pmi CAPM Exam Questions

Questions for the CAPM were updated on : Dec 07 ,2025

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Question 1

Who identifies project requirements in the early phase of the project?

  • A. Business analyst, product team, and key stakeholders
  • B. Project manager, business analyst, and key stakeholders
  • C. Project manager, business analyst, and project sponsor
  • D. Project sponsor, business analyst, and key stakeholders
Answer:

D

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Question 2

If the estimate at completion (EAC) is 25, and the budget at completion (BAC) is 17, what is the
variance at completion (VAC)?

  • A. -8
  • B. 425
  • C. 1.4
  • D. 8
Answer:

A

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Question 3

A product owner asked for a change in one of the requirements during the elicitation phase. What
should the business analyst do?

  • A. Provide the information to the product manager for approval.
  • B. Provide the information to the project manager to seek approval or rejection.
  • C. Reject the change as the project scope has already been defined.
  • D. Accept the modification and update the requirements traceability matrix.
Answer:

B

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Question 4

Why is working in iterations usually more time consuming than using a predictive life cycle?

  • A. Having a minimum viable product first can take more time.
  • B. Iterations are longer than the execution phase of a traditional project.
  • C. Timeboxing increases the time needed to accomplish tasks.
  • D. It takes time to understand what the project needs to deliver.
Answer:

D

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Question 5

An adaptive project manager is told that a new industry regulation will affect an upcoming
deliverable. Where should this be recorded?

  • A. Risk register
  • B. Sprint board
  • C. Sprint planning
  • D. User story
Answer:

A

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Question 6

Which three processes are generally included in risk management? (Choose three)

  • A. Monitor Risk Costs
  • B. Identify Risks
  • C. Plan Risk Responses
  • D. Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
  • E. Estimate Risk Activity Resources
Answer:

B, C, D

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Question 7

A software project has completed the first iteration, and the testing manager noted that some
features were not incorporated and would not approve the software. The business unit manager who
will use the software is satisfied with the software and wants to start the rollout.
What should the project manager do?

  • A. Escalate the issue to the project management office (PMO).
  • B. Organize a meeting between the two managers.
  • C. Ask the project team to resolve all of the open issues.
  • D. Escalate to the sponsor to decide when to commence the rollout.
Answer:

B

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Question 8

The executive committee of a company is reviewing its portfolios. Which of the following would be
helpful to evaluate success?

  • A. Charter the strategic objectives.
  • B. Control environmental changes.
  • C. Monitor changes continuously.
  • D. Aggregate benefits realization.
Answer:

D

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Question 9

An organization that is being interviewed online has recently experienced a severe network outage.
Consequently, the organization has stated that it is required to have a working data network.
Which classification should be assigned to data network requirements?

  • A. Customer requirement
  • B. Transition requirement
  • C. Solution requirement
  • D. Business requirement
Answer:

D

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Question 10

A project team is starting to work on a project based on a Kanban approach. In order to frame the
capacity of the team's workflow at any moment, the project manager will need to restrict the
maximum amount of activities to be performed.
Which element will the project manager handle?

  • A. Capacity limit
  • B. Pull system
  • C. Work in progress
  • D. Virtual board
Answer:

C

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Question 11

A project's aim, from a business perspective, is moving an organization from one level to another to
achieve a specific objective. What is the goal for a project's successful completion?

  • A. Current state
  • B. Future state
  • C. Budgeted state
  • D. Planned state
Answer:

B

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Question 12

Which of the following is provided by the critical path method?

  • A. Schedule float
  • B. Earned value (EV)
  • C. Total float
  • D. Schedule value
Answer:

C

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Question 13

An adaptive team's velocity dropped significantly in the last sprint due to the planned vacation of
two team members. The project sponsor wants to know how many more sprints it would take to
complete the remaining project.
How should the project manager calculate the anticipated velocity for future sprints?

  • A. Use the velocity of the last sprint, as it is the most recent one to share.
  • B. Add a 30% buffer to the velocity to calculate future velocity.
  • C. Calculate the average of the past five sprints to predict future velocity.
  • D. Change the adaptive tool that the team is using to calculate velocity.
Answer:

C

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Question 14

Which two of the following can be used as communication tools between the business analyst and
the rest of the project team? (Choose two)

  • A. Project management plan
  • B. Pareto chart
  • C. Gantt chart
  • D. Responsible, accountable, consult, inform (RACI) matrix
  • E. Process flows
Answer:

D, E

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Question 15

A new project was approved and the project manager is discussing the most suitable delivery
approach with the project sponsor. Which three of the following are characteristics of a traditional
project delivered using a linear delivery approach? (Choose three)

  • A. Many expected simple scope change requests
  • B. Few expected simple scope change requests
  • C. Routine and repetitive activities
  • D. Collocated project teams
  • E. Use of established templates
Answer:

B, C, E

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