Exam 1: Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)

Eric is heading an engineering project and is in the midst of deciding which type of contract statement of work he will use. Which type is not available to him?

Which of the following is not recommended as it tends to take the focus off of meeting the client's intended requirements?

Project X at The Ray Company has a new Project Manager. Company management, eager to get their project back on track, hired this new manager 1 month into a 6 week project. The project is flailing. Which best describes why the project may not make its delivery date based on what we know?

The WBS is created by the project manager alone.

When is the project manager using analogous estimating?

What is true of corrective action?

By applying effective risk management techniques, what percentage of risks can be curtailed?

The tendency to generalize performance based on a single indicator is best described as:

What is the BEST way to notify the team about an approved change request?

For which of the following should you use a formal, written communications method? Select all that apply:

In Project X, Stan the Project Manager has just recently received the Statement of Work he was anxiously awaiting from Bob. Which best describes Bob's role in the project?

What are the four options for dealing with a risk?

Sherri Bobbins is formulating her scope management plan for his project. To develop a well-rounded plan she'll use all of the following, except:

Jill's project is behind schedule but it needs to be delivered by a certain date. She requests additional resources to complete the project faster. Which of the following terms is this an example of?

A company makes 1,000,000 parts. If fewer than ___ were defective, it would be six sigma quality.

Based on a real scenario: Hayden the Handyguy wants $50 per hour plus the cost of wood, nails and beer to build some new shelves for Ted the Project Manager who is disappointed what he built fell off the wall. Hayden's billing method is: (Select the two answers that apply).

Rick was in the middle of his procurement management process when he realized he was missing organizational process assets. Which is an example of an organizational process asset?

Completing re-work is an accepted quality control process.

What is Pareto's Law?

What is a standard range for a Rough Order of Magnitude estimate?