CAPM Roles, Leadership and Emotional Intelligence Practice Questions

The third fundamentals task tests who does what on a project: the sponsor, the project manager and the team, the many roles a project manager plays, leadership versus management, and emotional intelligence. 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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  • 30 original roles and leadership questions, every option explained
  • Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts (36% of the exam)
  • ECO tasks: I-3 Demonstrate an understanding of project roles and responsibilities
Free sample · Question 1 of 3Fundamentals · Roles and leadership

In a projectized organization, what usually happens to team members when a project ends?

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What our roles and leadership questions cover

  • What the sponsor does compared with the project manager and the project team
  • The project manager’s roles: initiator, negotiator, listener, coach, working member and facilitator
  • Leadership versus management; leadership styles such as servant leadership
  • Emotional intelligence: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness and relationship management
  • Organizational structures (functional, matrix, projectized) and the project manager’s authority
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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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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 roles and leadership drill

Ideas the questions test most

  1. The sponsor provides funding and resources, champions the project, issues the charter and makes decisions above the project manager’s authority. The project manager leads the team to deliver the objectives.
  2. Management is about directing people and processes to reach objectives; leadership is about guiding, motivating and influencing people through vision and trust. A project manager needs both.
  3. Emotional intelligence is the ability to recognize and manage your own emotions and to read and respond to other people’s. It underpins conflict handling, negotiation and team motivation.
  4. In a functional organization the functional manager controls resources and the project manager has little authority; in a projectized organization the project manager has the most; matrix organizations sit in between.

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Common questions

What is the difference between a project sponsor and a project manager?

The sponsor funds and champions the project, issues the charter, approves major changes and removes obstacles above the project manager’s level. The project manager plans and leads the day-to-day work and the team to deliver the objectives.

What is emotional intelligence in project management?

The ability to understand and manage your own emotions and to recognize and influence other people’s. On the CAPM exam it shows up in questions about motivating a team, handling conflict and communicating with stakeholders.

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 roles and leadership 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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