PMI PMP Practice Test - Questions Answers, Page 120

A risk was raised during the initiation of a project. The supplier discontinued software support for one of the project's required inputs. The project manager planned a reserve budget to allow the project to continue in the event of this occurrence.

What should the project manager do?

A project manager is leading a global team that they have worked with in the past and has a high level of trust with them. The team is located in different countries and time zones and will need decisions in a timely manner.

In order to ensure that the project runs smoothly across the team, how should the project manager approach delegation?

For some time now, doubts have been raised about who is responsible for delivering a key benefit of a project. What should the project manager do next?

A project manager is assigned to a new project. The project management office (PMO) and the project manager agree that this is the night opportunity to include daily standup meetings. The project team has never used such tools, and a few members are challenging the decision.

What should the project manager do in this situation?

A bank is considering building another branch in one of three neighboring cities. The project manager has been tasked with demonstrating the benefits of building a new branch, renting an existing building, or not expanding at all.

How should the project manager proceed?

A project manager receives information in preparation for reporting the project's monthly performance to the project steering committee:

Actual progress = 2 units

Planned progress = 3 units

Actual cost (AC) = 2 units

Budgeted cost = 3 units

What statement should the project manager make to the project steering committee?

A project manager who takes over halfway through a project determines that the cost performance index (CPI) is 0.65. A detailed audit identifies that the project cost was analogously estimated, and the audit team thinks that something was missing in the way the estimates were done.

What should have been done to avoid this problem?

A project manager manages multiple information technology (IT) projects in a matrix organization.

The project manager schedules a meeting with one of the functional managers to coordinate testing support for two software development projects. Unfortunately, the functional manager is not able to attend the meeting and informs the project manager that there may not be any resources available to test the software.

What should the project manager do?

A product owner is invited to a sprint review meeting. At the end of the review, the product owner says that the increment is ready to be delivered to the customer.

What conclusion should the project manager come to with regard to the product owner's statement?