PMI PMP Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

PMI PMP Online Questions & Answers

• Question 471:

  A scrum master noticed that one of the team members is afraid to ask questions, does not like to collaborate with other team members, and avoids taking responsibility for their actions. What is the likely reason that would cause a team member to behave that way?

  A. Lack of technical skills
  B. Fear of conflict
  C. Lack of experience
  D. Company culture
  B. Fear of conflict

• Question 472:

  The project manager has recently received funding approval for a training programfor the entire project team but has not yet defined the most effective training course. Oneteam member submitted a request for specialized training that is required for the project.

  How should the project manager handle this request?

  A. Send this change request to the change control board (CCB) for approval.
  B. Approve the request for the specialized training.
  C. Reject the request as it does not impact the project deliverables.
  D. Validate if the training is within scope and budget.
  D. Validate if the training is within scope and budget.

• Question 473:

  In a review session held halfway through the project's development, several important stakeholders voice extreme dissatisfaction with the solution's current development versus what they had agreed were the goals and outputs of the project. One of the more prominent individuals threatens to close the project immediately. With no dissatisfaction having been voiced at prior sessions, the project manager is surprised.

  How should the project manager respond during the session?

  A. Engage with the individuals about their dissatisfactions and determine what they view as possible resolutions.
  B. Agree with the individual that they have every right to close the project and remind them of the resources already consumed.
  C. Reprise past responses, especially positive ones, that the dissenters presented in previous sessions to defend the team's work.
  D. Emphasize that this is the first occurrence of voiced dissatisfaction and then proceed to reconcile their concerns.
  A. Engage with the individuals about their dissatisfactions and determine what they view as possible resolutions.

• Question 474:

  A project to develop an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system for a university is ongoing. The system should improve business processes through digitalization and the elimination of human errors, and it should also provide end users with simplified and easily accessible services.

  What should the project manager do to ensure achievement of the intended business value?

  A. Evaluate each change request and review the business case each time.
  B. Evaluate deliverables against the business case continuously.
  C. Evaluate deliverables against the business case at the end of the life cycle.
  D. Evaluate customer feedback and review the business case each time.
  B. Evaluate deliverables against the business case continuously.

• Question 475:

  A project manager is working on a software development project. A team member complains that since the project tasks are very simple, there is no reason to perform quality control. The project manager understands that removing the quality management plan from the project will also help to save money, which is important to the customer.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Register starting the project without a quality management plan as a risk, and allocate the budget savings to the management reserve
  B. Develop the quality management plan, as quality is as equally important as cost and schedule management.
  C. Get confirmation from management that the team member has enough experience to build software without quality control
  D. Ask the customer to order an external quality audit after accepting the project deliverable, and decrease the budget of the project
  B. Develop the quality management plan, as quality is as equally important as cost and schedule management.

• Question 476:

  A project sponsor wants to develop software that would have 30 features and would be used in 10 different countries. The team feels overwhelmed with the amount of work to be done. What should the project manager do?

  A. Encourage and motivate the team with project incentives
  B. Subdivide the team to handle different aspects of the project
  C. Support the team to find and execute the minimum viable product (MVP)
  D. Organize project execution to satisfy the project sponsor s request
  C. Support the team to find and execute the minimum viable product (MVP)

• Question 477:

  This graph describes the current performance of a project in relation to cost and schedule. What should the project manager do to bring the project back on track?

  

  A. Review project cost because the project is over budget and ahead of schedule
  B. Review project schedule and cost because the project is over budget and behind schedule
  C. Review project schedule because the project is under budget and behind schedule
  D. Review project scope because the project is under budget and ahead of schedule
  C. Review project schedule because the project is under budget and behind schedule

• Question 478:

  A customer asks the project manager to complete a project 10 days earlier than planned due to marketing constraints. After discussing this request with the project team, the project manager concludes that this can be achieved if a few activities can be overlapped.

  Which approach should the project manager take?

  A. Fast-track the activities based on limitations and dependencies.
  B. Release the minimum viable product (MVP) earlier and enhance it in the next iteration.
  C. Review the schedule and perform resource leveling.
  D. Add subject matter experts (SMEs) to perform the project activities in parallel.
  A. Fast-track the activities based on limitations and dependencies.

• Question 479:

  During the development phase, a team member encounters an issue with a specific task and attempts to resolve it for the next several days. The other team members ask the project manager to reassign the task to another team member to avoid jeopardizing the target date. The current team member assigned communicates they will feel frustrated if the task is reassigned to another team member.

  How should the project manager address this situation?

  A. Seek help from experts to support the team member in fixing the problem.
  B. Facilitate a session to reach an agreement with the team as a whole.
  C. Negotiate with the customer a delay in the project delivery.
  D. Accept the team's request to reassign the team member.
  B. Facilitate a session to reach an agreement with the team as a whole.

• Question 480:

  A project manager is working on an agile project in a changing business environment. The project sponsor is worried about benefits realization and asks the project manager to pay attention to changes that can affect the project. Which action should the project manager take to identify changes that may affect the product?

  A. Implement face-to-face communication between the team and product owner to change the iteration objectives as needed.
  B. Stop the iteration as soon as possible in case an external change that makes the product invaluable is identified.
  C. Take action to reprioritize the backlog after every iteration to evaluate if user stories are still valuable to the business.
  D. Apply a pair programming technique to react to changes immediately, even in the middle of the interaction.
  C. Take action to reprioritize the backlog after every iteration to evaluate if user stories are still valuable to the business.