PMI PMP Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

PMI PMP Online Questions & Answers

• Question 1391:

  A project manager realizes that a project is becoming delayed because some key decisions are affected by contradicting views between the organization's senior management and external stakeholders. What should the project manager do?

  A. Review the stakeholder register and ensure that communications are being followed in line with the communications management plan.
  B. Isolate the project team from external factors such as senior management and stakeholders so that decisions can be made more quickly
  C. Review the remaining scope and rebaseline the project's schedule to take into account delays in decision making
  D. Review the adequacy of the project's governance and ensure that an appropriate structure is in place
  D. Review the adequacy of the project's governance and ensure that an appropriate structure is in place

• Question 1392:

  The project manager of a high-risk project is concerned about a delay in the schedule that might force the project to move its go-live date. What should the project manager do next?

  A. Ensure that the project meets the committed time lines as this is the core objective and purpose of the project.
  B. Raise a change request to the change control board (CCB) to ask for funds to onboard new resources to expedite the project.
  C. Capture the risk in the risk register and monitor it to prevent it from becoming an issue by taking the proper response action.
  D. Ask the sponsor to start a new project to support the existing project and help it meet the original time line.
  C. Capture the risk in the risk register and monitor it to prevent it from becoming an issue by taking the proper response action.

• Question 1393:

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

• Question 1394:

  A team is performing above expectations, and the sponsor wants to expand the project scope to benefit the organization. However, there are only a few team members with the needed leadership experience. What should the project manager do?

  A. Communicate the risks and propose hiring members with leadership experience before continuing with the request.
  B. Decline the scope expansion until the team members get appropriate leadership opportunities within the project.
  C. Implement the scope expansion and suggest the team members get a mentor due to their lack of leadership experience.
  D. Recognize each team member for their contributions and recommend them to the leadership development program.
  A. Communicate the risks and propose hiring members with leadership experience before continuing with the request.

• Question 1395:

  A company's project management office (PMO) is incorporating more adaptive technologies and has hired a new project manager with hybrid project management experience. The team is slow in adopting the new methodology and has not been updating project artifacts in a timely manner.

  Which action should the project manager take to improve the team's performance?

  A. Set up a training session for all project team members
  B. Reach out to the functional managers for support
  C. Speak individually with each project team member about making the needed updates
  D. Send an email asking all project team members to complete updates at the end of the day
  A. Set up a training session for all project team members

• Question 1396:

  A customer reviewed the plan for a project with high uncertainty and expressed concern about the work requiring so many iterations, which risks not reaching the mandatory delivery date. Which approach should the project manager use in this situation?

  A. Hybrid approach
  B. Predictive approach
  C. Kanban approach
  D. Agile approach
  A. Hybrid approach

• Question 1397:

  A product owner has an idea for a new product but is struggling to define the features because they are not certain of the perceived business value for each feature. What should the project manager have the delivery team do to address this issue?

  A. Assess the product roadmap to see if there is another product that is more suitable for the build.
  B. Develop a minimum viable product (MVP) for assessment from a select customer group.
  C. Commission a business analyst to research similar competitor products.
  D. Complete a work breakdown structure (WBS) to assess the cost of each feature
  B. Develop a minimum viable product (MVP) for assessment from a select customer group.

• Question 1398:

  The project team is planning a schedule with limited information. The team is having issues identifying the detailed tasks and estimating task duration. Which three techniques should the project manager use? (Choose three.)

  A. Rolling wave planning and an adaptive approach
  B. Relative estimation to determine the task or deliverable sizes
  C. Iterations and reviews to continuously keep adapting the plan
  D. Bottom-up estimating based on a work breakdown structure (WBS)
  E. Gantt chart that includes milestones and deadlines
  A. Rolling wave planning and an adaptive approach
  B. Relative estimation to determine the task or deliverable sizes
  C. Iterations and reviews to continuously keep adapting the plan

• Question 1399:

  During the planning stage of a project the project manager realizes that a standard stakeholder engagement approach will not suffice. One of the client representatives, who is not a key decision maker, is extremely opinionated. This client representative could become a roadblock to progress due to their perceived level of authority during meetings.

  How should the project manager handle this moving forward?

  A. Ask that only key decision makers attend the project meetings.
  B. Update the project schedule to cater to this particular stakeholder
  C. Allocate time to gain buy-in from the stakeholder prior to key decision meetings.
  D. Update the risk register to consider the possible project impacts
  C. Allocate time to gain buy-in from the stakeholder prior to key decision meetings.

• Question 1400:

  Multiple agile teams are working on a product deliverable. During the last few iterations, one of the teams received several unplanned, nonproduction support requests from other teams. This affected the velocity of the team and the planned deliverable.

  What should the project manager do in this situation?

  A. Tell the team to extend and complete the planned deliverable as well as incoming requests.
  B. Ask the team to accommodate most of the requests in each of the iterations.
  C. Inform members of the other teams to add these requests directly in the iteration backlog.
  D. Direct the team to only focus on the planned deliverable and not take on any unplanned activity.
  D. Direct the team to only focus on the planned deliverable and not take on any unplanned activity.