PMI PMP Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

PMI PMP Online Questions & Answers

• Question 851:

  A project manager is responsible for providing a budget estimate for a long-term project that will be executed over several years. Which essential task should the project manager implement at this phase?

  A. Include key risks in the cost baseline.
  B. Perform an analogous estimate.
  C. Perform a bottom-up estimate.
  D. Include projected inflation rates.
  B. Perform an analogous estimate.

• Question 852:

  The project manager's firm is executing a construction project. The project is stalled due to reemerging conflicts and misunderstandings among stakeholders. What should the project manager do to ensure a smooth start and completion of the project?

  A. Conduct an on-site survey, start the project to avoid any undue delays, and ensure costs are under control.
  B. Invite all the stakeholders to a change control board (CCB) meeting, share feedback and facts, and come to a consensus.
  C. Advise the firm to cancel the project due to misunderstandings among the stakeholders and the associated risks.
  D. Determine the root cause of the misunderstandings, get all parties to reach a consensus, and help to implement the outcome.
  D. Determine the root cause of the misunderstandings, get all parties to reach a consensus, and help to implement the outcome.

• Question 853:

  A project manager is leading a team and wants each team member to produce their deliverables and be held accountable for the work product. What should the project manager do first?

  A. Engage with each project team member to explain the individual consequences of late delivery.
  B. Establish a daily standup meeting where each project team member reports their progress.
  C. Create a plan of action and milestones (POAM) to detail the deliverables for each project team member.
  D. Empower each project team member with ownership of a particular aspect of the project.
  D. Empower each project team member with ownership of a particular aspect of the project.

• Question 854:

  An agile team is developing a new content management system. Some of the team members are struggling to deliver certain features since they have never worked on this type of solution. What should the project manager do?

  A. Ask the team to read through all of the available system documents.
  B. Encourage the team to hold a knowledge-sharing session in each iteration.
  C. Encourage the team members to make changes directly in the system.
  D. Replace the members with new members who understand the system.
  B. Encourage the team to hold a knowledge-sharing session in each iteration.

• Question 855:

  A project manager is in a cross-functional agile team. The project manager has been assigned a software project with multiple features that will take the team about a year to complete. The CEO is insisting that the solution needs to meet business goals for the year end, which is due in 6 months.

  What should the project manager do to align stakeholders' needs and expectations?

  A. Work with the stakeholders to create a prioritized backlog and release a roadmap.
  B. Modify the requirements to those that can be completed in 6 months.
  C. Implement fast-tracking and crashing activities to complete the project in 6 months.
  D. Include all stakeholders in daily scrum meetings to keep them informed.
  A. Work with the stakeholders to create a prioritized backlog and release a roadmap.

• Question 856:

  In an ongoing project, stakeholders have been approaching team members for status reports and changes without consulting the project manager. What should the project manager do to ensure a successful project?

  A. Send the project charter to all stakeholders for information.
  B. Send an email to all stakeholders directing them to approach the project manager directly.
  C. Review the stakeholder engagement plan and inform the stakeholders.
  D. Review the change management plan and ask the change control board (CCB) to be involved.
  C. Review the stakeholder engagement plan and inform the stakeholders.

• Question 857:

  While reviewing a project with high-level executives, the project manager realizes that the conversation always deviates to other topics instead of the project itself. What two actions should the project manager take? (Choose two)

  A. Review with the team all of the topics that came up during the meeting.
  B. Extend the meeting time to review additional topics.
  C. Redirect the conversation to the project updates.
  D. Restrict offline reviews to critical points related to the project.
  E. Schedule effective communications training for the stakeholders.
  C. Redirect the conversation to the project updates.
  E. Schedule effective communications training for the stakeholders.

• Question 858:

  A project manager is working on a project using a hybrid approach. The project is scheduled to be completed in three more sprints. One of the team members notifies the project manager that they are leaving the company which was approved by their functional manager.

  What should the project manager do first in this situation?

  A. Ask the functional manager why a decision was made without consulting them.
  B. Use soft skills to influence the team member to slay until the project is completed.
  C. Ask the functional manager for an immediate replacement for the team member.
  D. Review the risk management plan and mitigation plan to understand the impact of this issue.
  D. Review the risk management plan and mitigation plan to understand the impact of this issue.

• Question 859:

  A project team is prioritizing the creation of project artifacts and enforcing it rigidly, while they face issues with delays in deliverables. How should the project manager respond?

  A. Facilitate the implementation of an automated tool for the team to manage project artifacts.
  B. Implement stricter controls so that project artifact creation is given the utmost importance.
  C. Recognize the team's efforts for documenting artifacts and motivate them with an incentive mechanism.
  D. Advise the team that solely focusing on artifacts will not produce successful project deliverables
  D. Advise the team that solely focusing on artifacts will not produce successful project deliverables

• Question 860:

  The project manager has initiated the project and the team's roles and responsibilities have been assigned. In preparation for the development of the project management plan, the project manager reviews lessons learned from previous projects and discovers that the same team has been missing delivery dates.

  What should the project manager do to ensure timely delivery?

  A. Ask the team leader to assign other resources.
  B. Update the issue log.
  C. Include this in the risk register.
  D. Escalate the issue to the functional manager.
  C. Include this in the risk register.