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CAPM PMI Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) Free Practice Exam Questions (2025 Updated)

Prepare effectively for your PMI CAPM Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) certification with our extensive collection of free, high-quality practice questions. Each question is designed to mirror the actual exam format and objectives, complete with comprehensive answers and detailed explanations. Our materials are regularly updated for 2025, ensuring you have the most current resources to build confidence and succeed on your first attempt.

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Drag the five stages of team development on the left onto the blocks on the right to place them in sequential order.

A key project team member complains about being left out of the communication loop. In order to ensure that each key member is involved, who should review the business analysis communications management plan?

A.

Business analyst, project manager, and sponsor

B.

Business analyst, project manager, and stakeholders

C.

Business analyst and project manager

D.

Only the business analyst

When executing a project, a recently hired subject matter expert (SME) who reviewed the execution progress remarked that the schedule could be crashed and that the schedule was not assessed properly. What should the project manager do next?

A.

Update the schedule baseline

B.

Review the schedule baseline

C.

Initiate a change request

D.

Update the risk register

An adaptive team is performing the kickoff meeting and planning the project management approach. After defining project events, one team member argues that the artifacts are missing. The project manager coaches the team to complete the planning.

Which two of the following items should be included in the planning? (Choose two)

A.

Sprint backlog

B.

Daily scrum

C.

Increments

D.

Sprint retrospective

E.

Sprint review

Which is a major component of an agreement?

A.

Change request handling

B.

Risk register templates

C.

Lessons learned register

D.

Procurement management plan

Which additional considerations should the project manager make when managing risks in an agile/adaptive project?

A.

Add more risk categories

B.

Identify, analyze, and manage risk during each iteration of the project

C.

Add new values to the probability and impact matrix

D.

Increase the reserves because of the high variability environment

Which is the appropriate tool to identify the possible correlation two elements in aprocess?

A.

Scatter diagram

B.

Cause and effect diagram

C.

Histogram

D.

Control charts

In which of the risk management processes is the processes is the project charter used as an input?

A.

Palm Risk Responses

B.

Implement Risk Responses

C.

Plan Risk Management

D.

Perform Quantitative Risk Responses

A technical project manager uses a directive approach with the team. Some team members are growing increasingly frustrated when their recommendations are not adopted by the project manager. What should the project manager do to address this issue?

A.

Encourage the team to follow the project plan that was developed with team input.

B.

Apply emotional intelligence (EI) skills, such as active listening, to understand the team's issues.

C.

Instruct the team members to self-organize and resolve any outstanding issues.

D.

Ask the team members to record their concerns in the lessons learned log for future action.

What specific quality considerations should be examined while completing Quality Management plan?

A.

Risk register

B Stakeholder engagement

B.

Continuous improvement

C.

Standards and regulatory compliance

Why is required in a project?

A.

Because a one-size-fits-all approach avoids complications and saves time.

B.

Because every project is unique and not every tool, technique, input, or output identified in the PMBOK Guide is required.

C.

Because tailoring allows us to identify the techniques, procedures, and system practices used by those in the project.

D.

Project managers should apply every process in the PMBOK Guide to the project, so failoring is not requires.

A community project with a large number of stakeholders is scheduled for delivery in six months. The project manager asked the business analyst to ensure effective requirements elicitation. What should the business analyst do?

A.

Ask the project coordinator to facilitate some of the workshops.

B.

Invite both internal and external stakeholders to the workshops.

C.

Engage a consultant that is familiar with the community needs.

D.

Organize a workshop with the sponsor and major stakeholders.

A project manager is managing a small project that has a time constraint. What should the project manager do to ensure the delivery is on time?

A.

Increase quality review cycles.

B.

Schedule the tasks in parallel.

C.

Schedule the tasks in sequence.

D.

Expand the scope of the project.

Project governance refers to framework.......which of the following is a portfolio?

Pioject governance refers lo framework, functions, and processes that guide project management activates with a defined hierarchy between projects, programs and poctfotos. According to this hierarchy, which ot Die following is a portfolio?

A.

A portfolio is a group of projects, programs, subsidiary portfolios and operations managed together to achieve strategic objectives.

B.

A portfolio is the mam project of the company, supervised directly by the CEO.

C.

A portfolio is a group of projects managed by the same project manager.

D.

A portfolio is a group of related proiecls, programs, subsidary portfolios, and operation*, thai provides similar products or services.

A software development team is working on a project to adapt an application to new, government-established data-privacy rules. What factor led to the creation of this project?

A.

Legal requirement

B.

New technology

C.

Social need

D.

Economic change

While executing a building construction project, the supplier may delay the delivery and increase the cost of materials due to new safety regulations. The team has identified an option to absorb the cost by reducing the lag for some of the tasks.

What should the team do to ensure that this situation is managed?

A.

Implement Appropriate Response

B.

Plan Project Risk Management

C.

Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis

D.

Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis

A project manager is newly assigned to a project. Which document can help the project manager understand the project scope?

A.

Context diagram

B.

Data flow diagram

C.

User interface flow

D.

Process flow diagram

Which of the following is a goal of the project charter?

A.

Detail requirements for the project tasks.

B.

Empower the project manager to manage the project.

C.

List all tasks the team should perform in the project.

D.

Develop a business case to support the project.

A business analyst is working on a project that follows an adaptive life cycle. Due to budgetary constraints, the sponsor asks the team to focus on critical requirements. What should the business analyst do?

A.

Prioritize requirements.

B.

Document requirements.

C.

Trace requirements.

D.

Validate requirements.

A project team is meeting to seek solutions on a new problem that occurred recently. The meeting is comprised of two parts: the first is a generation of ideas and the second is an analysis.

Which technique is the team using?

A.

Brainstorming

B.

Interview

C.

Checklists

D.

Focus group

Which of the following is the key construction to controlling the costs and achieving the schedule in projects with high variability?

A.

Learn methods

B.

collaborative teams

C.

Generalizing specialists

D.

Knowledge sharing

A project team of telecommuters located in three different time zones regularly misses project deadlines Daily meetings often start and end with the same person talking and the rest of the team listening The project manager determines that communication among team members must be addressed.

What communication step is missing from the daily meetings?

A.

Interpersonal communication

B.

Feedback response communication

C.

Push communication

D.

Pull communication

Which procurement management process includes obtaining seller response, seller selection, and contract awarding?

A.

Plan Procurement

B.

Manage Procurement

C.

Conduct Procurements

D.

Perform Procurement

The project manager and project team are developing approximations of the cost of resources needed to complete the project work. On which process are they working?

A.

Plan Cost Management

B.

Estimate Activity Resources

C.

Estimate Costs

D.

Determine Budget

During a sprint demo, the customer says that one of the user stories is not ready for customer use. Which checklist should the team look at to find out what has been missed for the user story?

A.

Definition of done (DoD)

B.

Burndown chart

C.

Velocity chart

D.

Definition of ready (DoR)

After defining activities in project schedule management, which processes should a project manager follow?

A.

Sequence Activities and Estimate Activity Durations

B.

Estimate Activity Durations and Control Schedule

C.

Develop Schedule and Control schedule

D.

Review Activities and Develop Schedule

A project's business analyst has to understand the newly acquired technology and the impact it will have on the organization. Which tool should be used to understand the new technology?

A.

Must have, should have, could have, won't have (MoSCoW)

B.

Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats (SWOT)

C.

Work breakdown structure (WBS)

D.

Responsible, accountable, consulted, informed (RACI)

A project is composed of three phases that are implemented in parallel without affecting one another. The baselines for each individual phase have been approved by the major stakeholders, and there is a minimal ability to vary the baselines during the execution of the project.

Which methodology did the project manager adopt?

A.

Incremental approach

B.

Predictive approach

C.

Hybrid approach

D.

Iterative approach

In what type of organizational structure does a project manager develop their role and work with a team assigned by job function?

A.

Matrix - strong

B.

Matrix - balanced

C.

Virtual

D.

Functional

In addition to the project charter, what other artifact is produced as a result of the Develop Project Charter process'?

A.

Assumption log

B.

Milestone list

C.

Business case

D.

Risk register

A project manager is managing a small project that has a time constraint. What should the project manager do to ensure the delivery is on time?

A.

Schedule the tasks in sequence.

B.

Increase quality review cycles.

C.

Expand the scope of the project.

D.

Schedule the tasks in parallel.

A technical project manager uses a directive approach with the team. Some team members are growing increasingly frustrated when their recommendations are not adopted by the project manager.

What should the project manager do to address this issue?

A.

Apply emotional intelligence (El) skills, such as active listening, to understand the team's issues.

B.

Instruct the team members to self-organize and resolve any outstanding issues.

C.

Ask the team members to record their concerns in the lessons learned log for future action.

D.

Encourage the team to follow the project plan that was developed with team input.

Recently, the government published a new tax law giving companies one year to implement the changes. A project was initiated to change the accounting system. Which delivery approach is most suitable in this context?

A.

Predictive, because of the high risk that the company can be fined.

B.

Predictive, because the requirements are clearly defined up-front.

C.

Adaptive, because the government will provide constant feedback.

D.

Adaptive, because the changes have never been implemented before.

What is an example of a technical project management skill?

A.

Managing a project schedule

B.

Developing a project delivery strategy

C.

Establishing a project team

D.

Understanding organizational objectives

Select two key benefits of the Control Procurements process

A.

Enables the development of make-or-buy decisions

B.

Ensures that contract performance meets the terms of the legal agreement

C.

Guarantees that legal agreements influence vendor selection

D.

Assures that legal agreements guide contract closings

E.

Helps determine whether a certain type of contract should be used

What benefit does the Manage Stakeholder Engagement process offer?

A.

Allows the project manager to increase support and minimize resistance from stakeholders

B.

Maintains or increases the efficiency and effectiveness of stakeholder engagement activities as the project evolves and its environment changes

C.

Provides an actionable plan to interact effectively with stakeholders

D.

Enables the project team to identify the appropriate focus for engagement of each stakeholder or group of stakeholders

Which of the following lists represents trends and emerging practices in Project Risk Management?

A.

Integrated risk management, non-event risks, and project resilience

B.

Representation of uncertainty, strategies for opportunities, and strategies for overall project risk

C.

Dormancy, proximity, and propinquity

D.

Simulation, sensitivity analysis, and decision tree analysis

Which kind of communication should the project manager use when creating reports for government bodies?

A.

Hierarchical

B.

External

C.

Formal

D.

Official

What behavior refers to leadership style?

A.

Do things right.

B.

Do the right things

C.

Ask how and when.

D.

Rely on control

A few project team members are having issues understanding the requirements as described. Which action should be taken to resolve this issue?

A.

Review the requirements traceability matrix and set up a meeting with the business analyst and key stakeholders.

B.

Review the requirements traceability matrix, the business analysis communications management plan, and set up a meeting with the business analyst and key stakeholders.

C.

Review the business analysis communications management plan and set up a meeting with the business analyst and key stakeholders.

D.

Review the project management plan and set up a meeting with the project manager and key stakeholders.

A business manager wants to start a project to launch a new product and submits a business case to the Portfolio Steering Committee for review. The committee asks the manager for details about the expected business value of the project.

How can the manager document the business value for the Portfolio Steering Committee?

A.

Conduct a feasibility study to determine the business impact of the new product.

B.

Execute a market study for similar products and demonstrate a market need.

C.

Create a presentation outlining the business benefits of the new product.

D.

Prepare a benefits management plan to capture target benefits and strategic alignment.

Match the life cycle type to when its requirements are defined.

How can emotional intelligence (EI) be effective in project management?

A.

By preparing a project plan and managing the team members

B.

By planning for user acceptance testing

C.

By establishing project resource allocation

D.

By reducing tension and increasing cooperation among team members

Which three of the following are key traits of a project leader? (Choose three)

A.

Focus on the horizon.

B.

Rely on control.

C.

Challenge the status quo and do things differently.

D.

Focus on near-team goals.

E.

Convey trust and inspire trust in other team members.

A project manager proactively meets with other project managers who manage other projects in the same program. To minimize the impact that other projects within the program may have on their project of what should the project manager be aware?

A.

Demands on the same resources

B.

Requirements that impact the scope

C.

Uncertainty of emerging issues

D.

Project charter

Which behavior is a management trait?

A.

Asking what and why

B.

Challenging the status quo

C.

Innovating

D.

Relying on control

Which three of the following interpersonal skills does a project manager rely on when developing the project management plan? (Choose three)

A.

Interviews

B.

Facilitation

C.

Conflict management

D.

Focus groups

E.

Meeting management

Which tool should a project manager use to calculate cost variance for a project?

A.

Contingency analysis

B.

Actual cost

C.

Review lessons learned from similar projects

D.

Expert judgment

When establishing a contingency reserve, including time, money and resources, how is the risk being handled?

A.

Accepting

B.

Transferring

C.

Avoiding

D.

Mitigating

What can the cost management plan establish?

A.

Cost baseline

B.

Cost estimates

C.

Basis of estimates

D.

Control thresholds

What characteristic of servant leadership supports resource management in an agile environment?

A.

Lecturing

B.

Construing

C.

Measuring

D.

Coaching

A project manager is identifying the risks of a project. Which technique should the project manager use?

A.

Representations of uncertainty

B.

Prompt lists

C.

Audits

D.

Risk categorization

Which of the following documents ate created as part of Project Integration Management?

A.

Project charter and project management plan

B.

Communications management plan and scope management plan

C.

Quality management plan and risk management plan

D.

Project scope statement and communications management plan

What is an output of the plan resource management process

A.

Project charter

B.

Risk register

C.

Scope baseline

D.

Stakeholder register

The project manager is creating the communications management plan Which group of inputs Is required to begin?

A.

Work performance reports, change requests, and risk register

B.

Work performance data, project documents, and stakeholder engagement plan

C.

Project charter, project management plan, and project documents

D.

Work performance data, stakeholder register, and team management plan

How is the Project Scope Management process different in agile and adaptive projects then in traditional projects?

A.

Less time spent on defining scope early on

B.

More time spent on defining scope early on

C.

Less time spent on scope management process

D.

Project scope management is the same in all projects

A project manager held a meeting and listed all team members' ideas for improving the product on a white board. What data gathering technique did the project manager apply?

A.

Focus groups

B.

Interviews

C.

Brainstorming

D.

Delphi technique

Which tool should a project manager consider to deal with multiple sources of risk?

A.

An updated risk register

B.

Risk breakdown structure

C.

Issue log

D.

Stakeholder register

Given the following information.

Activity A takes one week.

Activity B takes three weeks.

Activity C takes two weeks.

Activity D takes five weeks.

Activity A starts at the same time as Activity B.

Activity C follows Activity B and Activity A.

Activity D follows Activity C.

How long will it take to complete the project?

A.

Eleven weeks

B.

Nine weeks

C.

Eight weeks

D.

Ten weeks

A project manager has just completed several brainstorming sessions and has gathered the data to show commonality and differences in one single place. What technique was followed?

A.

Collective decision making

B.

Multicriteria decision analysis

C.

Mind mapping

D.

Affinity diagram

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