PMI PMP Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

PMI PMP Online Questions & Answers

• Question 71:

  After assigning tasks to a project team, a project manager discovers that some team members are uncomfortable. Same team members are having 4 difficult time understanding their assigned tasks, whereas other team members are challenging the schedule based on that allocation to the project.

  Which phase of the Tuckman ladder of team formation is occurring?

  A. Forming
  B. Mourning
  C. Storming
  D. Norming
  C. Storming

• Question 72:

  A project manager is working in a company that has several global offices. During resource planning for a new project, the project manager realizes that the company requires projects to include team members from different continents. What should the project manager do to ensure a successful project execution?

  A. invite all resources to the project manager's location to form a cohesive team until all deliverables are completed.
  B. Send emails with information about the project deliverables on the first day of the project.
  C. Connect with every location and check their preferred methods of communication.
  D. Plan for a meeting with the project sponsor to discuss the possibility of utilizing only local colleagues.
  C. Connect with every location and check their preferred methods of communication.

• Question 73:

  A project to build a new energy plant was just completed. However, a few days before operation of the plant, the local community protested and closed access to the plant. They argue that an important natural reserve was impacted and prior consultation was not done by the project team.

  What should the project manager verify first?

  A. Stakeholder engagement plan
  B. Risk management plan
  C. Business case
  D. Cost-benefit analysis
  A. Stakeholder engagement plan

• Question 74:

  A team has been working for some time on a project with incremental deliveries. The project manager noticed that one of the team members is less engaged in team meetings, yet delivers promptly. While discussing the source of demotivation, the team member informed the project manager that this is due to a feeling of lack of skills in dealing with new tasks.

  How should the project manager address the issue?

  A. Replace the team member with a resource from another team who already has the requisite training and skills needed.
  B. Review which tasks the team member would feel more motivated to work on, then assign those tasks to the team member.
  C. Discuss growth and development needs with the team member and provide learning opportunities accordingly.
  D. Create a self-paced learning plan with the team member during working hours, with checkpoints on learning progress.
  C. Discuss growth and development needs with the team member and provide learning opportunities accordingly.

• Question 75:

  A new project manager was assigned to a project during implementation. The project manager realized that new tax policies are creating a risk for a cost overrun by 25%. The project manager updated the risk register and kept the project running as normal. The CEO has announced that the project could be cancelled since the acceptable cost overrun is only 20%. The project manager was quite surprised as this was new information.

  What should the project manager have done to avoid this?

  A. Ensured the risk tolerance of the company was property updated
  B. Implemented the communications management plan properly
  C. Implemented the stakeholder engagement plan correctly.
  D. Provided a proper risk response
  A. Ensured the risk tolerance of the company was property updated

• Question 76:

  The following chart contains information about the tasks in a project.

  

  Based on the chart, what is the schedule variance (SV) for Task 8?

  A. -2,000
  B. -1,000
  C. 1,000
  D. 2,000
  B. -1,000

• Question 77:

  A company started a project to create a new product that will be delivered in iterations. The artwork development plan included extensive consultation and validation before the build. The company changed the project focus to speed to market because one of its competitors announced the launch of a similar product.

  What should the project lead do?

  A. Work with the product owner to assess the impact and reprioritize the product backlog.
  B. Schedule a meeting with the project sponsor to identify and allocate additional resources.
  C. Submit a formal change request and obtain approval from the change control board (CCB).
  D. Meet with the Scrum Master to determine whether the development cycle can be reduced.
  A. Work with the product owner to assess the impact and reprioritize the product backlog.

• Question 78:

  During a kick-off meeting at the start of project execution, the vendor presents a migration plan to client stakeholders. The director of the business unit that owns the solution being migrated demands the ability to make the final go/no-go decision about whether the systems go live.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Schedule a meeting with the director to provide proof of expertise so the client stakeholders will trust the project team's decision.
  B. Schedule a meeting with the project sponsor to determine if it is appropriate to accept the director's request to provide a decision.
  C. Confirm with the director that the client stakeholders will be made accountable for the decision in the responsibility assignment matrix (RAM).
  D. Ask the client to initiate a change request to make the director accountable for the decision.
  D. Ask the client to initiate a change request to make the director accountable for the decision.

• Question 79:

  A project manager is newly appointed to lead a project team that will be working remotely. The project manager decided to use a set of tools that worked well for previous projects. However, a few team members are not happy with this plan. What should the project manager have done to avoid this?

  A. Delegated the responsibility of selecting the collaboration tools to the project's technical lead.
  B. Met with the project team to determine their collaboration needs and identified tools that will work best.
  C. Allowed the project team members to use the tools that will work best for them for this project.
  D. Asked the project sponsor for approval to purchase the newest collaboration tool on the market.
  B. Met with the project team to determine their collaboration needs and identified tools that will work best.

• Question 80:

  A project team has experienced deliverable delays in the last few iterations. During the retrospective, the team realizes that the quality issues identified are because the quality process is outdated. Who should the project manager ask to update the process?

  A. Project team
  B. Project management office (PMO)
  C. Quality lead
  D. Product owner
  C. Quality lead