PMI PMP Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

PMI PMP Online Questions & Answers

• Question 1601:

  A project manager held a meeting and framed the project schedule. A critical stakeholder, who was not consulted at the time of the schedule discussion, complained that the published dates are not agreeable due to a prescheduled task for another assignment.

  What should the project manager do first?

  A. Organize a new schedule framing meeting with the critical stakeholder to obtain input.
  B. Discuss with the project sponsor and create a new project schedule.
  C. Analyze the root cause of the issue and update the communications management plan.
  D. Reach out to the project sponsor and request additional resources.
  A. Organize a new schedule framing meeting with the critical stakeholder to obtain input.

• Question 1602:

  A project manager identifies an issue between two team members that is affecting the development of one of the deliverables during the second iteration of a project. How should the project manager address this issue to avoid any impact to the project?

  A. Contact the functional managers to request substitutes for the conflicting team members.
  B. Send a warning to both team members indicating that if the issue continues, both will be removed from the project.
  C. Schedule a meeting with both team members to understand the issue and facilitate a solution that satisfies both parties.
  D. Escalate both team members to their respective functional managers and let them take the appropriate actions
  C. Schedule a meeting with both team members to understand the issue and facilitate a solution that satisfies both parties.

• Question 1603:

  The project sponsor reports that a key stakeholder is complaining about performance differences in the metrics reported by the project manager, which gives the impression that the project is out of control. The project manager has been providing the project's status according to the agreedupon communications management plan. This key stakeholder, however, seldom attends the status report meetings.

  What should the project manager do first to address this situation?

  A. Evaluate the communication needs to discover the gaps and adjust the original plan if needed.
  B. Use the contingency reserves to implement fast tracking and improve the schedule key performance indicators (KPIs).
  C. Review the resource breakdown structure (RBS) to request the main stakeholder's manager to replace the stakeholder.
  D. Provide evidence to the project sponsor that the project is on track and the communications have been sent.
  A. Evaluate the communication needs to discover the gaps and adjust the original plan if needed.

• Question 1604:

  During the execution stage, the project manager discovered that one team member is not able to complete their work on time and is running later than expected. This delay may potentially impact a project milestone. What should the project manager do first?

  A. Request the team member's manager to find a solution.
  B. Discuss with the team and assess the reasons that led to the delay.
  C. Discuss with senior management and seek their guidance.
  D. Assign more resources form other teams on the late work.
  B. Discuss with the team and assess the reasons that led to the delay.

• Question 1605:

  A project manager is assigned to a new project and is allocated with virtual team members. Later, two more members from a recently acquired company join as additional resources to the project team. In order to ensure that there are no potential misunderstandings, what should the project manager do?

  A. Send an email update to existing team members about the addition of the new team members.
  B. Set up a weekly meeting with the new team members for a couple of months.
  C. Request the transfer of the new members to another project, citing a risk of confusion.
  D. Update and share the guideline document dealing with team communication.
  D. Update and share the guideline document dealing with team communication.

• Question 1606:

  A project manager has two projects that are being executed at the same time. The duration of the critical project must be reduced, but the project manager does not have enough resources to achieve this goal. In addition, the schedule does not have activities that can be overlapped.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Analyze both projects to determine the most effective use of common resources
  B. Use resource optimization to justify requesting more resources for the critical project
  C. Provide schedule optimization training to the project teams to improve their skills.
  D. Apply fast-tracking techniques to compress the schedule of the critical project
  A. Analyze both projects to determine the most effective use of common resources

• Question 1607:

  A project manager is assigned to a multiyear project. During project execution, the customer delegates a new representative who contacts the project manager directly with a concern about their participation in status meetings. The representative wants to contact team members directly.

  What should the project manager do next?

  A. Send the new representative the approved project management and communications management plans.
  B. Reach out to the customer directly for assistance in incorporating the new representative into the project management plan.
  C. Meet with the project sponsor to discuss how to incorporate the new representative in the project.
  D. Meet with the new representative to determine their understanding of the project and address their concerns.
  D. Meet with the new representative to determine their understanding of the project and address their concerns.

• Question 1608:

  A project manager notices that an extroverted project team member appears to be increasingly controlling the direction of the entire team. The other team members are not complaining but seem to be more passive. What should the project manager do?

  A. Meet with each team member to better understand the situation.
  B. Meet with the extroverted team member and ask them to be more sensitive to others.
  C. Address the situation in a team meeting and ask everyone to be more active.
  D. Observe the team dynamics closely and step in if a team member complains.
  A. Meet with each team member to better understand the situation.

• Question 1609:

  DRAG DROP

  For an ongoing project, match the key performance indicators (KPIs) on the left to the correct categories on the right.

  Select and Place:

  

  

• Question 1610:

  During an iteration review session, some product features are at risk of being canceled due to high operational costs when the product is launched into a production environment. What type of analysis should the project lead have conducted to avoid this situation?

  A. Benefits analysis
  B. Risk analysis
  C. Capacity analysis
  D. Gap analysis
  B. Risk analysis