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PMI CAPM Exam (page: 3)
PMI Certified Associate in Project Management (-100)
Updated on: 25-Dec-2025

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CAPM PDF 1305 Questions

Which input to the Manage Stakeholder Engagement process is used to document changes that occur during the project?

  1. Issue log
  2. Change log
  3. Expert judgment
  4. Change requests

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

4.5.3.2 Change Log
A change log is used to document changes that occur during a project. These changes and their impact to the project in terms of time, cost, and risk, are communicated to the appropriate stakeholders. Rejected change requests are also captured in the change log.

13.3 Manage Stakeholder Engagement
Definition: The process of communicating and working with stakeholders to meet their needs/expectations, address issues as they occur, and foster appropriate stakeholder engagement in project activities throughout the project life cycle.
Key Benefit: The key benefit of this process is that it allows the project manager to increase support and minimize resistance from stakeholders, significantly increasing the chances to achieve project success.

Inputs
1. Stakeholder management plan
2. Communications management plan
3. Change log
4. Organizational process assets

Tools & Techniques
1. Communication methods
2. Interpersonal skills
3. Management skills

Outputs
1. Issue log
2. Change requests
3. Project management plan updates
4. Project documents updates
5. Organizational process assets updates



An input to the Plan Stakeholder Management process is:

  1. The project charter.
  2. The stakeholder analysis.
  3. A communication management plan.
  4. A stakeholder register.

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

13.2 Plan Stakeholder Management
Definition: Stakeholder Management is the process of developing appropriate management strategies to effectively engage stakeholders throughout the project life cycle, based on the analysis of their needs, interests, and potential impact on project success.
Key Benefit: The key benefit of this process is that it provides a clear, actionable plan to interact with project stakeholders to support the project’s interests.

Inputs
1. Project management plan
2. Stakeholder register
3. Enterprise environmental factors
4. Organizational process assets
Tools & Techniques
1. Expert judgment
2. Meetings
3. Analytical techniques
Outputs
Stakeholder management plan Project documents updates

5.2.1.5 Stakeholder Register
Described in Section 13.1.3.1. The stakeholder register is used to identify stakeholders who can provide information on the requirements. The stakeholder register also captures major requirements and main expectations stakeholders may have for the project.

13.1.3.1 Stakeholder Register
The main output of the Identify Stakeholders process is the stakeholder register. This contains all details related to the identified stakeholders including, but not limited to:
Identification information. Name, organizational position, location, role in the project, contact information;
Assessment information. Major requirements, main expectations, potential influence in the project, phase in the life cycle with the most interest; and
Stakeholder classification. Internal/external, supporter/neutral/resistor, etc.

The stakeholder register should be consulted and updated on a regular basis, as stakeholders may change— or new ones identified—throughout the life cycle of the project.



An input to the Plan Cost Management process is:

  1. Cost estimates
  2. Resource calendars
  3. The project charter
  4. The risk register

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

4.1.3.1 Project Charter
The project charter is the document issued by the project initiator or sponsor that formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides the project manager with the authority to apply organizational resources to project activities. It documents the business needs, assumptions, constraints, the understanding of the customer’s needs and high-level requirements, and the new product, service, or result that it is intended to satisfy, such as:
Project purpose or justification,
Measurable project objectives and related success criteria, High-level requirements,
Assumptions and constraints,
High-level project description and boundaries, High-level risks,
Summary milestone schedule, Summary budget,

Stakeholder list,
Project approval requirements (i.e., what constitutes project success, who decides the project is successful, and who signs off on the project),
Assigned project manager, responsibility, and authority level, and
Name and authority of the sponsor or other person(s) authorizing the project charter.

Process: 7.1 Plan Cost Management
Definition: The process that establishes the policies, procedures, and documentation for planning, managing, expending, and controlling project costs.
Key Benefit: The key benefit of this process is that it provides guidance and direction on how the project costs will be managed throughout the project.

Inputs
1. Project management plan
2. Project charter
3. Enterprise environmental factors
4. Organizational process assets

Tools & Techniques
1. Expert judgment
2. Analytical techniques
3. Meetings

Outputs
Cost management plan



A technique used to determine the cause and degree of difference between baseline and actual performance is:

  1. Product analysis.
  2. Variance analysis.
  3. Document analysis.
  4. Decomposition.

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

5.6.2.1 Variance Analysis
Variance analysis is a technique for determining the cause and degree of difference between the baseline and actual performance. Project performance measurements are used to assess the magnitude of variation from the original scope baseline. Important aspects of project scope control include determining the cause and degree of variance relative to the scope baseline (Section 5.4.3.1) and deciding whether corrective or preventive action is required.



The process of identifying and documenting project roles, responsibilities, required skills, and reporting relationships and creating a staffing management plan is known as:

  1. Develop Project Team.
  2. Manage Project Team.
  3. Acquire Project Team.
  4. Plan Human Resource Management.

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

Process: 9.1 Plan Human Resource Management
Definition: The process of identifying and documenting project roles, responsibilities, required skills, reporting relationships, and creating a staffing management plan.
Key Benefit: The key benefit of this process is that it establishes project roles and responsibilities, project organization charts, and the staffing management plan including the timetable for staff acquisition and release.

Inputs
1. Project management plan
2. Activity resource requirements
3. Enterprise environmental factors
4. Organizational process assets

Tools & Techniques
1. Organization charts and position descriptions
2. Networking
3. Organizational theory
4. Expert judgment
5. Meetings

Outputs
Human resource management plan



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