PMI PMP Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

PMI PMP Online Questions & Answers

• Question 221:

  A project is in the start-up phase of the project life cycle. The project team consists of 20 people from five different countries. The project team is scheduled to have quarterly face-to-face meetings. However, due to unforeseen circumstances, no face-to-face meetings can occur. The project manager is concerned that the team may not be able to fulfill their individual roles without face-to-face meetings.

  What should the project manager do in this situation?

  A. Utilize virtual teams for meetings and deliverables.
  B. Use the contingency reserve and subcontract the work.
  C. Review the risk register for this unforeseen circumstance.
  D. Ask for an extension of time on the project deliverables.
  C. Review the risk register for this unforeseen circumstance.

• Question 222:

  After a project review meeting, a key stakeholder tells another stakeholder that they do not trust the project status report. The second stakeholder approaches the project manager and mentions the conversation.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Request that the sponsor ask the key stakeholder to be attentive during the project review meeting.
  B. Present the status report in a chart and assume that everyone understands the report.
  C. Email the status report to all stakeholders and ask them to review it and provide feedback.
  D. Schedule a meeting with the key stakeholder to address the issue and obtain direct feedback.
  D. Schedule a meeting with the key stakeholder to address the issue and obtain direct feedback.

• Question 223:

  A project manager has just been assigned to a new project. The project manager's first task is to present the project benefits to the stakeholders. Which three items should form part of the presentation? (Choose three.)

  A. Risks associated with achieving the target benefits
  B. Stakeholder register
  C. Communications management plan
  D. Expected business value
  E. Metrics to measure benefits throughout the project
  A. Risks associated with achieving the target benefits
  D. Expected business value
  E. Metrics to measure benefits throughout the project

• Question 224:

  An agile project has a broad set of product features intended for different user profiles and usages. It is difficult to define common acceptance criteria that can apply to all the features. How can the project manager ensure that the appropriate acceptance criteria are applied to the features?

  A. Define the acceptance criteria and specific functional test cases only after analyzing the user feedback from testing the early feature release.
  B. Integrate the acceptance criteria review into the definition of ready (DoR) for each feature and associated tests into the feature's definition of done (DoD).
  C. Use the broadest set of acceptance criteria to ensure that all features have a common quality baseline and associated functional test cases.
  D. Integrate the specific tests into the definition of ready (DoR) for each feature and the acceptance criteria into the feature's definition of done (DoD).
  B. Integrate the acceptance criteria review into the definition of ready (DoR) for each feature and associated tests into the feature's definition of done (DoD).

• Question 225:

  A project manager is working on a software development contract. The project is halfway through a 3-year contract when there is a change in the political landscape and 20% of the stakeholders are replaced. Almost immediately decisions become delayed, invoices go unpaid, and meetings become unmanageable.

  What tool would assist the project manager to better understand the new project landscape?

  A. Communication analysis
  B. Power distance analysis
  C. Stakeholder analysis
  D. Engagement analysis
  C. Stakeholder analysis

• Question 226:

  A project manager notices the team is disagreeing on the level of effort required to complete a task. What should the project manager do?

  A. Advise the team that an average of all the estimates will be used as it will be the most reliable level of effort.
  B. Advise the team that they can resolve the estimation issue and they can work on it as long as it takes.
  C. Advise each team member to explain the rationale for their estimate and then ask the team to come to consensus.
  D. Advise the team that the project manager will determine the level of effort since the team cannot agree.
  C. Advise each team member to explain the rationale for their estimate and then ask the team to come to consensus.

• Question 227:

  A team needs to implement a mandatory compliance regulation in a product, which is required for its release. While nearing the product release, when completeness was being verified, it was found that the compliance part was not implemented in the project.

  What should the project manager do next?

  A. Get an exception approval from the legal team.
  B. Request the team to implement the compliance.
  C. Ask the stakeholder to descope the compliance.
  D. Obtain approval from management and release.
  B. Request the team to implement the compliance.

• Question 228:

  A project manager notices that the response action for an identified issue is insufficient for solving the problem. What should the project manager do next?

  A. Include the issue in the risk register and update the team
  B. Document the continuing issue and failed solution
  C. Inform the stakeholders about the failure and update the issue log
  D. Meet with the project team to find another solution
  C. Inform the stakeholders about the failure and update the issue log

• Question 229:

  A project manager is leading a complex project with stakeholders from different countries, cultures, and language backgrounds.

  What can the project manager do to manage this diverse group of stakeholders?

  A. Assign team members to deliverables according to their cultures and languages.
  B. Ask the project management office (PMO) to assign a cultural manager to oversee relations between diverse groups.
  C. Perform an analysis to better understand the communication needs and preferences of each group.
  D. Establish one language as the main language for communications and one official time zone for the project.
  C. Perform an analysis to better understand the communication needs and preferences of each group.

• Question 230:

  Four new teams have been formed to develop a new product. Several team members ask the project manager who will integrate the different work streams into one backlog. What should the project manager do?

  A. Create integration tasks and schedule an additional team meeting following the standup meeting to plan the integration.
  B. Advise the teams to work individually and organize an integration iteration every four development sprints.
  C. Instruct the team to use the kanban board daily to facilitate alignment of their work item list, allowing them to do their best work.
  D. Advise the teams to collaborate with the product owner in prioritizing the stories, considering dependencies and preventing overlap.
  D. Advise the teams to collaborate with the product owner in prioritizing the stories, considering dependencies and preventing overlap.