A project team is working together on a computer relocation project, and all of the team members are experienced with relocation. There are many ideas being shared during the team meeting, and too many ideas result in the team being unable to conclude the relocation approach.What should the project manager do?

Help the project team create consensus around the solutions.

Employ a consulting company to offer best practice solutions.

Seek management's decision for the best relocation approach.

Empower the team members to make decision themselves.

Help the project team create consensus around the solutions.

An organization is going through a transformation, migrating most of its projects from a predictive to an agile approach. The marketing VP, who is also a key stakeholder, expressed a concern about losing control of the features that will be implemented in the product lines.What should the project manager responsible for this project do?

Schedule a meeting with the marketing VP to discuss and clarify the benefits of using an agile approach.

Email the marketing VP with a cost-benefit analysis of the new model, detailing how the company will improve its products.

Schedule a meeting with the marketing VP to discuss and clarify the benefits of using an agile approach.

Apply influence with other key stakeholders to mitigate risks that may be generated by the marketing VP.

Review the issue with the marketing VP and request additional project funding for team training.

To limit the amount of time and cost of using a contract programming firm, a product manager announces that the developers will not be paid for unrequested embellishments to the product.What can the development team and scrum master do to ensure they are paid for all their work?

Refine the definition of done (DoD) for user stories to ensure that part of the completion is a verification review of the code.

Convert the story points on user stories to hours to provide estimates of the potential costs to the product manager.

Have the product manager work with the scrum master to assign specialists to user stories to meet the requirement.

Ensure that the task board is used as an information radiator and all stories have enough detail to build the required feature or function.

Refine the definition of done (DoD) for user stories to ensure that part of the completion is a verification review of the code.

A project has completed the first phase. During the lessons learned meeting, the project manager reported that the project was successful because it was on time, on budget, and on scope. The sponsor objected and said that other project benefits, such as cost reduction of the product and system response time, were not achieved.What may have caused this situation?

The benefits should have been managed at the organizational level.

The change control plan was not followed by the project manager.

The acceptance criteria were not accurately defined.

The items did not appear in the project management plan.

The benefits should have been managed at the organizational level.

Due to price inflation, an agile project manager has identified that the available project funding will not be enough to bring on an additional team member for the upcoming iterations as initially planned. The project budget and release deadlines are tight. The existing cross-functional team is experienced.What is the first approach the project manager should take?

Request the current team to analyze the work planned for the additional resource.

Ask the business stakeholders to reduce the number of features required for the product.

Delay the hiring of the additional resource until market conditions are favorable to work within project requirements.

Ask the functional managers to source a less experienced and less expensive team member for the project.

Request the current team to analyze the work planned for the additional resource.

A project team is transitioning to agile delivery. The team uses a Kanban board to track progress.In the daily meetings, the team members have been reporting good progress. However, the cards on the board are not progressing toward "done." What should the project manager do?

Ask each team member to include the completion date on their cards.

Remind the team that self-organized teams are accountable for project progress.

Cancel the daily meetings and organize weekly project team meetings.

Ask the development lead to indicate low performers after the daily meeting.

A sponsor requires that the established quality standards for the project be met. As a result, the sponsor asks the project manager for stable measures to ensure that the quality is met.Which three actions should the project manager do? (Choose three.)

Identify in the iteration planning the acceptance criteria that meet quality standards.

Analyze the lessons learned to determine appropriate testing metrics in quality standards.

Incorporate performance metrics on the verified deliverables according to quality standards.

Identify in the iteration planning the acceptance criteria that meet quality standards.

Identify the acceptance criteria during the retrospective that meet the quality standards.

Analyze the lessons learned to determine appropriate testing metrics in quality standards.

Incorporate performance metrics on the verified deliverables according to quality standards.

Perform a risk analysis to determine the impact of not complying with quality standards.

The project team has onboarded members from all over the world and will now work virtually to create project deliverables. There are both language and time zone challenges with this project team, but each team member is an expert in their trade.What should the project manager do first to address the challenges?

Investigate alternatives for virtual meeting times and written communication methods.

Schedule meetings at a time when all members can attend based on the time zones.

Engage with human resources (HR) to determine if some team members may be relocated.

Review the communications management plan to assign resources for a facilitator.

Investigate alternatives for virtual meeting times and written communication methods.

A project manager regularly sends out project progress reports. However, there have been a few complaints from stakeholders who expressed that the communication does not meet their needs.What should the project manager do?

Analyze the communication needs of the stakeholders.

Communicate the project details to the stakeholders.

Introduce a separate stakeholder engagement meeting.

Analyze the communication needs of the stakeholders.

Communicate progress more frequently to the stakeholders.

A project manager has been keeping track of impediments that have been discussed with the team in daily meetings. The risk register continues to grow, and only a few impediments have been mitigated.What should the project manager do?

Ask the project team to resolve the impediments.

Identify any critical impediments that may affect the project.

Ask the project team to resolve the impediments.

Stop development until all impediments are resolved.

Discuss how to remove the impediments with the sponsor.

Two project managers are working on separate projects that have identified the same subject matter expert (SME) as critical to their projects. Project A is using a predictive approach and Project B is using an agile approach.Which project should the SME be allocated to?

The project with the highest score in the program to improve the likelihood of success.

The project with the less experienced project manager to improve the likelihood of success.

The project with the highest score in the program to improve the likelihood of success.

Project A, because project planning was based on the assumption that the SME would be available.

Project B, because success in an agile project is determined by technical excellence.

During the initial stage of a project, the team estimated activities for the next iteration in story points. It was agreed that each story point would be assumed to be equal to one day of effort during project execution. There are some activities estimated as two story points and others estimated as 100 story points.What should the project manager ask the team to do next?

Break down the larger activities into smaller ones.

Negotiate the estimation so it gets smaller.

Break down the larger activities into smaller ones.

Execute the smaller estimated activities.

Before a daily standup, a team member informed the project manager that they have accepted a job offer at another company. The team member explains that they plan to present their resignation to the functional manager.What should the project manager do next?

Contact the functional manager and develop a mitigation strategy.

Contact the product owner and review the current sprint backlog.

Communicate to the team members at the daily standup.

Alert the functional manager about possible delivery delays.

Contact the functional manager and develop a mitigation strategy.

A few stakeholders missed the session that was conducted to validate project alignment with organizational strategy and expected business value. For this reason, their inputs were not collected. This is the root cause of some conflicts in the decision-making process.What should the project manager do first to resolve this situation?

Recognize and understand the conflict.

Apply risk assessment techniques.

List alternative courses of action.

A software delivery project began having technical impediments. The issue may cause a delay of the deliverables. The technical service team has been working on the issue, but the issue is unresolved even after 1 week of maintenance.What should the senior project manager do now?

Use interpersonal skills to expedite the issue.

Send a gentle reminder to the technical service team.

Use interpersonal skills to expedite the issue.

Update the issue log with the status and priority.

Issue a formal warning to the technical service team.

A company has undertaken a large transformation project in preparation for the changing economy. During the planning of the transformation project, the key resource from human resources (HR) refuses to approve the proposed project plan.What should the project manager do to gain an understanding of the cause for the resource's refusal?

Speak directly with the resource.

Communicate with their supervisor.

Speak directly with the resource.

An iteration is almost finished, but the team is struggling to complete the stories that require more time. What should the project manager do first?

Meet with the project team to develop a proper resolution to the issue.

Request approval from the project sponsor to add more resources

Prepare documentation to explain the issue and communicate accordingly.

Update the project artifacts to reflect the new deadlines reported.

A project manager for an application development firm is meeting with stakeholders prior to the launch of the latest release of the company's most profitable application. The stakeholder mentions the following key points:- A major corporate rebrand was scheduled to occur with this launch, but the rebrand has been delayed by 3 weeks.- Development processing improvements will be ready in 4 weeks.- The company is preselling the updated product with a release date of next week.Which action should the project manager recommend to the sponsor?

Delay the rebranding and release the product now to address the realized improvements and meet the sales commitments

Have the sales team reach out to customers to communicate that the product release is being delayed.

Suspend the release of the product until the marketing delay has been resolved.

Delay the rebranding and release the product now to address the realized improvements and meet the sales commitments

Postpone the product release until the processing improvement delay has been resolved

A virtual team has disagreements about the client's requirements. Although the requirements are written, the language seems ambiguous for some of the team members who are working abroad.The local team members argue that the language is clear, but that there is a lack of competence from the international team members.Which two actions should the project manager take? (Choose two.)

Train all project team members to recognize and discuss cultural differences

Address the language ambiguity in the requirements to ensure all team members understand them

Assign projects with local clients to the local project team members.

Train all project team members to recognize and discuss cultural differences

Ensure that local team members explain the requirements to the international team members

Provide training to international team members to ensure their understanding of the requirements.

Address the language ambiguity in the requirements to ensure all team members understand them

A project manager is managing a technical project that requires intensive documentation as part of the key deliverables. In a project review meeting. a key stakeholder reports that the latest documentation provided by the project manager includes a reference to unrelated products.What should the project manager do?

Develop a standard for document quality control.

Assign a technical writer to the project.

Develop a standard for document quality control.

Ask the project management office (PMO) to support and review all deliverables.

Log the issue in the risk register and the issue log.

A project manager is about to start a large-scale project with unclear requirements, a fixed deadline, and a fixed budget. The client is unable to provide a product owner, as they do not have enough capacity and they want to be involved only a few times during the project.How should the project manager plan and manage the project?

Agree up front on a minimum viable product (MVP), establish deadlines for review, and run the project with a backlog and weekly sprints.

Convince the client that a product owner is needed, as the project manager is not able to run an agile project without all the relevant roles in place.

Define the project's requirements, prepare a long-term detailed plan, and manage the project according to it.

Agree up front on a minimum viable product (MVP), establish deadlines for review, and run the project with a backlog and weekly sprints.

Refuse to manage the project as there is too much risk in developing this kind of project without a product owner.

A client has asked the project manager for the program status report. The project manager sends the report and then realizes that they accidentally included another manager from the client's organization on the email.What should the project manager do?

Inform the client and their supervisor about the mistake.

Contact the other manager and ask them to delete the email.

Inform the client and their supervisor about the mistake.

Wait for the client's feedback regarding the report.

Resend the email to the client, excluding the other manager.

During a project's closing phase, the project manager identified that the client did not use one particular service. The client then asks the project manager to informally extend the service beyond the contract end date. The contract is clear about the expiration of the service.How should the project manager address this situation in order to close the project?

Issue a change request and activate the formal change control process to address the situation.

Escalate the request to the functional manager to approve the additional service hours.

Issue a change request and activate the formal change control process to address the situation.

Accept the client's proposal to use the service until the additional hours are exhausted.

Deny the request and include it in lessons learned documentation for the next contract renewal.

A project manager has been approached by the project sponsor about adding to the project scope. How should the project manager accommodate this request?

Create a change request for the change control board (CCB) to review.

Disregard the request since the project scope is finalized

Adjust the project schedule to accommodate the new project scope requests.

Create a change request for the change control board (CCB) to review.

Update the project team about the change request.

A project manager acquired information from the market that would reduce the business value being delivered by an ongoing project. Based on that information, the project manager believes the project should be stopped.How should the project manager handle the situation?

Have a discussion with the sponsor and recommend the project business value be reassessed.

Have a discussion with the project sponsor and cancel the project.

Remove the items no longer applicable from the backlog and present the backlog to the project team.

Continue working on the defined scope and review the risk matrix.

Have a discussion with the sponsor and recommend the project business value be reassessed.

A project manager is executing a commercial building project. The project manager discovers that the required building permits have not been obtained. Obtaining the permits will delay the project by 1 month and will cost the project US$35,000. The fine associated with continuing to build without the permits is US$1,000 per day.What should the project manager do first?

Obtain the permits before continuing the build.

Continue the project while trying to obtain the permit.

Update the risk management plan.

Review lessons learned from previous projects.

Obtain the permits before continuing the build.

A project delivers every 2 weeks. The customer raises a complaint because they do not perceive business value in the products delivered even though deliveries have been completed in a timely manner.Which activity should the project manager undertake?

Review the definition for the minimum viable product (MVP).

Change the delivery project approach.

Perform a cost-benefit analysis.

Review the definition for the minimum viable product (MVP).

A project sponsor has requested that the project manager reprioritize the team's tasks to include a feature that is not part of the minimum viable product (MVP) for the project. Although the project sponsor is very keen on the feature, adding it has the potential of causing team burnout and/or delaying the release.How should the project manager address this situation?

Ensure the feature has been included in the product backlog, then hold a meeting with the team and sponsor to determine how to deliver the feature within the current iteration

Ensure the feature has been included in the product backlog, explain to the sponsor the consequences of the request, and ask the team to include the feature's tasks in the next iteration

Ensure the feature is included in the iteration backlog, ask the team lo work on the current tasks first, and include the new tasks after those tasks are completed

Ensure the feature has been included in the product backlog, then hold a meeting with the team and sponsor to determine how to deliver the feature within the current iteration

Ensure the feature's tasks are included in the iteration backlog. explain to the sponsor the consequences of the request. and ask the team to deliver the feature in the current iteration

Due to a recent company merger, a project manager from company B has been assigned to a team that is comprised of team members from company A. At the start of the project, conflicts anise due to a lack of clarity on processes and the project manager's relationship with company B.What should the project manager do to resolve this conflict?

Work with the team to analyze which processes are suitable to use and define them in the ground rules.

Review the historical information and make the decision based on the return on investment (ROI).

Avoid the conflict as the customer feels comfortable with using processes from company A.

Ask the team to use company B's processes since they are more familiar with these processes.

A project manager has received a new request to integrate more features to a product. The team is fully allocated, and there is no budget to acquire new resources What strategy should the project manager implement to deal with this situation?

Discuss the problem with the team and decide how to do the work together.

Ask the team to accelerate the iterations and avoid interruptions.

Recommend that the project sponsor increases the budget to bring new resources.

Verify team performance and ask for improvement during daily standup meetings.

A compliance strategy was created during the planning phase of a project. During execution, the project manager left the organization and another project manager was assigned to the team.What should the project manager do first to ensure the project is compliant?

Review the compliance strategy and version history.

Review the organizational process assets (OPAs) for compliance topics.

Meet with the team to discuss compliance concerns.

Review the compliance strategy and version history.

Meet with the project sponsor to discuss their compliance concerns.

During project execution, the client requires several changes that will impact the project's duration. The project manager needs to apply fast-tracking techniques to accelerate the schedule, but the team is concerned about working overtime.What should the project manager do to motivate the team?

Introduce team-building activities to improve team performance.

Negotiate with the client to reduce the changes in requirements.

Crash the project schedule to ensure completion on time.

Introduce team-building activities to improve team performance.

Meet with the team members to review their roles and responsibilities.

A project manager has been running an agile project for 6 months and has been reporting that the project is on track every week. However, on the last week before releasing the final product, the team found a technical impediment that put the project delivery in jeopardy overnight.What should the project manager have done to prevent this situation?

Developed a risk response plan that would have provided options and strategies regarding project risk exposure

Considered historical data from previous projects with similar impediments to help identify the possible solutions

Sought and implemented alternative ways to track progress and impediments to identify potential threats

Provided technical training to the team in advance to ensure the team had high-level technical skills

Developed a risk response plan that would have provided options and strategies regarding project risk exposure

A multimillion-dollar project has started and is in the execution phase. A local regulatory authority has just announced changes to the requirements that will need to be implemented in 6 months, prior to completing the project execution phase.What should the project manager do next?

Review the new requirements with the compliance department to determine if a change request is needed

Proceed with the defined project requirements and delay implementing the new requirements

Add the new requirements to the project scope immediately since they are mandatory changes

Ignore the new requirements as the current budget and schedule do not allow for any changes

A project sponsor has requested a trend analysis of all risks that the project has monitored over the past 12 months. What should the agile project manager do?

Extract this from the project risk register tracking tool and issues log

Refer the sponsor to the contract document

Organize a stakeholder meeting to brainstorm on general project risks

Share the annual report with the sponsor

A project manager learns that the performance of a high-performing project team member is deteriorating. This team member is a key member of the project.Which action should the project manager take to motivate and enhance the project team member's performance?

Discuss the issue with the team member and work on an agreed option.

Assign the project team member to more challenging tasks.

Recognize the project team member in a leadership forum.

Mentor the project team member by providing step-by-step guidance.

Discuss the issue with the team member and work on an agreed option.

A project is being planned to deliver a proof of concept to evaluate technology compatibilities.The business and project stakeholders are having difficulty agreeing on what should be included in the final product.What should the project manager do?

Determine the root cause of their inability to determine the project scope.

Include all stakeholders in the creation of the project charter.

Determine a clear distinction between business and technology benefits.

Include the technology suppliers in the creation of the business case.

Determine the root cause of their inability to determine the project scope.

PMI PMP Practice Test 29 - Free Online Exam Questions 1121-1160

A project manager has recently been asked to take over an existing project that is halfway through execution. The project sponsor asked the project manager to ensure that the work carried out and the product being created do not deviate from the prescribed business value.

What should the project manager do to achieve this goal?

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