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A project manager has been asked to lead a project. The performing organization does not have a project management office (PMO) or formal governance policies procedures, and guidelines for this type of project.

What should the project manager do first to determine a governance approach for the project?

A.
Consult a subject matter expert (SME) as to the best governance policies, procedures, and guidelines to be used by the project
A.
Consult a subject matter expert (SME) as to the best governance policies, procedures, and guidelines to be used by the project
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B.
Consult with team members and stakeholders to determine whether the organization has any informal governance policies procedures, and guidelines
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Consult with team members and stakeholders to determine whether the organization has any informal governance policies procedures, and guidelines
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C.
Choose either a predictive or agile framework best suited to the nature of the project, and use this framework as the basis for project governance policies, procedures, and guidelines
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Choose either a predictive or agile framework best suited to the nature of the project, and use this framework as the basis for project governance policies, procedures, and guidelines
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D.
Coach the self-managing team to produce tailored governance policies, procedures and guidelines for the project
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Coach the self-managing team to produce tailored governance policies, procedures and guidelines for the project
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Suggested answer: B

A key project stakeholder who was a big supporter and motivator for the project team is leaving the organization. The project team is experiencing low morale and poor teamwork.

What should the project manager do to improve morale?

A.
Identify the wants and aspirations of the team
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Identify the wants and aspirations of the team
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B.
Build team connections and emotional bonds
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Build team connections and emotional bonds
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C.
Forge consensus through team participation
C.
Forge consensus through team participation
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D.
Set goals and push the team to achieve the goals
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Set goals and push the team to achieve the goals
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Suggested answer: A

A project manager is appointed for the deployment of a new solution. The solution will be integrated into the environment by a third-party vendor. This vendor just announced a delay in delivering a key component, which will impact the project schedule.

What should the project manager do?

A.
Ask for expedited delivery of the component to mitigate the risk of schedule delays
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Ask for expedited delivery of the component to mitigate the risk of schedule delays
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B.
Ensure that relevant stakeholders and expectations are identified and assess the component delay
B.
Ensure that relevant stakeholders and expectations are identified and assess the component delay
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C.
Perform a detailed analysis of the release content for each component of the solution
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Perform a detailed analysis of the release content for each component of the solution
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D.
Propose a new design of the solution maw the external component with an internal one
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Propose a new design of the solution maw the external component with an internal one
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Suggested answer: B

A project manager and protect team are developing a strategic approach to engage the internal and external stakeholders.

Which approach should be followed?

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Analyze both internal and external stakeholders and develop a customized engagement strategy for each stakeholder
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Analyze both internal and external stakeholders and develop a customized engagement strategy for each stakeholder
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B.
Schedule status meetings with all stakeholders to allow their participation in all project discussions and reports
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Schedule status meetings with all stakeholders to allow their participation in all project discussions and reports
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C.
Classify all high-risk stakeholders and request that the protect sponsor communicate directly with them
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Classify all high-risk stakeholders and request that the protect sponsor communicate directly with them
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D.
Involve only the internal stakeholders as the external stakeholders should not have access to confidential information
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Involve only the internal stakeholders as the external stakeholders should not have access to confidential information
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Suggested answer: A

Explanation:

Developing and customizing a strategy could include a meeting with all stakeholders. Not to mention, inviting everyone to a meeting will likely not get everyone in attendance. In many cases, you may have to seek out and find that stakeholder thats holding your project back for one reason or another.

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A distributed protect team wants to use the common ground principle to ensure that they have a common understanding of the scope. The team asks the protect lead to set up a workshop.

What should the project lead do?

A.
Ask the senior members of the development team to elaborate on the scope in detail
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Ask the senior members of the development team to elaborate on the scope in detail
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B.
Invite participants to the workshop with sufficient lead time to prepare
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Invite participants to the workshop with sufficient lead time to prepare
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C.
Reduce the number of participants to ensure that consensus is reached easier
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Reduce the number of participants to ensure that consensus is reached easier
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D.
Provide the participants with specific instructions and sot the expectations
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Provide the participants with specific instructions and sot the expectations
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Suggested answer: D

A client mentioned that in the past 2 months, they have not been invoiced for completed work.

The client has communicated that they will release the funds for other activities it the invoices are not sent.

What should the project manager do next?

A.
Work with the client and agree on a schedule to provide them with the invoices
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Work with the client and agree on a schedule to provide them with the invoices
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B.
Reach out to the billing team and instruct them to issue the invoices immediately
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Reach out to the billing team and instruct them to issue the invoices immediately
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C.
Review the previous billing information and prepare a corrective action plan
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Review the previous billing information and prepare a corrective action plan
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D.
Communicate and inform the client to go ahead and release the funds
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Communicate and inform the client to go ahead and release the funds
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Suggested answer: C

Midway through the execution of an agile protect there is a shift in the strategic objectives at the organization level to promote digital transformation.

What should the project manager do next?

A.
Schedule a meeting with the team to assess the impact of the change
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Schedule a meeting with the team to assess the impact of the change
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B.
Escalate to the product owner and cancel the upcoming iterations
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Escalate to the product owner and cancel the upcoming iterations
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C.
Prepare a user story to handle the change and assign it to the next iteration
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Prepare a user story to handle the change and assign it to the next iteration
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D.
Update the risk-prioritized backlog with the strategic change
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Update the risk-prioritized backlog with the strategic change
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Suggested answer: A

A project manager is assigned to a project that will improve the business operations for a trading firm. The project team has just completed the discovery phase and needs to make a presentation to the business team in 4 weeks to showcase the feasibility of the solution.

How should the project manager advise the team to proceed?

A.
Develop a conceptual framework.
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Develop a conceptual framework.
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B.
Develop a request for proposal (RFP).
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Develop a request for proposal (RFP).
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C.
Develop a prototype.
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Develop a prototype.
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D.
Develop a minimum viable product (MVP).
D.
Develop a minimum viable product (MVP).
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Suggested answer: C

Project reviews are done regularly in a project. The team has encountered a critical technical issue that will be discussed in the next project review.

Who should the project manager invite to the review for an effective decision on the way forward?

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Internal team
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Internal team
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B.
Project team
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Project team
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C.
Management team
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Management team
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D.
End user team
D.
End user team
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Suggested answer: A

A project manager is initiating an agile project for which some external components will be delivered by vendors. One of the vendors, however, will be unable to deliver its component in an incremental, collaborative way.

How should the project manager handle this situation?

A.
Submit a request to the project sponsor to have the vendor replaced with a vendor who can work following an agile approach.
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Submit a request to the project sponsor to have the vendor replaced with a vendor who can work following an agile approach.
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B.
Ask the project management office (PMO) to abandon using an agile approach on the project to accommodate the vendor.
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Ask the project management office (PMO) to abandon using an agile approach on the project to accommodate the vendor.
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C.
Have the vendor deliver the component using another approach, then integrate it into the project without changing the overall agile approach.
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Have the vendor deliver the component using another approach, then integrate it into the project without changing the overall agile approach.
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D.
Ask the product owner to move the component to the product backlog to be addressed after the work using an agile approach has been completed.
D.
Ask the product owner to move the component to the product backlog to be addressed after the work using an agile approach has been completed.
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Suggested answer: C
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