Change Management Exam Prep (APMG Foundation style)
The APMG Change Management Foundation exam has 50 multiple-choice questions, 40 minutes, a pass mark of 50% and no reference material. Practise each of the five syllabus areas, then take the timed mock exam under exam conditions.
Organizational Context & Approach
How the organization shapes a change: ADKAR®, Force Field Analysis, co-design, Kelman's levels of adoption, benefits, complexity, planned vs emergent change, systems thinking, culture and Kotter's 8 steps and accelerators.
People & Change
How people experience change: SCARF, mindsets, motivation (reinforcement, Herzberg, Pink), personality, the change curve, Bridges' transitions, Appreciative Inquiry, the change formula, Schein's anxieties and learning models.
Change Leadership & Teams
The roles that make change happen — sponsors, change managers, change agents and line leaders — plus change agent networks, Tuckman's stages, psychological safety, culture-shaping, Lencioni's five dysfunctions and team diversity.
Stakeholders & Communication
Identifying, mapping and engaging stakeholders (power and interest, bases of power, know–feel–do), the communication model, cognitive biases, hearts-and-minds messaging, VARK, channel richness and communication planning.
The Work of the Change Manager
The day-to-day practice: resistance as information, Oreg and Kanter, managing resistance, change impact assessment and 7-S, readiness and adoption measures, critical mass and diffusion of innovations, and conflict modes.
Mock Exam — 50 questions, 40 minutes
A timed practice exam under Foundation conditions: 50 questions drawn at random from the full bank, 10 per syllabus area, 40 minutes, pass mark 50%. Every attempt is a new draw.
This practice exam is written in the style of the APMG International Change Management Foundation exam. All questions are original and based on the publicly available syllabus. They are not official exam questions, and this resource is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by APMG International or the Change Management Institute. Passing this practice exam does not guarantee a result in the official exam.
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