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Some project teams are voicing frustration because of conflicting priorities between agile and predictive work in a complex project. Which leadership style would effectively promote collaboration across the project teams?

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Directive leadership
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Directive leadership
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B.
Servant leadership
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Servant leadership
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C.
Delegative leadership
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Delegative leadership
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D.
Leadership by example
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Leadership by example
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Suggested answer: B

A customer asks the project manager about opportunities to create business value. What should the project manager do first in order to provide the customer with an appropriate response?

A.
Meet with the sponsor to review the business case.
A.
Meet with the sponsor to review the business case.
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B.
Examine the business value throughout the project.
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Examine the business value throughout the project.
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C.
Meet with the product owner to review the backlog.
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Meet with the product owner to review the backlog.
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D.
Ask the team to organize a spike to identify more value.
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Ask the team to organize a spike to identify more value.
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Suggested answer: C

An agile project team is creating an enterprise workflow system for a company. One of the project team members, who is the system design architect, keeps receiving telephone calls from the users who are asking questions about the system. The calls are impacting the architect's daily work schedule.

What should the project manager do?

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Ask the users to send emails instead of calling so that the system architect can reply when they are available.
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Ask the users to send emails instead of calling so that the system architect can reply when they are available.
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B.
Ask the system architect to write up a self-help manual so that the users can resolve the questions by themselves.
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Ask the system architect to write up a self-help manual so that the users can resolve the questions by themselves.
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C.
Revise the backlog and assign stories to another team member to reduce the architect's workload.
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Revise the backlog and assign stories to another team member to reduce the architect's workload.
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D.
Include user training materials as part of the project deliverables so that users can receive selfhelp.
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Include user training materials as part of the project deliverables so that users can receive selfhelp.
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Suggested answer: C

A project manager has recently taken over a project and notices that a client team member often halts progress due to a lack of understanding of some project elements. The former project manager gave the new project manager a complete list of people to communicate with, and this client team member is not on it.

What should the project manager do?

A.
Submit a change request to cover extra hours associated with project meetings
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Submit a change request to cover extra hours associated with project meetings
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B.
Update the communications matrix to ensure that client team member is included
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Update the communications matrix to ensure that client team member is included
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C.
Speak with the client team member about the continuous delays during project meetings.
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Speak with the client team member about the continuous delays during project meetings.
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D.
Increase the project meeting frequency and duration to allow for the extra work required
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Increase the project meeting frequency and duration to allow for the extra work required
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Suggested answer: B

A new project manager is assigned to an ongoing agile innovation project that started 2 weeks ago. After reviewing the project, the new project manager discovered that the previous project manager was planning to use a predictive approach. The previous project manager planned to present the first major deliverable to the client when the project was completely finished in 8 months.

What should the new project manager do?

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Use a hybrid approach in which agile practices are used but the value is provided to the client at the end of the project.
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Use a hybrid approach in which agile practices are used but the value is provided to the client at the end of the project.
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B.
Continue working with the predictive approach to deliver the value at the end of the project.
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Continue working with the predictive approach to deliver the value at the end of the project.
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C.
Submit a change request to the project board to adjust the delivery date to 2 months earlier than planned.
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Submit a change request to the project board to adjust the delivery date to 2 months earlier than planned.
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D.
Meet with the team to review the backlog and create small iterations that can deliver incremental value to the client.
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Meet with the team to review the backlog and create small iterations that can deliver incremental value to the client.
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Suggested answer: D

An organization is using a hybrid delivery approach for a complex project. In the iteration review, a senior manager is asking for a complete redesign of the functionality presented. This may require a significant change in the technical architecture and an additional release.

What should the project lead do first?

A.
Discuss with the solution architect
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Discuss with the solution architect
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B.
Discuss with the product owner
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Discuss with the product owner
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C.
Discuss with the technical lead
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Discuss with the technical lead
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D.
Discuss with the development team
D.
Discuss with the development team
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Suggested answer: B

An agile project is approaching its first release date, and the product will be supported by the operations team. To ensure proper support for the product, what should the project manager do?

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Engage an external consultancy to assemble supporting documents and coordinate the knowledge transfer.
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Engage an external consultancy to assemble supporting documents and coordinate the knowledge transfer.
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B.
Propose a workshop with the operations team to outline all requirements of the new software and how to properly support it.
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Propose a workshop with the operations team to outline all requirements of the new software and how to properly support it.
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C.
Ensure the operations team has representation in the planning and review meetings and that there are support requirements in the backlog.
C.
Ensure the operations team has representation in the planning and review meetings and that there are support requirements in the backlog.
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D.
Create and prioritize a support manual on the product backlog to ensure adequate knowledge transfer.
D.
Create and prioritize a support manual on the product backlog to ensure adequate knowledge transfer.
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Suggested answer: C

An experienced project manager is working on a complex hybrid project that has several dependencies with other projects. How should the project manager reduce the risk related to those external dependencies?

A.
Assess consolidated project plans for dependencies, gaps, and continued business value
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Assess consolidated project plans for dependencies, gaps, and continued business value
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B.
Delegate the review of dependencies to the project sponsor and resource manager
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Delegate the review of dependencies to the project sponsor and resource manager
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C.
Schedule a daily interproject review to track the progress of each project plan and their dependencies
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Schedule a daily interproject review to track the progress of each project plan and their dependencies
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D.
Ask the project management office (PMO) to review the project plan dependencies
D.
Ask the project management office (PMO) to review the project plan dependencies
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Suggested answer: A

In a complex project with several subcontractors, one subcontractor reports a likely delay in the schedule. This could affect the other subcontractors and impact their ability to deliver on time.

What should the project manager do first?

A.
Assess the schedule and update the risk register.
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Assess the schedule and update the risk register.
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B.
Report the delay to all other subcontractors.
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Report the delay to all other subcontractors.
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C.
Change the milestones and sequence of work.
C.
Change the milestones and sequence of work.
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D.
Escalate to senior management and the stakeholders.
D.
Escalate to senior management and the stakeholders.
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Suggested answer: A

A software company office will be shut down for repairs, and a project team will be required to work remotely. A few team members have never worked this way and are apprehensive of how they will be able to consistently deliver their work products.

What should the project manager do to ensure that the team continues to perform while working remotely?

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Request funding from management to enable all team members to work from an alternative workspace.
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Request funding from management to enable all team members to work from an alternative workspace.
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B.
Reach out to the resource managers for alternative team members who have experience working remotely.
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Reach out to the resource managers for alternative team members who have experience working remotely.
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C.
Identify areas of training for the team to be able to use remote tools for team collaboration.
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Identify areas of training for the team to be able to use remote tools for team collaboration.
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D.
Reduce the scope of the project to compensate for productivity during remote working conditions.
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Reduce the scope of the project to compensate for productivity during remote working conditions.
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Suggested answer: C
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