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A project manager is working on a construction project. The company owner asks the project manager to provide cost estimates for the new decoration project within 4 hours. How will the project manager be able to complete this task?

• Tell the owner that a rough order of magnitude will be provided.

• Contact a subject matter expert (SME) for advice and consultation.

• Call a meeting with the project team to identify the most appropriate approach.

• Tell the owner that the task requires more time and expertise

During a standup meeting, a team member raises the issue that they have blockers and impediments preventing them from moving on to the next task. How should the project lead handle this situation?

• Support the team member by removing the blockers and impediments.

• Allocate the blockers and impediments to the product owner to resolve.

• Insist that the person who raised the blockers and impediments take ownership.

• Add any blockers or impediments to the risk register,

A company's CEO complains about the frequency of project communications. The CEO receives five project reports each week by email but does not have enough time to review them. In addition, the information that the CEO receives is not relevant in that it does not explain the project status, What should the project manager do first?

• Review the stakeholder engagement plan.

• Review the communications management plan.

• Send the CEO one executive summary per week instead of five reports per week.

• Meet with the team and decide the type and frequency of the reports to send to the CEO.

A project is delayed. The project manager added extra resources to some activities and approved overtime for several team members. What technique is the project manager applying?

• Fast tracking

• Resource leveling

• Critical chain method

• Schedule crashing

A project is coming to a close, and the experienced project team members will be moving on to the next project. Who is responsible for ensuring that the appropriate knowledge transfer is done prior to project closure?

• The project manager must ensure that the knowledge transfer occurred and that this is also included in the organizational process assets (OPAs),

• The project team members need to ensure they have supplied sufficient knowledge transfer.

• The project sponsor must ensure all knowledge transfer is completed before project closure.

• The stakeholders need to ensure they have received sufficient knowledge transfer for ongoing support after the project handover.

We architects are unable to agree on how to approach certain components of the development that will be included in the upcoming sprint. After a one-on-one discussion, the architects have decided to each own a particular module of the system, and the team supports the decision. What should the project manager do?

• Discuss the issue with the team to resolve the disagreement.

• Ensure that there is consensus among the project stakeholders.

• Discuss the issue during the next sprint planning meeting.

• Support the outcome of the architects’ agreement.

An agile team completes a deliverable that is to be certified by another expert team. The second team does not take the deliverable for many months. What should the servant leader do?

• Review the process and remove the impediment

• Escalate this to the project director for a resolution

• Remove the certification need from the project scope

• Escalate this to the agile lead of the second team

A technical lead has complained to the project manager about a team member's performance. The team member has repeatedly missed tasks that have put sprint commitments at risk. What should the project manager do?

• Remove the team member from the team and hire a more skilled one

• Ask the technical lead to provide more training to the team member

• Ask the technical lead to discuss performance directly with the team member

• Meet with the team member to understand the situation and provide feedback.

A new project manager has been assigned to a project that is in its second phase. The product created in the first phase was transferred to operations. During a meeting, the project sponsor complained that some of the reports contain conflicting data on the product value. What should the new project manager do next?

• Review the benefits management plan

• Refer to the lessons learned from the first phase

• Consult the project reports from the previous project manager

• Collect information from related departments

A project manager is facing challenges with team collaboration due to remote work. Team members are not communicating effectively, leading to misunderstandings. What should the project manager do to improve communication?

• Limit communication to only essential updates.

• Encourage team members to use email for all communications.

• Implement regular virtual check-ins to foster communication.

• Assign a communication lead to manage all interactions.