PMI PMP Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

PMI PMP Online Questions & Answers

• Question 261:

  A team member is openly criticized by others during a standup meeting for failing to complete yesterday's tasks. What should the agile coach do first to address the situation?

  A. Emphasize the ground rules and then focus on today's activities and impediments.
  B. Let the discussion go on as it is important that the team is clear on priorities for the day.
  C. Address the team members involved during the next sprint retrospective.
  D. Avoid the discussion by referring to the team charter.
  A. Emphasize the ground rules and then focus on today's activities and impediments.

• Question 262:

  During the course of a project, a junior team member approaches the project manager for some direction and advice on risk mitigation. How should the project manager respond?

  A. Tell the junior team member that the information is available in lessons learned
  B. Offer guidance and follow up with some developmental activity for the junior team member
  C. Inform the junior team member that risk mitigation is not part of their work
  D. Refer the junior team member to the senior team member who develops the risk mitigation strategy
  B. Offer guidance and follow up with some developmental activity for the junior team member

• Question 263:

  A project manager analyzes the cumulative flow chart and identifies a bottleneck in the testing activities from a self-organizing team. After discussing it with the team, a gap related to testing skills is identified. What should the project manager do to address the issue?

  A. Support the team to identify an approach to resolve the problem.
  B. Ask the development team to slow down so the testers can catch up.
  C. Provide training to the entire team so they all will be able to perform tests.
  D. Onboard a new project team member who has testing skills.
  A. Support the team to identify an approach to resolve the problem.

• Question 264:

  During an agile team retrospective, a project team member mentions that the code quality is degrading, which might result in future rework that could become unmanageable with time. What should the project manager do?

  A. Help the team create the definition of done (DoD) to improve delivery quality.
  B. Add testing items to the backlog to assess quality periodically.
  C. Expand the team in order to improve the quality of the project.
  D. Compare the cost of improving quality against the cost of failure and adjust the budget.
  A. Help the team create the definition of done (DoD) to improve delivery quality.

• Question 265:

  A vendor informed the project manager that a critical resource will be on a long leave of absence. The project team reviewed the pending vendor deliverables and identified an alternative solution, but the solution will incur an additional cost. The project is currently on schedule and slightly under budget.

  What should the project manager do next?

  A. Request a replacement resource
  B. Perform a cost-benefit analysis
  C. Implement risk responses
  D. Perform Integrated Change Control
  D. Perform Integrated Change Control

• Question 266:

  A new project manager has been assigned to a project that is in danger of failing. The stakeholders do not know the project status nor do they know what benefits will be delivered by the project. How can the project manager convey these benefits to the stakeholders?

  A. Rebaseline the project schedule to show the current status of the project.
  B. Create a benefits management plan mapped to the organization's strategic objectives
  C. Perform a project cost-benefit analysis for the stakeholders
  D. Update the deliverables map against the agreed-upon project requirements
  C. Perform a project cost-benefit analysis for the stakeholders

• Question 267:

  A new development project is about to start, and the project manager knows that a high- profile customer makes very specific and frequent requests in all sprints. This project will demand contract coordination with third parties, and the project manager must find a better way to manage customer and partner expectations.

  What strategy should the project manager use?

  A. Focus on the implementation of a software as a service (SaaS) solution for the customer.
  B. Specify the scope and features to be deployed in the contract clearly.
  C. Work very closely with the customer and third parties to meet their needs.
  D. Change the marketing and product management definitions to meet stakeholder needs.
  C. Work very closely with the customer and third parties to meet their needs.

• Question 268:

  A project sponsor is upset that a vital project might miss an agreed-upon delivery deadline. The sponsor asks the project manager to check whether the project team can do anything to deliver on time.

  What should the project manager do first?

  A. Increase project team resources to maintain the timeline.
  B. Conduct simulations to determine the best way forward to ensure timely delivery.
  C. Reduce scope to deliver on time.
  D. Work with the team to ensure the project is delivered on time.
  B. Conduct simulations to determine the best way forward to ensure timely delivery.

• Question 269:

  It is late at night on a weekend when a team member calls the project manager on the telephone. The team member is crying about the pressures of an upcoming deadline. What should the project manager do?

  A. Ask the team member to send their concerns in writing.
  B. Empathize with the team member and discuss next steps.
  C. Review the organization's human resources (HR) policy.
  D. Schedule a meeting with the team member for the next work day.
  B. Empathize with the team member and discuss next steps.

• Question 270:

  A project lead accepted an assignment for a project that is still in the feasibility study phase. There are many uncertainties about project specifications, including poor alignment among the project sponsors on the final targets of the project.

  Which approach should the project lead choose to deliver business value?

  A. Subdivide project tasks to identify the minimum viable product (MVP).
  B. Ensure commitment from sponsors to execute the project until it ends.
  C. Identify and communicate clear risk mitigation plans.
  D. Recommend predictive project management to the sponsors.
  A. Subdivide project tasks to identify the minimum viable product (MVP).