A project manager has been assigned to a project where collaboration with the business is a critical key factor. The project manager is not sure about which approach to use. A senior project manager has been assigned to help the project manager.What advice should the senior project manager provide?

Suggest using an agile approach since customer and team collaboration is critical for project success

Work with the project manager to develop a new approach that will bring benefits to the project

Suggest using an agile approach since customer and team collaboration is critical for project success

Establish a project management methodology that requires the customer to provide daily updates to the team

Provide a project management template for the project manager to follow as a guide

A project manager is managing a large project. A stakeholder has just discovered a new risk that has not been identified in earlier stages.What should the project manager do?

Add the risk to the risk register and reevaluate the register with help from the project team and stakeholders

Confirm to the stakeholder that the risk register has been completed and validated by all stakeholders

Perform a risk analysis directly with the stakeholder who raised the risk and update the risk register

Communicate the risk to the steering committee and request a mitigation plan from senior management

Add the risk to the risk register and reevaluate the register with help from the project team and stakeholders

A Scrum team is analyzing the burndown chart on day four of a 15-day sprint. The burndown chart is shown below. What should the team do next?

Continue with the sprint work as planned and keep monitoring

Ask the product owner if some low-priority stories could be cut from the sprint

Continue with the sprint as the progress shows buffers for potential interruptions

Ask the project team to select any additional stories as they have additional capacity than planned

Continue with the sprint work as planned and keep monitoring

A project manager is closing a project and preparing to hand it over to the operations team.During handover, a delayed invoice was submitted with a higher-than- planned cost against the project work. Consequently, project handover was delayed and the project's reported completion costs were increased.What should the project manager have done to avoid this situation?

Captured and reviewed all of the project work and related costs regularly

Notified all vendors about the invoicing and nonpayment deadlines

Reviewed the total committed cost against the cost invoiced at project closing

Involved the finance team and discussed the issue with the vendor

Captured and reviewed all of the project work and related costs regularly

A project manager is working with a co-located agile project team that has worked together long enough to be in the performing phase of team development. An unforeseen event has caused the team to be dispersed and they are now unable to co-locate.What should the project manager do to keep the team performing as effectively as possible?

Evaluate project performance and step in if performance decreases to an unacceptable level

Ask the project sponsor and executive stakeholders to encourage the team to maintain their performance

Provide the team with virtual collaboration software and training on the software to minimize disruption

Transition the team from an agile approach to a predictive approach for better performance control

Evaluate project performance and step in if performance decreases to an unacceptable level

A project manager is reviewing the requirements of a large program.Which requirements should the project team prioritize to avoid getting fines?

Certifying sustainable products

During the lessons learned workshop, one stakeholder mentioned that the project was unsuccessful as it did not deliver the expected business value.What should the project manager do to address this concern?

Review the business benefits realization plan with the stakeholders.

Review the project management plan tasks with the stakeholders.

Review the business benefits realization plan with the stakeholders.

Review the project management plan budget with the stakeholders.

Review the communications management plan with the stakeholders.

A project team is using one of the visual management tools to identify dependencies. It was identified that domain knowledge from one team needs to be shared with another team to ensure the continuity of deliverables.What should the project manager do?

Request the respective teams to plan for knowledge-sharing sessions.

Remove the dependency to eliminate the need for knowledge sharing.

Redistribute the team members so knowledge is available in both teams.

Merge both teams into one team so the knowledge is commonly available.

Request the respective teams to plan for knowledge-sharing sessions.

A project manager is using a subcontractor for mobile application development. When the project team tests the application, they realize it does not comply with the new company user-interface standards. Even though these new standards were not included in the statement of work (SOW), the subcontractor agrees to the additional scope as long as payment for this additional work is paid immediately.What should the project manager do?

Initiate a change request and review the contract to evaluate the payment options before responding.

Negotiate new pricing based on the revised estimations from the subcontractor that reflect the new work.

Initiate a change request and review the contract to evaluate the payment options before responding.

Deny the subcontractor's payment request, because the product does not comply with the project needs and close the project.

Initiate a change to incorporate an immediate payment milestone in the contract as per the subcontractor's request.

A project manager is leading a large public project that will have a high impact on the town's citizens.How should the project manager define the different requirements?

Analyze the interests and influence of stakeholders and evaluate their requirements.

Include only the key requirements and keep the stakeholders informed about scope decisions.

Add only the opinions of the team, because they know the objectives of the project.

Include only the common requirements of each stakeholder group in the project goals.

A project manager is assigned to a regulatory project for their country. The deadline for delivering results in compliance with the new laws is very tight, and the project team members have not yet been assigned. One of the project manager's peers informs the project manager that a project with the same scope for a different country was completed 1 year ago.What should the project manager do first?

Review organizational process assets (OPAs) and perform analogous estimating.

Register a new risk in the risk management plan.

Review organizational process assets (OPAs) and perform analogous estimating.

Ask for additional resources and review the project estimate.

Complete a bottom-up estimation for the project activities.

The team lead on a project has left the organization and management wants to promote engineer A to this position. The project manager is confident that selecting engineer A will add problems to the project and believes that engineer B would better fit this role. The project manager discussed all of the arguments with management but their decision remains unchanged.What should the project manager do?

Help engineer A to become familiar with this new role and ensure engineer B stays motivated.

Promote engineer B instead since the project manager has the authority to make this decision.

Help engineer A to become familiar with this new role and ensure engineer B stays motivated.

Coach engineer B to be prepared to perform this role if and when engineer A fails.

Request management approval that engineer B will be promoted if engineer A fails in this role.

A project manager has been assigned to a new project that will be delivered using an agile framework. The sponsor is asking for a cost estimation to build the business case.What should the project manager do?

Review the completion costs of similar projects.

Ensure the client representative is involved in the estimation.

Ensure that a 20% contingency is included in the estimation.

Review the completion costs of similar projects.

Review the lessons learned from similar projects.

A company is interested in reducing production costs in one of its production lines. When the project charter was about to be approved, one of the key stakeholders questioned the project's value and caused a delay in the approval.What should the project manager have done to avoid this setback?

Assessed feasibility and impacts

The project manager just started leading a project team from which the previous project manager resigned. After a quick evaluation of the project, it is apparent that team morale is low due to continuous disagreement about how to complete tasks. Tasks are taking longer than forecasted and the project is off schedule.What should the project manager do?

Conduct a meeting with the project team to discuss and address the sources of disagreement.

Crash the project timeline to ensure the project is back on schedule.

Inform the stakeholders that the project will be delayed due to previous team management.

Issue a change request to extend the project schedule based on identified delays.

The deliverables of a project have been completed. However, the stakeholders did not approve the deliverables, because they did not cover the needs of the business.Which actions should the project manager have taken to avoid this situation?

Defined the project management plan and ensured it met the project objectives and business needs.

Ensured that the stakeholders participated in the daily meetings to confirm that the project was developing correctly.

Provided and explained the sprint backlog at the beginning of the project to the stakeholders and project team.

Requested that the team change the frequency of the deliverables in the development phase to obtain earlier feedback.

Companies A and B are codeveloping a cutting-edge technology product. Based on customer feedback, the marketing department urgently requests a new feature in 2 weeks. Company A's front end is ready, but company B requires 4 weeks to deliver the complete back end and is busy with the current release.What should the project manager do to obtain agreement from both companies and acceptance from marketing?

Plan the delivery of a minimum viable feature in 2 weeks to enable early showcasing of business value.

Stop the current release work for 4 weeks in order to work and deliver the new feature completely.

Create a special release 4 weeks after the current release to deliver the new feature in its entirety.

Add the new feature to the list for the next release and continue working on the current release.

A project manager has been assigned to deliver a challenging project on time and within budget.The project manager needs to empower the team members by removing organizational impediments and facilitating collaboration.What should the project manager do to lead the project?

Perform the project sponsor activities.

Assume the functional manager role.

Some of the team members who are working on a new software tool are in a public space, arguing over a new feature being coded instead of completing the coding.How should the project manager handle this situation and get the team to complete the task?

Bring the team members to the meeting room to discuss the new feature and to reach a common understanding of the necessary coding.

Contact the human resources (HR) department to tell them there is an argument in a public space and that they need to intervene immediately.

Engage in the conversation in the public space by telling them the expectations of the feature and advise them to return to their workspace.

Listen to the argument from a nearby location to understand the situation, then offer insight into the features when the team is calm.

Bring the team members to the meeting room to discuss the new feature and to reach a common understanding of the necessary coding.

A project manager is managing a government project that targets the development of small businesses in remote towns. The project team is having difficulty conducting entrepreneurship training in some of the targeted towns because the local municipal governments will not authorize the training. As a result of the delay, project implementation is at risk.What is a probable reason for this?

The project did not identify and engage the correct stakeholders.

The project should have constructed training centers in the remote towns.

The project did not identify and engage the correct stakeholders.

The project did not fully engage the project sponsor.

The project should have representatives in all the remote towns.

A project is in progress with a team that is new to agile approaches. After the first sprint review, the team performance begins slipping, and the conclusion is that there is not an adequate flow of work for the team.What should the project manager do?

Discuss the issue with the stakeholders.

Provide the product owner with training.

Submit a change request to rebaseline the project.

Change the project approach to hybrid.

Discuss the issue with the stakeholders.

During iteration two of a project with two teams (A and B), the project manager is concerned that there are two critical activities from team A that must be started in iteration four. Additionally, these two activities are dependent on an activity from team B that has not yet been prioritized.What should the project manager do?

Ensure team B prioritizes the dependent activity in iteration three.

Cancel the current iteration and reschedule it with the dependent activity.

Include the dependent activity in the current iteration for team B.

Ensure team B prioritizes the dependent activity in iteration three.

Assign the two critical activities to team B in iteration two.

A project manager is assigned to a new project team that has several stakeholders who can have significant influence over the project outcomes. The project manager categorized the stakeholders into four different groups and wants to define the communication strategy.How should the project manager handle communication?

Develop and define a communication strategy for stakeholders.

Define and direct communication to influential stakeholders.

Develop and define a communication strategy for stakeholders.

Utilize a uniform communication structure across all groups.

Describe the four groups in the project stakeholder matrix.

Ai the start of a project, the sponsor declares that demonstrating benefits from the product will be extremely important. The project sponsor calls a meeting with the project manager and the project leadership team to discuss the best approach because the project has a high degree of uncertainty and many changes are expected.What should the project manager propose?

Recommend an agile approach so the project can be delivered iteratively.

Develop requirements and designs to support a faster product release.

Emphasize the adoption of a predictive approach to minimize ambiguity.

Recommend an agile approach so the project can be delivered iteratively.

Outsource development of the product to a third party with more experience.

A system migration project is in its closing stage. The project manager is being pressured to close the project. The project manager communicated to all stakeholders; however, the last department to migrate indicated that they have not received the notification.What should the project manager do?

Close out the project and tell the manager to open a service desk ticket

Report the issue during the next status meeting at the end of the week

Escalate the issue to the project sponsor and upper management

Close out the project and tell the manager to open a service desk ticket

Log the issue and assign it to the project team member(s)

A project to develop a banking product is in the execution stage New regulations from the government are significantly affecting product development. Stakeholders are concerned about whether the planned benefits are still valid and achievable.What should the project manager do first?

Showcase progress toward the targets and revalidate a project work plan.

Reforecast and revalidate the benefits baselines and targets

Escalate the issue to the sponsor and request more funding.

Showcase progress toward the targets and revalidate a project work plan.

Optimize alignment between the stakeholder needs and project objectives.

One of the team members is consistently absent in team meetings, but always completes their assigned tasks on time. Other team members think this member should attend the meetings.What should the project manager do?

Allow each team member to submit their required tasks on time and reduce the number of scheduled meetings.

Assign this member to facilitate the next meeting to ensure project team collaboration.

Allow each team member to submit their required tasks on time and reduce the number of scheduled meetings.

Review and update the project ground rules to make meeting attendance mandatory.

Understand the reason for the team member's absence and encourage them to attend future meetings.

A project manager entered into a contract with a vendor to build a new system. During the acceptance test stage, the project manager noticed that the system quality was not satisfactory.How should the project manager support their claim to the vendor?

Provide the failed test results along with the agreed-upon acceptance criteria

Share unsuccessful results from previous projects with a similar scope

Provide the failed test results along with the agreed-upon acceptance criteria

Show that the acceptance criteria were changed by the vendor without approval.

Document in the risk log that the issues in the system were already identified

A project manager finds that there are knowledge gaps in the project team relating to the core competencies required to deliver the desired results. What should the project manager do to achieve the desired results?

Communicate the situation to the team and plan for the necessary training and coaching arrangements

Report the situation back to upper management and request to have the scope changed

Plan to hire more experienced team members and lay off a few of the existing team members.

Communicate the situation to the customer and inform them about potential delays in delivery.

A project manager who is working with a virtual team needs to mentor an entry-level colleague.This team member informs the project manager that they feel demotivated and excluded from the team. What should the project manager do first to solve the situation?

Conduct a team building event to involve the team member

Speak with the team member about their engagement and contributions

Perform an assessment of each member of the project team

Assign the team member to a team where they can contribute more

Conduct a team building event to involve the team member

A project manager is managing the development of a dental wire bending machine. The machine is compatible with the three most popular dental wires in the market which covers 90% of the market. The prototype is now under testing for certification. The manufacturer of one of the three wires announced they will be producing a different wire mat will be incompatible with the machine. This will result in a 25% loss of market coverage from the initially predicted 90%coverage. What should the project manager do?

Investigate the impact of this issue with the team and survey the market for alternative wires with similar characteristics

Stop the project and kick off another project to apply alternative wires for the machine

Meet with the sales and marketing representatives and ask them to convince the manufacturer to reconsider

Meet with the wire manufacturer to secure enough of the existing stock for the machine

A project manager is leading a team of diverse individuals of all ages. The working hours for the project were set at the beginning of the project, and all team members agreed to the hours.However, later in the project, one of the team members informed the project manager that the previously agreed upon hours no longer work due to the team member's personal commitments.What should the project manager do?

Changed the duration of iterations to deliver more value

Validated the iteration goals with the customer

Invited the customer to the daily meetings

Helped the team redefine the MVP

A project manager works in a hierarchical organization. The project team members are used to being told what to do, and the performance reviews include the percentage of completion of the allocated tasks. After a conversation with the sponsor, the project manager realizes that they need to reassign a couple of tasks to meet the next milestone. This change can be perceived as poor performance by the current assignees.What should the project manager do?

Organize a team meeting to inform team members about a change in direction and work with them to change the task allocation

Organize a team meeting and inform the team members that, as the person accountable for delivery, they decided to change the task allocation

Ask the more experienced team member privately to take the task and inform the other team members that work has been reassigned

Ask the less experienced team member privately to stop working on the task and inform another team member that the work has been reassigned

Organize a team meeting to inform team members about a change in direction and work with them to change the task allocation

A project manager has just been hired to lead a project team in a hybrid environment. The team is working on a group of critical projects.What should the project manager do to ensure the right environment and authority are in place to effectively deliver the projects?

Create a project steering committee aligned with existing organizational structures.

Develop a detailed project management plan to share with project resources.

Develop a detailed risk log and share it with all of the project stakeholders.

Appoint a self-organizing project team that is not influenced by organizational factors.

A building management system (BMS) project is in its commissioning phase and handover to the operations team will commence soon. However, the project manager noted that both the project and operation teams are not able to properly operate the BMS. As a result, there is an increased risk of the project schedule being delayed.What should the project manager have done to avoid this situation?

Allocated proper resources for training on BMS in the project plan

Brought both teams together in a joint meeting to resolve the issue

Made some adjustments to BMS to be more suitable for the teams

Allocated a dedicated handover team at early stages of the project

Allocated proper resources for training on BMS in the project plan

A team working on a close deployment waits to receive critical information from the customer.The customer keeps postponing sending the information which is delaying the deployment.What should the project manager have done to prevent the delay?

Obtained all critical information ahead of time

Involved the customer in the deployment process

Used the sample data already in place

Involved upper management in the process

A project manager is assigned to a new project that will launch the digital version of a current product. Even though the product is well known, the vision for its digital version is not clear to the stakeholders.What should the project manager do to increase value delivery?

Work with the team on the definition of a minimum viable product (MVP) and present it to the stakeholders

Gather the team to create a comprehensive product roadmap but only commit to requirements for the next quarter

Create a visual task board with all of the relevant stakeholders to support backlog prioritization

Work with the team on the definition of a minimum viable product (MVP) and present it to the stakeholders

Use spikes to dig deeper into the technical challenges of the new product, thus reducing the technical risk

PMI PMP Practice Test 20 - Free Online Exam Questions 761-800

In a geographically distributed project team, the project team members continue to email status reports and update schedules after their weekly meeting discussions. However, the team is having difficulty tracking the changes and progress made.

What should the project manager do?

Become a Premium Member for full access

Unlock Premium Member

PMI PMP Practice Test 20

Question

PMI PMP Practice Tests

Practice Tests