capm practice test Advanced Practice Exam: Hard Questions 2025

Midway through execution, a project discovers that a key supplier will miss a regulatory certification deadline, making their component unusable for the planned release. The sponsor insists the go-live date cannot move. Several internal teams propose parallel workarounds, but the project has limited contingency reserves and tight integration sequencing. What should the project manager do NEXT to make the most defensible decision?

A project team is experiencing recurring defects during acceptance testing. A Pareto chart shows 80% of defects come from two modules. A cause-and-effect analysis suggests unclear interface specifications between modules owned by different departments. The schedule baseline is at risk, and stakeholders are pressuring the team to "test harder." What is the BEST action to address the root issue while aligning with quality management best practices?

A program steering committee asks a project manager to provide "one metric" to represent overall project health across scope, schedule, and cost for a large predictive project. The project is 60% complete. EV = $1.2M, AC = $1.5M, PV = $1.4M. Which metric and interpretation BEST meet the request?

A predictive project has a formally baselined schedule and cost. During execution, a subject matter expert (SME) proposes a design simplification that reduces long-term maintenance cost but introduces a short-term schedule slip and requires changes to approved requirements. The benefits are real but not in the current business case. What is the MOST appropriate approach?

A construction project uses a fixed-price contract for specialized equipment. The seller notifies the buyer of an unforeseen import restriction and requests a contract modification to cover added compliance work. The buyer’s procurement team says, "Just approve it; we need the equipment." What should the project manager do to protect the project while maintaining procurement integrity?

An agile team is delivering a customer portal. During Sprint 3, a major stakeholder insists on adding a new compliance requirement that affects multiple user stories already completed. The Product Owner believes it is mandatory, but the team warns it will destabilize the increment. What is the BEST way to handle this while preserving agility and product integrity?

A distributed agile team is struggling with frequent production defects. Retrospectives identify that stories often pass acceptance criteria but still fail in integration. There is pressure to add a separate QA phase at the end of each release. What is the MOST effective agile-aligned improvement?

A business analyst (BA) is eliciting requirements for a claims-processing system. Executives state a goal: "Reduce claim cycle time by 30%." Operations staff insist on detailed feature requests, many of which conflict. The sponsor wants a scope baseline quickly. What should the BA do FIRST to reduce the risk of building the wrong solution?

During requirements validation, users accept a set of documented requirements, but later state the delivered workflow is "unusable." Investigation shows the requirements were correct individually, but key end-to-end scenarios were never analyzed. Which BA technique would have MOST effectively prevented this gap?

A project is replacing a legacy billing system. Stakeholders disagree on whether to migrate 10 years of historical data. Finance wants full history for audits; Sales only needs 18 months for customer inquiries; IT warns that full migration threatens schedule and increases data-quality risk. What is the BEST approach for the BA/PM team to reach a decision consistent with good analysis and governance?