PMI PMP Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

PMI PMP Online Questions & Answers

• Question 1211:

  A new team member joins the project and fails to apply the project-specific quality assurance (QA) processes.

  What should the project manager have done to avoid this issue?

  A. Delegated the quality assurance (QA) tasks to the team lead.
  B. Ensured that the new team member had access to the quality management plan.
  C. Obtained external training in quality assurance (QA) for the new team member.
  D. Made sure that the new team member understood all requirements.
  B. Ensured that the new team member had access to the quality management plan.

• Question 1212:

  A project manager is consolidating information for all the workstreams within a data center and IT service transition project. To ensure the project delivers value quickly, the project manager will assess a large number of consolidated project schedules.

  Which two actions should the project manager take with regard to schedule analysis? (Choose two)

  A. Review with subject matter experts (SMEs) to ensure they have contributed to the schedule development
  B. Evaluate the master schedule and perform fast tracking and task crashing
  C. Look (or gaps in the different schedules to determine which major risks might evolve over time
  D. Review the project schedules to ensure that all tasks end with milestones
  E. Evaluate the schedules for interdependencies to establish the critical path
  C. Look (or gaps in the different schedules to determine which major risks might evolve over time
  D. Review the project schedules to ensure that all tasks end with milestones

• Question 1213:

  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. Discuss this with the project team, assess the impact, and decide on the appropriate actions to follow.
  B. Ask the architect for the contact details for their new employer and call their account manager.
  C. Call the account manager and ask them to retain the expert by offering them an incentive.
  D. Escalate the issue to the procurement department and ask them to discuss this with the vendor firm.
  A. Discuss this with the project team, assess the impact, and decide on the appropriate actions to follow.

• Question 1214:

  In a newly formed project team, one experienced team member is overwhelmed by the complexity of the tasks and is not happy with the project team. What should the project manager do?

  A. Ask the team member to enter this potential schedule delay in the risk register.
  B. Explain that the tasks are unavoidable and ask the team member to find a solution to overcome the challenges
  C. Actively listen to the team member and identify ways to support their needs in completing the tasks.
  D. Set up team-building activities with the project team members to reduce tension
  C. Actively listen to the team member and identify ways to support their needs in completing the tasks.

• Question 1215:

  A project manager is assigned to a digital transformation project for a bank. The company culture is conservative and resistant to transformation or innovation. What should the project manager do first to support the transformation?

  A. Provide a digital transformation guide and explain that the change is unavoidable
  B. Ask the bank executives to officially announce that the project manager is leading the project
  C. Provide proper training sessions to the stakeholders so they understand the purpose of the change
  D. Hire an expert in digital transformation and assign that person as the champion for the change
  C. Provide proper training sessions to the stakeholders so they understand the purpose of the change

• Question 1216:

  In a product development project, the project manager is constantly receiving complaints from stakeholders about functionalities being delivered, but not required by the business departments. The project sponsor wants to know if the project resources are being used effectively.

  What should the project manager have done to avoid delivering work that is not adding value to the business?

  A. Ask the stakeholders to document their complaints in change requests.
  B. Define a product scope and ask the stakeholders to not deviate from it.
  C. Encourage the product owner to meet with the stakeholders and create a product backlog based on their needs.
  D. Document the stakeholders' needs, review them during the retrospective, and create improvement plans.
  B. Define a product scope and ask the stakeholders to not deviate from it.

• Question 1217:

  A project manager is planning the fifth sprint of a project when the sponsor requests a report on the business value gained to date. What should the project manager show to the sponsor?

  A. The cumulative flow diagram
  B. The data of the metrics defined to track benefits
  C. The metrics plan to track benefits
  D. The fifth sprint retrospective report
  B. The data of the metrics defined to track benefits

• Question 1218:

  During a meeting for product review, a key stakeholder announces that because they are receiving adequate information about the project they will not attend any further meetings. What should the project manager do?

  A. Log this as an issue in the issue log and address it with the project sponsor.
  B. Ignore the stakeholder as the product is almost complete.
  C. Explain that the needs will be updated in the stakeholder engagement plan.
  D. Inform the stakeholder that changes can happen in this project.
  D. Inform the stakeholder that changes can happen in this project.

• Question 1219:

  A project team is conducting sprint planning. Based on the estimated effort, only 95% of the items included in the sprint may be delivered. The product owner asks the project manager for advice on how to prioritize the backlog items. What should be used to prioritize the backlog items?

  A. Risk to delivery
  B. Technical complexity
  C. Business value
  D. Estimation accuracy
  C. Business value

• Question 1220:

  After difficult negotiations, a customer committed to pay the cost for changes to the project scope. The team seems unhappy as the project completion time will take longer than previously scheduled. How should the project manager support the outcome of the new agreement?

  A. Motivate the team and deploy the necessary resources.
  B. Find a way to maintain the project schedule.
  C. Impose authority on the project.
  D. Request additional resources from the sponsor and motivate the team.
  A. Motivate the team and deploy the necessary resources.