PMI CAPM PMI-100 Questions & Answers

• Question 651:

  Which knowledge area employs the processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation, collection, distribution, storage, retrieval, and ultimate disposition of project information?

  A. Project Risk Management

  B. Project Integration Management

  C. Project Communications Management

  D. Project Quality Management

  Correct Answer: C

  Explanation:

  PROJECT COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT Project Communications Management includes the processes that are required to ensure timelyand appropriate planning, collection, creation, distribution, storage, retrieval, management,control, monitoring, and the ultimate disposition of project information. Project managers spend most of their time communicating with team members and other project stakeholders, whether they are internal (at all organizational levels) or external to the organization. Effective communication creates a bridge between diverse stakeholders who may have different cultural and organizational backgrounds, different levels of expertise, and different perspectives and interests, which impact or have an influence upon the project execution or outcome.

• Question 652:

  Which is an input to the Scope Verification Process?

  A. Performance report

  B. Work breakdown structure

  C. Requested changes

  D. Project scope statement

  Correct Answer: D

  Explanation: The project team must complete a scope statement for developing a common understanding of the project scope among stakeholders. This lists project deliverables - summary level sub-products, whose full and satisfactory delivery marks the completion of the project

• Question 653:

  Which is a tool used in monitoring and controlling project work?

  A. Work performance information

  B. Project management information system (PMIS)

  C. Activity duration estimates

  D. Scheduled network analysis

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 654:

  Which document describes the procurement item in sufficient detail to allow prospective sellers to determine if they are capable of providing the products, services, or results?

  A. Procurement management plan

  B. Procurement statement of work

  C. Request for proposal

  D. Request for quote

  Correct Answer: B

  Explanation:

  12.1.3.2 Procurement Statement of Work

  The statement of work (SOW) for each procurement is developed from the project scope baseline and defines only that portion of the project scope that is to be included within the related contract. The procurement SOW describes the procurement item in sufficient detail to allow prospective sellersto determine if they are capable of providing the products, services, or results. Sufficient detail can vary based on the nature of the item, the needs of the buyer, or the expected contract form. Information included in a SOW can include specifications, quantity desired, quality levels, performance data, period of performance, work location, and other requirements. The procurement SOW is written to be clear, complete, and concise. It includes a description of any collateral services required, such as performance reporting or post-project operational support for the procured item. In some application areas, there are specific content and format requirements for a procurement SOW. Each individual procurement item requires a SOW; however, multiple products or services can be grouped as one procurement item within a single SOW. The procurement SOW can be revised and refined as required as it moves through the procurement process until incorporated into a signed agreement.

• Question 655:

  Which characteristic is unique to project work and does not apply to operational work?

  A. Performed by individuals

  B. Limited by constraints

  C. Temporary

  D. Performed to achieve organizational objectives

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 656:

  Which Activity Duration Estimating technique incorporates additional timing for contingency purposes?

  A. Analogous Estimating

  B. Expert Judgment

  C. Optimistic Estimates

  D. Reserve Analysis

  Correct Answer: D

  Explanation:

  6.5.2.6 Reserve Analysis

  Duration estimates may include contingency reserves, sometimes referred to as time reserves or buffers,

  into the project schedule to account for schedule uncertainty. Contingency reserves are the estimated

  duration within the schedule baseline, which is allocated for identified risks that are accepted and for which

  contingent or mitigation responses are developed. Contingency reserves are associated with the “knownunknowns,” which may be estimated to account for this unknown amount of rework.

  As more precise information about the project becomes available, the contingency reserve may be used,

  reduced, or eliminated. Contingency should be clearly identified in schedule documentation.

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  Estimates may also be produced for the amount of management reserve of time for the project.

  Management reserves are a specified amount of the project duration withheld for management control

  purposes and are reserved for unforeseen work that is within scope of the project. Management reserves

  are intended to address the “unknown-unknowns” that can affect a project. Management reserve is not

  included in the schedule baseline, but it is part of the overall project duration requirements. Depending on

  contract terms, use of management reserves may require a change to the schedule baseline.

• Question 657:

  Where are product requirements and characteristics documented?

  A. Product scope description

  B. Project charter

  C. Preliminary project scope statement

  D. Communications management plan

  Correct Answer: A

  Explanation:

  Product scope description. The product scope description documents the characteristics of the product,

  service, or results that the project will be undertaken to create. The description should also document the

  relationship between the products, services, or results being created and the business need that the project will address.

• Question 658:

  When a control chart is used to monitor performance of a process, which of the following will be set by the project manager and the appropriate stakeholders to reflect the point(s) at which corrective action will be taken to prevent exceeding the specification limits?

  A. Upper and lower control limits

  B. Upper and lower specification limits

  C. Process mean

  D. Data points

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 659:

  What scope definition technique is used to generate different approaches to execute and perform the work of the project?

  A. Build vs. buy

  B. Expert judgment

  C. Alternatives identification

  D. Product analysis

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 660:

  What process determines which risks might affect the project?

  A. Qualitative risk analysis

  B. Identify Risks

  C. Plan Risk Management

  D. Quantitative risk analysis

  Correct Answer: B

  Explanation:

  Process: 11.2 Identify RisksDefinition: The process of determining which risks may affect the project and documenting their characteristics. Key Benefit: The key benefit of this process is the documentation of existing risks and the knowledge and ability it provides to the project team to anticipate events.

  Inputs

  1.

  Risk management plan

  2.

  Cost management plan

  3.

  Schedule management plan

  4.

  Quality management plan

  5.

  Human resource management plan

  6.

  Scope baseline

  7.

  Activity cost estimates

  8.

  Activity duration estimates

  9.

  Stakeholder register 10.Project documents 11.Procurement documents 12.Enterprise environmental factors 13.Organizational process assets

  Tools and Techniques

  1.

  Documentation reviews

  2.

  Information gathering techniques

  3.

  Checklist analysis

  4.

  Assumptions analysis

  5.

  Diagramming techniques

  6.

  SWOT analysis

  7.

  Expert judgment

  Outputs

  1. Risk register

  11.2.3.1 Risk Register

  The primary output from Identify Risks is the initial entry into the risk register. The risk register is a document in which the results of risk analysis and risk response planning are recorded. It contains the

  outcomes of the other risk management processes as they are conducted, resulting in an increase in the level and type of information contained in the risk register over time. The preparation of the risk register begins in the Identify Risks process with the following information, and then becomes available to other project management and risk management processes:

  List of identified risks. The identified risks are described in as much detail as is reasonable. A structure for describing risks using risk statements may be applied, for example, EVENT may occur causing IMPACT, or If CAUSE exists, EVENT may occur leading to EFFECT. In addition to the list of identified risks, the root causes of those risks may become more evident. These are the fundamental conditions or events that may give rise to one or more identified risks. They should be recorded and used to support future risk identification for this and other projects.

  List of potential responses. Potential responses to a risk may sometimes be identified during the Identify Risks process. These responses, if identified in this process, should be used as inputs to the Plan Risk Responses process.