PMI PMP Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

PMI PMP Online Questions & Answers

• Question 271:

  A project manager who recently joined the company has been assigned to manage a software project for a major recurring customer. What should the project manager do to enhance the budget estimations for the project?

  A. Discuss the budget with the team during the daily standups to ensure the budget is under control.
  B. Review budget-related lessons learned from similar projects.
  C. Invite the client to the kick-off meeting and create the project budget during the meeting.
  D. Implement an agile approach to avoid using a fixed budget,
  B. Review budget-related lessons learned from similar projects.

• Question 272:

  A project team's performance has declined for the last three iterations. Some of the team members are disappointed, and raise their concerns during the retrospective meeting. What should the project manager do?

  A. Focus on remediation not merely on correcting symptoms
  B. Compare the team's performance against other project teams
  C. Identify potential failure points based on the iteration workload
  D. Motivate the team to perform better
  C. Identify potential failure points based on the iteration workload

• Question 273:

  An agile team has released the second version of its product, but the feedback is that the software has many bugs that compromise the user experience. What should the project manager do?

  A. Facilitate the next retrospective meeting, focusing the team on analyzing root causes and proposing solutions.
  B. Closely evaluate the skill set of the team, looking for technical gaps that need to be filed in order to improve quality.
  C. Hire an external consultancy firm to focus on testing and quality control to avoid the issue in the future.
  D. Propose an internal program that offers incentives for the team members who find and fix bugs.
  A. Facilitate the next retrospective meeting, focusing the team on analyzing root causes and proposing solutions.

• Question 274:

  In a software development project, some of the deliverables do not meet specific performance requirements. What action should the project manager take?

  A. Review the issues with the project team to address the issues.
  B. Review the requirements traceability matrix at the next meeting.
  C. Report issues to key stakeholders and discuss follow up actions.
  D. Ensure compliance with the quality management plan.
  A. Review the issues with the project team to address the issues.

• Question 275:

  A project manager with global teams is managing a project that is progressing as expected. However, recently the project manager has learned of some team members missing the daily meetings. After investigating the issue, the project manager realizes different time zones is the main cause of the issue.

  What should the project manager do next?

  A. Schedule a team-building workshop involving all teams to support better communication.
  B. Schedule a meeting and ask all teams to sort the issues and move ahead with full participation.
  C. Ask everyone to only invite team members in different parts of the world as necessary.
  D. Share the time-overlap schedule with the team to make meeting scheduling convenient.
  D. Share the time-overlap schedule with the team to make meeting scheduling convenient.

• Question 276:

  A project team that is very experienced in enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems implementation is currently planning the delivery of a new ERP project. There is a requirement to reuse the client's security subsystem developed by a third party. The client states that integration with the security subsystem must be done by the client's team. The project manager does not want to have such an external dependency.

  What should the project manager do first?

  A. Plan the implementation of this integration in the first iteration to help reduce risks.
  B. Record the issue in the issue log and closely manage this dependency.
  C. Inform the client that the project team will take care of the integration.
  D. Document the client's responsibility for the integration with the security subsystem.
  D. Document the client's responsibility for the integration with the security subsystem.

• Question 277:

  During a kick-off meeting, the project manager notices that one of the stakeholders responsible for providing key information to the team has a low level of participation. This stakeholder believes that there will be no benefit from implementing

  the project. The project manager realizes that this could be a high risk for the project.

  Which action should the project manager take?

  A. Facilitate a supportive level of engagement for this stakeholder.
  B. Ask the project sponsor for advice as it might be possible to work with another stakeholder.
  C. Perform a qualitative risk analysis using a probability and impact matrix.
  D. Ensure the key information is accurate and monitor the situation as the project progresses.
  A. Facilitate a supportive level of engagement for this stakeholder.

• Question 278:

  The customer's project manager changes during the final stage of a project. How can the project manager avoid a project closure delay?

  A. Update the stakeholder engagement plan
  B. Review the latest project status report and update the stakeholders
  C. Escalate the case to the customer's management team
  D. Issue the project payment invoice to the customer in advance
  B. Review the latest project status report and update the stakeholders

• Question 279:

  A protect manager has just finished planning for a project when the client adds a new project team member. The project manager knows that the new team member only works remotely and is not in the main office. In addition, the new team member engages with decisions quickly in a face-to-face environment, but is slow to respond otherwise.

  How should the project manager reflect this in their planning?

  A. Send out recurring onsite project meeting invites to ensure the team member's presence.
  B. Update the project charter to include the new team member for this project.
  C. Monitor the new team member's input to gauge their value to the project.
  D. Include the team member in the stakeholder register and update the communications management plan.
  A. Send out recurring onsite project meeting invites to ensure the team member's presence.

• Question 280:

  An oil and gas project started without having acquired full funding for the project. The remaining funds were to be acquired during project execution. The acquisition of the remaining funds was delayed several months, resulting in a suspension of work by all contractors.

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

  A. Ensured the stakeholder anticipated obstacles to achieving financial closure on the remaining funds.
  B. Ensured the risk was adequately assessed and mitigated by the appropriate stakeholders.
  C. Ensured the stakeholder who was providing additional funds remained interested in the project.
  D. Ensured the project team monitored and reviewed the project risk register periodically.
  B. Ensured the risk was adequately assessed and mitigated by the appropriate stakeholders.