PMI PMP Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

PMI PMP Online Questions & Answers

• Question 321:

  A new member was added to a project team in an ongoing software project. This team member was the only available resource but does not have the proper experience to accomplish the tasks. What should the project manager do to ensure this team member's lack of experience does not negatively impact the project?

  A. Schedule a training course for the new team member to fill in their gaps in experience.
  B. Log this as an issue in the project issue log and speak with the resource manager.
  C. Provide weekly feedback to all project team members, including the new member.
  D. Ensure that coaching meetings are in place for this team member within the project timeline.
  D. Ensure that coaching meetings are in place for this team member within the project timeline.

• Question 322:

  A self-organizing team for a critical project is consistently delivering value according to their commitments. During a retrospective, the project manager observed that most of the team members were stressed due to over commitments. What should the project manager do?

  A. Help the team members by organizing regular stress-relieving and team- building sessions.
  B. Request additional resources to continue delivering value while reducing team stress.
  C. Support the team during the planning phase to only commit to what they are able to deliver.
  D. Ask individual team members to plan staggered leave to avoid becoming stressed.
  C. Support the team during the planning phase to only commit to what they are able to deliver.

• Question 323:

  A project management plan needs to be updated due to recent product requirement changes, but the latest version of the document is missing.

  What should the project manager do to prevent this from happening again?

  A. Improve the configuration management process.
  B. Register an issue for the missing documents.
  C. Ensure that the lessons learned register is up to date.
  D. Review the quality assurance (QA) processes.
  A. Improve the configuration management process.

• Question 324:

  An urgent meeting has been established with the project team to discuss the cause of some quality issues that are preventing delivery to the client. The product owner recommends a root cause analysis (RCA). What should the project lead do?

  A. Facilitate the meeting so anyone can share their ideas and is heard during the session.
  B. Allow the team to self-organize so one of the resources can lead the team to achieve consensus.
  C. Discuss the product owner's recommendations with the team and implement the agreed-on solutions.
  D. Discuss the recommendations with the test manager and request better quality control.
  A. Facilitate the meeting so anyone can share their ideas and is heard during the session.

• Question 325:

  A project manager is managing a technical project that requires intensive documentation as part of the key deliverables. In a project review meeting, a key stakeholder reports that the latest documentation provided by the project manager includes a reference to unrelated products.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Ask the project management office (PMO) to support and review all deliverables.
  B. Log the issue in the risk register and the issue log.
  C. Assign a technical writer to the project.
  D. Develop a standard for document quality control.
  D. Develop a standard for document quality control.

• Question 326:

  An agile project is starting its seventh out of eight iterations In a planning meeting, the team realizes that an unidentified risk became an issue and the contingency reserve has to be used. What should the project manager do?

  A. Ask the sponsor to approve inclusion of an additional iteration to the project
  B. Ask the team to include the contingency plan in the iteration backlog
  C. Help the team review the project approach to initiate the corrective actions
  D. Ask the sponsor for money to implement the contingency plan.
  C. Help the team review the project approach to initiate the corrective actions

• Question 327:

  An agile team is in the early phases of the development cycle for a project; however, they have already begun to deliver functionality to the customer. The team has identified risks to the project and are working on developing the mitigation strategy.

  What should the project manager do next?

  A. Incorporate and prioritize the risks in the risk register according to impact.
  B. Escalate the risk to the project sponsor and steering committee.
  C. Implement the risk mitigation strategy according to the highest impact.
  D. Determine if any of the new risks have any financial impact.
  A. Incorporate and prioritize the risks in the risk register according to impact.

• Question 328:

  A project manager for a factory construction project in a small town is evaluating the necessary actions to engage stakeholders. The local community is speculating the impact of the facility. There are rumors of job opportunities and environmental impacts, which are listed on the project risk matrix.

  What should the project manager do with regard to community engagement in this situation?

  A. Build channels to extend communication efforts to the local community.
  B. Focus on the sideward stakeholders only and let the organization manage the community.
  C. Use the city administration to address communication with the community.
  D. Include the local union representative in the high-power, high-impact stakeholder group.
  A. Build channels to extend communication efforts to the local community.

• Question 329:

  A project manager is newly appointed to lead a project team that will be working remotely. The project manager decided to use a set of tools that worked well for previous projects. However, a few team members are not happy with this plan. What should the project manager have done to avoid this?

  A. Asked the project sponsor for approval to purchase the newest collaboration tool on the market.
  B. Met with the project team to determine their collaboration needs and identified tools that will work best.
  C. Allowed the project team members to use the tools that will work best for them for this project.
  D. Delegated the responsibility of selecting the collaboration tools to the project's technical lead.
  B. Met with the project team to determine their collaboration needs and identified tools that will work best.

• Question 330:

  A technical lead has complained to the project manager about a team member's performance. The team member has repeatedly missed tasks, putting sprint commitments at risk. What should the project manager do?

  A. Remove the learn member from the team and hue a more skilled one.
  B. Ask the technical lead to provide more training to the team member.
  C. Ask the technical lead to discuss performance directly with the team member.
  D. Meet with the team member to understand the situation and provide feedback.
  D. Meet with the team member to understand the situation and provide feedback.