CAPM Meetings and Problem-Solving Tools Practice Questions

The last fundamentals task covers common problem-solving tools and techniques: what makes a meeting effective, when to use a focus group, a standup or a brainstorming session, and how teams find root causes and make decisions. Practice original questions with an explanation for every option.

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150 questions on the real 3-hour clock, weighted to PMI’s four domains, with the optional break after question 75, a score by domain and topic, and an explanation for every option.

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  • 29 original meetings and tools questions, every option explained
  • Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts (36% of the exam)
  • ECO tasks: I-5 Demonstrate an understanding of common problem-solving tools and techniques
Free sample · Question 1 of 3Fundamentals · Meetings and tools

At the end of an iteration, the team meets to discuss what went well, what did not and what to change in how they work. What meeting is this?

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What our meetings and tools questions cover

  • Evaluating whether a meeting was effective: agenda, timebox, right attendees, decisions and action items
  • The purpose of focus groups, standup meetings, brainstorming, workshops and retrospectives
  • Root cause analysis: cause-and-effect (fishbone) diagrams and the five whys
  • Decision making: voting, multivoting, multicriteria analysis and autocratic decisions
  • Data tools such as Pareto charts, checklists and affinity diagrams
Line drawing of a whiteboard with a fishbone diagram of blank boxes, and a timer, sticky notes and a marker on the table

This list is our own summary of the tasks, written for practice. PMI publishes the full task statements and enablers in the CAPM Examination Content Outline.

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150 questions on the real 3-hour clock, weighted to PMI’s four domains, with the optional break after question 75, a score by domain and topic, and an explanation for every option.

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Ideas the questions test most

  1. An effective meeting has a clear purpose and agenda, only the people needed, a timebox, and ends with recorded decisions and action items with owners.
  2. A daily standup is a short timeboxed meeting where team members share progress, plans and impediments; problems raised are solved afterward by the people involved.
  3. Brainstorming generates many ideas quickly without judging them; an affinity diagram then groups the ideas into themes.
  4. A cause-and-effect (Ishikawa or fishbone) diagram and the five whys look for root causes; a Pareto chart ranks causes so the team tackles the few that cause most problems.

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Common questions

What is the difference between a focus group and brainstorming?

A focus group brings prequalified stakeholders or subject matter experts together with a moderator to learn their expectations and attitudes about a product or idea. Brainstorming asks a group to generate as many ideas or options as possible, without judging them, to solve a problem.

What happens in a daily standup?

Each team member briefly says what they finished, what they will do next and what is blocking them. It is timeboxed, usually to 15 minutes, and it is for coordination, not for solving problems or reporting status to managers.

Take the full timed CAPM practice exam

150 questions on the real 3-hour clock, weighted to PMI’s four domains, with the optional break after question 75, a score by domain and topic, and an explanation for every option.

Or try the free meetings and tools drill

More CAPM topics

Domains, tasks and exam format: PMI: Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)® Examination Content Outline, 2023 Exam Update · PMI: CAPM certification page (exam length, time, domains, eligibility, retakes), checked November 2026.

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