PMI PMP Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

PMI PMP Online Questions & Answers

• Question 81:

  In an agile project that is about 45% complete, most team members are siloed and lack an understanding of each other's work. What would have most likely caused this communication breakdown?

  A. The sprint review meetings were not held regularly.
  B. The daily standup meetings were not consistently attended.
  C. The project manager failed to develop a communications management plan.
  D. The weekly project status reports were not published regularly.
  B. The daily standup meetings were not consistently attended.

• Question 82:

  A primary stakeholder is unable to join the project status meetings consistently. The project manager has been communicating with this stakeholder informally and regularly to ensure that the stakeholder is up to date on the project. However, the project manager has recently resigned and will not be meeting with the new project manager prior to departure.

  How should the project manager ensure that the new project manager continues to update this particular stakeholder?

  A. Ensure that the project team has been provided guidance on the specific needs of this stakeholder.
  B. Update the stakeholder engagement plan with the specific communication needs for the stakeholder.
  C. Ensure that the project documents contain specific instructions regarding the stakeholder.
  D. Update the communications management plan with specific information on stakeholder engagement.
  B. Update the stakeholder engagement plan with the specific communication needs for the stakeholder.

• Question 83:

  In the middle of the execution phase for a big project, a new stakeholder who was unfamiliar with the project joined the board of directors and is influencing the decisions made in the project. This change is impacting the project's progress. What should the project manager do first?

  A. Revise the project schedule
  B. Present the project to the stakeholder
  C. Inform the client about the change
  D. Update the risk register with a new risk
  B. Present the project to the stakeholder

• Question 84:

  A project manager is appointed for the deployment of a new solution. The solution will be integrated into the environment by a third-party vendor. This vendor just announced a delay in delivering a key component, which will impact the project schedule.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Ensure that relevant stakeholders and expectations are identified and assess the component delay.
  B. Perform a detailed analysis of the release content for each component of the solution.
  C. Propose a new design of the solution to replace the external component with an internal one.
  D. Ask for expedited delivery of the component to mitigate the risk of schedule delays.
  A. Ensure that relevant stakeholders and expectations are identified and assess the component delay.

• Question 85:

  An organization has historically executed most projects using a predictive approach. The organization now wants to change over to an agile approach. Which strategy will be useful to effectively help prepare the organization for this change?

  A. Create a task force of executives who will monitor agile projects on a daily basis
  B. Add multiple layers of managers who will be accountable for the agile execution
  C. Improve organizational readiness by addressing impediments to agile in the organization.
  D. Take a big bang approach of moving the whole organization to agile at once
  C. Improve organizational readiness by addressing impediments to agile in the organization.

• Question 86:

  A company's project management office (PMO) has started to implement iterative tools. The project manager is starting a new project and has identified an opportunity to use the new tools. There is disagreement among stakeholders about the use of the adaptive tool.

  What should the project manager do first?

  A. Investigate the reasons for the disagreement to understand the gap among the stakeholders and search for consensus.
  B. Discuss the situation with the stakeholders to evaluate other adaptive tools for the project.
  C. Schedule training sessions for the stakeholders on the benefits of the adaptive tools.
  D. Update the risk register and escalate the disagreement to the project sponsor and distribute the status to the team.
  A. Investigate the reasons for the disagreement to understand the gap among the stakeholders and search for consensus.

• Question 87:

  A project team was established for a community impacted by oil and gas exploration activities. The team is required to interact with several external stakeholders. The local council authority has requested a meeting with the project team to discuss the impact of the project on the community. The project manager was not available at the time of the meeting, and the team was in disagreement regarding who should attend the meeting.

  What should the project manager have done to prevent this conflict?

  A. Provided copies of the stakeholder engagement plan to all team members.
  B. Defined the roles and responsibilities of the team members.
  C. Updated the communications management plan.
  D. Established ground rules for the team
  B. Defined the roles and responsibilities of the team members.

• Question 88:

  A project team completed sprint planning, but at the end of the session, the project lead receives a message from a stakeholder about a legislative change that requires a new validation rule in one backlog item committed for the sprint.

  What should the project lead do?

  A. Remove the current backlog item from the sprint and replace it with defect fixing.
  B. Remove the current backlog item from the sprint and replace it with a similar item.
  C. Update the backlog and advise the team to add this to the acceptance criteria.
  D. Update the product backlog and include the change as a high priority for the next iteration.
  D. Update the product backlog and include the change as a high priority for the next iteration.

• Question 89:

  An organization is about to start a time-critical project and has decided to use an agile approach for the first time. However, stakeholders are worried that they will not be able to verify the status of the project because they believe their usual governance model will not work for an agile project.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Recommend following the existing governance structure with the project team.
  B. Meet with stakeholders to discuss and review the governance structure.
  C. Review the governance structure to reflect scope changes.
  D. Discuss using a hybrid governance structure with stakeholders.
  B. Meet with stakeholders to discuss and review the governance structure.

• Question 90:

  A project manager has been assigned to a project and receives the project charter from the project management office (PMO). The document is very clear about customer requests. During Project Scope Management some requirements seem to be different from the ones specified within the project charter.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Modify the baseline of the project for minor impact changes to the project scope
  B. Use a focus group and brainstorming sessions to gather more details about the project scope
  C. Register the changes in the configuration management plan and send it to the change control board (CCB).
  D. Explain to the sponsor that these requests could endanger the schedule and cost of the project
  B. Use a focus group and brainstorming sessions to gather more details about the project scope