PMI PMP Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

PMI PMP Online Questions & Answers

• Question 1561:

  A company is using an agile approach to launch a new product. In the second sprint, the team encounters a technical problem they have never faced before. What should the project manager do?

  A. Inform the project sponsor about the problem faced by the team.
  B. Ask the product owner to write the specifications for the related user story.
  C. Organize an early retrospective with the team to analyze the problem.
  D. Facilitate a problem-solving session with the team to analyze the problem.
  A. Inform the project sponsor about the problem faced by the team.

• Question 1562:

  At the end of a project, the project manager was asked to provide a performance rating of the project team members. What should the project manager mainly make reference to?

  A. Feedback from the project sponsor
  B. Agreed-upon key performance indicators (KPIs)
  C. Input from project stakeholders
  D. Competencies of team members
  B. Agreed-upon key performance indicators (KPIs)

• Question 1563:

  A key stakeholder has recently started in a company and has been assigned to a hybrid project. Although very experienced in their domain, the stakeholder has only been exposed to predictive project approaches. What should the project manager do?

  A. Inform the stakeholder that they must level their knowledge with other stakeholders.
  B. Update the risk register with the potential impact and apprise the steering committee.
  C. Inform the project management office (PMO) that the team will use a predictive approach for this project.
  D. Allocate time to mentor the stakeholder in the selected project approach.
  D. Allocate time to mentor the stakeholder in the selected project approach.

• Question 1564:

  A project team created user stories after understanding the customer requirements. As the project progresses, the project manager observes that there are too many change requests. The team feels that the outcomes they are working on are not aligned with the customer requirements.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Refer to the configuration management knowledge base for similar projects delivered in the past.
  B. Arrange for a workshop with the customer to understand the business values expected from the outcomes.
  C. Include a representative from the customer to work collaboratively with the team.
  D. Acknowledge that the current team needs improvement and hire more qualified team members.
  B. Arrange for a workshop with the customer to understand the business values expected from the outcomes.

• Question 1565:

  A project manager must manage a virtual application control software team that is culturally and geographically diverse. The project manager wants to promote open collaboration in a Realtime manner. What should the project manager do?

  A. Provide a software for instant messaging.
  B. Document all information on the team wiki.
  C. Promote the use of remote site syndication.
  D. Facilitate regular conference calls.
  A. Provide a software for instant messaging.

• Question 1566:

  During a retrospective review, many project team members say they are not completing tasks during the iterations because of interruptions and requests for help from other teams. As a team facilitator, what should the project manager do to avoid this?

  A. Identify the problem's root causes and define the ground rules with all project team members to minimize interferences
  B. Hire a coach to help all project teams to improve their abilities to solve problems on their own.
  C. Reunite with the project team members affected and tell them not to reduce the team's capacity
  D. Recommend to the project team members that they should improve their planning and make their stones smaller
  A. Identify the problem's root causes and define the ground rules with all project team members to minimize interferences

• Question 1567:

  A sales manager submitted a new feature request to the product owner, and the request was added to the product backlog. During the sprint planning meeting, the team struggles over which algorithm is the most efficient one to use. The team thinks that some development work is needed to decide.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Invite the sales manager to the next sprint meeting to clarify requirements.
  B. Create a new item in the sprint backlog to determine the appropriate algorithm.
  C. Ask the scrum master to choose an algorithm based on the pros and cons of each option.
  D. Request a meeting with the product owner to help clarify the user story.
  B. Create a new item in the sprint backlog to determine the appropriate algorithm.

• Question 1568:

  Project progress meetings occur via virtual conference calls. In every project progress meeting, one team member continuously interrupts others during discussions. Other team members often have no opportunity to talk or complete their explanations.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Speak individually with the team members who do not participate in conversations.
  B. Manage time efficiently using the agenda and ask each participant to contribute.
  C. Speak individually with the team member who always disrupts the conversations
  D. Start the meeting with a review of the ground rules, meeting objectives, and the agenda.
  B. Manage time efficiently using the agenda and ask each participant to contribute.

• Question 1569:

  During project implementation, a critical performance issue is identified by team members.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Submit a change request to handle the performance issue.
  B. Review the tender requirements related to the performance issue.
  C. Pass the performance issue to subject matter experts (SMEs) to handle.
  D. Work with the project stakeholders to address the performance issue.
  D. Work with the project stakeholders to address the performance issue.

• Question 1570:

  A project team with members from many different countries is struggling to cooperate. The project manager accepted these difficulties during the storming phase of team development, but the team has not moved to the next phase. The project is beginning to fall behind schedule.

  What can the project manager do to move the team to the norming phase?

  A. Plan social activities to help foster stronger interpersonal relationships and identify shared goals.
  B. Speak with the project sponsor about changing the team composition
  C. Figure out who is behind the issues and apply progressive disciplinary techniques.
  D. Show the team the schedule impact of their communication issues and encourage them to put their differences aside
  A. Plan social activities to help foster stronger interpersonal relationships and identify shared goals.