A company was awarded a project in a dangerous location that poses several high-level risks for employees. Help is needed to tram the employees on major safety and health factors. The project is ongoing and uses a hybrid approach. The project will be conducted in multiple sites, with several development iterations running in parallel.How should the project manager handle this situation?

Perform a retrospective and update the risk register and resource management plan regarding the necessary budget for training

Allocate and use part of the project's contingency reserves for training purposes

Negotiate a contract and form a partnership with a local authority for medical and security support services

Perform a retrospective and update the risk register and resource management plan regarding the necessary budget for training

Hire only local resources who are aware of the territory's hazards, providing employment to the local community

A vendor informed the project manager that a critical resource will be on a long leave of absence.The project team reviewed the pending vendor deliverables and identified an alternative solution, but the solution will incur an additional cost. The project is currently on schedule and slightly under budget.What should the project manager do next?

Perform Integrated Change Control

Perform a cost-benefit analysis

Perform Integrated Change Control

A project manager just started managing agile projects. The project manager realizes that due to the lack of a clear definition of project objectives and definition of done (DoD), their colleague's projects have had many difficulties. Sponsors keep asking for more features and the projects have yet to be completed.What should the project manager do to avoid these issues?

Schedule meetings with key stakeholders to build the agile project charter and set clear expectations for the project

Arrange meetings to ensure every necessary task to complete the project is included in the project management plan

Convince the project sponsor to incorporate quality experts so the product can be tested and accepted as completed

Convince the product owner to approach the team and look for options to find a solution to the problem

Schedule meetings with key stakeholders to build the agile project charter and set clear expectations for the project

A member of the board of directors is the sponsor of a project that is important to the organization. This stakeholder has many other priorities and is not currently engaged in the project activities.How should the stakeholder be engaged in the project?

Keep the stakeholder informed and consult with them based on their needs

Involve the stakeholder in governance and decision making

Consult with the stakeholder and increase their level of interest

The stakeholder needs to be made aware of the project progress

A marketing team is planning for a multiyear initiative that will include a lot of cross-functional stakeholders. The project manager has been assigned and is now in the project planning phase.What item(s) should the project manager develop first?

A communications management plan that addresses the team's needs

A product backlog and identification of the features to be delivered

A business case and scope document

A communications management plan that addresses the team's needs

A risk management plan to incorporate known risks

A key project stakeholder showed interest in the beginning of a complex agile project, but has become less involved as the sprint has progressed due to additional responsibilities. A few sprints later, the key stakeholder rejected a feature deliverable. The team is reworking the rejected deliverable for the next sprint.What should the project manager have done to avoid this situation?

Involved the key stakeholders in the decision-making process

Customized stakeholder communications based on the stakeholders' needs

Analyzed the changes in stakeholder attributes

Documented the project vision and objectives

As a member of an organizational change management team, a project manager must pass on any changes to the project team. The project manager needs to avoid any misunderstandings or resistance to help ensure that the project team will support any organizational change.What should the project manager do?

Meet with the team on a regular basis to ensure they are aware of changes

Conduct meetings with resistant members to facilitate smooth project implementation

Meet with the team on a regular basis to ensure they are aware of changes

Influence the team to communicate any changes

Check with the team members on their willingness to change

A project manager is working on a software development project. A team member complains that since the project tasks are very simple, there is no reason to perform quality control. The project manager understands that removing the quality management plan from the project will also help to save money, which is important to the customer.What should the project manager do?

Develop the quality management plan, as quality is as equally important as cost and schedule management

Register starting the project without a quality management plan as a risk, and allocate the budget savings to the management reserve

Develop the quality management plan, as quality is as equally important as cost and schedule management

Get confirmation from management that the team member has enough experience to build software without quality control

Ask the customer to order an external quality audit after accepting the project deliverable, and decrease the budget of the project

A marketing team is developing ideas in order to revamp an existing product. The marketing executive reaches out to the project manager to make sure that necessary measures are in place for a successful launch.On what should the project manager focus?

Determining and aligning performance indicators that will help in assessing successful delivery

Ensuring that the team is also focused on the overall change management plan

Determining and aligning performance indicators that will help in assessing successful delivery

Planning for regular project updates to cover the status of critical deliverables

Ensuring that the scope management plan is in place to cover all related objectives

During the closing process, the project manager learns that one deliverable is not meeting customer expectations.How should the project manager proceed?

Review the deliverable requirements, check the customer approval criteria, and proceed accordingly

Ask the customer to issue a change request with the information to analyze and provide a solution

Review the deliverable requirements, check the customer approval criteria, and proceed accordingly

Meet with the customer to reach agreement on the scope of the deliverable that will satisfy both parties

Contact the project sponsor and ask for help in negotiating the closing of the project with the customer

A product company is transforming the way it develops and releases products in the market.Executives believe that this is a high-risk initiative, and this initiative must be successful.What should the project manager do in this scenario?

Adopt an iterative rollout approach that delivers the highest business value earlier

Develop a business case with assumptions for the new model

Develop a communications management plan to inform the employees about the new business model

Adopt an iterative rollout approach that delivers the highest business value earlier

Develop a detailed sprint plan with clear deliverables

Two weeks after the approval of the project management plan for a global project, the project manager noticed that it was approved based on a different level of understanding by international stakeholders and is not what the project manager presented for approval.What should the project manager have done to prevent this from happening?

Validated each stakeholder's understanding during the kick-off meeting

Sent the meeting minutes to the stakeholders after the kick-off meeting

Reviewed all the approvals immediately after the kick-off meeting was over

Ran separate kick-off meetings for each culture and time zone

Validated each stakeholder's understanding during the kick-off meeting

The rollout of a new finance system is in the execution phase. A number of issues have surfaced in the last month that are slowing the project down. A new project sponsor has recently started with the company but has not had time to meet the project manager. The project is at the point where the issues are significantly impacting delivery of the project.How should the project manager alert the new project sponsor about these concerns?

Send an email to the project sponsor summarizing the project status and key concerns, and request an immediate face-to-face meeting to discuss them

Send an email invitation to the project sponsor to attend all of the project team's weekly meetings, and hope the sponsor will find time to attend

Send an email to the project sponsor summarizing the project status and key concerns, and request an immediate face-to-face meeting to discuss them

Continue emailing updated project status reports highlighting the key risks and issues, and wait for the project sponsor to request a meeting

Complete a risk analysis outlining the delays and impacts, and email a copy of the risk register, urging the project sponsor to respond

A project manager is acting as a scrum master in a hybrid project and is dealing with a conflict between team members.What strategy should be used to handle this conflict?

Sort conflicts into two groups: positive and negative

Place conflicts into categories: structural and interpersonal

Place conflicts on a shared conflict list and ensure it is visible

Review conflicts during daily Scrum so they are handled in a timely manner

A new agile team is forming and the project manager notices that the team is struggling in many areas. The team is experiencing both the inability to meet iteration commitments and team member conflicts.What should the project manager do next?

Coach the team both as a whole and individually

Raise the issues in the retrospective and propose solutions

Inform management that commitments will not be met

Involve management to help resolve the conflicts

Coach the team both as a whole and individually

The resource management plan is already done, and the team is located in different countries around the world. Team members are in multiple time zones, and they use different languages for communication. The project manager needs to keep the team organized and avoid misunderstandings and miscommunication that may produce a negative impact to the project.What should the project manager do to reduce negative impacts to the project?

Modify the communications management plan to account for regional differences

Conduct cultural awareness seminars

Hold a virtual meeting to discuss the political environment

Conduct a multigenerational management training session

During the design phase, a project manager realizes that the project will benefit from using adaptive tools. The effectiveness of this approach has been proven in past projects inside the organization.What should the project manager do first?

Confirm team capabilities before introducing adaptive tools and artifacts to the project

Update project documents to include adaptive tools and artifacts and plan the first iterative session

Contact the project sponsor and request new team members who are familiar with adaptive projects

Confirm team capabilities before introducing adaptive tools and artifacts to the project

Freeze the design stage and look for an external resource to run iterative design at extra cost

A project manager is leading a project which shows a trend to exceed the cost baseline.What should the project manager do first to manage the budget?

Meet with the project team to analyze the actual cost to determine deviations

Ask the project sponsor for assistance in getting the budget back on track

Meet with the project team to analyze the actual cost to determine deviations

Inform the stakeholders that the project will be finished over budget

Issue a change request including the analysis to increase the budget

Two functional managers disagree on key features of one deliverable during the planning of a project. The project manager discovers that each manager included requirements that contradict each other. The functional managers do not want to meet with each other to find a solution. This situation has been escalated to the sponsor who requests a meeting with them.What strategy should the project manager use to resolve this conflict in the meeting?

Ensure that both managers understand the requirements and search for a solution that best satisfies this deliverable

Explain to the managers that the contradicting requirements are being considered for implementation in the project

Explain to the managers that only one of the two requirements can be implemented, and submit a change request

Ensure that both managers understand the requirements and search for a solution that best satisfies this deliverable

Request that the managers explain why each requirement must be implemented and decide by considering the cost and benefits

A project manager is approaching the end of a project, and several tasks are now practically complete and ready for handover to the client.How should the project manager proceed?

Ask the client to verify and accept the tasks that have been completed

Update the quality management plan for the overall project

Ask the client to verify and accept the tasks that have been completed

Close out the project tasks that have been completed

Update the communications management plan for the overall project

During a documentation audit of an international company, it was identified that the last version of the project schedule was from one month ago even though the project manager knew it was recently updated.How should the project manager have handled documentation for the project?

Kept documentation in the project management information system (PMIS), and shared it with appropriate stakeholders

Updated the project management plan regularly and had it securely shared with all stakeholders

Assigned a project team member to ensure all project documentation was updated

Reviewed the risk register to identify a response plan for the audit

Kept documentation in the project management information system (PMIS), and shared it with appropriate stakeholders

A new regulation has been approved that will impact the deliverables in the fourth phase of the project. The delivery is following an iterative approach and is currently completing the second phase.What should the project manager do next?

Meet with subject matter experts (SMEs) to access the impact to objectives

Consult with the project sponsor to discuss a cost increase

Acquire approval for an exception to the implementation of the new regulation

Get approval for the additional budget from the steering committee

Meet with subject matter experts (SMEs) to access the impact to objectives

The tables show the requirements for an agile project with the anticipated return on investment (ROI) and identified project risks, along with the analysis details. What should be the priority order in the product backlog?

Requirement 3, Requirement 1, Risk 3, Requirement 2, Risk 1, Risk 2

Risk 3, Risk 1, Risk 2, Requirement 3, Requirement 1, Requirement 2

Requirement 3, Risk 3, Requirement 1, Requirement 2, Risk 2

Requirement 3, Requirement 1, Requirement 2

Requirement 3, Requirement 1, Risk 3, Requirement 2, Risk 1, Risk 2

One of the main inputs required for a deliverable is missing due to a miscommunication between the vendor and project manager. Because of the missed deliverable, the critical path of the project is extended.What should the project manager do next?

Make a detailed analysis on vendor issues during the project

Start an audit of the vendor's processes and procedures

Review lessons learned from previous projects with this vendor

Make a detailed analysis on vendor issues during the project

Execute a contingency plan to address the issue with the vendor

During the design phase of a project, the project manager notices that the schedule performance index (SPI) is 1,8 and the cost performance index (CPI) is 0,1. In a weekly meeting with top management, the project manager reports concerns about these indicators. However, the most concerned person was the project sponsor who said that if the trend continues, they will be forced to prematurely close the project.What should the project manager do?

Monitor the project sponsor, but understand that it is normal to spend more money in the design phase of a project

Manage the project sponsor closely and revise the project's resource management plan to improve indicators

Use a resource-leveling technique

A new project manager is planning an information security project for a company that resides in different countries.What is the first step the project manager should take to gather customer requirements?

Conduct a stakeholder analysis to identify how regional policies may influence needs

Request relevant stakeholders to conduct an analysis and reach consensus independently

Conduct a project scope review workshop with relevant stakeholders

Conduct project planning meetings in one location with relevant stakeholders

A company's project management office (PMO) has been trying to implement an adaptive approach in the project management framework and a project manager has been asked to use adaptive tools in their next project. This is not the first time the request has been made and the previous project failed when adaptive tools were implemented.What should the project manager do?

Bring in a third party company to develop and implement a hybrid framework for this specific project

Prepare a change request and seek approval from the steering committee regarding the new project framework

Conduct individual interviews with key stakeholders in order to understand all concerns, then prepare a communications management plan

Bring in a third party company to develop and implement a hybrid framework for this specific project

Recommend to the PMO that it is not the right time to start implementing adaptive tools in projects

To estimate the costs of a new project that is similar to a project that was implemented last year, the project manager meets with a group of experts from the previous project. The group uses a three-point estimating technique. The project manager submits the estimated budget to the project sponsor for approval. The project sponsor, who is new to the company, is concerned because the budget exceeded their expectations.What should the project manager do?

Review the historical information and lessons learned from last year's project to justify the new budget estimate

Review the organizational process assessment to determine if a contingency reserve was considered in the budget estimate

Review the historical information and lessons learned from last year's project to justify the new budget estimate

Change the budgeting technique to a more accurate, bottom-up cost estimation

Use soft skills to convince the project sponsor to approve the new budget estimate

The project manager is having difficulty obtaining approval of the project requirements because there is disagreement among the project stakeholders. This issue is putting the project schedule at risk.What should the project manager do first to facilitate the approval of project requirements'?

Identify the source of the disagreement

A project manager has been assigned to a project and receives the project charter from the project management office (PMO). The document is very clear about customer requests. During Project Scope Management some requirements seem to be different from the ones specified within the project charter.What should the project manager do?

Use a focus group and brainstorming sessions to gather more details about the project scope

Modify the baseline of the project for minor impact changes to the project scope

Use a focus group and brainstorming sessions to gather more details about the project scope

Register the changes in the configuration management plan and send it to the change control board (CCB)

Explain to the sponsor that these requests could endanger the schedule and cost of the project

An agile project is running its fifth iteration out of eight. After the last iteration planning the team was informed that there is a new competitor in the market, and it is necessary to move faster to ensure market share is not missed.What should the project manager do?

Help the team to find a new approach to launch the product as soon as possible

Add the competitor's functionalities to the product backlog to improve the product

Ask the sponsor to add more people to the team

Help the team to find a new approach to launch the product as soon as possible

Ask the team to increase the velocity to launch the product as soon as possible

During the development of a product, the project manager observes conflicts between project stakeholders, resulting in deliverable and output approval delays.On which area should the project manager focus?

Revisiting the stakeholder engagement plan, focusing on specific overlooked stakeholders

Revisiting the project management plan to ensure deliverables are on time

Increasing the frequency of project update meetings to keep stakeholders informed

Revisiting the stakeholder engagement plan, focusing on specific overlooked stakeholders

Reviewing the business case and identifying gaps within scope

During the execution of a project within an operations function, the project manager encounters scope changes and a delay in the delivery of critical tasks.How should the project manager address this situation?

Conduct an impact analysis and present the results to the steering committee for approval

Communicate the concerns to the project management office (PMO) during the weekly project reports

Call for a team meeting to decide if the changes should be included

Initiate the change request to modify the scope and adjust the timelines

Conduct an impact analysis and present the results to the steering committee for approval

During project execution, the project manager notices that the work performance reports have deteriorated drastically in less than two weeks. The project team in country A is complaining about delays resulting from holidays occurring in country B that have impacted their project team.How should the project manager handle this situation?

Review the risk management plan to evaluate the probability and impact of these delays

Implement crashing to compress the schedule and improve the schedule performance index (SRI).

Implement fast-tracking to compress the schedule and improve the SPI

Perform conflict management using the project's resource management plan.

Review the risk management plan to evaluate the probability and impact of these delays

During daily calls team members share task progress. One team member does not usually communicate many details and has critical tasks to be completed. All team members are located in different countries and critical work is about to start.Which two options will help the project manager in this situation? (Choose two.)

Encourage all team members to use a virtual workspace

Talk to the team member about their engagement and take appropriate action.

Encourage all team members to use a virtual workspace

Ask the team to send emails with detailed task progress

Talk to the team member about their engagement and take appropriate action.

Reassign the work to a resource who participates in the daily calls

Report the team member's poor performance to the functional manager

A project manager is implementing a new software system. Some department staff members are questioning the necessity of the change and feel the new system will impede their current processes.What should the project manager have done at the start of the project to prevent this resistance'?

Ensured that the company culture encourages changes before accepting the project

Created a communications management plan that outlined the method of communicating to stakeholders

Ensured that the company culture encourages changes before accepting the project

Encouraged leadership to discuss the change with departments that are typically resistant to change

Involved stakeholders from all levels of the company so everyone understands the change

One of a project manager's team members is continuously improving. This team member has been a role model and mentor to others in the organization.How should the project manager acknowledge this team member's commitment?

Document it in the team member's end of year performance review

Send this person to a meeting to negotiate the scope with the client

Appreciate this team member's performance throughout the project life cycle

Promote this team member to a coaching role after this project is completed

Document it in the team member's end of year performance review

PMI PMP Practice Test 10 - Free Online Exam Questions 361-400

A product owner presented the backlog to the team, and the team raised concerns over implementing some of the features due to various impediments.

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