PMP Topic 7
Question #: 601
Topic #: 1
A Scrum team has committed to delivering a specific capability in their first release. Multiple operational issues have prevented the developer from delivering key capabilities. The technical lead has also given notice that they are resigning from the company.
What should the project manager have the Scrum team do to recover from these issues?
A. Review constraints in the ongoing sprint planning and evaluate options for the release plan
B. Stop the sprint and replan and prioritize the backlog to reduce resource levels
C. Consult the resource management plan for an appropriate response
D. Continue with existing sprint plans to ensure some of the scope will be delivered
Selected Answer: A
Question #: 602
Topic #: 1
A project manager is leading a large-scale project that involves 70 stakeholders. The project manager has heard various comments and expectations from the customers, some of which are contradictory. Consequently, some requirements are not clear.
What should the project manager do to build consensus regarding the requirements?
A. Escalate the issue to the management team for their review and guidance
B. Create a survey template to collect feedback from stakeholders to reach an agreement
C. Organize a face-to-face meeting with all stakeholders to understand their interests and concerns
D. Leverage expert judgment to determine the requirements that should be considered
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 603
Topic #: 1
A project manager has been asked to lead a project. The performing organization does not have a project management office (PMO) or formal governance policies procedures, and guidelines for this type of project.
What should the project manager do first to determine a governance approach for the project?
A. Consult a subject matter expert (SME) as to the best governance policies, procedures, and guidelines to be used by the project
B. Consult with team members and stakeholders to determine whether the organization has any informal governance policies procedures, and guidelines
C. Choose either a predictive or agile framework best suited to the nature of the project, and use this framework as the basis for project governance policies, procedures, and guidelines
D. Coach the self-managing team to produce tailored governance policies, procedures and guidelines for the project
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 604
Topic #: 1
A key project stakeholder who was a big supporter and motivator for the project team is leaving the organization. The project team is experiencing low morale and poor teamwork.
What should the project manager do to improve morale?
A. Identify the wants and aspirations of the team
B. Build team connections and emotional bonds
C. Forge consensus through team participation
D. Set goals and push the team to achieve the goals
Selected Answer: A
Question #: 605
Topic #: 1
DRAG DROP –
Drag the characteristics of the stage on the left to the correct Tuckman Ladder stage on the right.
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Question #: 606
Topic #: 1
A project manager is appointed for the deployment of a new solution. The solution will be integrated into the environment by a third-party vendor. This vendor just announced a delay in delivering a key component, which will impact the project schedule.
What should the project manager do?
A. Ask for expedited delivery of the component to mitigate the risk of schedule delays
B. Ensure that relevant stakeholders and expectations are identified and assess the component delay
C. Perform a detailed analysis of the release content for each component of the solution
D. Propose a new design of the solution maw the external component with an internal one
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 607
Topic #: 1
DRAG DROP –
Drag the communication event on the left to the main subject discussed during the event on the right.
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Question #: 608
Topic #: 1
DRAG DROP –
A hospital is running a project for one of their internal critical systems to manage billing, patient data, and record management along with consultation reports and input from physicians. The project manager now needs to categorize the identified risks.
Drag each risk type on the left to its correct example on the right.
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Question #: 609
Topic #: 1
DRAG DROP –
The project manager is having difficulty communicating with one of the team members. The team member recently attended a training course and has been training other team members in a new agile technique. However, sometimes the team member is forceful in pushing ideas even if other team members are uncomfortable.
What personality indicators should the project manager consider when determining what communication style to use with this team member?
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Question #: 610
Topic #: 1
DRAG DROP –
An experienced project manager is overseeing a merger and acquisition project. The project manager reacted differently to different threats identified on the project.
Drag the mitigation strategy on the left to the project manager’s actions on the night.
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Question #: 611
Topic #: 1
A project manager and protect team are developing a strategic approach to engage the internal and external stakeholders.
Which approach should be followed?
A. Analyze both internal and external stakeholders and develop a customized engagement strategy for each stakeholder
B. Schedule status meetings with all stakeholders to allow their participation in all project discussions and reports
C. Classify all high-risk stakeholders and request that the protect sponsor communicate directly with them
D. Involve only the internal stakeholders as the external stakeholders should not have access to confidential information
Selected Answer: A
Question #: 612
Topic #: 1
A distributed protect team wants to use the common ground principle to ensure that they have a common understanding of the scope. The team asks the protect lead to set up a workshop.
What should the project lead do?
A. Ask the senior members of the development team to elaborate on the scope in detail
B. Invite participants to the workshop with sufficient lead time to prepare
C. Reduce the number of participants to ensure that consensus is reached easier
D. Provide the participants with specific instructions and sot the expectations
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 613
Topic #: 1
DRAG DROP –
A project manager for a government organization often deals with stakeholder engagement issues. Drag the interpersonal skill the project manager should use on the left to the correct situation on the right.
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Question #: 614
Topic #: 1
DRAG DROP –
An agile team is geographically separated across multiple continents, and the project manager is in the process of identifying the tools to manage the communication among the virtual teams.
Drag the appropriate tool on the left to each protect task on the right.
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Question #: 615
Topic #: 1
A client mentioned that in the past 2 months, they have not been invoiced for completed work. The client has communicated that they will release the funds for other activities it the invoices are not sent.
What should the project manager do next?
A. Work with the client and agree on a schedule to provide them with the invoices
B. Reach out to the billing team and instruct them to issue the invoices immediately
C. Review the previous billing information and prepare a corrective action plan
D. Communicate and inform the client to go ahead and release the funds
Selected Answer: A
Question #: 616
Topic #: 1
HOTSPOT –
A project manager receives an update that the development flow is not going well. Some team members cannot start their work because the delivery is late.
Looking at the Kanban board and the work in progress (WIP) lines, the project manager observes a bottleneck.
Click the title of the queue in the Kanban board below that requires additional resources to relieve the bottleneck.
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Question #: 617
Topic #: 1
Midway through the execution of an agile protect there is a shift in the strategic objectives at the organization level to promote digital transformation.
What should the project manager do next?
A. Schedule a meeting with the team to assess the impact of the change
B. Escalate to the product owner and cancel the upcoming iterations
C. Prepare a user story to handle the change and assign it to the next iteration
D. Update the risk-prioritized backlog with the strategic change
Selected Answer: A
Question #: 618
Topic #: 1
DRAG DROP –
Drag the items on left side to the matching term within the correct project approach on the right side.
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Question #: 619
Topic #: 1
A project manager is assigned to a project that will improve the business operations for a trading firm. The project team has just completed the discovery phase and needs to make a presentation to the business team in 4 weeks to showcase the feasibility of the solution.
How should the project manager advise the team to proceed?
A. Develop a conceptual framework.
B. Develop a request for proposal (RFP).
C. Develop a prototype.
D. Develop a minimum viable product (MVP).
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 620
Topic #: 1
Project reviews are done regularly in a project. The team has encountered a critical technical issue that will be discussed in the next project review.
Who should the project manager invite to the review for an effective decision on the way forward?
A. Internal team
B. Project team
C. Management team
D. End user team
Selected Answer: A
Question #: 621
Topic #: 1
A project manager is initiating an agile project for which some external components will be delivered by vendors. One of the vendors, however, will be unable to deliver its component in an incremental, collaborative way.
How should the project manager handle this situation?
A. Submit a request to the project sponsor to have the vendor replaced with a vendor who can work following an agile approach.
B. Ask the project management office (PMO) to abandon using an agile approach on the project to accommodate the vendor.
C. Have the vendor deliver the component using another approach, then integrate it into the project without changing the overall agile approach.
D. Ask the product owner to move the component to the product backlog to be addressed after the work using an agile approach has been completed.
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 622
Topic #: 1
A project manager is leading a team that is geographically dispersed. The team needs to collaborate and finalize the monthly reports. Occasionally, meetings occur during the weekends due to the time differences. Team members have expressed that they do not want to work on the weekends.
What should the project manager do?
A. Take over the activity and deliver the reports whenever work is required on a weekend.
B. Avoid reporting during the months that team members would need to work on the weekend.
C. Remind the team members of their governance responsibilities documented in the team charter.
D. Communicate to the project stakeholders that the reports will be delayed certain months of the year.
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 623
Topic #: 1
A critical deliverable for the current iteration is giving the team difficulties. Functionality and quality issues are constantly emerging and delaying iteration progress.
The project manager listens to the team’s concerns and discovered that the work is not being well coordinated among the team members.
Which two actions should the project manager take to handle this situation? (Choose two.)
A. Develop a team performance report to discuss in the next retrospective meeting.
B. Provide dear instructions on how the work should flow among the team members.
C. Schedule an iteration backlog refinement meeting to understand the issues.
D. Set up one-on-one meetings to provide feedback to the team members.
E. Prioritize the issues, focusing on the ones affecting the iteration goal.
Selected Answer: BE
Question #: 624
Topic #: 1
A project manager is managing a large project. During a review meeting, the project manager discovers that one of the team members who use to be a high performer was not able to complete their work on time.
What should the project manager do?
A. Talk to the team member to determine why their performance changed.
B. Talk to the team member’s manager to provide more training.
C. Talk to the team member and a human resources (HR) representative.
D. Talk to the project lead and ask them to allocate less demanding tasks.
Selected Answer: A
Question #: 625
Topic #: 1
An organization is initiating a project that will be using new technology. The complexity of the project requires excellent technical skills. After reviewing the proposed project management plan, the project sponsor asks for options to reduce the labor cost without introducing risk to the project delivery.
What should the project manager do first?
A. Review the risk register and assign functional managers as resources.
B. Perform an analysis of the key cost drivers and present alternatives.
C. Analyze the resource pool and assign internal resources who participated in past projects.
D. Review the work breakdown structure (WBS) to ensure there are adequate resources.
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 626
Topic #: 1
A project manager is using an agile approach. During the sprint planning meeting, the product owner flagged a backlog item as high business value and easy to implement. However, the other team members identified a high dependency between this item and another item that is flagged as low business value and high complexity.
What should the project manager do to support the backlog prioritization?
A. Support the team to move both items to the next sprint when the team will know more.
B. Prioritize the item flagged as high business value and low complexity for this sprint.
C. Facilitate the discussion until the team reaches an agreement about the two items.
D. Prioritize the item flagged as a dependency with low business value and high complexity.
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 627
Topic #: 1
A project manager meets with the development team to estimate the time required to complete a software application. The software developers are new to the company, and they have never developed a similar application.
Which estimation technique should the project manager recommend?
A. Analogous estimating
B. Parametric estimating
C. Planning poker
D. Three-point estimating
Selected Answer: D
Question #: 628
Topic #: 1
A project sponsor insists that the project scope for a new product launch should include two geographical locations. However, after the project scoping session was done, a project charter was completed and approved with one location only.
What should the project manager do?
A. Ask the sponsor to increase the budget and schedule of the project to accommodate the additional scope.
B. Assess the impact to the scope and submit a change request for approval of the two locations before including them in the scope of the project.
C. Discuss with the sponsor that the project scope is approved and it is not possible to include two locations as it will affect the budget.
D. Encourage the sponsor to start another project for the additional location so that the current project is not impacted.
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 629
Topic #: 1
A project is on its fifth iteration out of six. One member of the team has left the company unexpectedly.
What should the project manager do next?
A. Take on some of the necessary work to minimize the impact.
B. Invite the stakeholders to discuss a mitigation plan.
C. Detail the reason for the project delay in the status report.
D. Register an issue and escalate it to the project sponsor.
Selected Answer: A
Question #: 630
Topic #: 1
A construction company is executing a building contract that includes firm milestones for replacing certain components of the building. During execution, the client complains that the new components do not meet the requirements.
What should the project manager have done to prevent this from happening?
A. Continuously communicated the changes in the work plan and the agreement to the client
B. Defined acceptance criteria in a quality checklist agreed upon before starting the build phase
C. Provided compensation for issues due to the variance in the agreed-upon requirements
D. Approved a detailed change management process before starting the build phase
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 631
Topic #: 1
DRAG DROP –
A production team will soon begin their first agile project. No one in the team or management has agile knowledge. The training manager can only fund three enrollments.
Match the team role on the left to the correct training course on the right.
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Question #: 632
Topic #: 1
An agile team is in the early phases of the development cycle for a project; however, they have already begun to deliver functionality to the customer. The team has identified risks to the project and are working on developing the mitigation strategy.
What should the project manager do next?
A. Escalate the risk to the project sponsor and steering committee.
B. Implement the risk mitigation strategy according to the highest impact.
C. Incorporate and prioritize the risks in the risk register according to impact.
D. Determine if any of the new risks have any financial impact.
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 633
Topic #: 1
A project stakeholder complained that they did not receive an important delivery that was stated in the schedule. The team member responsible for this deliverable explained that they sent an email to the stakeholder, advising them that the deliverable would not be delivered on time.
What should the project manager have done to avoid this situation?
A. Confirmed that the stakeholder was made aware of the delivery delay.
B. Communicated with the stakeholder directly regarding the delivery delay.
C. Told the team member to send the unfinished deliverable to the stakeholder and finalize it later.
D. Ensured that the team member did not communicate directly with the project stakeholder.
Selected Answer: A
Question #: 634
Topic #: 1
After sending an on-site meeting invitation to seven people for the kick-off meeting of a project, a key stakeholder declines because they will be at another location for the rest of the month.
What should the project manager do?
A. Change the kick-off meeting to a virtual meeting so all can attend at the same time.
B. Hold the kick-off meeting with the rest of the stakeholders to avoid a delay in the project.
C. Reschedule the kick-off meeting for the following month so all can attend on-site.
D. Make arrangements for the stakeholder to join the kick-off meeting virtually.
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 635
Topic #: 1
At the end of a project, the project manager was asked to provide a performance rating of the project team members.
What should the project manager mainly make reference to?
A. Input from project stakeholders
B. Feedback from the project sponsor
C. Agreed-upon key performance indicators (KPIs)
D. Competencies of team members
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 636
Topic #: 1
A project manager prepared a project benefits management plan.
Which of the following should be included in this document?
A. Strategic alignment, benefits owner, risk register
B. Target benefits, benefits owner, lessons learned
C. Project requirements, target benefits, issue log, metrics
D. Target benefits, strategic alignment, time frame for realizing benefits
Selected Answer: D
Question #: 637
Topic #: 1
In a global project, the main definitions were developed in country A, and the delivery of the project will be completed in phases in countries B, C, and D. Country B discovers that one of the legal requirements was not addressed.
What should the project manager have done to avoid this situation?
A. Managed risk mitigation strategies specific to each country.
B. Asked procurement to assign resources located in each country.
C. Selected countries that had similar regulatory requirements.
D. Identified the regulatory differences among the countries.
Selected Answer: D
Question #: 638
Topic #: 1
In a frequently changing project, the project manager discovers a customer requirement change during a daily meeting. What should the project manager do?
A. Escalate to management for approval since the change was not included in the original requirements.
B. Tell the customer that the requirement change will be put into the next project phase if management approves.
C. Give the change to the scrum master to investigate how much additional effort the change will require.
D. Validate the requirement change with the product owner and development team before redefining the scope.
Selected Answer: D
Question #: 639
Topic #: 1
A customer is concerned with the quality of the product delivery, as the production deployment is approaching. What should the project manager do next to ensure acceptance of the deliverables?
A. Verify the production budget before advancing the product.
B. Evaluate the quality checklist for product compliance.
C. Review the approved exit criteria for the product.
D. Test product integration in accordance with the requirements.
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 640
Topic #: 1
A hybrid project has just deployed, and the project manager is planning project closure with lessons learned workshops. A key stakeholder informs the project manager that having the Scrum team in the workshops is a waste of time because the project was delivered successfully.
What should the project manager do?
A. Invite the Scrum team members as optional participants.
B. Ask the Scrum team members to share retrospectives.
C. Invite the Scrum team members as mandatory participants.
D. Ask the scrum master to attend the workshops.
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 641
Topic #: 1
An agile project for a database migration impacts nearly all business units of the corporation. Every effort has been made to complete the migration before the end-of-support date for the database platform. A new impediment now implies the need to continue use of the old platform another year at a higher support price.
What should the product owner do about this situation?
A. Reprioritize the backlog based on value and cost of delay divided by duration.
B. Switch to a predictive approach to prevent any further delays to completion.
C. Reprioritize the backlog based on story size and competence availability.
D. Remove low-value items from the backlog to compensate for the higher cost.
Selected Answer: A
Question #: 642
Topic #: 1
A project manager is leading a product feature rollout that will gain more subscribers for a video-streaming application. During the backlog grooming phase. the business stakeholders were unable to understand the feature integration with the product and raised concerns.
What can the project manager do to demonstrate the feature integration?
A. Include the business stakeholders in the iteration review.
B. Involve business stakeholders in the iteration retrospective.
C. Create a task for the iteration review and add it to the backlog.
D. Review the backlog in detail with the business stakeholders.
Selected Answer: A
Question #: 643
Topic #: 1
A company is launching a new product that has to be ready before the summer season begins. After the discovery process, the team realizes that the requirements are very uncertain.
What should the project manager do?
A. Ask to include some business subject matter experts (SMEs) in the team.
B. Register a risk and define a contingency plan to finish the project on time.
C. Assist the team in proposing a minimum viable product (MVP).
D. Invite stakeholders to discuss project requirements prioritization.
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 644
Topic #: 1
A project team has finished its first iteration out of six. The iteration’s delivery performance (velocity) was 50%. During the iteration retrospective, the team realizes that the complexity of the work was underestimated.
What should the project manager do?
A. Update the issue log and escalate it to the project sponsor.
B. Ask the technical manager to help the team with the issue.
C. Meet with the team to review internal actions to resolve the situation.
D. Ask to replace some team members with more experienced ones.
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 645
Topic #: 1
A project manager is reviewing a draft of the project charter with key stakeholders. During the meeting, a conflict occurs between the sponsor and the product owner.
How should the project manager deal with the situation?
A. Continue the meeting and ask the project sponsor and product owner to take their discussion offline.
B. Continue the meeting and use facilitation techniques to improve communication within the team.
C. Postpone the meeting and invite a subject matter expert (SME) to join the next meeting.
D. Postpone the meeting and ask the project sponsor and product owner to take their discussion offline.
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 646
Topic #: 1
In a daily standup meeting, a developer indicates that a backlog item will not be delivered because they need to take an unexpected leave for the next couple of days. The backlog item is a prerequisite for a feature expected by users in the next sprint review.
What should the project lead do?
A. Work with the product owner to change the priorities in the sprint backlog.
B. Work with the product owner to inform the users that the feature is delayed.
C. Ask the development manager to provide a replacement for a couple of days.
D. Ask the developer to postpone the leave until the backlog item is delivered.
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 647
Topic #: 1
An organization is transitioning to agile delivery, and a new team has been assembled. A project is not going well because the variation of the team velocity is very high and every sprint delivers less than committed. A new project lead with a strong technical background has been assigned to the project.
What should the project lead do?
A. Ask that estimations be provided only by senior developers.
B. Recommend a different estimation method in the retrospective.
C. Allocate more time for estimation in the sprint planning.
D. Review and update the estimations in the daily standup.
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 648
Topic #: 1
A project team member just informed the project manager that the license for the software that the team uses to perform calculations has just expired. As a result, the team cannot continue with their project tasks.
What should the project manager do first?
A. Issue a formal complaint to the project sponsor claiming a lack of proper tools.
B. Ask the team members to find an alternative way to perform calculations.
C. Ask the team to fast-track the project and perform tasks that do not require calculations.
D. Meet with the IT team to evaluate how fast the software license can be renewed.
Selected Answer: D
Question #: 649
Topic #: 1
During a monthly review meeting, a high-performing team member raised a concern about the quality feedback mechanism. The team member expressed that they are not able to deliver high-quality output.
What should the project manager do first?
A. Request feedback from stakeholders about the quality delivery.
B. Assign the work in consultation with the functional manager.
C. Discuss this with the team and review the quality process.
D. Assign the work based on the skill sets of team members.
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 650
Topic #: 1
A member of the project team always extends discussion topics, taking more time than necessary during project team meetings. Other team members feel this member is not being considerate of their time.
What should the project manager do?
A. Explain to the team that open discussions are needed but remind the team to follow the ground rules.
B. Ask this member to only discuss the current topic to achieve team efficiency.
C. Ask the team to accept the input from this particular member as their input may be useful.
D. Allow the self-organized team to discuss the situation among themselves and come to a resolution.
Selected Answer: A
Question #: 651
Topic #: 1
A project manager is working on a software development project for an oil and gas client using an agile approach. The project manager is having difficulty preparing the schedule because the project has various unknowns.
Which scheduling method should the project manager use to develop the schedule?
A. Analogous scheduling
B. Three-point scheduling
C. Iterative scheduling
D. Parametric scheduling
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 652
Topic #: 1
A company recently adopted agile to develop innovation projects. The project manager is experiencing problems with some team members who consider some agile ceremonies to be unnecessary.
What should the project manager have done before the beginning of the project?
A. Prepared an inception deck and clearly explained the purpose of agile ceremonies and their benefits to the project.
B. Discussed with the project sponsor about convincing the team to adopt the agile ceremonies as part of their routine.
C. Discussed with the product owner and requested assistance by requiring the adoption of agile ceremonies.
D. Conducted a survey to determine if the team was willing to adopt agile ceremonies on the current project.
Selected Answer: A
Question #: 653
Topic #: 1
A company routinely outsources resources for specific core activities. Due to a sudden, unforeseen risk, all of the team members are needed to work remotely, including the outsourced ones.
How can the project manager address this challenge to assure outsourced vendors deliver?
A. Develop a new strategy for communication and management of resources.
B. Review the risk management plan for the mitigation activities.
C. Review the coordination and communication costs with the supplier.
D. Submit a change request to increase the contingency budget.
Selected Answer: A
Question #: 654
Topic #: 1
A project is on its second iteration out of six. The team realizes that a key deliverable will depend on the acquisition of a new device.
What should the project manager do?
A. Invite the stakeholders to discuss prioritization of a new deliverable.
B. Detail the reason for the deliverable delay in the status report.
C. Register a risk and escalate it to the project sponsor.
D. Include the responsibility for acquisition with the core team.
Selected Answer: A
Question #: 655
Topic #: 1
A project manager works in a matrix organization and is managing an internal software development project that is intended to reduce conflicts in the company’s internal tracking system. During development, the project manager is informed that the software has to account for an unexpected change to government accounting requirements. The development team was able to make the change with no additional cost; however, the project manager notices that the testing costs are beginning to exceed the testing budget.
What should the project manager do?
A. Ask the project sponsor to allocate funds from the contingency reserve to fund the additional testing.
B. Conduct a cost-benefit analysis to determine if the funds can be reallocated from the development team.
C. Submit a change request to the cost baseline through the governance process to fund the additional testing.
D. Update the basis of estimates and the cost management plan to track the additional funding required for testing.
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 656
Topic #: 1
A project manager schedules virtual daily standup meetings for a project, but half of the team members regularly join late or miss the meeting all together. What should the project manager do?
A. Discuss ground rules with the team that will include daily meetings.
B. Agree on a new time and reschedule the daily standups.
C. Use one-to-one virtual meetings because they are more efficient.
D. Ask senior management for coaching regarding this situation.
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 657
Topic #: 1
A project manager is well informed on the industry standards of the organization and believes that they are not reflected in the project deliverables. What should the project manager review next?
A. Organizational process assets (OPAs)
B. Quality process
C. Project charter
D. Quality management plan
Selected Answer: A
Question #: 658
Topic #: 1
A project manager is assigned to a multiyear project. During project execution, the customer delegates a new representative who contacts the project manager directly with a concern about their participation in status meetings. The representative wants to contact team members directly.
What should the project manager do next?
A. Send the new representative the approved project management and communications management plans.
B. Reach out to the customer directly for assistance in incorporating the new representative into the project management plan.
C. Meet with the new representative to determine their understanding of the project and address their concerns.
D. Meet with the project sponsor to discuss how to incorporate the new representative in the project.
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 659
Topic #: 1
A team is preparing the closing phase and building a plan for the next phase. One of the project sponsors is complaining that the last phase had some quality deliverable issues. However, the quality acceptance document was signed.
What should the project manager do?
A. Postpone the next project phase until the impact of the quality issues is assessed.
B. Reopen the quality acceptance documentation to add the sponsor’s complaints.
C. Schedule a quality review meeting and include the sponsor’s complaints.
D. Review best practices and lessons learned and apply them to the project plan.
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 660
Topic #: 1
A project manager is tasked with developing a coaching model to support and recognize team members’ growth.
What should the project manager consider when defining their coaching strategy?
A. Individual and personal objectives
B. Organization’s strategic goals
C. Established patterns of communication
D. Project team’s shared objectives
Selected Answer: A
Question #: 661
Topic #: 1
A team realizes that there is no access to data that the project depends on to complete the current iteration. This dependency was known; however, the team is unsure of the available options to remove this obstacle.
What should the project manager do next?
A. Move the dependent task to the next iteration.
B. Guide the team to determine alternatives.
C. Escalate the issue to the company’s IT manager.
D. Escalate the issue to the project sponsor.
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 662
Topic #: 1
An internal virtual team is meeting daily to review iteration progress, as well as to conduct other technical and follow-up calls with key stakeholders. The team seems to be disengaged.
How should the project manager approach this situation?
A. Reduce the number of internal and external meetings.
B. Schedule one-to-one meetings and team-building meetings.
C. Review team assignments and reduce the workload.
D. Give the team members a few days off to reduce stress_
Selected Answer: A
Question #: 663
Topic #: 1
A major public-transportation construction project is aimed at significantly reducing emissions. The project has been severely delayed due to noncompliance with environmental codes and bylaws.
What should the project manager have done to prevent this?
A. Appointed a senior environmental compliance officer to report directly to the project manager.
B. Approached the regulator for a partial waiver in light of the environmental importance of the project.
C. Incorporated sufficient schedule reserves based on similar delays in past projects.
D. Mapped environmental compliance requirements, identified risks to achieving them, and prepared mitigations.
Selected Answer: D
Question #: 664
Topic #: 1
Project acceptance criteria include on-site training for the new users of a system. Due to unforeseen circumstances, all team members have to work remotely for an indefinite period of time.
What should the project manager do?
A. Reschedule on-site training to online sessions.
B. Document the project issue and provide options.
C. Create a risk and assign remediation actions.
D. Cancel all of the on-site training sessions.
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 665
Topic #: 1
A project manager is leading a software development project that will assist in maintenance management for a power plant. The project manager is analyzing project performance data and trying to forecast if the project will have any slippage in the future.
What should the project manager do?
A. Perform schedule analysis.
B. Perform quality control analysis.
C. Perform trend analysis.
D. Perform root cause analysis (RCA).
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 666
Topic #: 1
A project has been reporting a declining schedule performance index (SPI) for the past four reviews. No corrective action is under development, and the project team does not seem concerned.
What should the project manager do first to address the SPI trend?
A. Notify the project stakeholders that the scope needs to be reduced in order to hold the costs within budget.
B. Engage with the project team to create a plan that will deliver benefits on a defined and incremental basis.
C. Contact the project sponsor to let them know you require more resources to meet the schedule.
D. Meet with the project scheduler to rebaseline the project using a more realistic schedule.
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 667
Topic #: 1
A highly critical project is in jeopardy due to missing professional resources.
What should the newly assigned project manager do first?
A. Find available professionals within the organization to fill the gaps.
B. Determine the possibility for team members to split up the required tasks.
C. Allocate funding for seeking external professionals to fill the gaps.
D. Request additional budget for team training for the missing expertise.
Selected Answer: A
Question #: 668
Topic #: 1
Travel restrictions are suddenly imposed during a project’s execution. The team members reside in different geographic locations.
What should the project manager do next to address this issue?
A. Obtain and implement the sponsor’s recommendations for a solution.
B. Ask the team members to proceed independently while examining needs and alternatives.
C. Place a hold on activities until the team can resume the work on-site.
D. Halt all processes until procurement and implementation of solutions are completed.
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 669
Topic #: 1
A project team is performing a post-release evaluation of a product that requires detailed feedback from seven stakeholders. Six of the stakeholders have promptly provided feedback. One of them has not provided any feedback despite numerous requests from the team.
What should the project manager do in this situation?
A. Explain to the sponsor why the reluctant stakeholder needs to provide feedback.
B. Host a meeting with the reluctant stakeholder and project team to resolve any conflict.
C. Meet with all seven of the project stakeholders and request all of their feedback.
D. Schedule a meeting with the reluctant project stakeholder to obtain their feedback.
Selected Answer: D
Question #: 670
Topic #: 1
A stressful situation has presented some challenges for the team. The project manager notices stress behavior in some of the team members, and it is beginning to spread across the group. The project manager needs to coach the team to change their mindset in order to be more efficient.
What should the project manager do?
A. Ensure that people care about each other and work effectively together through effective team management.
B. Create an environment of respect and fairness so the team can increase their project performance in stressful situations.
C. Establish a productive environment where all team members can assist one another with the workload.
D. Meet with the team to discuss the correct, expected behavior in stressful situations and start practicing it.
Selected Answer: D
Question #: 671
Topic #: 1
A project is starting its sixth iteration out seven. During the daily meeting, a team member explains that a key function will take longer to complete than originally anticipated.
What should the project manager do?
A. Ask for help to increase the team capacity to deliver on time.
B. Ask for a project extension to deliver the committed scope.
C. Update the issue log and escalate the problem to the project sponsor.
D. Review the options and possible solutions with the project team.
Selected Answer: D
Question #: 672
Topic #: 1
DRAG DROP –
A project team has developed the initial schedule using a network diagramming method and has arrived at the overall project duration. Upon examining the schedule, the project manager finds that there are several activities that may require buffers to mitigate or eliminate potential scheduling conflicts.
Match the following common terms with their explanations that evaluate the buffers or constraints.
Suggestion Answer:
Question #: 673
Topic #: 1
A project charter has been approved and the project manager has been assigned to the project. The project manager is currently working with the project team to subdivide the project work packages.
What is the project manager doing?
A. Resource leveling
B. Work breakdown structure (WBS)
C. Decomposition
D. Network diagram
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 674
Topic #: 1
A large matrix organization is adopting a new communications approach. This is necessary because their projects often require the resourcing of expert knowledge in the form of specialists from various departments and divisions.
What should the project manager do to set up effective communications?
A. Focus on the recipients’ needs and not the information itself.
B. Use the highest possible technical language and avoid using metaphors.
C. Ensure that messages sent to the recipients are delivered.
D. Plan on transmitting the information in an easily understandable manner.
Selected Answer: D
Question #: 675
Topic #: 1
A project manager is working on a unique project that is dissimilar to the project nature of the organization. The project manager is tailoring the artifacts for this new project.
Who should determine which artifacts should be used in the project?
A. The project stakeholders should meet and determine the project artifacts to be used by the project manager and the project management team.
B. The project manager and project management team should use the standard project artifacts from the database.
C. The project sponsor should select the project artifacts that the project manager and project management team should use in the project.
D. The project manager and the project management team should select the appropriate artifacts for use in the specific project.
Selected Answer: D
Question #: 676
Topic #: 1
An organization is using a hybrid delivery approach for a business project. The product owner, the person who was also managing the project, was promoted to a more senior role. A new project lead has joined the project.
Which artifact should the project lead use to ensure that the project benefits have been identified?
A. Statement of work (SOW)
B. Business case
C. Product backlog
D. Solution architecture
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 677
Topic #: 1
A multiyear resource constraint project is midway through the execution phase. During a progress update meeting, it has been determined that there might be a schedule delay to deliver the project. The project manager has observed that all of the team members are working hard and lots of deliverables have already been completed.
What should the project manager do immediately about this situation?
A. Register the schedule risk and present the new resources requirement to the change management board for schedule recovery.
B. Prepare a monthly report by highlighting the completed deliverables and communicate the delay to management.
C. Ask the project planner to identify the critical path and respective delayed activities, and then investigate the reasons for the delay.
D. Ask the scheduler to update the schedule with the percent of work in progress (WIP) and communicate the results to the team.
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 678
Topic #: 1
An organization embarking on a significant transformation initiated a project to improve and document business processes. One of the objectives of the project is to implement agile project delivery.
What is the main reason for adopting agile?
A. Projects will be completed faster, saving time and money.
B. Projects will be delivered with very low risk to the organization.
C. Projects will deliver early and use value based on priority.
D. Projects will be delivered with significant cost savings.
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 679
Topic #: 1
A company has appointed a supplier to deliver software and has assigned an internal project manager. The supplier states that no technical development or testing is required from the customer. The project manager would like to confirm this with all of the stakeholders.
What should the internal project manager do first?
A. Host an alignment session with stakeholders to formalize the project requirements.
B. Develop a user acceptance testing plan to ensure the quality of the deliverables.
C. Communicate to the supplier that customer testing is required.
D. Distribute the project plan to all of the interested parties.
Selected Answer: A
Question #: 680
Topic #: 1
A distributed project team has communication issues because of their collaboration tools. The team feels that efficiency could be improved by changing the collaboration platform.
What should the project manager do?
A. Implement the communication tools used by other project teams.
B. Escalate the issue to the sponsor and ask them to decide.
C. Inform the project team to continue using the current tools.
D. Discuss this with the project team and select the appropriate tools.
Selected Answer: D
Question #: 681
Topic #: 1
A few developers have identified a list of impediments at the daily standup and are asking for the project lead’s assistance in prioritizing them. There are a few complex backlog items, and a new junior tester has identified a few compliance defects. The product owner and a couple of developers will be leaving the project team, and the contract with the test and production support partner will not be renewed.
Which issue should the project lead focus on first?
A. Recruiting, onboarding, and training new developers.
B. Finding a new product owner to prioritize the product backlog.
C. Developing a new contract for production support.
D. Regulatory compliance issues discussed in the meeting.
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 682
Topic #: 1
A project manager is leading a project when a key stakeholder requests additional work that is not in the scope. The stakeholder is also concerned that the project sponsors may not approve and fund the additional change in scope.
What should the project manager do first?
A. Discuss the requested change with the sponsor.
B. Evaluate the cost of the additional requested work.
C. Discuss the requested change with the team.
D. Evaluate the impact and submit a change request.
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 683
Topic #: 1
A project manager has just received communication from an operational functional manager to complete an additional scope item for a project that was formally closed a few weeks ago. The scope looks relatively small and simple to handle as part of the daily operations activity.
How should the project manager deal with this request?
A. Check the alternative resources available in the organization for the request.
B. Confirm that the budget and resources are available to execute the work request.
C. Evaluate the nature of the request and plan communication accordingly.
D. Submit a change request and allocate the budget and resources needed for execution.
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 684
Topic #: 1
A project manager is scheduled to meet with a client for their weekly risk management meeting. The project manager observed that one of the tasks which had external dependencies is delayed by one week. The project manager knows this will have an impact but does not know the exact details.
What two things should the project manager do? (Choose two.)
A. Discuss the issue with the external supplier’s authority.
B. Gather additional information and estimate the impact.
C. Wait for the client to raise a concern and collect more information.
D. Review the lessons learned from similar past projects.
E. Update the risk log and bring this up in the meeting with the client.
Selected Answer: BE
Question #: 685
Topic #: 1
A new team member has joined a project team. During the first sprint, the new team member approached the project manager and requested to implement a new way of testing. The team has been resistant to the proposed change.
What should the project manager do?
A. Ask the new team member to focus only on development and not do the testing.
B. Coach the new team member to conduct the testing the way it has always been done for this project.
C. Schedule a meeting with the new team member to learn about the new method of testing.
D. Request that the new team member do the testing the way it has always been done for this project.
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 686
Topic #: 1
A steering committee member is complaining about the weekly report. They stated that the report is too long and has unnecessary details. As a result, they are unable to obtain the main message and take action.
What should the project manager do to avoid similar complaints?
A. Send a shorter daily report to this steering committee member.
B. Demonstrate the weekly reports in a presentation for the steering committee member.
C. Verify the information needed for steering committee members.
D. Present the status at a weekly meeting with the steering committee.
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 687
Topic #: 1
All project team members refer to the project manager for various decisions. This causes delays for some tasks. as the project manager is usually preoccupied in meetings throughout the day.
What should the project manager do to prevent these delays?
A. Meet with the team in 2 weeks to respond to all of the open tasks.
B. Review the Pareto diagram to identify the source of delays.
C. Delegate the decision-making authority of some tasks to the team.
D. Consolidate the decision-making authority to remain with the project manager.
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 688
Topic #: 1
A customer is concerned about the time required to complete a project and is asking the project team to reduce the number of iterations required to complete the product.
Which approach should the project manager take?
A. Ask the team to raise blockers or impediments in daily meetings.
B. Prioritize the tasks with high risks to reduce the number of iterations required.
C. Ask the team to challenge the project estimations for a faster delivery.
D. Prioritize deliverables based on business value and define frequent releases.
Selected Answer: D
Question #: 689
Topic #: 1
A human resource (HR) acquisition process for a large project has recently changed. One major process change includes the approval of the financial manager and the recruitment manager. This change to the process implies longer processing. The project urgently needs new resources.
What should the project manager do?
A. Ask the financial manager to delay implementation due to potential project delays and penalties.
B. Assess the impact of the change and review the project management plan for next steps.
C. Adapt the resource management plan and ask for financial approval before sending it to the customer.
D. Review the project schedule to determine which technique will reduce impact on project duration.
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 690
Topic #: 1
At the end of a project’s initiation phase, the budget was developed and sent to the approval board. During the approval meeting, one of the key stakeholders asked how the budget was developed for future uncertainties.
How should the project manager reply?
A. Probabilistic analysis was used to develop the budget to address future uncertainties.
B. The budget was developed by using the lessons learned from previous project data.
C. Recurrent team meetings are planned to control the budget against future uncertainties.
D. Feedback from stakeholders will be addressed at each board meeting to adapt the budget.
Selected Answer: A
Question #: 691
Topic #: 1
A project team member is sick and will not be able to return to the project for a few weeks. During the daily meeting, the team shares their concerns as the sick team member was the only one skilled in the component they were developing.
What should the project manager have done to prevent this?
A. Facilitated cross-functional knowledge transfer during the project.
B. Acquired more than one resource skilled in each component.
C. Outsourced development of the specific component to another team.
D. Requested robust documentation for the component’s build.
Selected Answer: A
Question #: 692
Topic #: 1
A key stakeholder who is highly involved in the project claims that the reports sent by the project team are inadequate. What should the project manager do first?
A. Explain to the stakeholder that these are the approved templates for the reports.
B. Ask the project team to review and modify all of these reports.
C. Ensure that the reports comply with the communications management plan.
D. Ask the sponsor to meet with the stakeholder to diffuse the situation with the reports.
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 693
Topic #: 1
A company’s key product is evolving and requires the use of a new technology. No one on the team is familiar with this technology; however, experienced developers on the team volunteered to study the concepts and application and believe they will be able to take full responsibility for the new technology.
What should the project manager do?
A. Outsource the technology work to a third party so as not to delay work.
B. Descope this requirement as the developers have more important tasks.
C. Hire externally since the internal developers already have assigned work.
D. Support the developers with their intention to learn the new technology.
Selected Answer: D
Question #: 694
Topic #: 1
Contract terms used during the tender phase for a new power-generation facility must be revised before signing with the successful bidder because the terms of the tender have been amended to accommodate the new financial regulations on company tax.
Which approach should the project manager take to implement this amendment?
A. Sign the contract as per the original terms but allow the successful bidder to submit a new contract price.
B. Discuss the new terms with the successful bidder to assess its impact on the contract price.
C. Retender the entire scope because the terms of the contract have changed significantly.
D. Amend the contract terms and sign a revised contract with the successful bidder.
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 695
Topic #: 1
A project manager is managing an agile project for the first time. Early on, the project manager discovers the team is struggling to agree on the scope of a feature during a sprint.
How should the project manager help the team resolve the issue?
A. Direct the senior-most member to determine the scope on behalf of the team.
B. Encourage the team to collaborate to resolve their understanding of the feature.
C. Ask the team to log the story in the product backlog and move on to the next feature.
D. Discuss this with the team and decide what the scope of the feature should be
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 696
Topic #: 1
A project manager is leading a hybrid project and is collaborating with the client to develop the project contract. Some delays have been experienced due to unforeseen technical difficulties and new dependencies. However, the project manager is optimistic about recovering the delays in the upcoming sprints. A key stakeholder asked the project manager if the contract deadlines can be met.
What should the project manager do first?
A. Clarify the current work progress, causes for delays, existing risks, and planned corrective actions.
B. Ask the stakeholder to remain calm and confirm that they are participating in all team meetings.
C. Study the contract terms and deadlines to ensure they are not under risk and confirm them with the stakeholder.
D. Submit a request for extra time and budget related to the dependencies and technical difficulties.
Selected Answer: A
Question #: 697
Topic #: 1
A large global organization developed a new medical implant that requires compliance with local government regulations. The approval process for one country is lengthy and will impact the intended launch date.
What should the project manager do?
A. Organize an online distribution channel from another country.
B. Ask the sponsor to authorize the launch and then wait for approval.
C. Ask the board to use their influence and speed up the approval.
D. Work with the team to find ways to bypass the regulations.
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 698
Topic #: 1
A project manager notices that a new junior team member’s suggestions are constantly rejected by senior team members. The senior team members find the suggestions valid and innovative, but unrealistic. Following several project assignments, the senior members request to have the junior team member removed.
What should the project manager do next?
A. Remove possible conflicts from future project assignments.
B. Accept the demands and remove the junior team member.
C. Group the new team members together for training purposes.
D. Encourage further and deeper discussions among team members.
Selected Answer: D
Question #: 699
Topic #: 1
A project manager is leading a project with strict time constraints. In team meetings, one of the team members is always silent. The project manager determines that this team member is not knowledgeable about the technology solution. The project manager is concerned that this problem will impact productivity.
What should the project manager do?
A. Arrange formal training for this member to gain sufficient knowledge to reduce the impact on team performance.
B. Assign an experienced team member to work with this member on a daily basis in order to become knowledgeable about the technology.
C. Let the team lead the meeting discussions so that every member has a chance to prepare and speak up.
D. Let this team member understand the urgency and encourage them to spend extra time to become knowledgeable about the technology.
Selected Answer: A
Question #: 700
Topic #: 1
A project manager is assigned to a new project. The project is for a new product that the company wants to launch as soon as possible to test market readiness. The project is part of a large business transformation, and the objective is to open delivery channels for the new product.
Which delivery approach should the project manager recommend?
A. A predictive approach with an experienced project team.
B. An adaptive approach with clearly defined user stories.
C. An adaptive approach with loosely defined large epics.
D. A predictive approach with clear acceptance criteria.
Selected Answer: C
