A project manager is working on a time and materials (T&M) project using a hybrid approach. The milestones and outcomes are defined for the first 6 months with incremental releases every month. After the first 2 months, the client communicates their dissatisfaction with the results and asks to change the course of the project. The project manager held a face-to-face meeting with the client and now has a better understanding of the newly desired milestones and outcomes.What should the project manager do first?

Document the information in the meeting minutes and share it with the project stakeholders.

Draft a contract change with the desired scope changes and send it to the client for approval.

Forward the client's request to management as a change request to get formal approval.

Finish the current monthly release as it was planned and replan for the future months.

Document the information in the meeting minutes and share it with the project stakeholders.

In a fixed time and budget project, the customer wants the development of a core component to be based on agile practices, as the final scope of the requirement has not yet been fully developed. The project manager is participating in contract development with the sales team and wants to ensure that development costs do not impact the profitability of the project.Which two controls should the project manager incorporate into the contract to specifically address the development of the core component? (Choose two.)

Tier the contract for fixed and agile components.

Limit the number of iterations for development in the contract.

Establish a governance committee to review the contract delivery.

Provide alternatives to scope change at specific project phases within the contract.

Tier the contract for fixed and agile components.

Limit the number of iterations for development in the contract.

Require that only internal resources be utilized for this project.

A project stakeholder has left the company. The new stakeholder is a family member of one of the team members. This stakeholder does not attend meetings. The project manager finds out that the stakeholder has been asking the family member for project updates.What should the project manager do?

Request a meeting with the stakeholder.

Forward the project status reports.

Escalate this to the project sponsor.

Request a meeting with the stakeholder.

Design an updated status report.

A team member is openly criticized by others during a standup meeting for failing to complete yesterday's tasks. What should the agile coach do first to address the situation?

Emphasize the ground rules and then focus on today's activities and impediments.

Avoid the discussion by referring to the team charter.

Let the discussion go on as it is important that the team is clear on priorities for the day.

Address the team members involved during the next sprint retrospective.

Emphasize the ground rules and then focus on today's activities and impediments.

A project manager was recently assigned to a new project that is about to start. The organization has already signed a fixed-cost contract with the customer detailing the scope and final delivery date, but the project manager has identified several internal constraints and conditions that will certainly prevent the project from being completed in the number of iterations initially planned.What should the project manager do next?

Create a contingency plan in case the project deviates from the initial plan.

Create an issue log template that will be used to identify and track impediments.

Create a schedule management plan to ensure the project meets the delivery date.

Create a contingency plan in case the project deviates from the initial plan.

Create an assumption log and map assumptions to impediments based on the impact to the project value.

As a project is reaching completion, the project sponsor tells the project manager to immediately close the project and to move on to another project. Which critical task should the project manager complete before closing the project?

Update and close both the risk register and issue log with the latest updates, and save them in the organization's project management information system (PMIS).

Archive all the project documents following the organization's accepted practices so the documents can be used in other future projects.

Ensure that the whole team is appropriately recognized and organize a project farewell party to celebrate the project success and closure.

Meet with the project sponsor and advise that the new project might be difficult to undertake because the current project is not yet complete.

A project manager is leading an integration project for a retail company. The project demands a lot of time from the stakeholders to make important business decisions. The project is critical and must be completed on time and within budget.What should the project manager do to ensure that key stakeholders are available for this project?

Share the project schedule, milestones, and meeting agendas with the stakeholders ahead of time.

Add time reserve in the project schedule to allow extra time for the stakeholders to make decisions.

Schedule meetings with all of the stakeholders to make business decisions when needed.

Work with the available stakeholders to make business decisions and keep all unavailable stakeholders informed.

A recently concluded quality audit failed and came back with multiple action items. A newly appointed project manager is reviewing the project status with the team. New stakeholders have been identified, and new audit resources may have to be added to the project.What should the project manager do next?

Perform integrated change control.

Perform stakeholder engagement.

Perform integrated change control.

Update the quality management plan.

Update the risk management plan.

A project team member is struggling to deliver an assigned task. In a team meeting, the project manager determines that there are other members on the team who have more experience with similar tasks.What should the project manager do?

Ask one of the more experienced team members to support the team member with the task.

Ask the experienced team members to produce a manual on how to complete the task.

Reassign the task to one of the more experienced project team members for a faster completion of the assigned task.

Inform the project management office (PMO) of the issue and request a replacement for the less experienced team member.

A company's leadership team has decided to invest in a new product using an agile approach.The commercial and product teams have started the planning activity for this new venture.Which three key factors does the project manager need in order to deliver this product? (Choose three.)

Schedule performance indexes (SPIs)

Key performance indicators (KPIs)

This graph describes the current performance of a project in relation to cost and schedule. What should the project manager do to bring the project back on track?

Review project schedule because the project is under budget and behind schedule.

Review project scope because the project is under budget and ahead of schedule.

Review project schedule and cost because the project is over budget and behind schedule.

Review project cost because the project is over budget and ahead of schedule.

A project manager is leading an agile software development project with strict deadlines. The client complained that the last deployment did not meet the acceptance criteria. The development team lead is arguing that the deployment met all specifications and has provided evidence of the client's specifications.What should the project manager do?

Review the requirements traceability matrix with the team lead and the client to adequately resolve the issue.

Schedule a meeting with all stakeholders to understand what went wrong and who should be held responsible.

Meet with the client and discuss the project deadlines.

Seek approval for more time for rework and resolve the issue.

Review the requirements traceability matrix with the team lead and the client to adequately resolve the issue.

A project sponsor is concerned that the scope is not being met correctly and has questioned several team members about this individually. When the project sponsor approached the project manager, the project manager realized that the issue was that the project sponsor understood the scope in a different manner than the project team.What should the project manager do to address this issue?

Facilitate a stakeholder alignment session so that the team and project sponsor are in agreement with the deliverables.

Set up a daily standup and request that the project sponsor attend to understand the project's tasks and deliverables.

Ask the project team to compile a project scope document and obtain approval from the project sponsor.

Request that the project team change their task deliverables to reflect the project sponsor's requirements.

A project manager is part of a distributed team. The project team is using a product backlog, but due to an excessive workload, the backlog items are not very detailed. In the retrospective, a couple of new team members are raising the issue of knowledge transfer inside the team.What should the project manager do?

Ask the team to outline their expectations and confirm with them the approach to use for knowledge transfer.

Organize knowledge-sharing workshops and ask one of the senior team members to facilitate them.

Hire a technical writer to document the work completed to date and develop a handover document.

Ensure that formal email communication is used when more information is needed to understand the work done.

Ask the team to outline their expectations and confirm with them the approach to use for knowledge transfer.

The sponsor approaches the project manager with new features they want added to the project.The project is 95% complete, but the sponsor insists that continued support for the project relies on the addition of the new features.What should the project manager do?

Assess the impact of the features and refer it to the change control board (CCB).

Implement the new features after assessing the impact.

Reject the new features since it amounts to gold plating.

Assess the impact of the features and refer it to the change control board (CCB).

Add the new features to avoid losing the sponsor's support for the project.

A project manager has been moved to a new division and is in charge of an existing project in an unfamiliar domain. When attempting to gain an understanding of the risks for this agile project, what is the primary tool the project manager should employ?

Interview with the project champion

A new project manager has been assigned to an environmental project. After reviewing the project plan, the project manager notices that health and safety requirements have not been properly addressed. This is a serious concern, and the project manager wants to fix this issue immediately.Why is this situation problematic?

The project manager is obligated to comply with the project location's regulatory requirements.

It is imperative that established performance metrics are met.

Injury or loss incidents could delay project deliverables.

The project manager must follow their employer's organizational process assets (OPAs).

The project manager is obligated to comply with the project location's regulatory requirements.

A new major project is starting that consists of two interconnected subprojects. One of the subprojects was assigned to a contractor who commits to submitting biweekly status reports and attending weekly integration meetings. Halfway through the project, the contractor stops participating in the meetings and does not submit the reports. Their excuse is that these activities are consuming too much time.How should the project manager handle this situation?

Assess the situation as a risk and reach out to the contractor to check the origin of this resistance.

File a claim for not fulfilling the contract terms in accordance with alternative dispute resolution.

Remind the contractor to join the meetings and submit their report as this is their commitment.

Compromise with the contractor to only attend the weekly meetings without submitting the reports.

In the middle of an iteration, the product owner tells the agile team that the government has updated legal requirements. This will result in some changes in the product definition.How should the project manager handle this situation?

Review the iteration backlog because the product definition has changed and needs to be reassessed before continuing the project.

Continue work and ask the product owner to assess the changes and add/remove the stories as needed in the backlog.

Ask the product owner to add new changes to the bottom of the backlog in order to handle the modifications as a change request.

Review the iteration backlog because the product definition has changed and needs to be reassessed before continuing the project.

Ask a business analyst to assess the changes and then add/remove the stories in the backlog and prioritize them by business value.

A project manager has just taken over a project that is in the requirements gathering phase. A stakeholder indicates that they have not received any progress updates even though reports have been sent on a weekly basis.What should the project manager do to ensure all stakeholders are receiving proper information about the project?

Assess all of the project stakeholders and document their preferred communication method and frequency.

Hold a steering committee meeting with all stakeholders to provide a comprehensive update on the project progress.

Create daily progress reports and send them to all stakeholders.

Assess all of the project stakeholders and document their preferred communication method and frequency.

Include stakeholders in the weekly status meetings with the team.

A project manager is managing a new development program to automate some technical functions. During project kickoff, the project manager expresses the need for a technical architect to support the project for a moderate amount of time. The project sponsor informs the project manager about an existing technical architect who possesses valuable knowledge but is already assigned at the portfolio level.What engagement model should the project manager use for the technical architect role to ensure project success?

Share the existing technical architect so they can be allocated to the current project and other projects.

Hire a new technical architect who would be solely dedicated to the current project.

Hire a new technical architect who would be shared between the current project and other projects.

Assign the existing technical architect to solely be dedicated to the current project.

A project manager has recently joined a small company. The company's chief operating officer (COO) asked the team to skip some steps in the process in order to work more quickly. The project manager wants to ensure that these steps are not skipped in the future.What should the project manager do?

Schedule a review of the process steps with the team and the COO.

Redesign the process so the team can move more quickly.

Notify all team members that all steps in the process must be completed.

Schedule a review of the process steps with the team and the COO.

Escalate the issue to the other executive leadership members.

A project manager is assigned to deliver a development project with subcontracted resources from a sister company. What should the project manager do to ensure a smooth inclusion of the new subcontracted resources?

Facilitate a working session to review the ground rules.

Share the project team ground rules with the subcontractors.

Schedule a formal meeting to cover the mission and vision.

Organize a team-bonding exercise with the subcontractors.

Facilitate a working session to review the ground rules.

According to the project contract, the delivery date is approaching. However, one important material is still not on site. The construction work will have to stop and wait for this special material, delaying the project.What should the project manager do?

Engage the project team to look for alternatives to find a solution.

Record it in the risk register.

Ask the client to help solve the problem.

Start procuring this material from another supplier.

A project manager is reviewing the lessons learned for an historical project. The review identifies that the client's engineer was adamant that they review all changes, even those not identified in the contract.How should the project manager deal with this when planning the project?

Ensure the change management plan highlights this requirement to prevent future issues.

Update the project charter with this information regarding change management.

Talk with the client to ensure they are aware of the change management procedure.

Ensure the change management plan highlights this requirement to prevent future issues.

Update the project risk register to identify this risk and describe how to mitigate the issue.

A project manager is assigned to a large construction project with more than 100 project team members. The project manager is having a hard time keeping the project on track and deriving the planned benefits. The project manager wants to make sure that each requirement is linked to the business and project objective.What should the project manager do?

Implement a requirements traceability matrix.

Understand the project management plan.

Review the requirements on a weekly basis.

Implement a requirements traceability matrix.

Add the requirements to the project charter.

While managing a project using a hybrid approach, the project manager realizes that there is a high level of rework due to quality issues. Because of that, each feature is taking longer than initially estimated.What should the project manager do to address the issue?

Address the issue during the next sprint planning meeting.

Extend the dates for future project milestones.

Initiate a change request to extend the project end date.

Escalate the issue to the project sponsor.

A project manager has been authorized to begin a project and realizes that an effective highperforming team is needed to finish the project successfully. What should the project manager do next?

Select members for their skill or potential.

Set performance standards and direction.

Hold early kick-off meetings and regular weekly meetings.

Select members for their skill or potential.

Establish the project scope and set clear team objectives.

A project manager has been assigned to a high-visibility project that has been identified as having medium complexity, based on previous similar projects. The project needs to be delivered to the customer as a ready-to-use product.Based on this scenario, what should the project manager focus on throughout the project life cycle?

Stakeholder engagement and lessons learned

Resource management and lessons learned

Time management and stakeholder engagement

Cost management and risk management

An organization imports many of the materials for a product build. Due to global shipping delays, some of the essential materials have yet to arrive, resulting in the inability to finish building the product for the upcoming release. The project manager is meeting with stakeholders to discuss options.What should the project manager recommend?

Explore if the materials could be supplied locally and obtained on time.

Request marketing to launch an advertising campaign for the product that is currently in stock.

Update the project management plan, factoring in furloughs of the assembly team to reduce expenses.

Meet with the engineering team to manufacture the materials in-house.

Explore if the materials could be supplied locally and obtained on time.

During the first project meeting with a new project manager, a stakeholder complains about not receiving periodic reports. What should the project manager do first?

Meet with the stakeholder to better understand their expectations and update the stakeholder engagement plan.

Update the project management plan with the new information and inform all of the relevant stakeholders.

Meet with the stakeholder to better understand their expectations and update the stakeholder engagement plan.

Invite the stakeholder to all future project review meetings and update the project management plan.

Add the stakeholder details into the periodic reports and update the project management plan.

A project manager arranged a team-building activity to build and maintain teamwork, trust, and commitment due to internal team conflicts. Two months after completing the training, another situation is causing new delays in the project.What should the project manager do to address this concern?

Reassess the team situation and provide a proper solution.

Ask human resources (HR) to coordinate another activity.

Inform HR about the situation and ask for support.

Meet with the team to explain that conflicts must be addressed and solved.

Reassess the team situation and provide a proper solution.

A project manager has been managing an agile project for 6 months. Over the last two iterations, the team velocity has decreased due to a new technology that was needed for the product.What should the project manager do to continue with the delivery plan and return to the expected velocity?

Use retrospectives to better understand the new technology's impact on the schedule, map the skill gaps, and adjust the team accordingly.

Seek sponsor approval for additional funding to hire new team members, increasing the capacity of the team and compensating for the productivity lost with the new technology.

Replace poorly performing team members with more experienced members, setting an example of accountability for the team.

Use retrospectives to better understand the new technology's impact on the schedule, map the skill gaps, and adjust the team accordingly.

Reevaluate the backlog by looking for high-value/low-effort items, and negotiate a new minimum viable product (MVP) strategy with key stakeholders.

During the execution of a project to develop a prototype, the customer asks the project manager to stop the prototype line and purge a specific component based on recent reliability tests that have deemed the component to be deficient. The project manager checked the quality management plan and there is no reference to this component.What should the project manager do next?

Submit a change request to proceed with the replacement of the component and wait for further customer instructions.

Call a technical meeting with the customer to agree on a specification for the component and document it in the quality management plan.

Keep running the manufacturing line because there are no quality specifications for this component.

Inform the project sponsor of the situation and wait for the sponsor to provide further directions.

Submit a change request to proceed with the replacement of the component and wait for further customer instructions.

During the setup of an agile project, the product owner expressed clear interest in having features released during product development over having the product completed in one year. What should the project manager do?

Facilitate sprint planning sessions with a focus on defining the minimum viable product (MVP).

Design a set of metrics including velocity, which is a good measure of value delivered.

Promote a productive environment where everybody can work without interruptions from the rest of the team members.

Create a reward system recognizing group contributions to get people motivated and improve performance.

During a meeting to define project scope a stakeholder tells the project manager that the main requested feature in the contract is not applicable, and this is documented in the lessons learned.What should the project manager do?

Check that this information was documented correctly.

Ask the sponsor to close the project and pay the contracted penalty.

Meet with the sponsor to ask for their support.

Check with the team to learn what can be done, and consult an expert.

Check that this information was documented correctly.

A lead project manager for an agile project needs to prioritize requirements, define the scope of the initial product, and deliver the approved scope in a series of multiple versions. What should the project manager do next?

Work with the product owner to evaluate and prioritize the requirements.

Determine the expected benefits of each requirement to maximize the overall business value.

Ask the lead developer to run a meeting with the stakeholders to agree on an ordered list.

Work with the product owner to evaluate and prioritize the requirements.

Prioritize the requirements based on the hierarchical level of the requesting stakeholders.

A defect is identified during user acceptance testing that could significantly impact the system's performance. The project team has advised that this defect puts the delivery date at risk.Which risk management process should be performed?

Plan Risk Responses, to outline the possible options to bypass the system performance issue

Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis, to assess the extent of the system performance impact

Monitor Risks, to install system performance monitoring tools and update the risk register

Plan Risk Responses, to outline the possible options to bypass the system performance issue

Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis, to outline the details of the system performance issues

PMI PMP Practice Test 34 - Free Online Exam Questions 1321-1360

During the release of an important product, a vice president for a different product line brought a valid concern to the project team, which had to be completed before the release. The vice president has not participated in other product discussions until now. This additional work resulted in a delay of the product release.

How should the project manager have handled this situation earlier in the project?

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