PMP Practice Exam Questions and Answers

During daily team standup meetings, team members constantly ask about which tasks they should focus on first. How should the project

manager ensure the team is fully productive?

The project team finds that the latest delivery from a vendor is missing a critical component, which will likely delay the project in split of corrective measures. What should the project manager do to communicate this message?

A project manager has two projects that are being executed at the same time The duration of the critical project must be reduced, but the project manager does not have enough resources to achieve this goal In addition, the schedule does not have activities that can be overlapped

What should the project manager do?

A project manager is m the middle of a project when one of the key project team members needs to take an unexpected and prolonged leave of absence The project is ahead of schedule and running under budget

Which two actions should the project manager take initially to resolve this problem? (Choose two)

A project manager has been moved to a new division and is in charge of an existing project in an unfamiliar domain When attempting to gain an understanding of the risks for this agile project what is the primary tool the project manager should employ?

Stakeholders in some industries prefer to deal with programmers and system analysts directly, bypassing project managers. This complicates managing resources on projects

How should a project manager solve this issue?

There is a conflict on an agile project about following organizational processes, many of which do not add any value to the project. To resolve this, which one of the following

should be regarded with the highest priority?

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 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 company starts implementing Scrum About halfway through the first sprint, communication issues develop Some project team members are not in sync with other team members

What is the cause for this communication gap?

A project team has recently completed the initial sprint for developing an automated payroll system for a company The project manager has scheduled a sprint planning meeting with the product owner and team members to discuss which features should be worked on next

Which two pieces of information does the project manager need in order to make this meeting productive and effective? (Choose two)

A stakeholder on a project has a reputation for being easily angered and unreasonably difficult on projects The project manager would like to minimize the impact of the stakeholder’s behavior on the development team.

What training should the project manager choose for their team to help with this situation?

As part of the strategic plan, a company decides to implement a new software platform to manage a centralized document repository. Some requirements are clear and some need more detail.

What should the project manager do first to decide how to manage this project?

A project manager is having difficulty acquiring final acceptance of some deliverables from a stakeholder for reasons that seem to be outside of the project acceptance criteria. What should the project manager do?

A project manager is working on a software development project. A team member complains that since the project tasks are very simple, there is no reason to perform quality control The project manager understands that removing the quality management plan from the project will also help to save money, which is important to the customer

What should the project manager do?

A stakeholder on a project has a reputation for being easily angered and unreasonably difficult on projects The project manager would like to minimize the impact of the stakeholder’s behavior on the development team.

What training should the project manager choose for their team to help with this situation?

A project manager has been moved to a new division and is in charge of an existing project in an unfamiliar domain When attempting to gain an understanding of the risks for this agile project what is the primary tool the project manager should employ?

At the beginning of a project, a project manager is asked to provide human resources (HR) with an evaluation of every team member's performance. This evaluation will be delivered at the end of the project.

How should the project manager approach this request?

In a project, one team member has been asking for directions and what actions to take on many tasks. As a result, the team member has performed slowly in project delivery.

What should the project manager do to help this team member?

A project manager was recently assigned to a banking IT project. The project team has been developing products using a predictive approach for more than 10 years, but management wants the team to change to an agile approach. The project manager met with the team to introduce the agile approach. Most of the team members complained about changing approaches because the performance of this team has always been above average among the IT teams in the bank.

Which two actions should the project manager take? (Choose two)

In the initiating phase of a project, the project manager and team members are prioritizing the product backlog along with the product owner. What should the project

manager do next?

A company is working on a project to develop an integration of their existing systems. There are known issues in production.

What should the project manager do?

A project is ready to deliver the first batch of the product when a quality control check rejects the product as unfit for delivery. The root cause

analysis (RCA) shows that a component added as part of the latest change request was not tested throughout the development cycle.

What should the project manager do next?

An agile team has sized all of the features for the release. Using the table above, how many sprints will it take to complete this release if the team is expecting to have a

velocity of 10 story points per sprint?

A project manager is managing a project to deploy new software to 200 end users. During the implementation, there is a missed process that

caused some of the users to lose their computer data.

What should the project manager do first?

A global program is being kicked off, and various distributed teams are involved in delivering the initiative. Besides planning and executing the scope for the initiative, team

interactions must be considered.

How should the project teams interact in their meetings?

A project manager is leading a product feature rollout that will gain more subscribers for a video-streaming application. During the backlog grooming phase, the business stakeholders were unable to understand the feature integration with the product and raised concerns.

What can the project manager do to demonstrate the feature integration?

A project is approaching successful completion, and all stakeholders are really proud of the achieved results. The project management office

(PMO) recommends the project manager to lead the next similar project.

What should the project manager do next?

A project manager is managing a project that requires specialized architecture services. This project was identified as a high risk for the

organization. The project manager works with an external architect who is highly specialized. However, the architect will soon resign because they

accepted an offer from another firm.

What should the project manager do next?

A project for a financial organization is in the proposal phase for the selection of a software tool. There have been conflicting opinions on the software that was ranked in the selection. After analyzing the issue, the project manager realizes that two out of the eight teams have concerns about the tool's scalability to support their business needs.

How should the project manager resolve this conflict and reach a consensus?

A large global organization developed a new medical implant that requires compliance with local government regulations. The approval process for one country is lengthy and will impact the intended launch date.

What should the project manager do?

The change control board (CCB) has approved a change request to add a new component within a product. The operations manager discovers the change after its approval and complains that the implementation of the change will cause significant disruption to the production line.

What should the project manager do first?

A project manager wants to assign a junior engineer to a new project. In past projects, the engineer showed initiative to take on complex tasks and solve problems in

innovative ways without any need for encouragement. However, the engineer declines the project manager's invitation to join the new project.

What is the most likely reason for the engineer's refusal to work on the project?

A project manager is working on multiple building construction projects using a predictive project management approach. Senior leadership within

the organization is promoting the inclusion of more agile practices into the current project methodologies. The project sponsor now wants the

projects to use more agile methodologies.

Before mandating any agile methods to be used in a project, what should the project manager do first?

In order to increase a project's profit margin, the project manager and subject matter experts (SMEs) agreed to select the oldest model of a

specific machine available in the market. When the machine reached its destination country, it was blocked by customs authorities who restricted

the import of this machine model.

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

A global program is being kicked off, and various distributed teams are involved in delivering the initiative. Besides planning and executing the scope for the initiative, team

interactions must be considered.

How should the project teams interact in their meetings?

A project team is working on an agile software development project. The project manager is concerned that the virtual team may not be as effective as a colocated team at headquarters.

Which two actions should the project manager leverage to ensure the team is meeting performance expectations?

(Choose two)

A project manager assigned team members to work in pairs on a large amount of technical reports. At times, the project manager noticed that important information was not

shared properly among the team. This has caused delivery delays and, ultimately, the failure to complete the project.

What is the root cause of this issue?

A project manager was replaced in the early phases of a new project. The new project manager discovers that the business team is not supporting the project. After

discussing these concerns with the team, it is determined that the project does not have the full support of senior management.

What should the new project manager do next?

In the past year, a company paid US$60,000 to an external subcontractor for an ongoing project. The project manager has been asked to

evaluate if the project can be delivered more cost effectively this year by using internal labor. The project manager used an optimistic term of 4

months, a pessimistic term of 6 months, and a most expected term of 5 months, and has concluded that the service can be delivered with the

following resources:

* Two engineers (monthly salary of US$700 each)

* One project manager (monthly salary of US$1,600)

* Additional estimated monthly expenses of US$2,000

The project manager used the program evaluation and review technique (PERT) to calculate the savings if the project is delivered with in-house

resources.

How much money will the project manager estimate the company can save?

While reviewing a project with high-level executives, the project manager realizes that the conversation always deviates to other topics instead of the project itself.

What two actions should the project manager take? (Choose 2)

A project is near completion but it is behind schedule. The contingency budget has already being used, although the remaining budget should be

enough to complete the project. The only subject matter expert (SME) assigned to the project has been asked by their manager to solve a

problem in the operations department.

What should the project manager do?

A project team member, who is inexperienced in system development work is not performing well. Currently, there are no other staff members

available who are qualified to complete the work.

What should the project manager do?

Eight highly qualified experts have been assembled to work for a 6-month period on an a specific aspect of an organization's product development process. How should the

project manager support this team to succeed?

A project team's performance is being impacted by impeding internal procedures that are affecting the progress of activities and team autonomy. What should the project

manager do first to address this situation?

A member of a testing team in an agile project works well with the project team. However, in the previous two iterations, this team member's performance was poor, and the team had difficulty meeting the iteration goals.

How should the project manager handle this situation?

A technician is scheduled to install internet service at the homes of three remote call center agents who have different working schedules. Their functional managers

arranged time off to allow time for installation and testing. The carrier sends an email to the project manager stating that one appointment is delayed for 2 days.

What does the project manager need to do now?

A project manager led the implementation of an electronic invoicing project that has just been completed. The financial manager communicated that the team discovered three invoices with errors.

Which two documents should the project manager update as soon as possible? (Choose two)

One team member is not as active as the rest of the team during a brainstorming session The project manager has a separate conversation with the team member and learns that the team member is slightly hearing impaired The team member appreciates the project manager's concern The project manager then decides to change the time and room for the meeting to ensure everyone can participate

What interpersonal skill did the project manager use?

Drag the items on left side to the matching term within the correct project.