PMI PMP Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

PMI PMP Online Questions & Answers

• Question 111:

  An organization is transitioning to an agile approach. At the project's first sprint review, the product owner did not accept the result of the sprint and has some concerns. What should the project manager do?

  A. Organize a sprint retrospective and discuss the issues and how they can be avoided in the next sprint.
  B. Ask the project team to address the product owner's issues since the product owner is responsible for the scope in agile.
  C. Ask the product owner to accept the outcome since the team delivered what was agreed in the sprint planning.
  D. Create a record in the issue register and escalate the issue to the project steering committee.
  A. Organize a sprint retrospective and discuss the issues and how they can be avoided in the next sprint.

• Question 112:

  A project manager is confused when the operational results from previous iteration solutions have not been acceptable to the client. Team members have already delivered all previous solutions, which were accepted by the client as complete.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Recommend a change in the project methodology or the approach.
  B. Develop and execute a stakeholder engagement strategy.
  C. Determine the criteria and measuring systems for objective success.
  D. Allocate more time for mentoring project team members.
  C. Determine the criteria and measuring systems for objective success.

• Question 113:

  A project in aerospace design has run into a substantial technical issue, and the project team is uncertain on how to proceed. With whom should the project manager call a meeting to discuss the issue?

  A. Project stakeholders and the team
  B. External subject matter experts (SMEs) and the team
  C. Project sponsor and the team
  D. Project sponsor and the external SMEs
  A. Project stakeholders and the team

• Question 114:

  A team is working on a project using a hybrid approach, and they are facing a lot of obstacles and blockers from some stakeholders. What should the project manager do to improve project performance?

  A. Ask stakeholders to communicate with the team directly.
  B. Empower the team members to remove obstacles and blockers.
  C. Address and remove obstacles and blockers for the team.
  D. Add blockers to the issue log and risk management plan.
  C. Address and remove obstacles and blockers for the team.

• Question 115:

  A project manager is working on a financial system implementation project for a government company. One of the key stakeholders, who uses predictive approaches, does not like virtual tools such as chats, task trackers, and so forth. They prefer email, telephone calls, and face-to-face meetings.

  How should the project manager approach this situation?

  A. Use regular screen-sharing sessions to show the progress to the stakeholder.
  B. Align and agree with the stakeholder on the communication approach.
  C. Ask the manager to use virtual communication tools and online dashboards.
  D. Create a digital dashboard to meet the manager's information needs.
  B. Align and agree with the stakeholder on the communication approach.

• Question 116:

  During iteration planning, team A identifies that an important deliverable is dependent upon a deliverable from team B. What should the project manager do?

  A. Inform team B of the dependency and ensure that the deliverable is planned.
  B. Make team Aa part of team B and ensure that the deliverable is ready.
  C. Request team B to immediately start this activity and deliver to team A.
  D. Ask team B to focus on their backlog and deliver based on their priority.
  A. Inform team B of the dependency and ensure that the deliverable is planned.

• Question 117:

  A project's business case was just approved and the project manager is creating the benefits management plan. It is unclear how the benefits from the project align with the organization's vision. What should the project manager do first to verify alignment?

  A. Ask the project team to delay the kick-off while resolving the concern.
  B. Request a copy of the project assumptions log for more insight.
  C. Meet with the project sponsor to obtain more information.
  D. Consult with the project team members to gain their opinions.
  C. Meet with the project sponsor to obtain more information.

• Question 118:

  A project team has completed many iterations without properly sizing the stories. In some iterations, the team sized some stories and completed them ahead of time. In other iterations, the team sized the stories but was unable to complete the planned activities.

  What should the team do differently during planning for the next iteration?

  A. Request the product owner and team facilitator to provide the size of the story
  B. Average the story points provided by each team member for a story
  C. Continue multiple rounds of planning poker and arrive at the size of the story
  D. Collaborate with different teams and arrive at the size of the story
  C. Continue multiple rounds of planning poker and arrive at the size of the story

• Question 119:

  A software delivery project is in the execution phase. The project team has identified a need for an additional server as the software requires more data storage space than planned for. Without the additional server, the project delivery cannot continue.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Use the project budget and procure a new server before raising a change request.
  B. Request that the requirement is funded with the business operational expenses.
  C. Apply contingency reserves to procure a server that fits the requirement.
  D. Raise a change request and obtain approval from the project owner.
  D. Raise a change request and obtain approval from the project owner.

• Question 120:

  A project manager for a large project's agile team is developing new workflows to meet changing business needs. As the second sprint is running, the product owner and agile team begin to receive more details that impact the scope change of running items. The agile team requests a change in the sprint goals and sprint backlog items.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Create a parallel sprint to deliver the additional items.
  B. Guide the agile team to add the new scope to the product backlog.
  C. Pause the sprint to allow time to include the new items.
  D. Moderate the expectations for sprint quality.
  B. Guide the agile team to add the new scope to the product backlog.