PMI PMP Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

PMI PMP Online Questions & Answers

• Question 2381:

  The steering committee has asked a project manager experienced in agile to provide an indication of the time remaining on a medium-sized project. What tools can be used to provide this information?

  A. A release burndown chart
  B. Analysis of the business requirements document
  C. Story points for the remaining user stories
  D. Surrogate measurements
  A. A release burndown chart

• Question 2382:

  During the execution phase of a project a new project manager is assigned to replace the previous project manager. As the project manager starts managing the project, they discover that team performance is significantly decreasing, which is impacting the project's key performance indicators (KPIs). This team has delivered good performance on similar projects in the past.

  What should the project manager do next to improve this situation?

  A. Call for a team meeting to identify the root cause for the declining performance
  B. Estimate the baseline impacts and submit a change request.
  C. Implement compression techniques to bring the project back on track.
  D. Review the resource management plan and organizational assets
  A. Call for a team meeting to identify the root cause for the declining performance

• Question 2383:

  A large corporation is transforming itself from a predictive to agile approach. A project team with knowledge of agile practices is experiencing significant conflicts with the executives regarding the processes to be followed. How should these conflicts be resolved?

  A. Include the executives in team retrospectives
  B. Train the executives on agile practices
  C. Negotiate with the executives and agree on a process.
  D. Request that the executives use agile practices
  C. Negotiate with the executives and agree on a process.

• Question 2384:

  A project manager has been tasked with developing a project schedule with fully detailed requirements. The project manager reaches out to subject matter experts (SMEs) for their initial thoughts on task duration. The project manager is concerned when these estimates appear to differ significantly.

  What should the project manager do to help with estimate development?

  A. Ask the SMEs to hold up cards that show their estimates, discuss the highest and lowest estimates, and then estimate again.
  B. Recommend using an iterative approach, with a focus on estimates that the SMEs agree with.
  C. Use historical information to help guide the estimates proposed by the SMEs.
  D. Escalate to the project sponsor and explain the differences in the estimates from the SMEs.
  A. Ask the SMEs to hold up cards that show their estimates, discuss the highest and lowest estimates, and then estimate again.

• Question 2385:

  A project manager has been transferred to another country to work on a key project. The project manager successfully completed the planning phase and has started the execution phase, reporting good progress. During the last meeting with the project sponsor, the project manager was told that some stakeholders have complained that the project manager's emails are very harsh.

  What should the project manager do to solve this situation?

  A. Determine the level of influence of the stakeholders who are complaining.
  B. Change the communication mode from emails to meetings to reduce stakeholders complaints.
  C. Adjust the communications management plan to gain stakeholder trust.
  D. Explain to the sponsor that the communication model being used is from company headquarters.
  C. Adjust the communications management plan to gain stakeholder trust.

• Question 2386:

  A team realizes that there is no access to data that the project depends on to complete the current iteration. This dependency was known; however, the team is unsure of the available options to remove this obstacle.

  What should the project manager do next?

  A. Guide the team to determine alternatives.
  B. Move the dependent task to the next iteration.
  C. Escalate the issue to the company's IT manager.
  D. Escalate the issue to the project sponsor.
  A. Guide the team to determine alternatives.

• Question 2387:

  A project manager is managing the opening of a new office overseas. At the beginning of the project, possible delays due to legal permits are raised by one stakeholder. Subject matter experts (SMEs) reassessed the concern and suggested assigning more time for this permit, and the change control board (CCB) agrees.

  Which document should the project manager update first to document this change?

  A. Schedule baseline
  B. Scope baseline
  C. Risk register
  D. Cost baseline
  A. Schedule baseline

• Question 2388:

  DRAG DROP Drag the organizational characteristics on the left to the correct scenario on the right.

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• Question 2389:

  During a weekly status update meeting with the project management office (PMO), the assigned project manager notices some stakeholders raise concerns about the implementation plan even though the status was regularly communicated to all stakeholders.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Ask the team to improve the communications management plan with stakeholders and add more details to their updates.
  B. Schedule a meeting with the stakeholders to assess the root cause and update the plan.
  C. Focus on the key stakeholders first and meet with them individually to resolve their doubts and concerns.
  D. Involve stakeholders in retrospective meetings to resolve stakeholder doubts and improve communication.
  B. Schedule a meeting with the stakeholders to assess the root cause and update the plan.

• Question 2390:

  A project manager has been working with the same group of stakeholders for 3 years using a predictive approach. The stakeholders have invested in many projects and are familiar with the approach. Recently, the organization has strongly encouraged all project managers to adopt an agile approach. This was announced 2 weeks before the project manager planned to kick off a large, complex project with the same group of stakeholders.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Use the agile approach in the new project and schedule agile training for those stakeholders who are new to this approach.
  B. Continue to use the predictive approach in the new project since it is the approach the stakeholders are familiar with using.
  C. Share the pros and cons of adopting an agile approach for the new project only with the team and ask them to decide which approach to use.
  D. Share and discuss the pros and cons of adopting agile with the stakeholders and choose the approach they prefer for the new project.
  D. Share and discuss the pros and cons of adopting agile with the stakeholders and choose the approach they prefer for the new project.