CAPM Project Integration Management 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: During the 'Close Project or Phase' process, which action ensures organizational learning is captured?
- Releasing project resources back to functional managers
- Archiving project documents and updating lessons learned (Correct answer)
- Obtaining formal acceptance of deliverables from the customer
- Issuing the final project report to the sponsor
Correct answer: Archiving project documents and updating lessons learned
Archiving documents and updating the lessons learned repository ensures knowledge is retained for future projects.
Question 2: A project manager discovers that two subsidiary plans within the project management plan contain conflicting assumptions. What is the BEST course of action?
- Use the most recently updated plan as the authority
- Escalate the conflict to the project sponsor for resolution
- Revise both plans through integrated change control to align assumptions (Correct answer)
- Accept both assumptions and proceed, documenting the risk
Correct answer: Revise both plans through integrated change control to align assumptions
Conflicting assumptions in subsidiary plans must be reconciled through integrated change control to maintain plan consistency.
Question 3: Which input to 'Develop Project Management Plan' provides information about the organization's standard processes, policies, and templates?
- Enterprise environmental factors
- Organizational process assets (Correct answer)
- Project charter
- Expert judgment
Correct answer: Organizational process assets
Organizational process assets include standard templates, policies, procedures, and historical information used to develop the project management plan.
Question 4: A project has been cancelled mid-execution. What should the project manager do as part of the closure activities?
- Skip formal closure since the project did not complete
- Document the cancellation reason and archive incomplete deliverables (Correct answer)
- Immediately reassign team members to new projects
- Notify only the project sponsor and close the project file
Correct answer: Document the cancellation reason and archive incomplete deliverables
Even cancelled projects require formal closure, including documenting the reason and archiving work completed, to support organizational learning.
Question 5: Which tool or technique is used during 'Develop Project Charter' to gather expert opinions from subject matter experts?
- Facilitation
- Data analysis
- Expert judgment (Correct answer)
- Meetings
Correct answer: Expert judgment
Expert judgment is the primary technique used in Develop Project Charter to leverage specialized knowledge when creating the charter.
Question 6: A project manager notices that actual costs are consistently higher than planned. Which document should be reviewed to understand the approved cost baseline?
- Project charter
- Cost management plan
- Project budget (cost baseline) (Correct answer)
- Resource management plan
Correct answer: Project budget (cost baseline)
The cost baseline is the approved version of the time-phased budget against which actual costs are measured.
Question 7: In Perform Integrated Change Control, who is ultimately responsible for approving or rejecting changes?
- The project manager alone
- The change control board (CCB) or designated authority (Correct answer)
- The project sponsor only
- The project team through consensus
Correct answer: The change control board (CCB) or designated authority
The Change Control Board (CCB), or another designated authority defined in the change management plan, makes final decisions on change requests.
CAPM Project Integration Management 3
During the 'Close Project or Phase' process, which action ensures organizational learning is captured?