PMI PMP Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

PMI PMP Online Questions & Answers

• Question 1891:

  A stressful situation has presented some challenges for the team. The project manager notices stress behavior in some of the team members, and it is beginning to spread across the group. The project manager needs to coach the team to change their mindset in order to be more efficient.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Establish a productive environment where all team members can assist one another with the workload.
  B. Create an environment of respect and fairness so the team can increase their project performance in stressful situations.
  C. Meet with the team to discuss the correct, expected behavior in stressful situations and start practicing it.
  D. Ensure that people care about each other and work effectively together through effective team management
  A. Establish a productive environment where all team members can assist one another with the workload.

• Question 1892:

  A project manager noticed that a team member has been struggling with some tasks, which may ultimately impact the completion date. Team morale is low because they will not get the expected bonus if they do not finish on time. What should the project manager do next?

  A. Update the project schedule and budget estimates.
  B. Ask the client to approve a delay in the project schedule.
  C. Acknowledge the team for their accomplishments, encourage them, and offer assistance to avoid future delays.
  D. Ask the human resources (HR) department to replace the team member and add an additional resource.
  C. Acknowledge the team for their accomplishments, encourage them, and offer assistance to avoid future delays.

• Question 1893:

  After the first iteration, a scrum master notices that some of the team members are struggling with testing their developed product. What should the scrum master do next?

  A. Log the issue and see if improvements show in the second iteration.
  B. Log the issue and ask a senior member to coach these team members.
  C. Hire new team members to implement the correct way of testing.
  D. Check lessons learned and use the testing process from previous projects.
  B. Log the issue and ask a senior member to coach these team members.

• Question 1894:

  A project manager is overseeing a 10-mile piping installation project that was supposed to spend US$15,000 per mile of piping installation and should complete the project exactly 20 weeks from its start. The project manager just found out that only 80% of the work has been completed.

  What is the budget at completion (BAC)?

  A. US$100,000
  B. US$150,000
  C. US$300,000
  D. US$250,000
  B. US$150,000

• Question 1895:

  A project manager who works for a company involved in several industries is asked to lead a software development project for a government agency. The company attempted to execute similar projects for other industries before but was unsuccessful.

  What should the project manager do to ensure project success?

  A. Document this information in the risk management plan.
  B. Develop a contingency plan to prepare for possible risks.
  C. Continue executing the project using expert judgment.
  D. Review the lessons learned registers from the previous projects.
  D. Review the lessons learned registers from the previous projects.

• Question 1896:

  A few stakeholders missed the session that was conducted to validate project alignment with organizational strategy and expected business value. For this reason, their inputs were not collected. This is the root cause of some conflicts in the decision-making process.

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

  A. Recognize and understand the conflict.
  B. Reschedule the session.
  C. Apply risk assessment techniques.
  D. List alternative courses of action.
  A. Recognize and understand the conflict.

• Question 1897:

  A software development provider reports an issue that is blocking the other remaining deliverables. What should the project manager do?

  A. Ask the provider to seek options to solve the issue.
  B. Add the issue to the issue log and report it at the next review meeting.
  C. Review the current plan and consolidate if necessary.
  D. Schedule a meeting with the provider to collaborate on the options.
  B. Add the issue to the issue log and report it at the next review meeting.

• Question 1898:

  A company is transitioning their projects to utilize hybrid project management approaches While putting together their project team, the project manager discovers the requirements from the customer are unclear and also realizes that the team members are lacking critical technical stalls needed for project success. However the customer will not accept any changes to the requirements.

  What should the project manager do to resolve this issue?

  A. Submit a change request to adapt the objectives of the project to the current situation
  B. Ask the scrum master to refine the user stones to improve the team members' understanding
  C. Find and provide training to the project team members who do not have the required skills
  D. Extend the duration of standup meetings to include skill transference from trained to untrained members
  C. Find and provide training to the project team members who do not have the required skills

• Question 1899:

  An agile project manager has learn members from different continents on the project team. During the dairy scrum meetings the project manager notices that there are gaps in understanding about the project goals and objectives. What should the project manager do?

  A. Schedule team-building activities to encourage collaboration among the team
  B. Coach the team members to resolve the gaps in understanding
  C. Conduct a kick-off meeting and communicate the goals and objectives of the project
  D. Continue the meetings and communicate the goals and objectives to resolve the gaps
  C. Conduct a kick-off meeting and communicate the goals and objectives of the project

• Question 1900:

  A project team is struggling to obtain the required data for a complex project in order to proceed to the next stage. What should the project manager do?

  A. Set up a meeting with the team to discuss and determine the project's challenges.
  B. Propose a revised project schedule to the sponsor as the delays have affected the time lines.
  C. Schedule a meeting with the sponsor to express the team's frustrations about the data.
  D. Meet with the data suppliers to explain the critical timing requirements of the project.
  D. Meet with the data suppliers to explain the critical timing requirements of the project.