PMI PMP Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

PMI PMP Online Questions & Answers

• Question 941:

  A project manager for a factory construction project in a small town is evaluating the necessary actions to engage stakeholders. The local community is speculating the impact of the facility. There are rumors of job opportunities and environmental impacts which are listed on the project risk matrix.

  What should the project manager do with regard to community engagement in this situation?

  A. Include the local union representative in the high-power, high-impact stakeholder group.
  B. Focus on the sideward stakeholders only and let the organization manage the community.
  C. Build channels to extend communication efforts to the local community.
  D. Use the city administration to address communication with the community.
  A. Include the local union representative in the high-power, high-impact stakeholder group.

• Question 942:

  A new project needs to be submitted for urgent funding approval. The project, which will use a new technology, is vital to the organization. The entire Scrum team has worked together for over 3 years on multiple projects and delivered the previous project under the approved budget.

  Which estimation technique should the project manager implement in this context?

  A. Budget estimate
  B. Definitive estimate
  C. Story points
  D. Order of magnitude
  C. Story points

• Question 943:

  As part of its growth strategy, management is providing all of its ongoing projects with junior employees and is requesting experienced team members to mentor them. The experienced employees argue that the mentoring program will not add value to their projects and will limit their ability to deliver.

  How should the project manager handle this situation?

  A. Recommend to management that the junior employees should receive formal training and courses.
  B. Schedule time with all of the project team members since it is the role of the project manager to mentor the team.
  C. Allocate specific time for experienced team members to mentor the junior employees.
  D. Assign an instructor to mentor the junior employees so that the experienced team members can focus on project tasks.
  C. Allocate specific time for experienced team members to mentor the junior employees.

• Question 944:

  At the beginning of a project, a project manager is asked to provide human resources (HR) with an evaluation of every team member's performance. This evaluation will be delivered at the end of the project. How should the project manager approach this request?

  A. Establish a set of objective and measurable performance indicators for evaluating team members and share it with the team.
  B. Meet with HR at the end of the project and provide a confidential evaluation of every team member's performance.
  C. Ask the project team how they would prefer to be evaluated and use those criteria to share results with HR.
  D. Evaluate the project team members' performance based on whether the completed project fulfills its intended objectives.
  A. Establish a set of objective and measurable performance indicators for evaluating team members and share it with the team.

• Question 945:

  A construction company is executing a building contract that includes firm milestones for replacing certain components of the building. During execution, the client complains that the new components do not meet the requirements.

  What should the project manager have done to prevent this from happening?

  A. Defined acceptance criteria in a quality checklist agreed upon before starting the build phase.
  B. Approved a detailed change management process before starting the build phase.
  C. Provided compensation for issues due to the variance in the agreed-upon requirements.
  D. Continuously communicated the changes in the work plan and the agreement to the client.
  A. Defined acceptance criteria in a quality checklist agreed upon before starting the build phase.

• Question 946:

  A project manager is assigned to a research project. The project team has been selected and has worked together on other projects. Based on the project documentation, team members seem to be working at their own pace and have had little interaction with the project manager.

  What should the project manager do to have a high-performing team?

  A. Set up regular project status meetings and invite all team members.
  B. Encourage the team to define the ground rules for performance.
  C. Set up individual calls to follow up on each team member's progress.
  D. Invite team members to an informal meeting to get to know one another.
  B. Encourage the team to define the ground rules for performance.

• Question 947:

  In a project, one team member has been asking for directions and what actions to take on many tasks. As a result, the team member has performed slowly in project delivery. What should the project manager do to help this team member?

  A. Assign another senior team member to coach the team member.
  B. Address the team member's performance accordingly.
  C. Empower the team member to make decisions.
  D. Mentor the team member on a regular basis.
  C. Empower the team member to make decisions.

• Question 948:

  A project manager leads a software development project in a hybrid environment. During project planning, the project manager identified a risk where a technical resource for a critical path item may not be available when needed. One week before the resource is needed, the technical engineer had a personal emergency and had to take a leave.

  What should the project manager do next?

  A. Update the lessons learned report and the risk log to reflect that this risk has materialized.
  B. Revise the project management plan and move the task to a time when the technical resource will be available.
  C. Consult the risk register for an appropriate planned risk response and implement.
  D. Review the business requirement with stakeholders and exclude the task assigned to the technical resource.
  C. Consult the risk register for an appropriate planned risk response and implement.

• Question 949:

  A key business stakeholder sent emails to the developers with complaints based on the last few sprints. The developers forwarded the emails to the project manager but have not yet responded to the stakeholder. What should the project manager recommend to the developers?

  A. Analyze and perform a root cause analysis (RCA).
  B. Add the situation to the issue log.
  C. Forward the emails to the product owner.
  D. Set up a team meeting to discuss a response.
  D. Set up a team meeting to discuss a response.

• Question 950:

  A contractor has been making small changes to the engineering specifications without submitting change requests. The contractor and the technical team did not discuss the changes with the project manager, and the modifications do not affect the budget and quality of the deliverable.

  What should the project manager do?

  A. Report the violation to the change control board (CCB) and seek comprehensive approval for these modifications.
  B. Update the change management plan to define the level of control required for these types of modifications.
  C. Ask the quality control team to evaluate the modifications, but take no action because the associated quality risks are insignificant.
  D. Request the engineering team to update the specifications to reflect the modifications made by the contractor.
  A. Report the violation to the change control board (CCB) and seek comprehensive approval for these modifications.