PMI PMP Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

PMI PMP Online Questions & Answers

• Question 451:

  In a standup meeting, a team member has been providing the same update for five consecutive days. The task, which is on the critical path, is now at risk of delaying the schedule. What should the project manager do?

  A. Reassign the task to another member of the team
  B. Support the team member by providing one more resource to complete the task immediately
  C. Ask the team member if there is an impediment and help to remove the blockers
  D. Keep the project sponsor informed about the delay
  C. Ask the team member if there is an impediment and help to remove the blockers

• Question 452:

  A project is designed to provide local community members with health facilities that will support improved sanitation practices. What should the project manager do to ensure the community members are up to date on project progress?

  A. Share project updates when requested by the stakeholders.
  B. Share project updates through regular community meetings.
  C. Share the annual reports virtually and in the local newspapers.
  D. Share the project reports with the sponsor to inform community members.
  B. Share project updates through regular community meetings.

• Question 453:

  A project management team received news that a competitor has released the latest version of a program. What should the team do next?

  A. Review the project plan to evaluate if any updates should be made.
  B. Crash the existing schedule with additional resources to deliver more features.
  C. Stop the project immediately as the market opportunity has already been missed.
  D. Continue with the project plan and target delivery date as expected.
  A. Review the project plan to evaluate if any updates should be made.

• Question 454:

  A new project manager is taking over a project to deliver a new payroll management system that is running behind schedule. In addition, costs are rising due to many late changes requested by the client.

  What should the project manager do first?

  A. Schedule a meeting with stakeholders and explain the situation.
  B. Discuss the situation with the sponsor and seek their guidance.
  C. Arrange a time to meet with the team to understand the project parameters.
  D. Meet with the team to understand the areas of concern.
  D. Meet with the team to understand the areas of concern.

• Question 455:

  A company is leading a project to develop a new product using an agile approach. A supplier was contracted to provide a solution for one of the product features based on mandatory scope, stable requirements, and fixed-price contract. During a meeting with the supplier, the project manager was informed that the company's business analyst also asked the supplier to add a solution for another feature as part of their deliverable.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Add the feature to the supplier's requirement list so they can deliver it.
  B. Ask the supplier to accommodate the additional scope under the current agreement.
  C. Ensure the project team understands the agreement and contract in place with the supplier.
  D. Monitor the work the business analyst is performing to avoid scope creep.
  D. Monitor the work the business analyst is performing to avoid scope creep.

• Question 456:

  A project manager has a team of shared resources from other projects who are working on a client project. Three days before the project is due. The team informs the project manager that the project will be delayed because a component was not delivered on time. Competing priorities of the shared resources are delaying delivery of the component.

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

  A. Updated the risk management plan and registered lessons learned for the project
  B. Reorganized the team for the project based on the work breakdown structure (WBS)
  C. Maintained constant communication with the stakeholders of the other projects
  D. Used the resource management plan to identify the impacts of the other projects
  D. Used the resource management plan to identify the impacts of the other projects

• Question 457:

  A laboratory is launching a new product, defined to be executed in eight iterations with a fixed release date. At the beginning of the second iteration, the project manager realizes that a significant regulatory feature is missing in the project backlog.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Ask the product owner to add the missing feature in the backlog.
  B. Invite stakeholders to discuss the impact of adding the regulatory feature.
  C. Estimate the related cost and ask for a project extension.
  D. Increase the capacity of the team to include the missed feature.
  B. Invite stakeholders to discuss the impact of adding the regulatory feature.

• Question 458:

  A project manager has received an updated earned value analysis report. The following are the key findings from the report:

  Budget at completion = US$1 million Earned value = US$0,7 million Actual cost = US$0,75 million Cost performance index = 0,933

  Based on this information, what should the project manager conclude about project performance?

  A. The project will be completed exactly as planned
  B. The project will be easier to complete than planned
  C. The project will be difficult to complete as planned.
  D. The project will not be completed as planned
  C. The project will be difficult to complete as planned.

• Question 459:

  In a daily standup, the project lead notices that one of the senior developers is reassigning some of the easy backlog items to other team members, arguing that it is more efficient for the senior developers to work on complex items. What should the project lead do?

  A. Include this practice in the next sprint review and discuss it with all of the team members.
  B. Ask the senior developer to stop assigning tasks because that's the scrum master's job.
  C. Support the senior developer's action and their authority over other team members.
  D. Include this practice in the next sprint retrospective and discuss it with all of the team members.
  D. Include this practice in the next sprint retrospective and discuss it with all of the team members.

• Question 460:

  A project manager is managing a project to develop a new tool. Because of the nature of the project, the project manager decides to use an agile approach. One of the identified risks becomes an issue when the project manager finds out that another company patented a very similar tool.

  What should the project manager do to address this issued?

  A. Schedule a meeting with critical stakeholders to review the issue and decide on the next steps.
  B. Put the project on hold and release the resources until the issue is resolved.
  C. Inform the product owner and log the issue in the risk register to monitor closely for next steps.
  D. Contact the company that owns the patent of the similar tool to compare the similarities and differences with the current project.
  D. Contact the company that owns the patent of the similar tool to compare the similarities and differences with the current project.