Full Length Exam 3 dengan 175 soal

A project is in the execution phase when the project manager realizes that several of the stakeholders identified at the start of the project were removed from the project. The stakeholders that have been removed from the project are frustrated with the unnecessary communication and express concern that the remaining stakeholders may not be receiving all of the information they require.

What should the project manager have done to prevent this?

• Identified and documented all stakeholder requirements at the start of the project.

• Reported all project information to every stakeholder throughout the project lifecycle.

• Updated the stakeholder engagement plan through the change control process

• Relied on existing stakeholders to inform the project manager about missing stakeholders

A project manager is working on an agile project with a cross-functional team. The project manager is informed that some team members typically raise additional requirements that are not in the approved scope.

What should the project manager do to address this expected behavior?

• Coach the team to manage scope using the appropriate framework

• Escalate to the sponsor and request replacement team members

• Conduct daily standup meetings with the team and stakeholders.

• Explain that requirements cannot be changed without approval

A project team has completed the project deliverables per the requirements specified by the project sponsor. The project manager would like to evaluate whether the project has delivered value to the sponsor. What is the most appropriate element for the project manager to evaluate?

• The alignment of all accomplished deliverables with the initial requirements.  

• Whether the project's deliverables maximized potential income for the sponsor

• The extent to which the delivery of value matched the sponsor's expectations

• The project's overall adherence to scope, time, and budget constraints

An events company is designing a new event for a client that holds biannual conferences. The project is being managed by a new project manager who, after reviewing the last event that occurred 6 months ago, is concerned about issues that may reoccur.

What type of session should the project manager facilitate?

• Retrospective

• Backlog grooming

• Release planning

• Standup

In a software development project, a stakeholder wants to add a major requirement, which they feel will be a great benefit to the project. However, this requirement is not aligned to the project objectives that the business owner has documented.

What should the project manager do next?     

• Ensure the stakeholder understands the purpose of the project

• Encourage the stakeholder to follow the written business requirements.

• Include the additional requirement into the project and inform the business owner.

• Fast-track the project and suggest the new requirement to the business owner

An ongoing project has a high degree of change. In order to evaluate how the IT security team will influence the performance of the project, what should the project manager do?

• Update the stakeholder engagement assessment matrix.

• Analyze corporate political and power structures.

• Create a project communications management plan.

• Manage stakeholders' expectations.

A project manager has identified that a task on the critical path is behind schedule. The project manager thinks that additional resources will help, but higher management declined a request for the additional funding necessary to add resources. The project manager must work with the approved resources and budget.

What would be the best-suited practice for the project manager to address this situation?

• Resource leveling

• Crashing

• Fast tracking

• What-if scenario analysis

An agile team is receiving multiple unplanned requests for product enhancements in an iteration. This impediment is causing the team to miss scheduled tasks.

How should the project manager address this?

• Tell the team to increase their efforts to accommodate the requests.

• Ask the product owner to include requested enhancements in the current iteration

• Request that the project team reprioritizes all of the committed activities

• Ask the product owner to add the enhancement requests to the product backlog

A business manager and product owner are requesting a more flexible way to incorporate changes into the product backlog. They want to reduce go-to-market time in order to react to a competitor's release strategy.

What should the project manager do?

• Coach the product owner to prioritize product backlog items in accordance with business goals

• Review the assumption log and the project management plan to identify potential changes

• Establish a comprehensive change control process and select a change control board (CCB).

• Authorize all key stakeholders to make modifications in order to deliver the product faster.

A project manager for a building project has been informed that a required permit from the local government has not yet been obtained. Applying for the permit will delay project delivery by 21 days at a cost of US$40,000. The fine for not having the permit in place is US$1,900 a day.

What should the project manager do?          

• Apply for the permit and delay project delivery by 21 days.

• Ignore the permit requirement and continue with the project

• Attempt to negotiate with the local government for a pardon.

• Allocate the fine amount as an additional project expense.