PMI PMP Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

PMI PMP Online Questions & Answers

• Question 41:

  During the execution of a project within an operations function, the project manager encounters scope changes and a delay in the delivery of critical tasks. How should the project manager address this situation?

  A. Communicate the concerns to the project management office (PMO) during the weekly project reports
  B. Call for a team meeting to decide if the changes should be included
  C. Initiate the change request to modify the scope and adjust the timelines
  D. Conduct an impact analysis and present the results to the steering committee for approval
  D. Conduct an impact analysis and present the results to the steering committee for approval

• Question 42:

  The product team is progressing with a prototyping approach to deliver a multiyear business initiative. A few user stones are taking longer to be delivered. What should the project manager do?

  A. Determine the risks and identify a resolution during the retrospective meeting
  B. Inform stakeholders about the delay during project updates
  C. Determine cross-dependencies and plan a spike in the next spont
  D. Discover the gaps in the communications management plan and address them accordingly
  A. Determine the risks and identify a resolution during the retrospective meeting

• Question 43:

  The main project stakeholder was fired and replaced by another stakeholder. The new stakeholder reviewed the project scope and requested numerous changes, arguing that the stakeholder's team is unhappy with the results to date. What should the project manager do?

  A. Put the new requirements in the backlog with high priority and implement the requested changes.
  B. Put the new requirements in the backlog and submit a formal change request for approval.
  C. Put the new requirements in the backlog and let the product owner check their value and priority.
  D. Put the new requirements in the backlog with low priority and implement the requested changes.
  C. Put the new requirements in the backlog and let the product owner check their value and priority.

• Question 44:

  An organization is transitioning to an agile delivery approach. There is only one project that is being used as a pilot for the new approach. The project management office (PMO) manager has asked the project lead how communications with the project team and the stakeholders will be managed.

  What should the project lead recommend?

  A. Send the weekly report to the PMO and the product owner, and use a kanban board for the project team.
  B. Send weekly reports to the PMO, and use a kanban board for the product owner and the project team.
  C. Invite the PMO manager to the daily standup with the project team and product owner.
  D. Send weekly reports to all stakeholders, including the project team and the product owner.
  C. Invite the PMO manager to the daily standup with the project team and product owner.

• Question 45:

  During the final stage of the launch for a new design, team members are having a conflict about some features of the design. What should the project manager do?

  A. Call a stakeholder meeting along with team members and seek consensus.
  B. Ask stakeholders to reduce the scope in order to meet project deadlines.
  C. Ask the project sponsor to make the decision about the design features.
  D. Review the design with the team members and propose a new launch date.
  A. Call a stakeholder meeting along with team members and seek consensus.

• Question 46:

  A project manager has been asked to lead a project. The performing organization does not have a project management office (PMO) or formal governance policies procedures, and guidelines for this type of project. What should the project manager do first to determine a governance approach for the project?

  A. Consult a subject matter expert (SME) as to the best governance policies, procedures, and guidelines to be used by the project
  B. Consult with team members and stakeholders to determine whether the organization has any informal governance policies procedures, and guidelines
  C. Choose either a predictive or agile framework best suited to the nature of the project, and use this framework as the basis for project governance policies, procedures, and guidelines
  D. Coach the self-managing team to produce tailored governance policies, procedures and guidelines for the project
  B. Consult with team members and stakeholders to determine whether the organization has any informal governance policies procedures, and guidelines

• Question 47:

  A development team member learned that one of the product features delivered in the last sprint would have greater business value if a small enhancement was made to the feature. What should the project manager do next?

  A. Conduct another sprint planning meeting and add the necessary story.
  B. Discuss this feature in the next sprint planning meeting.
  C. Discuss this feature during the upcoming retrospective meeting.
  D. Advise the team member to better prepare before sprint planning.
  B. Discuss this feature in the next sprint planning meeting.

• Question 48:

  The project velocity has recently slipped, and a decision was made to skip testing to increase the momentum and bong the project back on track. What will the project manager need to focus on as a result of this decision?

  A. Increased bum rate
  B. Increased cost
  C. Increased technical debt
  D. Decreased efficiency
  C. Increased technical debt

• Question 49:

  A project team working on a hybrid project is struggling to achieve customer satisfaction. The team states that the customer keeps changing their priorities. Meanwhile, the customer argues that the project team does not understand their needs.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Meet with the customer and the project team to understand the problem.
  B. Hire an external organization to audit the project and deliverables.
  C. Ask the product owner to explain the customer needs to the project team.
  D. Escalate to the project sponsor and request immediate intervention.
  A. Meet with the customer and the project team to understand the problem.

• Question 50:

  A project manager is part of an organization that is assessing the use of agile delivery approaches. A new project management office (PMO) manager, who had a bad experience with Scrum, recommended that the project board replace Scrum with a predictive approach.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Review the benefits realization plan to include the cost of the change.
  B. Define a project management plan for the new approach, as needed.
  C. Define a risk management plan for the new approach, as needed.
  D. Review the communications management plan to identify new stakeholders.
  B. Define a project management plan for the new approach, as needed.