During project execution, a project manager is informed that most of the project team members have enrolled in the newly implemented work-from-home company policy.How should the project manager reflect this change in the project?

Update the communication styles for enrolled team members in the communications management plan.

Update roles and responsibilities for enrolled team members in the responsibility assignment matrix (RAM).

Update the stakeholder engagement plan to include the emergency contact information for enrolled team members.

Update the resource calendar for enrolled team members in the resource management plan.

A project manager is assigned to a project within a program. The high-level requirements of the project are known, but the priorities of some of the requirements are uncertain as they are interdependent on some other pipeline projects within the program.How should the project manager prepare for the next steps of the project?

Prioritize and estimate the milestones for the high-level requirements based on historical data

Escalate to the management team to increase the timeline based on the complexity of the project

Wait for the other project estimates before planning the schedule

Prioritize and estimate the milestones for the high-level requirements based on historical data

Ask the project management office (PMO) to estimate the tasks for all the projects and share the project management plan

A new team member has joined an agile project, replacing a team member who recently left. The project team needs the new team member to speed up their ability to contribute effectively to the project.What should the project manager do to help in this situation?

Schedule knowledge transfer sessions and assign less complex tasks to the new team member

Assign the new team member the same tasks that were assigned to the previous team member who they replaced

Schedule knowledge transfer sessions and assign less complex tasks to the new team member

Send technical documentation to the new team member and schedule training for the next iteration

Have the new team member complete all of the company's mandatory training

A team is holding the first demonstration of the software built to date on a medium-sized project.The product owner has uncovered a number of issues they would like to be addressed before providing approval.How should the project manager approach this problem?

Plan to address the issues through backlog grooming and incorporate them into the next sprint

Refer the product owner to the change management plan, then escalate to the steering committee

Refer the product owner to the signed business requirement document and explain that the current plan cannot facilitate these changes

Tell the product owner the issues will be addressed in the second version of the software

A project manager has just finished initiating a project. While planning the project manager notes that several essential team members do not have the required skills for key tasks later in the project.What should the project manager do first?

Develop the resource management plan and ensure adequate training

Replace the current project team members

Outsource the task to be completed by a specialized vendor

Update the issue log to account for the lack of team member qualifications

A project to develop a large hydropower plant is in the implementation phase and is managed using a hybrid approach.What should the project manager do to ensure full compliance of quality requirements during the execution phase?

Continually survey the quality of the deliverable

Analyze the quality requirements.

Continually survey the quality of the deliverable

Set up quality policies and procedures

A project manager finished reviewing the project deliverables for the current iteration with the customer. A new key stakeholder who just joined the customer's team, complains that the results do not provide the capabilities the business anticipated.What should the project manager do to address this issue?

Conduct stakeholder identification and a project objectives review session

Create a change request and update the scope management plan

Conduct stakeholder identification and a project objectives review session

Update the stakeholder list and fix the deliverables

Update the project management plan and lessons learned

As part of the strategic plan, a company decides to implement a new software platform to manage a centralized document repository. Some requirements are clear and some need more detail.What should the project manager do first to decide how to manage this project?

Determine the most appropriate life cycle approach for the project

Select a predictive development life cycle based on the team's experience

Determine the most appropriate life cycle approach for the project

Register all requirements into a backlog for further detailed analysis

Split the requirements, put them into two separate projects, and apply different approaches

For the purposes of quality assurance, a quality audit was conducted on the processes being used in the project execution plan. One of the nonconformance issues raised by the auditor was that attendance lists for the project risk review meetings were not available.Why is an attendance list important?

The attendance list is evidence that risk review meetings were held with the appropriate project team members

It is standard practice on projects to conduct risk review meetings which should have records on meeting attendance

The attendance list is evidence that risk review meetings were held with the appropriate project team members

It is a record that shows the number of attendees in the meeting

It is a document that is registered within the lessons learned register

A company is initiating a project to enhance one of its existing products. All of its products are developed internally.What should the project manager do?

Review the lessons learned from the previous project

Ensure the stakeholder engagement plan is accurate and properly documented

Review the lessons learned from the previous project

Identify the risk of implementing the new solution and evaluate the impact on the project

Create a lessons learned document for the initiation phase

The client will not agree to closure, claiming that the project team has not performed the code inspections mandated in the development contract. The project team has performed the code inspections, however the records are not complete.What should the project manager do?

Hold a meeting with the project team project sponsor and the client to agree to the further work required to close the project and add to lessons learned

Seek expert legal advice on the interpretation of the clauses in the contract

Hold a meeting with the project team project sponsor and the client to agree to the further work required to close the project and add to lessons learned

Close the project and hand over the deliverables to the client

Hold a lessons learned workshop with the project team and project sponsor to avoid contractual compliance issues arising in future projects

A project manager has a team of shared resources from other projects who are working on a client project. Three days before the project is due. The team informs the project manager that the project will be delayed because a component was not delivered on time. Competing priorities of the shared resources are delaying delivery of the component.What should the project manager have done to prevent this delay from happening?

Used the resource management plan to identify the impacts of the other projects

Updated the risk management plan and registered lessons learned for the project

Reorganized the team for the project based on the work breakdown structure (WBS)

Maintained constant communication with the stakeholders of the other projects

Used the resource management plan to identify the impacts of the other projects

A project manager has been managing a highly complex project. The project manager has ensured that all of the required tasks have been completed. During a recent external audit. The project manager was informed of a heavy penalty being levied on the project for the latest module that was implemented.What should the project manager have done to ensure that there were no liabilities arising from the recent implementation?

Ensured that all the required approvals were received per the organizational procedures

Ensured that all defects identified during testing were resolved before implementation

Ensured that all of the required tasks identified in the scope were completed successfully

Ensured that all documentation was completed post implementation before closing the project

Ensured that all the required approvals were received per the organizational procedures

A project manager at a company is considering a high-performing junior member of the organization to be the new project manager for a current project.What should the project manager do to prepare for a recommendation to senior management?

Gather project artifacts that demonstrate the team member's high performance

Compile key highlights featuring the team member from the meeting minutes

Ask the team member to write a short biography listing their qualifications

Gather project artifacts that demonstrate the team member's high performance

Calculate the health of the projects on which the team member has worked

A project manager is assigned to a project that is in development. As the project manager reviews the project's progress, they find a few tasks that are behind schedule. After investigating, the project manager discovers that a few team members were pulled to work on other assignments, which impacted their ability to focus on the project manager's project.Which two actions can the project manager take to bring the team back on track? (Choose two.)

Discuss the risk of project delay and work priorities with the respective functional managers

Work with the team to identify options to accelerate project delivery.

Establish daily standups to review project progress and track the completion of deliverables

Allow the team members to catch up at their own pace

Alert the business stakeholders immediately of the schedule delay

Discuss the risk of project delay and work priorities with the respective functional managers

Work with the team to identify options to accelerate project delivery.

A project manager accepts a delivery at the project site but the items are of a poor quality. The project manager gets the local vendor to fix the items but more deliveries from this vendor are expected.What should the project manager do going forward?

Review the contract requirements and ask for the applicable evidence for quality assurance

Allocate extra time to inspect deliveries for quality assurance upon arrival at the site

Review the contract requirements and ask for the applicable evidence for quality assurance

Have the vendor issue the quality documentation prior to the next delivery

Call the vendor and have them verbally guarantee the quality of the next site delivery

During project execution, the risk owner is monitoring the critical speed rate of a power engine to eventually trigger the defined risk-response strategy. During the risk assessment and management process phase, it was defined that the power engine has the following characteristics:1,600 rpm (rate-per-minute) -> stops working and crashes the system1,500 rpm (rate-per-minute) -> warns of max rate allowed1,400 rpm (rate-per-minute) -> reduces the power and brakes the engine Which of the following statements is correct?

1,600 rpm is a project issue, 1,500 rpm is a project risk, and 1,400 rpm is an event that triggers a response strategy.

1,600 rpm is a project risk, 1,500 rpm is an event that triggers a response strategy, and 1,400 rpm is a project issue.

1,600 rpm is a project issue, 1,500 rpm is an event that triggers a response strategy, and 1,400 rpm is a project risk.

1,600 rpm is a project issue, 1,500 rpm is a project risk, and 1,400 rpm is an event that triggers a response strategy.

1,600 rpm is an event that triggers a response strategy, 1,500 rpm is a project issue, and 1,400 rpm is a project risk.

A project manager who recently joined the company has been assigned to manage a software project for a major recurring customer. What should the project manager do to enhance the budget estimations for the project?

Review budget-related lessons learned from similar projects.

Discuss the budget with the team during the daily standups to ensure the budget is under control.

Review budget-related lessons learned from similar projects.

Invite the client to the kick-off meeting and create the project budget during the meeting,

Implement an agile approach to avoid using a fixed budget,

A large multi-national company works on a project in an emerging-economy country. All business matters are conducted in local currency. During the course of the project, the budget becomes the primary concern due to currency instability in the country.What should the project manager do next?

Use the project's contingency reserve

Evaluate the situation with the team

Escalate the risk to the project sponsor

Use the project's contingency reserve

Ask for additional budget from the client

A customer initiated a minor scope change and expects this to be completed without delays or additional costs. The project manager believes that they have adequate authorization to make the decision themselves but is not quite sure.What should the project manager do next?

Use the Perform Integrated Change Control process and submit this to the change control board (CCB) for approval.

Use the project contingency and implement the change without charging the customer, since the customer's satisfaction is top priority.

Exploit this change opportunity and calculate the cost, risk, and time, then add a reasonable margin and submit to the customer.

Use the Perform Integrated Change Control process and submit this to the change control board (CCB) for approval.

Keep the change pending and decide to take this up as part of final settlement at the end of the project.

A project team is executing a megaproject, and several contract requirements have been identified.In the planning phase, the project team agreed that a contract would be required 3 months prior to the project's finish date. During project execution, it was determined that the contract was required immediately.What should project manager do?

Request the team to initiate a change request to execute the contract.

Seek management's approval for executing the contract earlier than planned.

Request the team to initiate a change request to execute the contract.

Support the team's request and allow for early contract execution.

Challenge the project team to identify the reasons for early contract execution.

PMI PMP Practice Test 13 - Free Online Exam Questions 481-520

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