A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result✓
• c.Any large task that requires more than one person to complete
• d.A permanent department responsible for delivering repeated outputs

A project is temporary, meaning it has a defined beginning and end, and it produces a unique deliverable. This distinguishes it from ongoing operations, which are repetitive and sustain the business.

The classic 'triple constraint' most commonly refers to the balance between which three factors?

• a.Risk, quality and stakeholders
• b.Resources, communication and procurement
• c.People, process and technology
• d.Scope, schedule (time) and cost✓

The triple constraint balances scope, schedule and cost; changing one typically affects the others. Quality is often shown at the center, as it is influenced by how these constraints are managed.

What is the primary purpose of a project charter?

• a.To formally authorize the project and give the project manager authority to apply resources✓
• b.To list every detailed task and its duration for the whole project
• c.To record the final lessons learned at project closure
• d.To provide the day-to-day schedule for the project team

The project charter formally authorizes the project's existence and empowers the project manager to use organizational resources. It is typically issued by the sponsor and includes high-level objectives, not detailed schedules.

A stakeholder is best described as which of the following?

• a.Only the customer who pays for the project
• b.Only the members of the core project team
• c.Any individual, group, or organization that may affect, be affected by, or perceive itself to be affected by the project✓
• d.Only the executives who approve the project budget

Stakeholders include anyone who can affect or be affected by the project, or who believes they are affected. Identifying them broadly, and managing their engagement, is essential to project success.

Which document defines how the project will be executed, monitored, controlled, and closed, and integrates the subsidiary management plans?

• a.The project charter
• b.The project management plan✓
• c.The work breakdown structure
• d.The stakeholder register

The project management plan is the comprehensive, integrated document describing how the project is carried out across all knowledge areas. It incorporates subsidiary plans such as the scope, schedule, and cost management plans.

In a work breakdown structure (WBS), what is the lowest level of decomposition called?

• a.A milestone
• b.A deliverable
• c.A summary activity
• d.A work package✓

The WBS decomposes project scope into progressively smaller components; the lowest level is the work package, where cost and duration can be reliably estimated and work can be scheduled and controlled.