PMI PMP Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

PMI PMP Online Questions & Answers

• Question 841:

  A company is transitioning projects from a predictive to an agile approach. The CFO is concerned that one of the agile projects has an important feature for the financial department that is being delayed for a later iteration. What should the project manager do to clarify the situation?

  A. Create an executive board to review the product backlog and replan the next iterations.
  B. Clarify with the CFO that the prioritization process is based on business value.
  C. Request support from the CEO on how to deal with the situation.
  D. Increase the size of the team in order to match any prior expectations of the CFO.
  B. Clarify with the CFO that the prioritization process is based on business value.

• Question 842:

  A project manager is assigned to a project that will improve the business operations for a trading firm. The project team has just completed the discovery phase and needs to make a presentation to the business team in 4 weeks to showcase the feasibility of the solution.

  How should the project manager advise the team to proceed?

  A. Develop a conceptual framework.
  B. Develop a request for proposal (RFP).
  C. Develop a prototype.
  D. Develop a minimum viable product (MVP).
  C. Develop a prototype.

• Question 843:

  In the past year, a company paid US$60,000 to an external subcontractor for an ongoing project. The project manager has been asked to evaluate if the project can be delivered more cost effectively this year by using internal labor. The project manager used an optimistic term of 4 months, a pessimistic term of 6 months, and a most expected term of 5 months, and has concluded that the service can be delivered with the following resources:

  Two engineers (monthly salary of US$700 each) One project manager (monthly salary of US$1,600) Additional estimated monthly expenses of US$2,000

  The project manager used the program evaluation and review technique (PERT) to calculate the savings if the project is delivered with in-house resources. How much money will the project manager estimate the company can save?

  A. US$35,000
  B. US$20,000
  C. US$40,000
  D. US$30,000
  C. US$40,000

• Question 844:

  A project manager resigned from a recently approved project. A new project manager has been assigned to the project and needs to determine the delegated authority. What should the new project manager do next?

  A. Refer to the project charter
  B. Review the project resource matrix
  C. Assess the stakeholder register
  D. Update the communications management plan
  A. Refer to the project charter

• Question 845:

  An agile project manager would like to convert the requirements document into epics, capabilities, features and stories. In how many iterations should the project manager estimate the story duration?

  A. Four iterations
  B. One iteration
  C. Two iterations
  D. Three iterations
  B. One iteration

• Question 846:

  During a retrospective meeting a project manager hears that stakeholders have been constantly complaining at iteration demos about product features not being delivered as requested. What advice should the project manager give to the Product owner to ensure that product features are always delivered as requested?

  A. Include stakeholders during daily standup meetings to monitor progress.
  B. Validate acceptance criteria with stakeholders prior to backlog refinement
  C. Avoid including stakeholders in iteration reviews.
  D. Create a requirements traceability matrix and distribute it accordingly
  B. Validate acceptance criteria with stakeholders prior to backlog refinement

• Question 847:

  During the initial phase of a construction project, the team is confused about the safety requirements it needs to consider during implementation. The project manager recently met with the client to define the project scope.

  How should the project manager share this information?

  A. Meet with the team and present the scope of the safety requirements.
  B. Distribute the safety requirements during the project execution phase.
  C. Modify the project charter by including the safety requirements.
  D. Send an email to the team with the details of the safety requirements.
  A. Meet with the team and present the scope of the safety requirements.

• Question 848:

  A project is in its fourth iteration out of eight, with a delivery performance of 95%. A project stakeholder asks the project manager about the status of a specific deliverable that is not visible in the status report.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Invite the stakeholder to the next iteration review.
  B. Include the deliverable in the status report and resend it to the stakeholder.
  C. Invite the stakeholder to the next daily meeting.
  D. Schedule a meeting with the stakeholder to review the status report.
  A. Invite the stakeholder to the next iteration review.

• Question 849:

  During the execution of a financial project, a project manager met with the project team weekly to evaluate the project's progress. However, the sponsor requests that project performance be checked daily. The key team members disagree with this requirement and argue that they do not have enough time to go to daily meetings because they are at an executive level.

  What should the project manager do first?

  A. Negotiate with the key team members to send a daily report and let the sponsor know that the project cost will increase. ty
  B. Recommend to the sponsor that performance of the project be reviewed once per week.
  C. Review the communications management plan and submit a change request if required.
  D. Evaluate the capacity of each team member to attend daily meetings in person or virtually and reduce the time of each meeting.
  C. Review the communications management plan and submit a change request if required.

• Question 850:

  During the implementation phase of a project, a new regulation affects the project, and a critical status meeting discussing the scope changes is required. The project manager discovers that a key stakeholder cannot attend the scheduled meeting.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Call for a change control board (CCB) meeting, and inform the stakeholder about the outcome
  B. Update the communications management plan and implement the change
  C. Meet with the project sponsor to discuss how to address the situation.
  D. Meet with the stakeholder prior to the meeting to obtain their opinion
  D. Meet with the stakeholder prior to the meeting to obtain their opinion