PMI PMP Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

PMI PMP Online Questions & Answers

• Question 2121:

  A team member on an important company project mistakenly caused significant cost overruns. The sponsor informed the project manager and expects the project manager to take action within 1 week. This team member has always been an outstanding performer.

  What should the project manager do first to address the sponsor's concerns?

  A. Document the team member's mistake in the lessons learned.
  B. Train the team member to improve their performance to avoid future mistakes.
  C. Talk with the team member to identify the reason for the mistake.
  D. Relocate the team member to another project due to the mistake.
  C. Talk with the team member to identify the reason for the mistake.

• Question 2122:

  A project manager is leading a multiyear project. Near the end of the first year, the project manager checks to see if the whole budget allocated for the year will be used. Some features utilizing this year's budget were added later in the year as change requests, but these features will not be ready by the end of the first year.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Ask the team to test partially ready features and check if payment can be authorized with a signed formal acceptance.
  B. Authorize payment for the features ready this year and for the features planned for the following year that are now ready.
  C. Approach the product owner and the financial department to create a new nonbinding contract without fixed deliverables.
  D. Provide an update to the financial department regarding the status of the time line of the project.
  D. Provide an update to the financial department regarding the status of the time line of the project.

• Question 2123:

  After releasing the first deliverable of the project, one of the impacted departments refused to use the system because they believe that it adds more work. What could the project manager have done to prevent this?

  A. Deployed a user survey
  B. Reviewed organizational standard policies
  C. Created an escalation plan
  D. Conducted a stakeholder analysis
  D. Conducted a stakeholder analysis

• Question 2124:

  A project manager is working on a project with multiple workstreams. One of the workstreams missed its deadline multiple times. Who should the project manager speak to about this situation to ensure it does not happen again?

  A. Workstream leader and project sponsor
  B. Workstream leader alone
  C. Workstream leader and functional manager
  D. Workstream leader and project management office (PMO)
  B. Workstream leader alone

• Question 2125:

  A project team has finished its first iteration out of six. The iteration's delivery performance (velocity) was 50%. During the iteration retrospective, the team realizes that the complexity of the work was underestimated. What should the project manager do?

  A. Update the issue log and escalate it to the project sponsor.
  B. Meet with the team to review internal actions to resolve the situation.
  C. Ask the technical manager to help the team with the issue.
  D. Ask to replace some team members with more experienced ones.
  B. Meet with the team to review internal actions to resolve the situation.

• Question 2126:

  A project team member has lost enthusiasm and is experiencing low morale for a project they were once excited about. What should the project manager do?

  A. Escalate the issue to the team member's functional manager and request a response as soon as possible.
  B. Meet with the team member to understand what the issues are and to provide support.
  C. Leverage other team members who are contributing and making the project a success.
  D. Have the team member transferred to another project and add other resources to the project.
  B. Meet with the team member to understand what the issues are and to provide support.

• Question 2127:

  At the closing phase of the project the project manager sends the completion reports to the client as a formal written document, indicating that the contract has been completed. The client refuses to approve the document since the defect rate is 0.1%. The project manager insists that it is an acceptable rate as the standard defect rate of the industry is 0.15%.

  What should have been done to avoid this situation?

  A. The acceptance criteria should have been properly defined in the contract
  B. The client requirements should have been clearly defined in the contract
  C. The Manage Quality process should have been appropriately conducted
  D. The project manager should have reviewed the standard industry defect rate
  A. The acceptance criteria should have been properly defined in the contract

• Question 2128:

  DRAG DROP

  Drag the interpersonal skill on the left to the correct scenario on the right.

  Select and Place:

  

  

• Question 2129:

  A project manager submits a version of the software that the project team created. During the review meeting, a team member informs the project manager of a recent regulation that requires a dual verification process in the software. However, the product sponsor strongly insists there should be no updates to the software.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Include the new requirement in the next iteration of the software without informing the sponsor.
  B. Inform the team that the sponsor decided to reject any changes and release the software as is.
  C. Release the software as is and start a new project to deliver the new requirements.
  D. Collect the requirements of the regulation and follow the change control process.
  D. Collect the requirements of the regulation and follow the change control process.

• Question 2130:

  A project manager just completed a successful deployment and is preparing to transition the project to an operational state before starting closeout actions. What should the project manager do to ensure that the project is ready to move to an operational state?

  A. Meet with the project team to review the work breakdown structure (WBS) and confirm deliverables have been delivered.
  B. Develop a plan to repay the technical debt incurred during the project and ensure that the project sponsor agrees with the plan.
  C. Review the project approval requirements in the project charter and confirm who will be approving the project.
  D. Refer to the project's work in progress (WIP) reports to ensure that there is no additional work in the backlog.
  A. Meet with the project team to review the work breakdown structure (WBS) and confirm deliverables have been delivered.