PMI PMI Certifications PMP Questions & Answers

• Question 1331:

  A project manager finds that there are knowledge gaps in the project team relating to the core competencies required to deliver the desired results. What should the project manager do to achieve the desired results?

  A. Communicate the situation to the team and plan for the necessary training and coaching arrangements

  B. Report the situation back to upper management and request to have the scope changed

  C. Plan to hire more experienced team members and lay off a few of the existing team members.

  D. Communicate the situation to the customer and inform them about potential delays in delivery.

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 1332:

  Two team members are arguing about which technology they should use when implementing iteration tasks. The predictive approach was broken into several legations that need to be completed on time so as not to jeopardize the projects timely completion.

  What should the project manager do to resolve this issue and help the team move on to the next iteration?

  A. Postpone the selection of the technology used until more information is gathered

  B. Suggest their own approach to solve the issue and ask the team to follow it

  C. Call for an open dialogue which the team will arrive at through consensus

  D. Allow the team to decide since the teams should be autonomous

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 1333:

  An equipment vendor will implement a new production line for a client company. The year-long project will include 2- to 4-month-long iterations; however, the client's project manager has no agile experience.

  How should the project manager ensure that the client is effectively represented in the daily meetings?

  A. Recommend agile training programs that best suit the client project manager's schedule.

  B. Realign the project to a predictive approach to ensure optimal collaboration between the teams.

  C. Propose a session tor essential agile Knowledge transfer for the client team to align with the daily meeting goals

  D. Provide the client project manager with agile best practice documents and web resources.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 1334:

  A telecommunications company is conducting a national network rollout involving continuously changing technical requirements. To address the situation, the company has recently adopted a hybrid project life cycle. During a retrospective, some team members complain that the majority of the milestones are ready for testing but have not advanced because they are waiting for the project manager's approval.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Update the issue log and review the lessons learned register for options

  B. Implement conflict resolution to accommodate the team's needs

  C. Implement decision-making techniques to advance the stones

  D. Empower the team to self-organize and make their own decisions

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 1335:

  The customer wants to show their stakeholders a tangible outcome faster. This requires advancing a milestone. Which two things should the project manager do? (Choose two)

  A. Inform the customer that moving the milestone has a very high impact on project cost.

  B. Escalate the Issue to senior management so they can impose a solution on the customer.

  C. Convince the customer to keep the requirements as is and not move the milestone.

  D. Review the customer's priorities regarding the desired requirements for the milestones.

  E. Discuss which requirements can be delivered faster with the project team.

  Correct Answer: DE

• Question 1336:

  An organization started the process of a digital transformation and is trying to change its culture from a predictive to a more agile approach. The project manager leading the change management process identified some knowledge gaps of key team members, which could prevent the transformation from happening as planned.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Provide mentoring for the key team members on agile practices and support the team with training and encouragement.

  B. Create an agile conduct guideline and ensure that all team members follow the rules stated in the document.

  C. Replace the key team members with new resources who are already aware of the agile mindset.

  D. Provide directions to the team members on how to accelerate the company's transformation, bringing the project back on track.

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 1337:

  This graph describes the current performance of a project in relation to cost and schedule. What should the project manager do to bring the project back on track?

  

  A. Review project cost because the project is over budget and ahead of schedule

  B. Review project schedule and cost because the project is over budget and behind schedule

  C. Review project schedule because the project is under budget and behind schedule

  D. Review project scope because the project is under budget and ahead of schedule

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 1338:

  A project manager writes to the receiving organization to inform them that all acceptance activities are completed with success and it's time to initiate handover. The receiving manager replies that the team will not be ready for the handover procedure for another two weeks.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Deliver to the receiving manager on time, who can then make a knowledge transfer to their team.

  B. Inform the project sponsor of the two-week delay and replan activities to minimize delays.

  C. Request that the receiving manager issue a change request to prolong the project by two weeks.

  D. Issue an internal change request to secure the resources for an additional two weeks.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 1339:

  A new building project is in the middle of its life cycle. The municipality informs the project manager that due to new regulations, the parking lot around the project has to accommodate twice the number of cars than was initially planned. What should the project manager do next?

  A. Request the project sponsor to fund this change as it is a new regulation, then order the materials in order to start working.

  B. Assess the impact of the required change and consult with the executive sponsors to determine the best course of action.

  C. Ask the designers to start designing a solution for this new requirement while the project is running and determine the funding for this change.

  D. Have the company's lawyers write to the municipality and reject the change as it was not part of the scope approved by the municipality.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 1340:

  One of the team members is consistently absent in team meetings, but always completes their assigned tasks on time. Other team members think this member should attend the meetings. What should the project manager do?

  A. Assign this member to facilitate the next meeting to ensure project team collaboration.

  B. Allow each team member to submit their required tasks on time and reduce the number of scheduled meetings.

  C. Review and update the project ground rules to make meeting attendance mandatory.

  D. Understand the reason for the team member's absence and encourage them to attend future meetings.

  Correct Answer: D