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Question 1011

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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 u

Question 1012

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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 negoti

Question 1013

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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?

Question 1014

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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?

Question 1015

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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 t

Question 1016

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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 m

Question 1017

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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

Question 1018

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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 stakeh

Question 1019

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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 man

Question 1020

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A supplier, who was tasked with providing an important component for a project, is unable to deliver the materials due to a large-scale labor problem. What document should the project manager use to

Question 1011

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?

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.

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Question 1012

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?

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.

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Question 1013

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?

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.

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Question 1014

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

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Question 1015

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?

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

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Question 1016

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?

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.

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Question 1017

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.

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Question 1018

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?

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.

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Question 1019

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.

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Question 1020

A supplier, who was tasked with providing an important component for a project, is unable to deliver the materials due to a large-scale labor problem. What document should the project manager use to update the details and communicate to relevant stakeholders?

Project schedule

Issue log

Risk register

Change request

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