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About the APM PMQ Exam
CertCrush helps you prepare with free APM PMQ practice questions, timed practice tests and full mock exams with a clear explanation for every answer.
Exam Domains Covered
- Setting up for success18%
- Preparing for change18%
- People and behaviours30%
- Planning and managing deployment34%
Sample Practice Questions
The following questions are a preview of the type of syllabus-aligned questions you will practise in CertCrush. They reflect the format and reasoning style of the APM PMQ exam, not actual exam content.
Q1.A project manager is advising on life cycle choice for a programme running in a highly hierarchical, risk-averse organisation with strong stage-gate governance, but the product itself has uncertain user requirements. What is the BEST recommendation?
- A.Adopt a fully linear life cycle so delivery matches the organisation's existing stage-gate culture
- B.Adopt a fully iterative life cycle and ask the board to relax its stage-gate governance
- C.Adopt a hybrid life cycle that applies stage-gate governance around iterative delivery
- D.Defer the life cycle decision until the user requirements are better understood
Domain: Setting up for success
Q2.A supplier is about to deliver materials that do not meet the contractual specification. The supplier argues the materials are close enough. The project manager insists on full compliance and escalates to the supplier's account manager. Which Thomas-Kilmann mode does this BEST illustrate?
- A.Competing
- B.Compromising
- C.Collaborating
- D.Avoiding
Domain: People and behaviours
Q3.Which TWO of the following are reasons a project might choose to keep a work package in-house rather than procure externally? (Choose TWO.)
- A.The capability is a core competence of the organisation
- B.Internal skills and capacity are available
- C.The project wants to transfer delivery risk to a supplier
- D.An external supplier has existing capacity that can deliver faster
- E.The project wants a fixed price contract
Domain: Preparing for change
Q4.A charity wants to release an early, minimal version of a new volunteer app to test whether volunteers will engage with it before committing to full development. Which concept applies?
- A.Minimum Marketable Product (MMP)
- B.Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
- C.Full product backlog
- D.Must-have requirement set
Domain: Planning and managing deployment
Q5.A cross-departmental project is running in a traditional functional organisation. The project manager has no formal authority over staff in other departments. Which governance action is MOST likely to address this?
- A.Increase the project manager's delegated financial authority across all supplying departments
- B.Ask functional managers to reassign their staff permanently into the project team
- C.Establish a steering group with senior representatives from each affected department
- D.Escalate each individual resourcing conflict to the sponsor as and when it arises
Domain: Setting up for success
Q6.A project manager observes a serious breach of safety regulations on site and internal channels have failed to address it. They raise the concern with an external regulator in the public interest. This is BEST described as:
- A.Internal escalation to the sponsor
- B.A formal written grievance procedure
- C.Breach of professional confidence
- D.Whistleblowing in the public interest
Domain: People and behaviours
Q7.Which TWO of the following activities occur during the tracking stage of the benefits management life cycle? (Choose TWO.)
- A.Comparing actual progress against the benefits plan
- B.Defining new benefits for the first time
- C.Conducting regular benefits reviews
- D.Issuing an invitation to tender
- E.Signing the project closure report
Domain: Preparing for change
Q8.A project team decides to include the 'best' team members on a critical activity to ensure a desirable event delivers maximum benefit. This is BEST described as which opportunity response?
- A.Exploit
- B.Enhance
- C.Share
- D.Reject
Domain: Planning and managing deployment
Q9.A project manager is running an iterative project in an organisation that normally uses stage gates. The sponsor asks how financial governance should be handled. What is the BEST response?
- A.Apply a full linear stage gate review at the end of every sprint before any further funding can be released
- B.Remove interim financial controls so that iterative delivery is not slowed by governance
- C.Delegate all financial decisions to the project team for the full duration of the project
- D.Base financial governance on time and capacity with regular steering group check-ins at agreed intervals
Domain: Setting up for success
Q10.A chief executive has significant authority over project funding but has shown little engagement with project activities to date. Using Mendelow's matrix, which engagement strategy is MOST appropriate?
- A.Manage closely
- B.Monitor with minimal effort
- C.Keep informed
- D.Keep satisfied
Domain: People and behaviours
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How many questions are in the full APM PMQ course?
The full APM PMQ course includes 350 practice questions, covering all 4 exam domains. Every question carries a full explanation for the right answer and the wrong ones.
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Which domains does the APM PMQ course cover?
The course covers 4 exam domains: Setting up for success, Preparing for change, People and behaviours, Planning and managing deployment.
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