PMI PMP Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

PMI PMP Online Questions & Answers

• Question 2211:

  After a project team has been working on a project for several months the project is cancelled. The project sponsor is putting pressure on the project manager to perform closeout duties as fast as possible so that the project team can move on to other work. The project sponsor has instructed the team not to waste time archiving the project artifacts for the cancelled project.

  How should the project manager handle this situation?

  A. Comply with the project sponsor's request to not archive the project artifacts.
  B. Consult with the project management office (PMO) for guidance on project artifacts.
  C. Archive the project artifacts on the project manager's local computer for future reference.
  D. Document the project sponsor's instructions as the archived project artifacts.
  B. Consult with the project management office (PMO) for guidance on project artifacts.

• Question 2212:

  During the review of a project's list of deliverables, one of the stakeholders expressed concern that one of the requirements will not be addressed. What should the project manager do?

  A. Check the approved list of requirements to see if there are any missing items.
  B. Work with the stakeholder to improve the requirements' acceptance criteria
  C. Review the requirements traceability matrix with the concerned stakeholder
  D. Discuss with the stakeholder which additional requirements should be added
  C. Review the requirements traceability matrix with the concerned stakeholder

• Question 2213:

  A project manager is assigned to manage a project for a previous client of the company. The project manager was warned that this client will likely try to add extra scope to the project without considering the impact of change on time, cost, quality, and risks.

  Which action should the project manager take to help plan and manage the budget and resources?

  A. Refuse to allow the client to change the scope and examine the lessons learned register.
  B. Decompose the deliverables into work packages and review the project charter.
  C. Create tight scope statements and review the historical information.
  D. Include a scope change process and review the project charter.
  D. Include a scope change process and review the project charter.

• Question 2214:

  A project manager is leading a software development project using agile practices and has outsourced work to three well-qualified subcontractors. Over time, problems arise related to supply chain management, and the project manager considers replacing the subcontractors with new suppliers.

  What should the project manager have done to avoid this problem?

  A. Hired more Scrum Masters so that each Scrum Master manages one supplier.
  B. Escalated the issue to the product owner to seek possible solutions.
  C. Engaged the suppliers by category and validated the strategy with stakeholders.
  D. Created user stories for the suppliers and saved their qualification records in the backlog.
  C. Engaged the suppliers by category and validated the strategy with stakeholders.

• Question 2215:

  A project manager presented the project schedule to the mam stakeholders. They have requested that the project be completed two months earlier than the scheduled date. What should the project manager do?

  A. Hold a stakeholder meeting to align timelines and scope expectations.
  B. Crash the schedule to shorten the timeline while keeping the scope unchanged
  C. Update the cost management plan to allocate more resources to the project to finish the scope earlier.
  D. Reduce the scope of the project by removing activities and shortening the timeline
  A. Hold a stakeholder meeting to align timelines and scope expectations.

• Question 2216:

  A project has been running successfully for 2 months. At a regular project meeting, the team raises several potential obstacles to future progress. The obstacles include vendor delivery performance, technical performance of a subsystem, and conflict with another division of the organization.

  What should the project manager do next?

  A. Work with the team and others in the network to assess and prioritize the obstacles.
  B. Engage with the external stakeholders and the other division of the organization to resolve the issues.
  C. Escalate the obstacles to the project sponsor for assistance with resolution.
  D. Determine a change response to identify and resolve the obstacles to move the project forward.
  A. Work with the team and others in the network to assess and prioritize the obstacles.

• Question 2217:

  A project team member complained to the project manager that they are not sure f on the latest requirements document because it was emailed to them about one week ago. They mentioned that, in the past they worked on a document tor more than 20 hours only to find out later that another team member had already updated that same document but did not send them the latest revisions.

  What should the project manager do to avoid this situation in the future?

  A. Encourage better team communication by positioning team members closer together.
  B. Implement a project management information system (PMIS)
  C. Update the communications management plan to ensure correct delivery of the latest version
  D. Restrict team members from sending the requirements documents via email
  B. Implement a project management information system (PMIS)

• Question 2218:

  A large project requires new equipment to support the project execution. The procurement manager communicated to the project manager that the delivery of the newly purchased equipment will be delayed. The project manager is concerned that this will directly effect the project schedule.

  What should the project manager do next?

  A. Validate the information and update the risk management plan.
  B. Update the risk register and discuss it with the project stakeholders.
  C. Source second-hand equipment in order to prepare for any delivery delays.
  D. Update the sponsor of the potential issue and ask for any suggestions.
  B. Update the risk register and discuss it with the project stakeholders.

• Question 2219:

  At a meeting, the project manager for an agile project indicates that the sprint goals were not met. The product owner leaves the meeting early, and the team discusses how the meeting went. Team members are confused as there were no defects for the new user stories and no new requirements were discussed.

  What should the project manager do in the future to avoid this situation?

  A. Create better plans to test the functionality in more detail.
  B. Review the definition of done (DoD) with the product owner.
  C. Include previous sprint defects and close them in the actual sprint.
  D. Get approval from the product owner on the user stories.
  B. Review the definition of done (DoD) with the product owner.

• Question 2220:

  During a regular project progress meeting, the CEO informed the project manager that a major stakeholder has been unaware of recent developments on the project. The project manager is sure that the stakeholder was duly identified and classified in the stakeholder register.

  Which project document should the project manager review in order to determine the reason for this issue?

  A. Requirements traceability matrix
  B. Stakeholder register
  C. Stakeholder engagement assessment matrix
  D. Issue log
  C. Stakeholder engagement assessment matrix