PMI PMP Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

PMI PMP Online Questions & Answers

• Question 2291:

  A project manager is working with the team to deliver a project in a company that uses different delivery methods. The project manager is concerned about the communication channels currently suggested by the project management office (PMO) because some information is taking too much time to reach the team members, causing negative consequences for delivery.

  How should the project manager avoid this situation in the future?

  A. Agree with the project team on a suitable collaboration and make sure information is shared at all times.
  B. Use the same methods until the end of the current delivery and suggest new ones during the retrospective.
  C. Refer to the policies and frameworks used at the company enterprise level and inform the project team members.
  D. Tell the sponsor that the project manager will use their own communication model to ensure on-time delivery.
  A. Agree with the project team on a suitable collaboration and make sure information is shared at all times.

• Question 2292:

  During regular project progress review meetings, one team member shares bad news that has a significant impact on the project schedule. How should the project manager react to ensure the project remains successful?

  A. Focus the discussion on recovery and ways to get back on track.
  B. Act in a way to highlight the criticality of the situation.
  C. Punish the team member for providing negative data that will affect the team's morale.
  D. Thank the team member for raising this issue, log it, and move on to the next topic.
  A. Focus the discussion on recovery and ways to get back on track.

• Question 2293:

  A project team is continually being asked by stakeholders to perform rework on their deliverables. The project manager discovers that this is due to poor initial quality.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Host a team meeting and ask the team to fix any quality issues immediately since the stakeholders' needs are the main focus.
  B. Request a subject matter expert (SME) from the project sponsor to identify and address the quality issues with the team.
  C. Facilitate a discussion and come to an agreement about what quality means for both the team and the stakeholders.
  D. Schedule a quality retrospective and discuss the challenges that resulted in poor initial quality with the team.
  C. Facilitate a discussion and come to an agreement about what quality means for both the team and the stakeholders.

• Question 2294:

  A project manager is leading a project and is asked to negotiate on behalf of their organization. The organization requires that three quotes from different suppliers be obtained before submitting a purchase request to the finance department.

  What should the project manager do to align with this requirement?

  A. Perform a make-or-buy analysis.
  B. Review the statement of work (SOW).
  C. Leverage the enterprise environmental factors (EEFs).
  D. Refer to the organizational process assets (OPAs).
  D. Refer to the organizational process assets (OPAs).

• Question 2295:

  A newly formed project team includes team members who have been working in the company for a long time as well as team members who are new to the company. The project team members discovered that there is a gap in communication between these two groups, and they are finding it hard to collaborate with one another.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Ask the experienced members to lead the junior members to facilitate skill transfer.
  B. Encourage team members to focus on delivering results with their specialized skills.
  C. Organize networking sessions to allow the team members to get to know one another.
  D. Ask the team to self-organize and escalate any issues to the project manager.
  C. Organize networking sessions to allow the team members to get to know one another.

• Question 2296:

  A project team has installed software for the client, passed the knowledge to operations, sent the final report, and celebrated. Then 1 week later, the client sendsa list of requirements that have not been met. The client is requesting to fix the issues quickly and within the initial budget.

  What should the project manager have done to prevent this from happening?

  A. Reviewed the acceptance criteria and obtained client approval.
  B. Allocated a risk budget for any post-release improvements.
  C. Conducted a pilot to understand the client's performance parameters.
  D. Established meetings with the client throughout the project phases.
  A. Reviewed the acceptance criteria and obtained client approval.

• Question 2297:

  During the design phase of a project, the project manager notices that the schedule performance index (SPI) is 1,8 and the cost performance index (CPI) is 0,1. In a weekly meeting with top management, the project manager reports concerns about these indicators. However, the most concerned person was the project sponsor who said that if the trend continues, they will be forced to prematurely close the project.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Monitor the project sponsor but understand that it is normal to spend more money in the design phase of a project.
  B. Stop crashing the schedule
  C. Manage the project sponsor closely and revise the project's resource management plan to improve indicators
  D. Use a resource-levelling technique
  C. Manage the project sponsor closely and revise the project's resource management plan to improve indicators

• Question 2298:

  A project is starting with a team that is located all over the world. None of the team members have worked together before. The project goal is ambitious with an aggressive timeline. What should the project manager do?

  A. Ask for financial support to set up a physical meeting for the team.
  B. Create a virtual room for the team to facilitate their collaboration.
  C. Schedule quarterly in-person meetings to enhance the team's relationships.
  D. Facilitate a virtual session with the team to start planning as soon as possible.
  D. Facilitate a virtual session with the team to start planning as soon as possible.

• Question 2299:

  A company has undertaken a large transformation project using agile practices. The project sponsor has asked the project manager to promote the new values identified in the intended transformation to the project team. What should the project manager do?

  A. Add a user story during sprint planning that gives recognition to behaviors that are aligned with the new values
  B. Send a standard email to the team prior to every daily standup containing the new values
  C. Organize a team meeting focusing on the new values associated with the transformation
  D. Give recognition to team members' behaviors that are aligned with the new values during the sprint retrospectives
  A. Add a user story during sprint planning that gives recognition to behaviors that are aligned with the new values

• Question 2300:

  A virtual product development team is working well together and is on schedule. One team member wants to take 1 week off to attend a training. What should the project manager do?

  A. Decline the team member's request as it might jeopardize the schedule.
  B. Approve the team member's request as it will increase motivation.
  C. Decline the team member's request since the goal is not individual team member advancement.
  D. Approve the team member's request on condition they work additional hours when they return from training.
  B. Approve the team member's request as it will increase motivation.