PMI PMP Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

PMI PMP Online Questions & Answers

• Question 1541:

  While working on a poorly defined internal project, a project manager receives multiple change requests from senior management. What should the project manager do first?

  A. Identify how the proposed changes will benefit the project in relation to the business case.
  B. Ask for a temporary budget increase to avoid cost overruns.
  C. Keep the team motivated and incentivized to avoid exhaustion from working on a lengthy project.
  D. Assess the schedule delay and begin implementation to avoid additional lags
  A. Identify how the proposed changes will benefit the project in relation to the business case.

• Question 1542:

  A project manager has been hired to help coordinate an ongoing project. Historically, the biggest problem, as reported by the company's CEO, is that the change request process has been handled by managers who did not have clear information on the project schedule and budget. This information has been inconsistent and handled by finance, risk, and functional subject matter experts (SMEs).

  What should the project manager do to control this situation?

  A. Redefine the communications management plan
  B. Develop an integrated change management plan
  C. Document the risk in the project risk register
  D. Review the scope defined in the project charter
  B. Develop an integrated change management plan

• Question 1543:

  A global company hired a project manager for a new implementation at all of its sites. After reviewing the business case and project charter, the project manager notes that the project team has different locations and regions to consider.

  What should the project manager do to address this situation?

  A. Inform the steering committee of the situation and request additional resources.
  B. Coordinate virtual and face-to-face meetings at each site to improve communication
  C. Coordinate virtual meetings to assess the project team's communication needs
  D. Inform the project sponsor of this situation and request cultural orientation training.
  C. Coordinate virtual meetings to assess the project team's communication needs

• Question 1544:

  A senior developer working on a large artificial intelligence (Al) project has worked hard and shown excellent results. The project manager is very happy with the developer's contribution and thinks that the developer deserves a reward. What should the project manager do?

  A. Create an opportunity (or the project team to recognize this developer
  B. Send a recognition email to the team and copy management
  C. Reward the developer according to their motivations and interests
  D. Print a recognition certificate and present it to the developer during a meeting
  A. Create an opportunity (or the project team to recognize this developer

• Question 1545:

  A senior project manager has included a junior project manager as part of the project team. During a coaching session, the junior project manager asks the senior project manager how to be efficient and reduce rework. How should the senior project manager respond?

  A. Use a work breakdown structure (WBS) to create a project schedule based on the project and resource requirements.
  B. Monitor resource allocation to ensure that team members work 8 hours per day.
  C. Assign project tasks to the team regardless of their skills to accomplish the project schedule.
  D. Schedule daily meetings with key stakeholders to assess the effectiveness of the project management plan.
  A. Use a work breakdown structure (WBS) to create a project schedule based on the project and resource requirements.

• Question 1546:

  During the last sprint review the product owner stated that the product does not deliver any value. The project manager believes that the product meets all the provided specifications. The team is confused by the product owner's statement. What should the project manager do when using a hybrid approach?

  A. Escalate the matter to the executive board so they can decide on next steps
  B. Prioritize the project backlog and ask the development team to fix the issues
  C. Review the project's benefits management plan with the product owner.
  D. Ask the product owner to terminate the project as it is no longer aligned to the expected benefits
  C. Review the project's benefits management plan with the product owner.

• Question 1547:

  A project manager for an application development firm is meeting with stakeholders prior to the launch of the latest release of the company's most profitable application. The stakeholder mentions the following key points:

  A major corporate rebrand was scheduled to occur with this launch, but the rebrand has been delayed by 3 weeks.

  Development processing improvements will be ready in 4 weeks.

  The company is preselling the updated product with a release date of next week.

  Which action should the project manager recommend to the sponsor?

  A. Have the sales team reach out to customers to communicate that the product release is being delayed.
  B. Suspend the release of the product until the marketing delay has been resolved.
  C. Delay the rebranding and release the product now to address the realized improvements and meet the sales commitments.
  D. Postpone the product release until the processing improvement delay has been resolved.
  C. Delay the rebranding and release the product now to address the realized improvements and meet the sales commitments.

• Question 1548:

  A project manager has just started a project to build an external web application for customers to track their orders. The project is expected to take 2 years to complete. Customers are very dissatisfied with the time line and demand the project be completed in 1 year.

  What should the project manager do to improve delivery?

  A. Review the work packages, schedule, and estimates with the team and consolidate tasks to shorten the schedule.
  B. Schedule more frequent design reviews with the customers and provide prototypes to demonstrate progress and gather feedback.
  C. Ask the sponsor for additional resources and funding to speed up the work and cover additional labor costs.
  D. Review work packages with the team to build a new incremental delivery plan with multiple releases and obtain the customers' feedback.
  D. Review work packages with the team to build a new incremental delivery plan with multiple releases and obtain the customers' feedback.

• Question 1549:

  An agile team is making infrastructure changes to the human resources (HR) application system. Conflicting requirements are being submitted by various stakeholders. What should the project manager do to help move the project forward?

  A. Review documents provided by other teams, such as lessons learned and the risk matrix.
  B. Attend the Scrum of Scrums to identify roadblocks and manage dependencies.
  C. Study the technology to assist the team in decision-making if progress slows.
  D. Encourage the stakeholders to collaborate by facilitating meetings and sharing knowledge.
  D. Encourage the stakeholders to collaborate by facilitating meetings and sharing knowledge.

• Question 1550:

  A measure of cost performance that is required to be achieved with the remaining resources in order to meet a specified management goal and is expressed as the ratio of the cost needed for finishing the outstanding work to the remaining budget is known as the:

  A. budget at completion (BAC)
  B. earned value management (EVM)
  C. to-complete performance index
  D. cost performance index
  C. to-complete performance index