PMI PMP Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

PMI PMP Online Questions & Answers

• Question 1011:

  A project manager has recently been appointed to lead a critical software development project in a hybrid environment.

  What should the project manager do first to understand the project quickly and manage it effectively?

  A. Identify key stakeholders and hold a project kickoff meeting to engage the stakeholders and obtain commitment.
  B. Assess the project management plan for dependencies and possible risks, and then validate stakeholder understanding.
  C. Review the project charter to understand the objectives, high-level scope, and business need.
  D. Share the project objectives and scope with the team to ensure that the team understands the project value.
  C. Review the project charter to understand the objectives, high-level scope, and business need.

• Question 1012:

  A project team is working remotely on a project with tight deadlines. In the middle of the project, a team member is replaced with an individual who is new to the company. The document repository is available to review, but since the project is quite complex it could take time to understand the details related to the new team member's responsibilities.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Assign tasks and provide contacts so the new team member can contact the appropriate resources for support.
  B. Ask the new team member to review the repository and schedule a meeting to provide details and tasks.
  C. Organize a social event to introduce the new team member to key stakeholders and the project team.
  D. Introduce the new team member to the project team and provide an explanation of the key themes.
  B. Ask the new team member to review the repository and schedule a meeting to provide details and tasks.

• Question 1013:

  In a project using a hybrid approach, the performance of the team was consistently excellent during the predictive stages. When the iterations began, however, the team members started to show signs of low commitment, conflicts, and confusion, resulting in low morale.

  What should the project manager do to handle this situation?

  A. Give team members more authority to make decisions.
  B. Perform team-building activities and enhance collaboration.
  C. Identify the team members who are impacting low morale.
  D. Coach the team members on agile processes and knowledge.
  D. Coach the team members on agile processes and knowledge.

• Question 1014:

  An input of the Control Schedule process is the:

  A. resource calendar.
  B. activity list.
  C. risk management plan.
  D. organizational process assets.
  D. organizational process assets.

• Question 1015:

  A multiyear resource constraint project is midway through the execution phase. During a progress update meeting, it has been determined that there might be a schedule delay to deliver the project. The project manager has observed that all of the team members are working hard and lots of deliverables have already been completed.

  What should the project manager do immediately about this situation?

  A. Ask the project planner to identify the critical path and respective delayed activities, and then investigate the reasons for the delay.
  B. Prepare a monthly report by highlighting the completed deliverables and communicate the delay to management.
  C. Register the schedule risk and present the new resources requirement to the change management board for schedule recovery.
  D. Ask the scheduler to update the schedule with the percent of work in progress (WIP) and communicate the results to the team.
  A. Ask the project planner to identify the critical path and respective delayed activities, and then investigate the reasons for the delay.

• Question 1016:

  A project manager is developing a project baseline schedule and has started to assign team members to the project activities according to their function. What should the project manager do in this phase?

  A. Develop project onboarding guidelines for the team members assigned to the project.
  B. Ensure that a kick-off meeting is planned and invite relevant stakeholders to participate.
  C. Ensure that lessons learned are considered as part of the project schedule decomposition.
  D. Confirm that no conflicts exist in resource calendars with assigned activities on other projects.
  D. Confirm that no conflicts exist in resource calendars with assigned activities on other projects.

• Question 1017:

  Presented with flowcharts of the organization's operations, stakeholders are unfamiliar with several recorded processes, and others note that some recorded processes were discontinued. The project sponsor notices that the chart is several

  years old and wants an updated version immediately.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Assemble the entire project team to produce new flowcharts from current versions.
  B. Assemble and create teams of experts and stakeholders to update flowcharts to reflect current conditions.
  C. Raise a change request and ask the project sponsor to approve it so the flowcharts can be updated.
  D. Work with a consultant and the project sponsor to produce new flowcharts.
  B. Assemble and create teams of experts and stakeholders to update flowcharts to reflect current conditions.

• Question 1018:

  During project execution, a project manager discovers that the budget at completion has shifted significantly and is higher than expected. What should the project manager do?

  A. Adjust the original budget estimates with the current cost variance.
  B. Negotiate the project changes and adjust stakeholder expectations.
  C. Perform a root cause analysis of the project performance.
  D. Review the activity duration to reforecast the project completion date.
  C. Perform a root cause analysis of the project performance.

• Question 1019:

  An agile project has completed several iterations. The project manager has been asked to participate in a meeting with the executive functional manager, who is a company leader and the product owner's supervisor. The executive functional manager wants to know about the project deliverables.

  What should the project manager focus on for the required meeting?

  A. Demonstrating the actual working product
  B. Analyzing the project performance of the sprints
  C. Reviewing the team's performance metrics
  D. Reviewing the burndown chart and backlog
  A. Demonstrating the actual working product

• Question 1020:

  A project team is having difficulties understanding technical details regarding requirements. The information was not initially provided by the customer, but the information is critical in the current iteration for clarification on how tasks need to be accomplished.

  How should the project manager approach this situation?

  A. Request that the customer reviews and clarifies feature definitions for the current sprint
  B. Send a burndown chart of the current sprint to the customer and seek clarifications.
  C. Educate the customer and have them participate in daily standup meetings.
  D. Schedule weekly meetings and product reviews with the customer to clarify requirements
  A. Request that the customer reviews and clarifies feature definitions for the current sprint