PMI PMP Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

PMI PMP Online Questions & Answers

• Question 441:

  An agile senior project team member suddenly resigns from the organization. Following this departure, the remaining team members are having difficulty accessing information and are unable to complete a deliverable. What should the project manager have done to avoid this situation?

  A. Ensured the project repository is up to date.
  B. Updated the job descriptions for all team roles.
  C. Provided specialist training for all team members.
  D. Made an effort to reemploy the senior project team member.
  A. Ensured the project repository is up to date.

• Question 442:

  A customer calls the project manager to express concern about a project team member who has been making changes within the live environment without approval. The team member mentioned that the customer called and asked them to make the changes.

  What should the project manager do next?

  A. Reinforce the value of documenting and approving all change requests and ask the customer to issue these through the agreed channels.
  B. Organize a meeting to mediate the relationship between the customer and the team member to ensure no feelings are hurt.
  C. Ask the customer to email all requests directly to you and you will ensure they are actioned by the correct team member.
  D. Explain to the customer that the team member was just trying to help and the changes can be reverted if necessary.
  A. Reinforce the value of documenting and approving all change requests and ask the customer to issue these through the agreed channels.

• Question 443:

  A project is in the first of six iterations. The project team realizes that a key deliverable depends on the acquisition of a new device. The vendor is new to the organization and does not have a long history in the market.

  What should the project manager do first?

  A. Register the risk and provide appropriate response options.
  B. Register the risk and prioritize the implementation strategy.
  C. Register the risk and escalate it to the procurement team.
  D. Register the risk and escalate it to the project sponsor.
  A. Register the risk and provide appropriate response options.

• Question 444:

  A project manager is leading a project which shows a trend to exceed the cost baseline. What should the project manager do first to manage the budget?

  A. Ask the project sponsor for assistance in getting the budget back on track
  B. Meet with the project team to analyze the actual cost to determine deviations
  C. Inform the stakeholders that the project will be finished over budget.
  D. Issue a change request including the analysis to increase the budget
  B. Meet with the project team to analyze the actual cost to determine deviations

• Question 445:

  The project team is experiencing schedule delays due to issues arising with suppliers. Some of the tasks are on the critical path. What should the project manager do in this situation?

  A. Discuss the critical path issues with the purchasing department.
  B. Review the critical path with the stakeholders to define next steps.
  C. Review the work breakdown structure (WBS) with the suppliers.
  D. Escalate the supplier-related issues to the sponsor for resolution.
  B. Review the critical path with the stakeholders to define next steps.

• Question 446:

  The scope of a construction project that is being planned by a multinational company requires that services are procured via contract from an external provider. When considering communication channels, what should the project manager do to help maximize delivery success with this provider?

  A. Assign a project team member to document exchanged communication for future reference.
  B. Assign the project sponsor as the point of contact for all provider communication.
  C. Ensure that all project stakeholders participate in the scope definition meetings.
  D. Establish a common language of terms with which to communicate with the provider.
  D. Establish a common language of terms with which to communicate with the provider.

• Question 447:

  In a construction project for a new building, the project manager decides to apply agile principles for the building foundation phase. While evaluating the project schedule with the team, the project manager believes that the estimates are

  inaccurate.

  How should the project manager address this issue?

  A. Create a product backlog
  B. Perform sprint reviews with the team
  C. Assess the previous project velocity
  D. Reduce the story size by splitting stories
  A. Create a product backlog

• Question 448:

  A project manager realizes that the team members are new to the hybrid approach and do not value standup meetings. Team members often arrive late, digress into solution discussions, or skip the meetings altogether. How should the project manager improve this situation with the project team?

  A. Engage the project team In implementing and Improving key aspects of the standup meetings.
  B. Ask the product owner to remove team members who do not comply with standup meeting rules.
  C. Send a daily retrospective report to all team members instead of holding standup meetings.
  D. Include a daily brainstorming session In the standup meetings to resolve pending Issues.
  A. Engage the project team In implementing and Improving key aspects of the standup meetings.

• Question 449:

  A project manager has considered a detailed and expensive training plan for a new technology for all team members. The training is needed several months into the execution phase of a project. Surprisingly, many problems still appear that are related to the team members' lack of competence and the training costs are now negatively impacting the budget baseline.

  What should the project manager do next?

  A. Select resources who are more experienced with the new technology
  B. Perform a root-cause analysis to measure how the new training will address the issue
  C. Include in the risk register a risk of unskilled resources for the new technology
  D. Elaborate and socialize the team charter as per the resource management plan
  B. Perform a root-cause analysis to measure how the new training will address the issue

• Question 450:

  A project is starting its first iteration out of six. During one of the daily meetings, the project manager realized that one of the team members does not have experience working in agile environments. What should the project manager do?

  A. Give the team member some time to learn agile practices.
  B. Assign an agile mentor and follow the training process.
  C. Ask to increase the capacity of the team to finish on time.
  D. Ask the sponsor for additional budget for training.
  B. Assign an agile mentor and follow the training process.