PMI PMP Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

PMI PMP Online Questions & Answers

• Question 2161:

  A customer support team has planned short, iterative cycles for working on customer-reported issues. Recently, there was a surge of high-priority issues that disrupted the original plan, and the team's manager is finding it difficult to manage the progress.

  Which approach should the project manager suggest using?

  A. Agile Scrum approach
  B. Agile Kanban approach
  C. Spiral approach
  D. Rapid application development approach
  B. Agile Kanban approach

• Question 2162:

  An agile team is working on a 2-week sprint to deliver business value. About 1 week after the sprint starts, the team members do not feel confident about the product increment they are building. They do not want to wait until the end of the sprint and want to validate the product increment with the product owner now.

  What should the project manager do to mitigate this risk?

  A. Extend the sprint end date in anticipation of feedback from the product owner that will require extra work.
  B. Schedule an additional interim demo with the product owner.
  C. Address the issue as part of the retrospective.
  D. Ask the team to work overtime toward the end of the sprint to meet the original sprint end date.
  B. Schedule an additional interim demo with the product owner.

• Question 2163:

  A project manager is assigned to a new marketing campaign. The sponsor gives the project manager an approved project management plan for review and explains the scope, business requirements, deliverables and stakeholders. The project manager asks to see the project charter to gain a better understanding of the project. The sponsor says the project is small and simple so there is no need for a project charter.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Speak with peers about the need for a project charter
  B. Develop the project charter and send it for approval
  C. Explain that a project charter is necessary to ensure agreement on scope and deliverables and to define the project manager's responsibilities
  D. Agree that the project does not require a project charter, especially since the deliverables and milestones are included in the project management plan
  C. Explain that a project charter is necessary to ensure agreement on scope and deliverables and to define the project manager's responsibilities

• Question 2164:

  A startup company has just appointed a CEO that has no prior project experience. The CEO wants to execute projects with their own resources and has appointed a project manager. What should the project manager recommend that the CEO do first?

  A. Create a framework to justify project execution.
  B. Utilize an agile approach for all upcoming projects.
  C. Create a framework to support project success.
  D. Utilize a predictive approach for all upcoming projects.
  C. Create a framework to support project success.

• Question 2165:

  A project manager needs the team to define the steps and identify the risks of migrating data to a new system. What type of leadership should the project manager use to accomplish this?

  A. Laissez-faire
  B. Transformational
  C. Dynamic
  D. Servant
  C. Dynamic

• Question 2166:

  A project team member tells the project lead that expecting a similar delivery output for every day of the sprint is not realistic. The project lead reports this to the project management office (PMO).

  What should the project lead do?

  A. Discuss the issue with the product owner.
  B. Discuss this with the project team in the next sprint retrospective meeting.
  C. Discuss this with the project team in the next sprint planning meeting.
  D. Discuss this with the PMO manager.
  B. Discuss this with the project team in the next sprint retrospective meeting.

• Question 2167:

  In an agile project, the project manager notices that one team member rarely reports blockers during daily check-ins. Additionally, the team member is too shy to participate in team activities and prefers to provide status updates individually to the project manager.

  How should the project manager rectify this situation?

  A. Review team culture and the personality traits of the individual to address status update gaps.
  B. Create a safe space for status updates and encourage the team to approach the project manager.
  C. Review the team status updates more thoroughly to address the gaps.
  D. Support team inclusion and change the format of status updates to email.
  B. Create a safe space for status updates and encourage the team to approach the project manager.

• Question 2168:

  A risk was raised during the initiation of a project. The supplier discontinued software support for one of the project's required inputs. The project manager planned a reserve budget to allow the project to continue in the event of this occurrence.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Tell the project team to stop work, as software support will be canceled and the project cannot continue.
  B. Advise the supplier that the sponsor will pay for software support as previously planned.
  C. Ask the supplier to continue providing software support until the end of the project.
  D. Inform the sponsor that the risk has been realized and that a decision has to be made for the project to continue.
  D. Inform the sponsor that the risk has been realized and that a decision has to be made for the project to continue.

• Question 2169:

  During project execution, an important stakeholder threatens to withdraw support for the project, citing a lack of transparency and accountability in the way the project is being executed. What should the project manager do to handle this situation?

  A. Approach the stakeholder to address the concerns.
  B. Consult the risk management plan.
  C. Escalate the issue to the project management office (PMO).
  D. Refer the stakeholder to the project sponsor.
  A. Approach the stakeholder to address the concerns.

• Question 2170:

  In the middle of an iteration, the product owner tells the agile team that the government has updated legal requirements. This will result in some changes in the product definition. How should the project manager handle this situation?

  A. Review the iteration backlog because the product definition has changed and needs to be reassessed before continuing the project.
  B. Continue work and ask the product owner to assess the changes and add/remove the stories as needed in the backlog.
  C. Ask a business analyst to assess the changes and then add/remove the stories in the backlog and prioritize them by business value.
  D. Ask the product owner to add new changes to the bottom of the backlog in order to handle the modifications as a change request.
  A. Review the iteration backlog because the product definition has changed and needs to be reassessed before continuing the project.