A project team has identified a risk and wants to accept it as an opportunity to finish a project earlier than planned. The project manager realizes that the sponsor may not accept the risk since the sponsor is risk averse.What should the project manager do?

Convince the sponsor that this will cost less, ultimately resulting in more profit for the sponsor.

Create a contingency reserve to cover the risk in order to ensure that the risk will be accepted.

Conduct a Monte Carlo analysis to determine if the team will complete the project early.

Explain to the sponsor that this is a nonevent type of risk and it will be fine to accept it.

Convince the sponsor that this will cost less, ultimately resulting in more profit for the sponsor.

One of the team members is always late to the daily standup meeting. What should the project manager do?

Speak with the team member directly to reinforce the ground rules.

Schedule the meeting at the end of the day to accommodate everyone.

Reinforce the ground rules for standup meetings with the entire team.

Speak with the team member directly to reinforce the ground rules.

Ignore the situation since the team member is accomplishing their deliverables.

A project team is facing challenges understanding how to deliver a project's scope. A senior subject matter expert (SME) from the organization's global office is in town for 1 week.What should the project manager do to benefit from the SME's presence?

Meet with the SME to discuss the current challenges the team is facing.

Review the project scope statement with the SME.

Meet with the SME to discuss the current challenges the team is facing.

Organize a mentoring session with the team and the SME.

Ask the SME to review the scope for alignment with the project charter.

A client has requested that a product be implemented in 4 months and is ready to increase their budget to do this quickly. The project manager cannot comply with the request with the current resources or even additional resources. The project manager estimates that 8 to 12 months are needed for the product to go live.What should the project manager do to address this situation?

Discuss with the client alternative approaches to deliver the minimal viable product (MVP) in 4 months and the rest later

Motivate the team to work more efficiently and approve overtime in order to meet the client's goal in 4 months

Seek additional resources from the subcontractors and other sources to parallelize the necessary work

Discuss with the client alternative approaches to deliver the minimal viable product (MVP) in 4 months and the rest later

Call a meeting with the client so they will understand that 4 months is not enough time to deliver the product

An information technology (TT) team is responsible for the validation and release of a product developed by the agile development team. Due to other priorities for the IT learn, the releases are delayed.What action should the project manager take?

Work with the IT team to prioritize the validation and release of the new features.

Deliver the features when the IT team is able to validate them.

Escalate the issue from the IT team to management and get the validation prioritized.

Request the IT team to immediately release the product and then validate the features.

A project team is executing a project to replace an existing system with a new one. A new project manager has been hired and observes that the team consist of professionals who have worked with the older system, and others who have little previous experience.What should the project manager do to ensure project success?

Evaluate the current effectiveness of the team and define development needs.

Assign team member roles and responsibilities based on past experience.

Allow each team member to use their individual strengths for project success.

Request a performance assessment for the team from the functional manager.

During project execution, a client asks to add one more features to the product. After performing a change request analysis, the project manager realizes the necessary equipment will not be available in time to support this new feature, resulting in the project team being idle.What should the project manager do next?

Perform integrated change control.

Establish a contingency reserve.

Escalate the risk to senior management.

Perform integrated change control.

A project for developing software for a retail company's procurement system is in the initiation phase. The project sponsor has expressed concern that the forecasted project implementation date coincides with the company's financial budget planning period.Which two actions should the project manager take next to address this concern? (Choose two.)

Facilitate a risk workshop with all stakeholders in attendance to identify and assess all risks to the project

Log the concern as a risk in the project risk register and assess the impact and severity of the risk

Advise the sponsor that it is not feasible to determine if the end date will be met as the project is in the initiation phase

Facilitate a risk workshop with all stakeholders in attendance to identify and assess all risks to the project

Log the concern as a risk in the project risk register and assess the impact and severity of the risk

Change the project implementation date so that the concern is alleviated and no longer applicable

Communicate to the project sponsor that the implementation date is low risk and will not impact the project

During a project status update by the project management office (PMO), the CEO is concerned that the status of all projects suddenly changed from green lo red, without warning. Upper management is used to reading traditional reports related to progress and cost, and they want to continue viewing this information.How should the PMO implement a better way to report the project's health?

Explore reporting the earned value (EV) key performance indicators (KPIs) using agile progress as an input.

Request the program managers to be more accurate when presenting status reports.

Ask the project managers to report on their projects using a Kanban board format.

Explore reporting the earned value (EV) key performance indicators (KPIs) using agile progress as an input.

Perform a root cause analysis (RCA) to find out why the status of projects is deteriorating so fast.

A project needs to acquire a large volume of electrical supplies on a weekly delivery cycle. There are many suppliers interested in partnering, so the project manager feels confident they can negotiate a good price.What should the project manager do first in order to ensure the best overall value in the future contract?

Identify the policies, procedures, guidelines, and legal parameters that are required in the contract.

Meet with the project sponsor to learn more about past contracting efforts for electrical supplies.

Contact each of the potential suppliers to understand their price schedules for the required supplies.

Identify the policies, procedures, guidelines, and legal parameters that are required in the contract.

Create a time-based bill of materials containing the supplies that need to be delivered each week.

In a complex development project with many clients and team members, there have been delays in completing the required work. What should the project manager do?

Work with the team to develop a risk response plan.

Empower the team members to do their work.

Work with the team to develop a risk response plan.

Send an email to human resources (HR) about this situation.

Inform the project sponsor about this situation.

A project manager is transitioning from a predictive life cycle project to a new agile project. How should the project manager manage and control the scope for the new project?

Estimate the work the team can complete and define story sizes to keep the project under control

Spend a short amount of time defining the scope and building prototypes to refine the requirements

Develop a plan to complete more work in less time

Create a scope baseline and put the rest as backlog activities

A key team member informs the project manager that they have been accepted to a master's degree program. The team member explains that the first semester of the master's program will coincide with the last phase of the project.What should the project manager do?

Assess the team member's commitment to the master's program and its impact on project performance

Suggest the team member postpone their enrollment in the master's program until the project is completed

Assess the team member's commitment to the master's program and its impact on project performance

Ask the team member to delegate some of their tasks to another colleague during the last phase of the project

Ask the team member to inform human resources (HR) about their enrollment in the master's program

An agile project team received an assignment to develop an industrial system that interfaces with robots. The project team does not have any previous experience performing this type of work.Team members are interested in acquiring such expertise but it may result in a project delay.How should this situation be handled?

Add an experienced professional to the team to reinforce knowledge sharing and help grow team expertise in the new product.

Hire a consulting company to address the robotic interface questions, when necessary, and to help avoid delays and quality issues.

Add an experienced professional to the team to reinforce knowledge sharing and help grow team expertise in the new product.

Create a separate team with experienced members who understand the technology and split the product backlog according to team specialization.

Use a robotics vendor company to develop the interfaces so the team will not be held back by a lack of expertise in this type of work.

A project manager is meeting with the project sponsor regarding a new project. The project manager tells the sponsor that, as part of the communications management plan, a weekly email will be sent with the status of the project, so the sponsor can be informed of the progress. The sponsor indicates that the email is not necessary because they will ask for a status update whenever it is needed.What should the project manager do next?

Ask the project sponsor what sort of information is needed and agree on a frequency for the communication.

Agree to the project sponsor's request, but continue to copy them on the weekly email so they can be informed of progress in case it is needed

Tell the project sponsor that if they prefer to not receive the communication, there is no problem in removing them from the email distribution

Advise the project sponsor to request a 15-minute meeting, whenever necessary, with prior notification.

A team lead for a project that is currently in execution with multiple delivery teams is issuing status updates. This communication was not discussed with the project manager, and the project stakeholders are concerned about nonalignment since other teams are not providing these updates.What should the project manager do?

Discuss with the team lead to understand the reason for the report.

Instruct the team lead to stop sending the update report.

Discuss with the team lead to understand the reason for the report.

Examine the project reporting requirements with the stakeholders.

Tell the other team leads to provide similar update reports.

The project team has been exposed to a large number of stakeholders who are going to be operating the system with different levels of engagement. For efficiency purposes, what should the project manager do first to minimize the number of interactions with all stakeholders, while keeping a collaborative spirit?

Perform a stakeholder analysis to define the level of engagement of each stakeholder and act accordingly.

Meet with the stakeholders, document their needs, and agree on the pace and channel of communication.

Host regular meetings with all stakeholders to keep them engaged and get their feedback.

Meet with all of the stakeholders separately, build a relationship with them, and learn about their needs.

A team is not delivering the committed work. Cards are not moving on the kanban board, and the burndown chart shows that the sprint progress is slow.What should the agile project manager do?

Meet with the project team members who are slow in delivering tasks.

Consider the use of alternative performance metrics.

Change the work in progress (WIP) limit to reflect the team's capacity.

Discuss the performance with senior leadership.

Meet with the project team members who are slow in delivering tasks.

A project manager is asked to negotiate between two team members who frequently have misunderstandings in order to reach an agreement that will advance the project. What should the project manager to?

Coach and mentor the team members to build consensus and to resolve the ongoing conflict

Establish common ground through collaboration and understanding the team members' needs

Organize a team-building event to improve the morale among team members

Encourage a positive ongoing relationship between both of the team members

Coach and mentor the team members to build consensus and to resolve the ongoing conflict

A key challenge that a project manager is facing is the lack of discipline by various team members and their inability to harness energy to achieve the project objectives. What should the project manager do to overcome this challenge?

Meet with each team member separately and apply an appropriate approach with each one

Assign multiple managers to the various teams and delegate all of the tasks to them

Explain to the team that the project manager is ultimately responsible for the delivery

Approach the project sponsor and request help in discussing the project deliverables with team members

A product is undergoing its last iterative increment, and the project team is ready to make the final deployment. The company's financial manager is asking the project team to complete the deployment and close the project as soon as possible so it can be capitalized.What should the project manager do?

Check on the definition of done (DoD) for the project.

Expedite the final deployment and close the project.

Ignore the stakeholder's request as there is a defined plan.

Update the acceptance criteria for the iteration.

Check on the definition of done (DoD) for the project.

A project manager has been assigned to a corporate project management office (PMO). They are responsible for leading the development and rollout of updated project management procedures and templates that would include both predictive and agile approaches.What should the project manager do after the documents are completed?

Develop a training plan for all of the stakeholders to learn about the updates

Upload the files to the corporate website to be available for internal use

Develop a training plan for all of the stakeholders to learn about the updates

Hire an external consultant to monitor the execution of the new procedures

Meet with the department managers to help them roll out the new procedures

Organizational downsizing has resulted in the key subject matter expert (SME) resource leaving a multiyear project. What should the project manager do?

Refer to the resource management plan.

Update the stakeholder register.

Refer to the resource management plan.

Modify the statement of work (SOW).

A project manager is working on a project that is required to deliver value on an incremental basis. Which action should the project manager take to enable successful project execution?

Create a project schedule containing milestones.

Identify the tangible and intangible benefits.

Create a project schedule containing milestones.

Engage with the project sponsor to understand the scope.

Develop a comprehensive set of requirements.

A bank wants to initiate a new service for its customers that will also increase revenue. This service must comply with strict cyber regulation guidelines. Halfway through the project life cycle, the cyber regulations change, which has a large impact on the project.What type of status report should the project leader present to the stakeholders?

A report including the change control process tor the requested changes and the updated risk register

A report containing statistics, detailed tasks to be done, and an explanation of the impact of the changes

A report that includes a detailed risk mitigation plan and action items for complying with changes

A report that is concise and simple, and that clearly states the impact the changes will have

A bank has initiated a project to replace an existing core system with a new one. The system will be launched in several stages after the completion of each project deliverable that must be approved by the key stakeholders.What should the project manager do first?

Agree on quality standards with the key stakeholders.

Engage experienced key stakeholders in the implementation of the project.

Review the test and inspection plan with the key stakeholders.

Agree on quality standards with the key stakeholders.

Develop a requirements traceability matrix.

A project sponsor wants to develop software that would have 30 features and would be used in 10 different countries. The team feels overwhelmed with the amount of work to be done.What should the project manager do?

Support the team to find and execute the minimum viable product (MVP).

Organize project execution to satisfy the project sponsor's request.

Encourage and motivate the team with project incentives.

Subdivide the team to handle different aspects of the project.

An agile senior project team member suddenly resigns from the organization. Following this departure, the remaining team members are having difficulty accessing information and are unable to complete a deliverable.What should the project manager have done to avoid this situation?

Ensured the project repository is up to date.

Made an effort to reemploy the senior project team member.

Updated the job descriptions for all team roles.

Provided specialist training for all team members.

A project manager has been assigned to a project that involves building 100 wells for a small community that is urgently in need or access to water. What should the project manager do next?

Start project planning and develop the project management plan.

Process a change request for additional funding due to project urgency.

Hire local contractors who are familiar with the environment.

Face the challenge immediately and start sending relief to the town.

A project manager discovered that a component on the critical path is in danger of delay due to continuous disagreements between two developers. This personality-related issue can't be resolved by the team.What should the project manager do?

Log the issue in the register and escalate to the human resources (HR) manager.

Log the issue in the register and delay the development of the component.

Log the issue in the register and ask the team to make a decision by voting.

Log the issue in the register and escalate to the human resources (HR) manager.

Log the issue in the register and let the developers resolve the conflict.

In a weekly status meeting with the client, the project manager asks each team member to present how their deliverables are impacting the customer's final product requirements. Which leadership skill is the project manager applying?

Having a holistic and systemic view

Focusing on the important things

Maintaining team spirit and cooperation

Having a holistic and systemic view

Ensuring that expectations are clear

A construction company recently won the bid for a project to build a cable bridge. A project charter has been prepared and a project manager has been assigned. The project manager is creating a work breakdown structure (WBS) for the project.To what level should the project manager decompose their project?

To the lowest level where cost and duration can be estimated and managed

To the level where the highest level of quality is maintained

To level four of the schedule for bridge construction

To the level where the bridge can be constructed safely

A project manager is working on a global project. One team member is from a different country and is unable to attend project meetings on a regular basis. Because of this, other team members have started questioning the need for the project meeting. This issue is affecting the time line deliverable and quality parameters.What should the project manager do to manage the project deliverables?

Define the agenda for the project meeting.

Define the rules for the project meeting.

Make it mandatory for all members to attend all project meetings.

Make it mandatory for all members to discuss their work at project meetings.

Define the agenda for the project meeting.

A project manager has just been assigned to a team that is developing a new design product. The work breakdown structure (WBS) has been created and the activities have been assigned to the team members. The project manager finds that there are activities that could be completed sooner by other team members. If the current assignments are left as is, the project could be delayed 2 weeks.What should the project manager do in this situation?

Review the work allocation and reassign some tasks to shorten the critical path

Ask the team members to work overtime to finish the tasks on time according to the schedule

Review the work allocation and reassign some tasks to shorten the critical path

Maintain the task assignments as planned and compress the other tasks to keep the project on schedule

Keep the task assignments unchanged since the project management plan has been approved

In a global project, the project manager has to plan and manage communication between the team members and stakeholders in order to ensure the project will remain on track and achieve its goals.What should the project manager do?

Consider cultural differences among stakeholders.

Understand how political aspects can affect the project.

Schedule communication training for management-level stakeholders.

Conduct an integration meeting among all stakeholders.

PMI PMP Practice Test 26 - Free Online Exam Questions 1001-1040

During a project gate review meeting, it is identified that one of the project deliverables will require corrective actions to meet the project quality requirements. What should the project manager do first?

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