PMI PMP Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

PMI PMP Online Questions & Answers

• Question 591:

  An agile team has started a new project.

  When should the project manager organize their first team retrospective?

  A. When the team completes a release of a monumental increment
  B. When the team reaches a major milestone
  C. When more than a few weeks have passed
  D. When the work is progressing well through the team
  B. When the team reaches a major milestone

• Question 592:

  A project manager receives a serious complaint from a functional manager about a team member. What should the project manager do?

  A. Replace the team member immediately to maintain a good relationship with the functional manager.
  B. Discuss the issue with the functional manager to understand the reason for the complaint.
  C. Support the team member and provide documentation to the functional manager proving their performance.
  D. Protect the team member and ask the project sponsor to minimize any external interruptions.
  B. Discuss the issue with the functional manager to understand the reason for the complaint.

• Question 593:

  A key stakeholder asks the project manager to complete all deliverables sooner than the agreed-upon schedule. The project is halfway complete and currently has a schedule performance index (SPI) of 0.9 and a cost performance index (CPI) of 1.

  What should the project manager do first before committing to the stakeholder?

  A. Add more resources to complete the remaining deliverables early.
  B. Review and analyze the risks associated with compressing the schedule.
  C. Prioritize critical activities and skip noncritical activities.
  D. Perform several activities in parallel to compress the schedule.
  B. Review and analyze the risks associated with compressing the schedule.

• Question 594:

  A project manager for an IT company starts a project with members distributed across five different countries and four different time zones. In the first meetings with the sponsor and some stakeholders, the project manager notices that people do not join the meetings on time, have internet connection issues, or experience language barriers during some conversations.

  What should the project manager do to improve communication among the team?

  A. Arrange for some initial face-to-face team meetings for the project team to meet each other.
  B. Explain the benefits of common working hours to aid better communication among the project team.
  C. Set up a team communications management plan for the company and team members to follow immediately.
  D. Share a contact log document for all the team members to make communication easier.
  C. Set up a team communications management plan for the company and team members to follow immediately.

• Question 595:

  The Scrum team working with the quality department has been shifting away from the Business unit due to unclear product requirements. It is now the third sprint and both teams have been at a standstill for a few days. What should the project leader do to solve this situation?

  A. Analyze the problem with both teams to figure out If pan of the work must be redone.
  B. Select new team members in an effort to obtain fresh ideas to solve the impasse.
  C. Demand that the business team stop wasting time and define final requirements for the product.
  D. Tell the business team and Scrum team to continue following the initial plan.
  A. Analyze the problem with both teams to figure out If pan of the work must be redone.

• Question 596:

  A project manager is leading a project with a negative risk that has just become an issue. The risk has been recorded, and a response plan has been established. However, a project team member proposes a response that differs from the response recorded in the risk management plan, which the team member believes will be cheaper and equally effective.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Evaluate the new proposal with the project team to determine whether it is a more beneficial alternative.
  B. Adhere to the issue response proposed in the risk management plan, as it is the agreed-upon solution.
  C. Ask the project team member to write a formal email explaining the proposal and send it to the change control board (CCB).
  D. Implement the new proposal as soon as possible, since it is expected to be cheaper and equally effective.
  A. Evaluate the new proposal with the project team to determine whether it is a more beneficial alternative.

• Question 597:

  During a meeting with a customer, it was determined that participants of the meeting had different draft versions of an important design document. What should the project manager do first to ensure that this does not happen again?

  A. Revisit the communication process control.
  B. Ensure only the approved version is shared.
  C. Investigate how draft versions were shared.
  D. Ensure only the latest version is shared.
  A. Revisit the communication process control.

• Question 598:

  During planning, a virtual project team agreed to the project reporting structure and established a meeting cadence that fits multiple time zones. One month into execution, the project manager notices that certain members are disengaged during project meetings.

  What should the project manager do to resolve this issue?

  A. Work with the team to review the effectiveness of the agreed project practices.
  B. Set up follow-up sessions on all action items for team members.
  C. Distribute the meeting agenda and objectives the day before the project meetings.
  D. Review the project reporting structure to clarify the project objectives.
  A. Work with the team to review the effectiveness of the agreed project practices.

• Question 599:

  A project lead is managing a project in the execution phase. A new product owner was assigned and the project lead had their first meeting with the new product owner. During the meeting, the new product owner indicated the scope of the first release needs to be changed.

  What should the project lead ask the product owner to do first?

  A. Create new backlog items and discuss them in the next sprint retrospective.
  B. Create new backlog items and discuss them in the next sprint planning.
  C. Review the new backlog items and discuss them in the next standup.
  D. Review the priorities of the existing backlog items included in the release.
  D. Review the priorities of the existing backlog items included in the release.

• Question 600:

  A project has issues arising where the data integration team and the data migration team have areas that overlap. It is not clear who would be responsible for delivery on these areas.

  What should the project manager do next?

  A. Review the project scope to align the project teams
  B. Review the resource management plan to align the project teams
  C. Review the project integration plan to align the project teams
  D. Review the work breakdown structure (WBS) to align the project teams
  B. Review the resource management plan to align the project teams