PMI PMP Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

PMI PMP Online Questions & Answers

• Question 521:

  During a status review meeting, a team member raises concerns about tasks that are not being completed due to an underperforming resource on the team. What should the project manager do first?

  A. Ask the team to solve the issue internally and review the underperforming resource's situation
  B. Meet with the team member privately to discuss the problem and work together to find a solution
  C. Contact the functional manager and request to replace the team member with a better resource
  D. Discuss various options to improve the team member's performance with their functional managers
  B. Meet with the team member privately to discuss the problem and work together to find a solution

• Question 522:

  A project for a financial organization is in the proposal phase for the selection of a software tool. There have been conflicting opinions on the software that was ranked in the selection. After analyzing the issue, the project manager realizes that two out of the eight teams have concerns about the tool's scalability to support their business needs.

  How should the project manager resolve this conflict and reach a consensus?

  A. Escalate this to senior management and ensure that the team's acceptance is achieved.
  B. Communicate to the two teams that the tool has won per the selection process and they need to accept the outcome.
  C. Ignore the conflict as the tool is selected per the proposal guidelines and the project is complete.
  D. Discuss the outcome of the proposal process and the ranking, then influence the team for acceptance.
  D. Discuss the outcome of the proposal process and the ranking, then influence the team for acceptance.

• Question 523:

  A senior project manager is assigned to lead a team of project managers to run a large initiative. One of the key stakeholders often bypasses the senior project manager and gives instructions to the other project managers directly. What should the senior project manager do?

  A. Tell the project managers to document the stakeholder's instructions.
  B. Evaluate the stakeholder analysis to identify the stakeholder's influence.
  C. Review the benefits realization plan with the sponsor and the stakeholder.
  D. Escalate to the project sponsors and the manager of this stakeholder.
  D. Escalate to the project sponsors and the manager of this stakeholder.

• Question 524:

  A lead project manager for an agile project needs to prioritize requirements define the scope of the initial product and deliver the approved scope in a series of multiple versions. What should the project manager do next?

  A. Work with the product owner to evaluate and prioritize the requirements
  B. Ask the lead developer to run a meeting with the stakeholders to agree on an ordered list
  C. Determine the expected benefits of each requirement to maximize the overall business value
  D. Prioritize the requirements based on the hierarchical level of the requesting stakeholders
  A. Work with the product owner to evaluate and prioritize the requirements

• Question 525:

  A project manager meets with external stakeholders to explain the objectives and outline expectations for a new project. A key stakeholder appears to support the project, with the condition that other unrelated projects will receive financial support. Due to cultural sensitivities, the project manager is reluctant to be direct with the key stakeholder on this matter. The project cannot proceed without the support of this stakeholder.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Proceed with the project without allowing scope creep to occur
  B. Use the contingency funds to provide support for the requested projects
  C. Cancel the project since the stakeholder's request is out of scope
  D. Inform the sponsor and document the request in the stakeholder engagement plan
  D. Inform the sponsor and document the request in the stakeholder engagement plan

• Question 526:

  During a network upgrade for a company, the client informs the project manager that a government representative notified the client about a separate project that will affect the network upgrade. Any change in the upgrade will impact the project's cost and schedule.

  What should the project manager do first?

  A. Perform an impact analysis with subject matter experts (SMEs).
  B. Inform the government representative about the impact of the separate project.
  C. Implement a change request to increase the budget and schedule.
  D. Consult and update the risk register with the project stakeholders.
  A. Perform an impact analysis with subject matter experts (SMEs).

• Question 527:

  A client wants to create an innovative software for the travel industry using an agile approach. A project manager from the company was assigned to work on the details and estimates as requested by the client. What should the project manager do before sending the information to the client?

  A. Put the tasks with estimates in the backlog and clarify that the project will not need any reserves.
  B. Sequence the tasks with estimates and add standard risk reserves to use for software development.
  C. Analyze the tasks, provide estimates, include a prototype demo, and send to the client directly.
  D. Work with the team to understand their views and add the appropriate dependencies and risks.
  D. Work with the team to understand their views and add the appropriate dependencies and risks.

• Question 528:

  While working with the project team on planning project resources, the project manager discovers that a critical resource will be assigned at the same time to another project in the organization. The project team explains to the project manager that this resource cannot be replaced by another resource.

  What should the project manager do first?

  A. Contact the human resources (HR) department to find new resources to replace this critical resource.
  B. Meet with the project lead of the other project to evaluate how to best allocate the critical resource in both projects.
  C. Ask the project team to reschedule the project tasks that will demand the use of this critical resource.
  D. Discuss the resource management plan with the project team for effective utilization of critical resources.
  B. Meet with the project lead of the other project to evaluate how to best allocate the critical resource in both projects.

• Question 529:

  During the initial stage of a project, the team estimated activities for the next iteration in story points. It was agreed that each story point would be assumed to be equal to one day of effort during project execution. There are some activities

  estimated as two story points and others estimated as 100 story points.

  What should the project manager ask the team to do next?

  A. Negotiate the estimation so it gets smaller.
  B. Break down the larger activities into smaller ones.
  C. Resize the story points.
  D. Execute the smaller estimated activities.
  B. Break down the larger activities into smaller ones.

• Question 530:

  A project manager is leading an automation project. The project team is colocated and includes people from both the technical and business units. The project manager discovers that personal differences and work styles are negatively affecting the project.

  How should the project manager address this?

  A. Develop a schedule that ensures people with personal differences work separately.
  B. Use an approach to the project that does not involve colocation.
  C. Meet with the team and agree on expectations from team members.
  D. Invite the functional managers of the different units to address their personal differences.
  C. Meet with the team and agree on expectations from team members.