PMI PMP Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

PMI PMP Online Questions & Answers

• Question 381:

  A new regulation has been approved that will impact the deliverables in the fourth phase of the project. The delivery is following an iterative approach and is currently completing the second phase. What should the project manager do next?

  A. Consult with the project sponsor to discuss a cost increase
  B. Acquire approval for an exception to the implementation of the new regulation.
  C. Get approval for the additional budget from the steering committee
  D. Meet with subject matter experts (SMEs) to assess the impact to objectives
  D. Meet with subject matter experts (SMEs) to assess the impact to objectives

• Question 382:

  A project manager is in the process of closing out a project and has been asked by the project management office (PMO) to confirm that the transfer of knowledge to the operations team for support operations has been successfully completed.

  Which technique should the project manager apply to verify the knowledge transfer?

  A. Brainstorming
  B. Meetings
  C. Regression analysis
  D. Expert judgment
  D. Expert judgment

• Question 383:

  A collection of projects managed as a group to achieve strategic objectives is referred to as a:

  A. plan
  B. process
  C. program
  D. portfolio
  D. portfolio

• Question 384:

  A geographically distributed project team has development issues between the collocated and virtual teams causing productivity to decrease. What should the project manager do to address this issue?

  A. Force the team members to work from one location.
  B. Develop protocols for resolving conflicts between team members
  C. Obtain special expertise to advise the team members
  D. Set up face-to-face meetings with project team members
  B. Develop protocols for resolving conflicts between team members

• Question 385:

  There is frequent conflict between two project team members working on a project. This has caused a negative impact on the project. How should the project manager handle this situation?

  A. Counsel both team members and caution them with a final warning.
  B. Escalate the issue to the human resources (HR) manager before a larger problem develops.
  C. Help cultivate self-awareness between the two team members through emotional intelligence (El).
  D. Relocate the two project team members into different project teams.
  C. Help cultivate self-awareness between the two team members through emotional intelligence (El).

• Question 386:

  During a sprint planning, the development lead highlights the importance of working on technical debt tasks that are critical for the product performance. However, the tasks will consume most of the team's capacity and they will not be able to work on product feature development.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Invite technical stakeholders for backlog prioritization.
  B. Work on the features already prioritized by the product owner.
  C. Ask the sponsor for more resources to continue at the same pace.
  D. Add the technical debt tasks to the sprint backlog.
  B. Work on the features already prioritized by the product owner.

• Question 387:

  The sponsor calls the project manager and questions why the stakeholders have not received updates for over 1 month. The project recently implemented a project management information system (PMIS) that provides real-time access to various project status measurements and information. The project manager is certain that all stakeholders have the opportunity and permissions for status updates.

  How should the project manager proceed?

  A. Call and apologize to the team members and provide an update on how this issue was caused.
  B. Review the communications management plan and stakeholder engagement plan for the project.
  C. Request the operations support team to troubleshoot and determine the root cause of the issue.
  D. Obtain a list of the affected stakeholders and email the current status information to them.
  B. Review the communications management plan and stakeholder engagement plan for the project.

• Question 388:

  In an agile project, the team is disagreeing about which user story to complete first. One is technically complex and long to complete. The second is a lower priority but easy to complete. What should the project manager do?

  A. Have the team complete the technically complex story first.
  B. Work with the product owner to clarify and prioritize the backlog stories.
  C. Have the team complete the less complex story first.
  D. Work with the agile coach on the user stories to avoid conflict.
  B. Work with the product owner to clarify and prioritize the backlog stories.

• Question 389:

  A mandatory compliance requirement that will impact the project software is introduced during the execution phase of an iterative project. The team is aware of the compliance requirement. What should the project manager do next?

  A. Update the product backlog item with this new requirement.
  B. Escalate the issue of project impact to the project sponsor.
  C. Escalate the issue of project impact to the product owner.
  D. Update the stakeholder register to include the requirement owner.
  B. Escalate the issue of project impact to the project sponsor.

• Question 390:

  Outputs of the Control Communications process include:

  A. expert judgment and change requests
  B. work performance information and change requests
  C. project management plan updates and work performance information
  D. issue logs and organizational process assets updates
  B. work performance information and change requests