The city has decided to build a new tram station. The project will include various approaches. The construction and infrastructure work will be accomplished using a predictive life cycle while software will be developed using an iterative life cycle. Some neighbors are resisting the project have been asking the mayor to stop the project, and are threatening legal action.What two actions should the project manager take'? (Choose two.)

Publish information on the city's website about the benefits that the new tram station will bring

Conduct regular meetings with the neighbors to get their buy-in for the project

Discuss with the construction team alternatives on moving the new train station to another location

Publish information on the city's website about the benefits that the new tram station will bring

Have a meeting with the mayor and explain the importance of the new train station to the city

Conduct regular meetings with the neighbors to get their buy-in for the project

Register this situation as a risk and develop a mitigation plan

Which two actions should a project manager consider while launching a new virtual team?(Choose two.)

Identify the types and quantities of resources required for each work package or activity

Establish in the beginning, how progress will be monitored and the best means for communicating progress

Recruit the best resources within the organization to be part of the virtual team

Evaluate the project manager's own strengths and weaknesses as a virtual team leader to identify avoidable pitfalls

Identify the types and quantities of resources required for each work package or activity

Establish in the beginning, how progress will be monitored and the best means for communicating progress

Verify if team members are on more than one team and cannot devote enough time to this team

Important projects in the portfolio backlog need to be delivered. Budget estimates are needed to prioritize the projects.How should the project budgets be estimated?

The project is decomposed into features and based on the feature value and the velocity of the team, the team provides the estimate

Budget estimates are provided based on the experience of the sponsor, product owner and team facilitator

The team facilitator uses historical data and arrives at an estimate based on the nature of the project.

The product owner obtains all project details and based on the team's experience and velocity provides a budget estimate

A new project manager is assigned to a project midway through its implementation. During the first risk review meeting, the project manager notices that the version of the risk register used by the project team members is different from the one the project manager is using.What should the project manager have done to avoid this issue?

Validated the project artifacts

Referred to the communications management plan

Validated the project artifacts

During project execution, the project manager discovered that a key deliverable was missing from the scope of work. After investigation, the project manager and the team discovered that the missing deliverable will impact the critical path.What should the project manager do to avoid future delays?

Add additional resources to the project

Review the risk management plan

During the last sprint review, the mam stakeholder complained that the product was missing many features they had been expecting The project team argued that every increment met the acceptance criteria and was approved by the mam stakeholder The cost performance index (CPI) of the project is 1 15 and the schedule performance index (SPI) is 1.43 What should the project manager do?

Analyze the reason for the gap in understanding with both sides and negotiate a solution.

Ask the project team to perform the modifications since the project budget and schedule can support them.

Ask the stakeholder to submit a change request to increase the budget and time for the modifications requested.

Explain to the stakeholder that since the acceptance criteria for every increment were met the project can be closed.

Analyze the reason for the gap in understanding with both sides and negotiate a solution.

Some members of a project team are frustrated by a new team member who previously worked in a Scrum setting. This new team member approaches members of the project team on a daily basis in what appears to be an attempt to engage in individual standup meetings.What should the project manager do?

Mentor the new team member on the methodology the project team is using.

Schedule a meeting for the project team to review the communications management plan.

Tell the rest of the project team to continue discussions with the new team member.

Send an email to the project team outlining the communications strategy.

Mentor the new team member on the methodology the project team is using.

An organization is transitioning to agile and a project has been chosen as a pilot. The assigned project manager only has experience using predictive approaches, but the project manager is now required to use agile approaches with the help of an agile coach. During the retrospective of the fifth sprint, the project team complains that many obstacles exist with the organization that are creating project delays and rework.What should the project manager do in this situation?

Promote collaboration to help remove the obstacles for the team

Include impediment resolutions during daily standup meetings

Perform a root cause analysis during the standup meetings

Create a dedicated sprint to solve the obstacles with the team

Promote collaboration to help remove the obstacles for the team

An organization has historically executed most projects using a predictive approach. The organization now wants to change over to an agile approach.Which strategy will be useful to effectively help prepare the organization for this change?

Improve organizational readiness by addressing impediments to agile in the organization.

Create a task force of executives who will monitor agile projects on a daily basis.

Add multiple layers of managers who will be accountable for the agile execution.

Improve organizational readiness by addressing impediments to agile in the organization.

Take a big bang approach of moving the whole organization to agile at once.

An integrated project involves the interaction of both hardware and software and the sponsor has approved the schedule management plan. The project team evaluated the product's feasibility of functionality and accelerated testing.What should the project manager do as a servant leader?

Support the team as necessary to find the minimum viable product (MVP).

Amend the project budget to include MVP testing.

Submit a change request to the project sponsor for accelerated testing.

Develop the product as per the schedule to perform integration and testing.

The project charter was just approved and the project sponsor has given permission to proceed with the project. The program manager has confirmed that one of the requested key resources is also needed on another project at the same time. This will affect project delivery.What should the project manager do?

Have a meeting with project manager of the other project to find a resource optimization solution that works for both projects

Pay overtime to key resource to get the work done outside of working hours

Have a meeting with project manager of the other project to find a resource optimization solution that works for both projects

Speak with the client to see if the project delivery deadline can be delayed due to resource availability

Talk to the program manager and about prioritizing this project over other projects so the key resources are available

The project manager has learned that the project sponsor is unhappy with the development of the project requirements.In order to realign the project with the sponsor's expectations, what should the project manager do?

Review the project goal diagram with the team

Perform a stakeholder evaluation

Confirm which templates the team should be using

Review the risk management plan

During the retrospective ceremony, the agile team is talking about the product owner's expectations not being met.What should the project manager have done at the beginning of the project?

Communicated project vision and sprint goals clearly to the team

Defined the expected agile team contribution in the creation of the backlog

Assessed the capabilities of the agile team and planned for the required training

Defined the team ground rules and shared project vision

Communicated project vision and sprint goals clearly to the team

A project has a very tight delivery schedule. The project is approaching the delivery date and the project sponsor often sends the project manager alerts to avoid any schedule slippage. The project team has performed at an acceptable level until now but the project manager wants to ensure the team's performance level is maintained until the end.What action should the project manager take to motivate the project team's performance?

Award certificates of appreciation to encourage the team

Send a formal notice to team members instructing them to maintain performance

Hire a few temporary team members to help with the additional work

Award certificates of appreciation to encourage the team

Inform the team about the delivery pressure from the project sponsor

The project schedule is falling behind and the project manager observes that the project team seems to be spending the majority of their time writing documentation instead of performing project tasks.What should the project manager do to help ensure that the team focuses on project tasks?

Review and adapt the appropriate project artifacts

Assign a team member to handle the documentation activities

Coach the project team to complete the project documentation activities

Review and adapt the appropriate project artifacts

Save all documentation activities until tire end of the project

A high-performing team member's performance has been consistently increasing over the past year, leaving other peers behind. The project manager has been reluctant to publicly recognize the team member's contributions for fear of discouraging others. The project manager is also concerned that the team member may leave if not rewarded for the contributions made.What should the project manager do?

Reward the high-performing team member privately to avoid team disruption

Promote the higher performing team member to a higher position

Request the high-performing team member to mentor the other team members

Remind the high-performing team member to focus on shared rewards rather than individual rewards

Reward the high-performing team member privately to avoid team disruption

A large project is affecting the neighborhood in which it is located. The neighbors are not satisfied with the project and their resistance to the project may affect the project deadline.What two actions should the project manager take? (Choose two.)

Set up a meeting with neighborhood representatives to win their cooperation

Analyze the situation and find out what is causing the neighborhood's negative attitude

Send letters to the neighbors and ask them kindly not to disturb the project

Set up a meeting with neighborhood representatives to win their cooperation

Analyze the situation and find out what is causing the neighborhood's negative attitude

Ask the customer to extend the project deadline to allow time for conflict resolution

Ask the mayor of the city to use their authority to stop neighborhood resistance

A company has decided to implement a new archiving system. A data breach occurred during the implementation of the project.What should the project manager do first?

Implement the planned risk response to handle the issue

Review possible alternative documentation methods with team

Update the risk register with the risk and proposed impact

Ask the team to fix the system to resolve the issue

After a couple of iterations, the project manager decides to present the product to a key stakeholder. The stakeholder's feedback is that the team missed the mark on many features.What should the project manager do to avoid this in the future?

Schedule adequate sprint demos to gather early feedback from the stakeholders and adapt the plan accordingly

Set up requirements-gathering sessions with all key stakeholders to evaluate the scope once again and reprioritize the backlog based on the sessions

Schedule adequate sprint demos to gather early feedback from the stakeholders and adapt the plan accordingly

Incorporate design thinking practices into the project life cycle to better understand the product's personas and be more effective to match their needs

Evaluate the team's skills to look for someone with experience in product design and assign that person the task of rebuilding the product interface

A new team member is added to a self-organizing team. The new team member is reluctant to speak and take part in team discussions or decisions.Which two actions should the team take to engage this new team member? (Choose two.)

Coach the new team member to improve engagement with the team

Facilitate an open discussion on all ideas and perspectives

Revisit the team's discussion on team behaviors and norms

Report to the project manager about the new team member's behavior

Coach the new team member to improve engagement with the team

Force the new team member to participate in activities that are considered easy

Facilitate an open discussion on all ideas and perspectives

A company wants to increase the commercial value of one of its products in a highly competitive market. In order to do this, the company commissions a project to create a prototype. The team constructs the prototype incrementally.Which action should the project manager take as a priority?

Implement a plan-do-check-act (PDCA) cycle

Emphasize the use of Kanban methodology

Ensure the project sponsor is aware of the go-to market date

Deliver business value as soon as possible

Implement a plan-do-check-act (PDCA) cycle

During the daily meetings with the team the project manager notices that a new team member is not making the expected progress on an assigned task.What should the project manager do?

Ask an experienced team member to coach the new team member

Ask the new team member to follow the team ground rules

Ask an experienced team member to identify a replacement

Ask the new team member to reassess their own capabilities

Ask an experienced team member to coach the new team member

A company's project management office (PMO) has started to implement iterative tools. A project manager is starting a new project and has identified an opportunity to use the iterative tools. One of the senior managers is concerned about this modified framework as it is fairly new to the company.What should the project manager do first?

Send documentation to the senior manager about the advantages of the new framework

Organize individual sessions with the stakeholders to build awareness and trust in the new framework

Look for external training on the new framework to eliminate the risk of low engagement from stakeholders

Send documentation to the senior manager about the advantages of the new framework

Escalate the senior manager's concern to the project sponsor and distribute the status to the team

A project in the execution phase is behind schedule and is missing some materials. The contractor submits an offer to supply the missing materials and reimburse the cost since the internal procurement process will cause more delay. The project manager does not agree with the costs submitted by the contractor for the missing materials.What should the project manager do next?

Update the procurement strategy and negotiate with the contractor

Ask the project sponsor to allocate more budget to cover the costs

Update the procurement management plan and negotiate with the contractor.

Ask the contractor to review the offer and reduce the costs.

Update the procurement strategy and negotiate with the contractor

A project manager presented the project schedule to the mam stakeholders. They have requested that the project be completed two months earlier than the scheduled date.What should the project manager do?

Hold a stakeholder meeting to align timelines and scope expectations

Crash the schedule to shorten the timeline while keeping the scope unchanged

Update the cost management plan to allocate more resources to the project to finish the scope earlier

Reduce the scope of the project by removing activities and shortening the timeline

During the execution of a project the project manager notices that only one team member has one of the technical skills needed to build the product. The project manager is afraid this might have a future impact on the quality and schedule, because most of the upcoming activities will require at least three people with this specific skill.What two actions should the project manager take to prevent the team from being unqualified?(Choose two.)

Encourage working in pairs and knowledge sharing

Facilitate a training event with an external tracer

Exclude the activities from the roadmap

Encourage working in pairs and knowledge sharing

Teach the entire team the new skill

Facilitate a training event with an external tracer

Increase the time estimates on the activities that require such abilities

The team is working on a critical project deliverable and the project manager is concerned about meeting the deadline. There have been complaints from some stakeholders about some of the team members' performance. The project manager wants to understand the situation and provide feedback to the team as soon as possible.What three actions should the project manager take to address this situation? (Choose three.)

Perform a retrospective session

Request a manager performance review

An organization is embarking on the deployment of a new digital solution that will revolutionize purchasing services. The project manager has created all the necessary plans and activities to ensure a successful integration and solution launch. There is a risk of a partner's system being unavailable which could impact the project negatively.What key activity is needed to ensure the project's success?

Continuously monitor the risk of the partner system's unavailability, and put the proper resolution plans in place in case the risk materializes into an actual issue

Communicate to the project stakeholders that full integration may not be possible and that the project will potentially be delayed as a result

Eliminate the risk by mandating the partner to change the system settings to facilitate an easier integration with the new solution

Continuously monitor the risk of the partner system's unavailability, and put the proper resolution plans in place in case the risk materializes into an actual issue

Mitigate the risk by developing alternative plans to make the solution ready and available without full integration capabilities

The CEO has authorized the development of a complex financial product for a company to provide greater future benefits. The budget has been acquired through financing with global investors who expect all risks to be identified as soon as possible.What should the project manager use to identify the risks?

Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis

An analysis of shared risks between parties

Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis

The sponsor is supportive in leveraging agile approaches. The project manager is contemplating how to roll out the agile approach and gam buy-in from both project team members and stakeholders.What should the project manager do first?

Determine how to transform the organization using agile techniques, including organizational training and communications

Determine which agile software tools will be required to support agile delivery within the organization

Select a current predictive project, define the approach, and provide agile training to execute the remainder of the project

Start with a pilot project of appropriate complexity, and provide agile training to those who are impacted

Determine how to transform the organization using agile techniques, including organizational training and communications

A technical manager newly appointed by the client, visits the project site to verify the project deliverables. The technical manager feels that the project manager has not been providing enough information.What should the project manager do first to resolve this situation?

Review and update the stakeholder engagement plan

Update the issue log and escalate to the project sponsor

Identify the lack of information as a risk and update the risk register

Schedule more frequent meetings with the technical manager

Review and update the stakeholder engagement plan

During initiation of a new product improvement project, a project manager finds historical data showing that a similar project resulted in customers complaining of an even worse user experience compared to the previous product version.How can the project manager prevent this outcome in the new project?

Define a user focus group as external stakeholders with a high influence on outcomes

Hire a team of external users to perform acceptance testing on the product

Define a user focus group as external stakeholders with a high influence on outcomes

Hire a consultant to perform a benefit analysis as an input to the project charter

Define a high-level risk and plan mitigation after completing the work breakdown structure (WBS)

In analyzing a project for monthly status reporting, the project manager notices that the schedule performance index (SPI) is 0,75 and the cost performance index (CPI) is 1,25. The project manager must provide the first project status review soon and wants to emphasize that the project is under control.How should the project manager report the project status to key stakeholders?

Report that the project is behind schedule but that an additional experienced resource can be added to stay within schedule and maintain the budget

Prepare a detailed presentation for stakeholders on earned value including how it is calculated and the project's current earned value results

Report that the project is behind schedule but that an additional experienced resource can be added to stay within schedule and maintain the budget

Perform a detailed root cause analysis utilizing a pareto chart and fishbone diagrams to demonstrate that the project is under control

Report that the project is not tracking as expected, but is still under control since the next project milestone is over a month away

After a meeting with the customer, the project manager receives special recognition because the project is always on schedule. Later that day, the project manager attends a regular project team meeting to follow up on the status of the deliverables.What should the project manager do in the project team meeting?

Share the customer feedback with the project team

Follow the meeting agenda and make a list of the next deliverables

Document this feedback in the meeting minutes

Start planning how to improve the dates of next deliverables

Team members are having a discussion with the project manager. In the last retrospective meeting, the team realized that the obsolete equipment could affect the next iteration of the project. The team recommends buying new equipment because it is critical to the success of the final deliverable.What should the project manager do next?

Review the cost management plan to determine how to address this issue

Check the project budget to verify if there is enough contingency reserve

Review the cost management plan to determine how to address this issue

Tell the team members that more equipment is not part of the project's scope

Submit a change request to increase the budget and buy new equipment

A company's CEO has just returned from a conference on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and would like the project manager to implement this technology in the organization.What should the project manager do first?

Start developing a business case

Start a strength, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT)

Engage stakeholders and allocate resources

Gather requirements from stakeholders

PMI PMP Practice Test 11 - Free Online Exam Questions 401-440

During the planning stage of a project the project manager realizes that a standard stakeholder engagement approach will not suffice. One of the client representatives, who is not a key decision maker, is extremely opinionated. This client representative could become a roadblock to progress due to their perceived level of authority during meetings.

How should the project manager handle this moving forward?

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