PMI PMP Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

PMI PMP Online Questions & Answers

• Question 501:

  A project manager for a defense software application has a culturally and gender-diverse team with a short project timeline. Considering the project will be stressful, what skill should the project manager use to monitor the team's performance?

  A. Coercion
  B. Conflict resolution
  C. Emotional intelligence
  D. Negotiating
  C. Emotional intelligence

• Question 502:

  A project has come to the closing stage. The work is generally finished, and the project manager wants to commence the closure process for the project. What should the project manager ensure is in place prior to the closing process?

  A. The organizational process assets (OPAs) have been updated.
  B. The contractual deliverables of the project have been accepted.
  C. It The handover and deliverable acceptance have been completed.
  D. The lessons learned sessions have been conducted.
  C. It The handover and deliverable acceptance have been completed.

• Question 503:

  A bank is considering building another branch in one of three neighboring cities. The project manager has been tasked with demonstrating the benefits of building a new branch, renting an existing building, or not expanding at all. How should the project manager proceed?

  A. Calculate the payback period (PBP) for building a new branch in each location versus renting an existing building.
  B. Calculate the costs for each option in each location and compare the net present value (NPV) for each.
  C. Perform a Kano analysis on building a new branch versus renting in each of the locations.
  D. Perform a gap analysis on renting in each of the locations.
  B. Calculate the costs for each option in each location and compare the net present value (NPV) for each.

• Question 504:

  A project manager is managing a project to deploy new software to 200 end users. During the implementation, there is a missed process that caused some of the users to lose their computer data. What should the project manager do first?

  A. Meet with the team to discuss the root cause and encourage the team to take note of it and continue to focus on the deployment.
  B. Record this case until the final lessons learned session is complete to prevent impacting the team's morale during implementation.
  C. Meet with the team members and request they conduct a review of the case by providing feedback as lessons learned.
  D. Invite a consultant to review the process in order not to repeat the same issue and share the results with the team.
  D. Invite a consultant to review the process in order not to repeat the same issue and share the results with the team.

• Question 505:

  An agile project team is looking to develop quality standards for a project. How should the project manager coach the team?

  A. Determine the tools and techniques suitable for the project and ensure that testing is done early and continuously.
  B. Inform the team that user acceptance testing is required to ensure that the product owner accepts the solution
  C. Insist that test-driven development is implemented along with the automated testing
  D. Ensure that the definition of done (DoD) is provided when the product owner agrees that all acceptance criteria have been met for the user story
  C. Insist that test-driven development is implemented along with the automated testing

• Question 506:

  A team has noticed a labeling mistake in two different prototypes. The mistake resulted in a need to apply a different destructive testing plan for each prototype. This resulted in a decline in team morale. What should the project lead do?

  A. Lead the team through the next sprint to prevent a similar issue.
  B. Influence stakeholders to support the team allowing recovery within limits.
  C. Bring in subject matter experts (SMEs) to coach the team.
  D. Use cost and time contingencies to mitigate a project baseline impact.
  B. Influence stakeholders to support the team allowing recovery within limits.

• Question 507:

  A project team member who was a top performer in the planning phase of a project was easily irritated during the fifth sprint of the software development phase. The team member's attitude and behavior made the other team members feel uncomfortable.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Assess the workload of each team member and redistribute tasks.
  B. Meet with the team member to offer any help that may be needed.
  C. Reorganize the team to reduce the interactions causing the team discord.
  D. Arrange an immediate agile training course for the team member.
  B. Meet with the team member to offer any help that may be needed.

• Question 508:

  A supplier, who was tasked with providing an important component for a project, is unable to deliver the materials due to a large-scale labor problem. What document should the project manager use to update the details and communicate to relevant stakeholders?

  A. Risk register
  B. Project schedule
  C. Change request
  D. Issue log
  D. Issue log

• Question 509:

  An experienced project manager is working on a complex hybrid project that has several dependencies with other projects. How should the project manager reduce the risk related to those external dependencies?

  A. Assess consolidated project plans for dependencies, gaps, and continued business value
  B. Delegate the review of dependencies to the project sponsor and resource manager
  C. Schedule a daily interproject review to track the progress of each project plan and their dependencies
  D. Ask the project management office (PMO) to review the project plan dependencies
  A. Assess consolidated project plans for dependencies, gaps, and continued business value

• Question 510:

  A project team working on a big data project has concluded the make-or-buy decision on a particular feature, which will drive an increase in product adoption. The team decided to buy commercial software. What should the project manager do next?

  A. Request a purchase order.
  B. Inform the project sponsor.
  C. Update the risk register.
  D. Finalize change control.
  C. Update the risk register.