PMI PMP Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

PMI PMP Online Questions & Answers

• Question 1131:

  A project has met the agreed-upon product requirements and is closing. There is time remaining in the schedule and excess budget. The resources are not yet scheduled to move to other projects. Several product champions want to continue adding functionality to the product.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Use the remaining time and resources to add additional scope to the project without spending the project budget.
  B. Ensure product quality by spending the remaining resources and time on additional quality checks for the product.
  C. Acknowledge the project closure criteria has been met and release the remaining budget and resources.
  D. Obtain approval from the sponsor to add additional functionality to the project deliverables with the leftover budget.
  C. Acknowledge the project closure criteria has been met and release the remaining budget and resources.

• Question 1132:

  A company is running a project to eliminate a sales channel that has been unprofitable for the past 3 years. A key stakeholder from another area, who has legacy ties to that sales channel, objects to the project. What should the project manager do in this situation?

  A. Assess the impact of the stakeholder and engage properly.
  B. Escalate the stakeholder issue to the project sponsor.
  C. Develop a specific communications strategy for this stakeholder.
  D. Use interpersonal skills to gain stakeholder engagement.
  A. Assess the impact of the stakeholder and engage properly.

• Question 1133:

  A major national company known for quality products has just selected a small subcontracting firm to assist with a project. The project manager from the subcontracting firm is meeting with the project team to ensure that the project is delivered according to the customer's standards.

  In order to ensure this, what should the project manager define and document?

  A. Quality
  B. Estimates
  C. Objectives
  D. Requirements
  D. Requirements

• Question 1134:

  At a daily standup on the second day of the sprint, the product owner asks one of the developers to add more functionality to a product backlog item that was committed to in the sprint planning. The product owner explains that the change is based on a discussion they had with a user, is critical, and should be delivered in the next release.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Ask the product owner to provide more details in the standup.
  B. Organize a workshop after the standup to assess the impact.
  C. Prepare a budget change request for additional resources.
  D. Create a new product backlog item for the next sprint planning.
  B. Organize a workshop after the standup to assess the impact.

• Question 1135:

  A project charter has been approved and the project manager has been assigned to the project. The project manager is currently working with the project team to subdivide the project work packages. What is the project manager doing?

  A. Network diagram
  B. Decomposition
  C. Work breakdown structure (WBS)
  D. Resource leveling
  B. Decomposition

• Question 1136:

  Due to price inflation, an agile project manager has identified that the available project funding will not be enough to bring on an additional team member for the upcoming iterations as initially planned. The project budget and release deadlines are tight. The existing cross-functional team is experienced.

  What is the first approach the project manager should take?

  A. Ask the business stakeholders to reduce the number of features required for the product.
  B. Delay the hiring of the additional resource until market conditions are favorable to work within project requirements.
  C. Ask the functional managers to source a less experienced and less expensive team member for the project.
  D. Request the current team to analyze the work planned for the additional resource.
  D. Request the current team to analyze the work planned for the additional resource.

• Question 1137:

  A servant leader is about to start a confidential agile research project. A high risk has been identified related to a team member disclosing details of the project with external people. What should the servant leader do to address this risk?

  A. Include this restriction as a ground rule and ensure all team members are familiar with it by reviewing the ground rules at the end of every iteration.
  B. Forecast the cost of the risk to calculate the required contingency reserve that needs to be allocated if the risk materializes.
  C. Ask the functional manager to educate the team about this risk and ensure that disciplinary actions will be taken.
  D. Contact the human resources (HR) department to ensure that disciplinary actions will be taken if the employees disclose any confidential information.
  A. Include this restriction as a ground rule and ensure all team members are familiar with it by reviewing the ground rules at the end of every iteration.

• Question 1138:

  During a business review meeting, a key stakeholder raised a concern on the quality of deliverables and has now escalated the concern. What should the project manager do first?

  A. Schedule a meeting with all team members to clarify and plan next steps.
  B. Discuss with the stakeholder and share a report on the deliverables.
  C. Discuss with the team and check all reports on the deliverables.
  D. Schedule a meeting with the stakeholder to clarify and plan next steps.
  D. Schedule a meeting with the stakeholder to clarify and plan next steps.

• Question 1139:

  A project team is defining the ground rules during their first meeting as a team. During this session, only a few of the team members suggested and approved the ground rules while most remained silent. As a result, the team's ground rules favor those few team members.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Conduct a round table and ask the team to share their opinions one by one.
  B. Propose new team ground rules and communicate them to all.
  C. Ask the silent team members to share their opinions via email.
  D. Perform focus group interviews based on the new team ground rules.
  A. Conduct a round table and ask the team to share their opinions one by one.

• Question 1140:

  A customer is concerned about the time required to complete a project and is asking the project team to reduce the number of iterations required to complete the product. Which approach should the project manager take?

  A. Ask the team to raise blockers or impediments in daily meetings.
  B. Prioritize deliverables based on business value and define frequent releases.
  C. Ask the team to challenge the project estimations for a faster delivery.
  D. Prioritize the tasks with high risks to reduce the number of iterations required.
  B. Prioritize deliverables based on business value and define frequent releases.