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About the CAPM - Certified Associate in Project Management exam
Practice for PMI's Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM), the entry-level project management credential. Covers all four domains of the current exam content outline: project management fundamentals, predictive plan-based methodologies, agile frameworks, and business analysis.
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Sample questions
180 min
Exam time limit
70%
Passing score
$300
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The Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) is PMI's entry-level credential, and since the 2023 exam content outline it covers far more ground than most people expect. The exam no longer tests a single way of working. It spans four domains: project management fundamentals and core concepts at 36 percent, predictive plan-based methodologies at 17 percent, agile frameworks and methodologies at 20 percent, and business analysis frameworks at 27 percent. That last figure surprises candidates most - more than a quarter of the exam is business analysis, a subject the older CAPM barely touched. CAPM is aimed at people who work on projects but have not yet accumulated the experience PMP demands. Coordinators, analysts, junior PMs, engineers and graduates all use it to prove they understand the vocabulary and the mechanics before they have led a project themselves. The eligibility bar is deliberately low: a secondary degree and 23 contact hours of formal project management education, with no requirement to have run anything. The exam itself is 150 questions in three hours, of which 135 are scored. PMI does not publish a pass mark, and it does not report a percentage. You get a performance rating per domain instead, which means a weak area cannot be quietly averaged away by a strong one. The questions are situational rather than definitional - you are shown a scenario and asked what a project professional should do next, which is why memorising a glossary is not enough on its own.
Exam Domains Covered
Exam Format & Details
150 questions (135 scored, 15 unscored pretest) in 180 minutes, with one 10-minute break after question 75. Delivered at Pearson VUE test centres or via online proctoring. Question formats include standard multiple choice, drag-and-drop matching, and hotspot point-and-click items, with some scenarios presented as comic strips or short animations. PMI does not publish a percentage pass mark - results are scored psychometrically and reported per domain as Above Target, Target, Needs Improvement or Below Target. Exam fee is USD 225 for PMI members and USD 300 for non-members. Eligibility requires a secondary degree plus 23 contact hours of formal project management education.
Why Practice Questions Matter
CAPM questions are scenario-driven, so the gap between recognising a term and choosing the right next action is where most candidates lose marks. Working through a large bank trains the judgement the exam actually measures: spotting whether a scenario is predictive or agile, knowing which artefact or role owns a decision, and reading business analysis questions correctly when they make up 27 percent of your score. Because PMI reports results per domain rather than as one percentage, practising to a weighted distribution matters - a weak domain shows up on its own line. Timed practice also builds the pace you need for 150 questions in 180 minutes.
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 CAPM - Certified Associate in Project Management exam — not actual exam content.
Q1.An internal services team spends two weeks redesigning a single expense claim form, delivering a new version that replaces the old one. A manager says the effort is far too small to be treated as a project. How should the project professional respond?
- A.It qualifies as a project because it is temporary and produces a unique result, regardless of its small size
- B.It is operations, because form maintenance falls under ongoing administrative support
- C.It qualifies as a project only if it exceeds a minimum budget or duration threshold
- D.It is neither, because two weeks is too short to establish a defined start and end
Domain: Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts
Q2.A candidate is preparing for the CAPM using older material organized entirely around five process groups and ten knowledge areas. What should the candidate conclude about that material?
- A.The activities it describes are still real, but the exam is now organized around four domains rather than process groups
- B.The material is factually incorrect and its content should be discarded entirely
- C.The material is fully current, since process groups remain the backbone of the exam outline
- D.The material applies only to the PMP, which still uses process groups as its structure
Domain: Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts
Q3.A competing agency working the same website brief ships a finished homepage in week one, adds a finished product catalog page in week two that plugs into what already exists, and adds a finished checkout flow in week three. Nothing already delivered is redone. Which life cycle is this?
- A.Incremental
- B.Iterative
- C.Predictive with phased delivery
- D.Hybrid
Domain: Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts
Q4.An exam-style scenario describes a team working in short cycles with frequent customer feedback and calls the effort agile, without naming Scrum, Kanban, or any specific framework. How should the candidate interpret the question?
- A.Treat it as a general adaptive-approach question rather than one requiring framework-specific vocabulary
- B.Assume Scrum is intended and select the answer using sprint and role terminology
- C.Assume the scenario is flawed, since agile and adaptive are unrelated concepts
- D.Treat it as a hybrid question, since no specific framework was named
Domain: Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts
Q5.A newly appointed project manager on a pharmaceutical packaging initiative is drafting her list of core responsibilities. Which of the following belong on that list? Choose three.
- A.Defining and clarifying scope so the team knows what is in and what is out
- B.Identifying and managing risk so problems are anticipated rather than only reacted to
- C.Making trade-off decisions visible when scope, schedule, cost, and quality conflict
- D.Personally performing the specialist technical work on the most critical deliverable
- E.Approving the organization's annual operating budget
Domain: Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts
Frequently Asked Questions
What is included in the free CAPM - Certified Associate in Project Management sample?
The free sample includes 10 syllabus-aligned practice questions, sample flashcards, and a preview chapter from the study guide. No account or payment is required to try the sample.
How many questions are in the full CAPM - Certified Associate in Project Management course?
The full course includes a comprehensive question bank covering all exam domains. You can see the total question count on the CAPM - Certified Associate in Project Management course page.
Are these official PMI exam questions?
No. CertCrush questions are independently written and syllabus-aligned — they mirror the format, difficulty, and reasoning style of the official exam. We are not affiliated with or endorsed by PMI.
Which domains does the CAPM - Certified Associate in Project Management course cover?
The course covers 4 exam domains: Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts, Predictive, Plan-Based Methodologies, Agile Frameworks/Methodologies, Business Analysis Frameworks.
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