The Project Management Professional (PMP)® credential is a worldwide recognized project management credential that assesses a person's ability to manage a professional project's people, processes, and business priorities. According to the Project Management Institute (PMI), which administers the certification, over one million PMP holders worldwide. Healthcare, construction, information technology (IT), and business are just a few examples of industries where it might be used.
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Question 1
An agile project is running its fifth iteration out of eight After the last iteration planning, the team was informed that there is a new competitor in the market, and it is necessary to move faster to ensure market share is not missed.
What should the project manager do?
A. Add the competitor's functionalities to the product backlog to improve the product.
B. Help the team to find a new approach to launch the product as soon as possible.
C. Ask the team to increase the velocity to launch the product as soon as possible.
D. Ask the sponsor to add more people to the team.
Correct Answer: B
Question 2
One of a project manager's team members is continuously improving. This team member has been a role model and mentor to others in the organization.
How should the project manager acknowledge this team member's commitment?
A. Appreciate this team member's performance throughout the project life cycle.
B. Send this person to a meeting to negotiate the scope with the client.
C. Promote this team member to a coaching role after this project is completed.
D. Document it in the team member's end of year performance review.
Correct Answer: A
Question 3
A project has a very tight delivery schedule. The project is approaching the delivery date, and the project sponsor often sends the project manager alerts to avoid any schedule slippage. The project team has performed at an acceptable level until now,but the project manager wants to ensure the team's performance level is maintained until the end.
What action should the project manager take to motivate the project team's performance?
A. Send a formal notice to team members instructing them to maintain performance.
B. Inform the team about the delivery pressure from the project sponsor.
C. Hire a few temporary team members to help with the additional work.
D. Award certificates of appreciation to encourage the team.
Correct Answer: D
Question 4
A project manager has been assigned to a project and receives the project charter from the project management office (PMO) The document is very clear about customer requests. During Project Scope Management, some requirements seem to be different from the ones specified within the project charter.
What should the project manager do?
A. Explain to the sponsor that these requests could endanger the schedule and cost of the project.
B. Use a focus group and brainstorming sessions to gather more details about the project scope.
C. Register the changes in the configuration management plan and send it to the change control board (CCB).
D. Modify the baseline of the project for minor impact changes to the project scope.
Correct Answer: C
Question 5
A project manager is implementing a new software system. Some department staff members are questioning the necessity of the change and feel the new system will impede their current processes.
What should the project manager have done at the start of the project to prevent this resistance?
A. Encouraged leadership to discuss the change with departments that are typically resistant to change.
B. Ensured that the company culture encourages changes before accepting the project.
C. Involved stakeholders from all levels of the company so everyone understands the change.
D. Created a communications management plan that outined the method of communicating to stakeholders.
Correct Answer: C
Question 6
During the development of a product, the project manager observes conflicts between project stakeholders, resulting in deliverable and output approval delays.
On which area should the project manager focus?
A. Revisiting the project management plan to ensure deliverables are on time.
B. Reviewing the business case and identifying gaps within scope.
C. Revisiting the stakeholder engagement plan, focusing on specific overlooked stakeholders.
D. Increasing the frequency of project update meetings to keep stakeholders informed.
Correct Answer: C
Question 7
A company has a lot of experience with predictive projects. The project management office (PMO) has been trying to implement iterative tools within the project management framework, and the project manager has been asked to use these tools in their-current project After the successful implementation of the iterative tools, the PMO asks the project manager to determine the benefits these tools brought to the project.
What should the project manager do?
A. Conduct reviews with stakeholders to discuss the potential benefits the approach may have to the project.
B. Determine the data to be monitored during the project as well as the expected performance and targets.
C. Update the communications management plan to consider performance review meetings with the project stakeholders.
D. Prepare and submit a status report to the steering committee to update performance monitoring.
Correct Answer: B
Question 8
After a couple of iterations, the project manager decides to present the product to a key stakeholder. The stakeholder's feedback is that the team missed the mark on many features.
What should the project manager do to avoid this in the future?
A. Evaluate the team's skills to look for someone with experience in product design and assign that person the task of rebuilding the product interface.
B. Incorporate design thinking practices into the project life cycle to better understand the product's personas and be more effective to match their needs.
C. Set up requirements gathering sessions with all key stakeholders to evaluate the scope once again and reprioritize the backlog based on the sessions.
D. Schedule adequate sprint demos to gather early feedback from the stakeholders and adapt the plan accordingly.
Correct Answer: C
Question 9
During the execution of a project within an operations function, the project manager encounters scope changes and a delay in the delivery of critical tasks.
How should the project manager address this situation?
A. Initiate the change request to modify the scope and adjust the timelines.
B. Call for a team meeting to decide if the changes should be included.
C. Communicate the concerns to the project management office (PMO) during the weekly project reports.
D. Conduct an impact analysis and present the results to the steering committee for approval.
Correct Answer: D
Question 10
The programming activities of a project were planned to last 35 days per module, but the programming of the first module has taken 45 days.
What should the project manager do?
A. Ask the team to work overtime to complete the deliverable on time.
B. Check the scope to verify if there is scope creep and get the project on schedule.
C. Evaluate the situation and identify ways to compress the schedule without impacting baselines.
D. Submit a change request to the project sponsor to change the schedule.
Correct Answer: C
Conclusion
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