PMP Online Practice Questions and Answers

A company has a lot of experience with predictive projects The project management office (PMO) has been trying to implement iterative tools within the project management framework, and the project manager has been asked to use these tools in their current project After the successful implementation of the iterative tools, the PMO asks the project manager to determine the benefits these tools brought to the project.

What should the project manager do?

A. Prepare and submit a status report to the steering committee to update performance monitoring

B. Determine the data to be monitored during the project as well as the expected performance and targets.

C. Update the communications management plan to consider performance review meetings with the project stakeholders

D. Conduct reviews with stakeholders to discuss the potential benefits the approach may have to the project

An agile project is running its fifth iteration out of eight After the last iteration planning the team was informed that there is a new competitor in the market and it is necessary to move faster to ensure market share is not missed What should the project manager do?

A. Add the competitor's functionalities to the product backlog to improve the product

B. Ask the sponsor to add more people to the team

C. Help the team to find a new approach to launch the product as soon as possible

D. Ask the team to increase the velocity to launch the product as soon as possible

How should the project manager develop the project management plan to ensure that the project continually delivers the expected benefits?

A. Clarify project benefits with the sponsor.

B. Identify the goal of each work product

C. Perform integration testing of each release

D. Include the entire project team in testing

The business manager and the product owner are requesting a more flexible way to incorporate changes into the product baseline They are concerned about losing time to market with respect to other vendors What should the project manager do?

A. Review the assumption log and project management plan for changes.

B. Identify adequate change management tools to conduct the project

C. Establish a change control board (CCB) with key stakeholders.

D. Allow key stakeholders to make some changes to deliver the product faster

What should an agile lead do lo ensure their team is set up for success?

A. Pay attention to team dynamics and understand that coaching is done simultaneously at an individual and whole-team level

B. Schedule sprint meetings and coaching sessions to discuss project-related information

C. Plan quarterly informal meetings or team bonding sessions to encourage the team to work together

D. Document team tasks and challenges in order to understand when to step in and help a member of the team

A project manager is leading a project that involves on-site and remote team members One task that was assigned to a team member in another country appears to be behind schedule When the project manager inquires about this, the team member claims that the task was completed and that this was reported to the team lead via a telephone conversation.

What should the project manager do?

A. Communicate the ground rules, principles and reporting methods to the project stakeholders

B. Penalize the project team lead for not updating the project documentation properly.

C. Review this issue with the team lead for possible ways to resolve this situation

D. Issue guidance to the team member about reporting directly to the project manager

A project manager is part of a team that is launching a series of features to comply with a new regulation. The team has only 6 weeks to release the features to the legacy applications. During the standup meeting, a software engineer

indicated that the development of an important feature is on hold until the assigned designer completes a specific task. This delay is a serious road block to meeting the release date.

What should the project manager do?

A. Contact the design team manager and ask to reconsider the priority list based on the latest situation,

B. Meet with the designer to share the current status and develop a solution to complete the task.

C. Meet with the design team manager to inform them of the current status and request an additional designer.

D. Ask the software engineer to move forward without completing the important feature.

An IT project manager has been referred to a new, highly rated vendor that provides quality assurance professional services, The project manager plans to engage the quality assurance vendor on a new project, but their rates do not fit into what was budgeted for the project.

What should the project manager do next?

A. Discuss the issue with the management team.

B. Engage the project stakeholders.

C. Update the contract with a lower rate,

D. Engage the procurement team.

During a project status meeting with senior managers, the project manager gives an update about the status of a deliverable. Some of the senior managers claim not to Know about the deliverable. What should the project manager do next?

A. Validate if the project charter changed from the original one.

B. Meet with these stakeholders to review the project charter.

C. Check if these stakeholders attend regular project meetings.

D. Review the project charter to validate this claim.

A project team has expressed concern that certain remote team members are not able to collaborate with the larger project team due to their work schedule. The project manager is confused since the entire team is located in the same time zone and believes there are other factors at play.

What should the project manager do next?

A. Implement new options.

B. Examine the team's virtual needs.

C. Rectify ground rule violations.

D. Review performance formally.