PMI PMP Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

PMI PMP Online Questions & Answers

• Question 1831:

  During the project quality control process, the project manager realizes that the quality management plan does not include how the final user will perceive the benefits of the new product compared with the actual product. What should the project manager do first?

  A. Let the product go to market and wait for customer feedback regarding quality.
  B. Ask the quality manager to include the final user tests in the quality management plan.
  C. Submit a change request to analyze a new set of quality tests
  D. Ask the product manager to include the final user tests in the quality management plan
  C. Submit a change request to analyze a new set of quality tests

• Question 1832:

  A company is transitioning from using a predictive approach to using an agile framework on a project. The project sponsor is concerned about the level of uncertainty and how to determine the time and budget required to complete the scope. What should the project manager do to address this situation?

  A. Communicate to the key stakeholders that the project baseline could not be estimated due to the new framework being used.
  B. Ask the project team to create a high-level budget baseline for the project and provide more detail only for the first project stages.
  C. Review organizational process assets (OPAs) for similar projects to determine the schedule, costs, and resources required to execute them.
  D. Refine the amount of work required for the project with the project team and perform a detailed project baseline accordingly.
  B. Ask the project team to create a high-level budget baseline for the project and provide more detail only for the first project stages.

• Question 1833:

  In an ongoing project, the customer, who has been the main contact for the project, informs the project manager that they will be introducing a new contact person due to their busy schedule. Moving forward, the new contact will also be making key decisions.

  What should the project manager do next?

  A. Update the stakeholder register with the new contact's details.
  B. Inform the project team of the new point of contact.
  C. Update the communications management plan.
  D. Request a meeting with the customer and the new contact.
  A. Update the stakeholder register with the new contact's details.

• Question 1834:

  A project manager has just been assigned a major, ongoing project. The project team is not working in harmony and their performance is decreasing. Some team members are autocratic in their approach whereas others are in avoidance mode.

  How should the project manager proceed?

  A. Emphasize their autonomy as project manager, implying that they will not allow team disunity.
  B. Appeal for cooperation from all of the team members, emphasizing the benefit of the project outcome to the company.
  C. Assess the various team behaviors through the use of personality indicators to appropriately deal with each personality type.
  D. Request for removal of the autocratic members who obviously are not interested in the project.
  C. Assess the various team behaviors through the use of personality indicators to appropriately deal with each personality type.

• Question 1835:

  A project manager learns that the performance of a high-performing project team member is deteriorating. This team member is a key member of the project. Which action should the project manager take to motivate and enhance the project team member's performance?

  A. Assign the project team member to more challenging tasks.
  B. Recognize the project team member in a leadership forum.
  C. Mentor the project team member by providing step-by-step guidance.
  D. Discuss the issue with the team member and work on an agreed option.
  D. Discuss the issue with the team member and work on an agreed option.

• Question 1836:

  The CFO has stated in a conversation with a project team member that they do not believe the project will be a success due to the high cost of implementation. What should the project manager do?

  A. Meet with the CFO one-on-one to fully understand their cost concerns.
  B. Ask the project team to look for opportunities to cut project costs.
  C. Carry out a benefit analysis to present at the next project team meeting.
  D. Meet with the CFO and team to remind them of the project's key success measures.
  A. Meet with the CFO one-on-one to fully understand their cost concerns.

• Question 1837:

  A team has had issues with behavior on an ongoing project, which is causing conflicts. As a result, the team is losing momentum and falling behind in its sprints. How should the project manager handle this situation?

  A. Engage a counselor to reconcile the situation between the team members affected.
  B. Control backlog assignments and reduce direct communications between team members.
  C. Revisit the ground rules and team communication protocols, and discuss what is happening.
  D. Require team members experiencing the conflicts to take a day off from work.
  C. Revisit the ground rules and team communication protocols, and discuss what is happening.

• Question 1838:

  A project manager is working on an agile project. The organization does not have experience with agile delivery. During business case development, the new product owner asks when project deliverables are considered complete.

  How should the project manager respond?

  A. At the end of each sprint, the outcome is considered ready for production.
  B. The Scrum Master will approve the completed user stories.
  C. Backlog items are considered complete when the product owner approves them during the demo.
  D. Items are considered complete when they satisfy the Definition of Done (DoD).
  D. Items are considered complete when they satisfy the Definition of Done (DoD).

• Question 1839:

  The project sponsor requested technical specifications for a project-related component. The project sponsor does not have the authorization to see the specifications, but insists on seeing them. What should the project manager do first in this situation?

  A. Meet with the project sponsor as soon as possible to discuss the matter further
  B. Update the issue log to make the project team aware and to develop a strategy
  C. Create a stakeholder engagement plan to help the team formulate a response
  D. Provide the specifications to the project sponsor with some information removed
  A. Meet with the project sponsor as soon as possible to discuss the matter further

• Question 1840:

  One of the risks identified during project planning activities is related to a component from a preferred vendor. The component utilizes new technology, and there is a possibility of incompatibility with other parts of the system that are being developed.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Create a risk probability matrix to address the incompatibility.
  B. identify an alternative component in case of incompatibility.
  C. Use the contingency fund to redesign the interface if it is incompatible.
  D. Require the vendor to redesign the incompatible component to fit the system.
  B. identify an alternative component in case of incompatibility.