APM-PMQ APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) Exam Questions and Answers

You have been appointed as project manager on a transformation project which is looking to improve the recruitment process for a large engineering company. The project has a clearly defined scope, as well as clear milestones and timescales. A hybrid life cycle is being used for this project.

State a total of five features from both linear and iterative life cycles and describe why you recommend incorporating each one in this scenario.

You are a project manager taking over a project that’s in the definition phase. The project sponsor asks you to prepare for an upcoming budget review as they have concerns regarding the lack of cost control shown by the project to date.

Which of the following actions would best improve the project sponsor's confidence in how you will control costs?

Structure is the most common temporary structure used to manage projects. This allows the balance of authority between the functional line manager and the project manager. In a permanent structure, allocated tasks will match an individual’s capability so may be more repetitive and less varied.

Which of the following are not typical responses to risks?

Complete root cause analysis to understand why the situation has occurred.

Reduce the probability of the threat occurring or the impact on the project.

Change objectives or practices to change the cause of the threat so it can no longer occur.

There are no acceptable or viable approaches to take to avoid or reduce, so the threat and any residual risk must be managed.

Prepare a risk management plan to document the risk and give it to your sponsor.

Pass the responsibility for bearing the impact of the threat from one party to another.

You are managing a large UK-based team to design and build a multi-billion dollar railway in the Middle East. You have completed a stakeholder analysis and identified a diverse range of stakeholders, each with differing levels of power and interest in the project.

Describe the engagement approach you would take with both of these stakeholder groups and why you would take that approach.

Identify one of the five steps of a benefits management plan and state one action you would take to apply it to ensure the successful realization of project benefits.

You are managing a construction project aimed at developing a new eco-friendly office building. You are tasked with ensuring that sustainability measures are effectively monitored and reported.

At which point in the project life cycle should you implement sustainability measures?

You are in the design phase of a project to deliver offices on a newly acquired plot of land. You have now completed extra surveys and discovered that the ground conditions are a lot softer than expected, meaning the design and delivery will be far more complex and costly. You did not account for this in your risk register.

Which of the following statements about the project business case is true?

Which of the following statements best describes the purpose of an integrated project management plan?