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A project manager is leading a team that is geographically dispersed. The team needs to collaborate and finalize the monthly reports. Occasionally, meetings occur during the weekends due to the time differences. Team members have expressed that they do not want to work on the weekends.

What should the project manager do?

A.
Take over the activity and deliver the reports whenever work is required on a weekend.
A.
Take over the activity and deliver the reports whenever work is required on a weekend.
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B.
Avoid reporting during the months that team members would need to work on the weekend.
B.
Avoid reporting during the months that team members would need to work on the weekend.
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C.
Remind the team members of their governance responsibilities documented in the team charter.
C.
Remind the team members of their governance responsibilities documented in the team charter.
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D.
Communicate to the project stakeholders that the reports will be delayed certain months of the year.
D.
Communicate to the project stakeholders that the reports will be delayed certain months of the year.
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Suggested answer: C

A critical deliverable for the current iteration is giving the team difficulties. Functionality and quality issues are constantly emerging and delaying iteration progress.

The project manager listens to the team's concerns and discovered that the work is not being well coordinated among the team members.

Which two actions should the project manager take to handle this situation? (Choose two.)

A.
Develop a team performance report to discuss in the next retrospective meeting.
A.
Develop a team performance report to discuss in the next retrospective meeting.
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B.
Provide dear instructions on how the work should flow among the team members.
B.
Provide dear instructions on how the work should flow among the team members.
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C.
Schedule an iteration backlog refinement meeting to understand the issues.
C.
Schedule an iteration backlog refinement meeting to understand the issues.
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D.
Set up one-on-one meetings to provide feedback to the team members.
D.
Set up one-on-one meetings to provide feedback to the team members.
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E.
Prioritize the issues, focusing on the ones affecting the iteration goal.
E.
Prioritize the issues, focusing on the ones affecting the iteration goal.
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Suggested answer: C, E

A project manager is managing a large project. During a review meeting, the project manager discovers that one of the team members who use to be a high performer was not able to complete their work on time.

What should the project manager do?

A.
Talk to the team member to determine why their performance changed.
A.
Talk to the team member to determine why their performance changed.
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B.
Talk to the team member's manager to provide more training.
B.
Talk to the team member's manager to provide more training.
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C.
Talk to the team member and a human resources (HR) representative.
C.
Talk to the team member and a human resources (HR) representative.
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D.
Talk to the project lead and ask them to allocate less demanding tasks.
D.
Talk to the project lead and ask them to allocate less demanding tasks.
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Suggested answer: A

An organization is initiating a project that will be using new technology. The complexity of the project requires excellent technical skills. After reviewing the proposed project management plan, the project sponsor asks for options to reduce the labor cost without introducing risk to the project delivery.

What should the project manager do first?

A.
Review the risk register and assign functional managers as resources.
A.
Review the risk register and assign functional managers as resources.
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B.
Perform an analysis of the key cost drivers and present alternatives.
B.
Perform an analysis of the key cost drivers and present alternatives.
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C.
Analyze the resource pool and assign internal resources who participated in past projects.
C.
Analyze the resource pool and assign internal resources who participated in past projects.
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D.
Review the work breakdown structure (WBS) to ensure there are adequate resources.
D.
Review the work breakdown structure (WBS) to ensure there are adequate resources.
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Suggested answer: B

A project manager is using an agile approach. During the sprint planning meeting, the product owner flagged a backlog item as high business value and easy to implement. However, the other team members identified a high dependency between this item and another item that is flagged as low business value and high complexity.

What should the project manager do to support the backlog prioritization?

A.
Support the team to move both items to the next sprint when the team will know more.
A.
Support the team to move both items to the next sprint when the team will know more.
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B.
Prioritize the item flagged as high business value and low complexity for this sprint.
B.
Prioritize the item flagged as high business value and low complexity for this sprint.
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C.
Facilitate the discussion until the team reaches an agreement about the two items.
C.
Facilitate the discussion until the team reaches an agreement about the two items.
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D.
Prioritize the item flagged as a dependency with low business value and high complexity.
D.
Prioritize the item flagged as a dependency with low business value and high complexity.
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Suggested answer: C

A project manager meets with the development team to estimate the time required to complete a software application. The software developers are new to the company, and they have never developed a similar application.

Which estimation technique should the project manager recommend?

A.
Analogous estimating
A.
Analogous estimating
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B.
Parametric estimating
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Parametric estimating
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C.
Planning poker
C.
Planning poker
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D.
Three-point estimating
D.
Three-point estimating
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Suggested answer: D

A project sponsor insists that the project scope for a new product launch should include two geographical locations. However, after the project scoping session was done, a project charter was completed and approved with one location only.

What should the project manager do?

A.
Ask the sponsor to increase the budget and schedule of the project to accommodate the additional scope.
A.
Ask the sponsor to increase the budget and schedule of the project to accommodate the additional scope.
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B.
Assess the impact to the scope and submit a change request for approval of the two locations before including them in the scope of the project.
B.
Assess the impact to the scope and submit a change request for approval of the two locations before including them in the scope of the project.
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C.
Discuss with the sponsor that the project scope is approved and it is not possible to include two locations as it will affect the budget.
C.
Discuss with the sponsor that the project scope is approved and it is not possible to include two locations as it will affect the budget.
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D.
Encourage the sponsor to start another project for the additional location so that the current project is not impacted.
D.
Encourage the sponsor to start another project for the additional location so that the current project is not impacted.
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Suggested answer: B

A project is on its fifth iteration out of six. One member of the team has left the company unexpectedly.

What should the project manager do next?

A.
Take on some of the necessary work to minimize the impact.
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Take on some of the necessary work to minimize the impact.
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B.
Invite the stakeholders to discuss a mitigation plan.
B.
Invite the stakeholders to discuss a mitigation plan.
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C.
Detail the reason for the project delay in the status report.
C.
Detail the reason for the project delay in the status report.
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D.
Register an issue and escalate it to the project sponsor.
D.
Register an issue and escalate it to the project sponsor.
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Suggested answer: B

A construction company is executing a building contract that includes firm milestones for replacing certain components of the building. During execution, the client complains that the new components do not meet the requirements.

What should the project manager have done to prevent this from happening?

A.
Continuously communicated the changes in the work plan and the agreement to the client
A.
Continuously communicated the changes in the work plan and the agreement to the client
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B.
Defined acceptance criteria in a quality checklist agreed upon before starting the build phase
B.
Defined acceptance criteria in a quality checklist agreed upon before starting the build phase
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C.
Provided compensation for issues due to the variance in the agreed-upon requirements
C.
Provided compensation for issues due to the variance in the agreed-upon requirements
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D.
Approved a detailed change management process before starting the build phase
D.
Approved a detailed change management process before starting the build phase
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Suggested answer: B

An agile team is in the early phases of the development cycle for a project; however, they have already begun to deliver functionality to the customer. The team has identified risks to the project and are working on developing the mitigation strategy.

What should the project manager do next?

A.
Escalate the risk to the project sponsor and steering committee.
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Escalate the risk to the project sponsor and steering committee.
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B.
Implement the risk mitigation strategy according to the highest impact.
B.
Implement the risk mitigation strategy according to the highest impact.
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C.
Incorporate and prioritize the risks in the risk register according to impact.
C.
Incorporate and prioritize the risks in the risk register according to impact.
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D.
Determine if any of the new risks have any financial impact.
D.
Determine if any of the new risks have any financial impact.
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Suggested answer: C
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