PMI PMP Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

PMI PMP Online Questions & Answers

• Question 1471:

  After a project status meeting, the project manager realizes that the project is under budget, quality checks are positive, and the schedule variance is negative. How should the project manager qualify the project status?

  A. On schedule
  B. Ahead of schedule
  C. Stopped
  D. Behind schedule
  D. Behind schedule

• Question 1472:

  A project manager has recently been asked to take over an existing project. The project manager would like to determine how the project has been progressing by tracking features that are in progress, completed, or scheduled to be worked on.

  Which of the following can help the project manager assess the state of the project?

  A. Cumulative flow diagram
  B. Burndown chart
  C. Pareto diagram
  D. Burnup chart
  A. Cumulative flow diagram

• Question 1473:

  In a daily standup meeting, a project manager notices that a team member's reports include incomplete tasks with no impediments. A colleague informs the project manager that this team member is experiencing a personal issue. What should the project manager do?

  A. Ask the human resources (HR) manager to speak with this team member.
  B. Coach the team member on how to keep work and personal issues separate.
  C. Reallocate this team member's tasks to others for the immediate future.
  D. Understand the team member's personal issue and offer them support.
  B. Coach the team member on how to keep work and personal issues separate.

• Question 1474:

  During the planning for a long project, the project manager recognized that several members of the team are new to their roles. How should the project manager incorporate this into planning?

  A. Increase the overall project duration to account for the inexperienced team members on the project.
  B. Ensure planning has accounted for replacing team members in new project roles who do not deliver on project goals.
  C. Assess the training requirements and ensure time for professional development training by senior members.
  D. Revisit the project resource allocation to remove the inexperienced team members assigned to the project.
  C. Assess the training requirements and ensure time for professional development training by senior members.

• Question 1475:

  A project manager has recently been assigned to an agile project and discovers that a contractor for the project does not have any experience with agile. What should the project manager do?

  A. Ask the project sponsor to replace the contractor since they do not have agile experience
  B. Issue a formal notice to the contractor to obtain an agile certification
  C. Consult the project team to understand the extent of the training needs for the contractor
  D. Instruct the contractor to receive agile training since the project has already started
  C. Consult the project team to understand the extent of the training needs for the contractor

• Question 1476:

  A project is impacting several business units with different expectations and priorities. The project manager leading this project is meeting every month with each of these groups individually. During these meetings, each group has expressed dissatisfaction with the project and uses every opportunity to replace other groups' priorities with their own.

  What should the project manager do to address these challenges?

  A. Establish consensus on project priorities by meeting with all the groups together.
  B. Develop a project schedule that accommodates all requirements from all groups.
  C. Escalate the priorities of all the groups to the project sponsor and ask them to facilitate the process.
  D. Meet with each group separately to avoid confrontation and send meeting notes at the end of each meeting.
  A. Establish consensus on project priorities by meeting with all the groups together.

• Question 1477:

  There is an upcoming merger between a functional organization and an agile organization. The merger has necessitated that team members from both organizations brainstorm the effect this merger will have on critical compliance standards and the previous regulations for a project.

  What should the project manager do in order to achieve this objective?

  A. Hold a joint meeting with both organizations, determine an engagement method, and then brainstorm.
  B. Schedule separate breakaway sessions for each organization to brainstorm and share ideas.
  C. Hold separate meetings for each organization, determine an engagement method, and then brainstorm.
  D. Bring a team of experts to brainstorm and agree on the next course of action for the organizations.
  A. Hold a joint meeting with both organizations, determine an engagement method, and then brainstorm.

• Question 1478:

  A project manager has been assigned to a new project that will be delivered using an agile framework. The sponsor is asking for a cost estimation to build the business case. What should the project manager do?

  A. Ensure the client representative is involved in the estimation.
  B. Ensure that a 20% contingency is included in the estimation.
  C. Review the completion costs of similar projects.
  D. Review the lessons learned from similar projects.
  C. Review the completion costs of similar projects.

• Question 1479:

  An IT company's office is closed abruptly due to a new government restriction. All employees are now working remotely. Project team A has a critical project delivery due in 2 weeks. The project manager, apprehensive about this sudden change, instantly emails the customer explaining that the project delivery will be delayed. The customer is unhappy with this and has escalated the issue to senior management.

  What should the project manager have done differently?

  A. Communicated a new delivery date to the customer along with the news about the delay.
  B. Disclosed to senior management in confidence, then communicated the delay to the customer.
  C. Assessed the situation with the project stakeholders first and communicated the impact to the customer.
  D. Spoken to the customer on the phone and explained the reason for the delay instead of writing an email.
  C. Assessed the situation with the project stakeholders first and communicated the impact to the customer.

• Question 1480:

  In a weak matrix environment, two key team members are falling behind with their tasks, which will affect the success of the project. Further investigation by the project manager reveals that they have unresolved issues with each other. The project manager asks them to find a way to resolve the issues, but this is unsuccessful. The project manager then holds a meeting with them to work outa permanent solution to the issues, but this is also unsuccessful.

  What should the project manager do next?

  A. Escalate the issue to a higher authority.
  B. Suspend the two key team members immediately.
  C. Put the issue on the agenda for the next team meeting.
  D. Reassign one of the key team members to a different task.
  D. Reassign one of the key team members to a different task.