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ROAD PMP

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
As part of the Estimate Activity Durations process, the project manager facilitates a sprint planning meeting with the product owner and Scrum team. The project manager breaks down the user stories into low-level tasks, estimates the time required in hours, and determines the sprint backlog based on the team’s capacity. Despite meticulous planning, the sprint fails. What might the project manager have done differently ?
a)
Asked the team to prioritize the product backlog before determining the sprint backlog
b)
Assigned the identified low-level tasks to specific individuals in the project schedule
c)
Empowered the team to determine how many user stories they can complete during the sprint
d)
Used story points instead of hours while estimating the size of the user stories and tasks
2.
An experienced agile practitioner was explaining the benefits of empowered, self-organizing, and self-directing teams. Some agile team members then complained that their manager is not very agile as demonstrated by their very directive style of communication. How would the agile practitioner most likely respond to this comment?
a)
The team is still in the storming stage, which requires a lot of direction.
b)
The team is already in the norming stage, which requires a lot of direction
c)
The project has a very tight schedule and must be managed by directives.
d)
Theory is one thing, and real life is a totally different story.
3.
An agile leader facilitates a retrospective, where team members angrily blame each other for violating working agreements. What should the agile leader do first?
a)
Ignore the situation and continue the retrospective as planned
b)
Request that the team members discuss their feelings openly
c)
Be aware of their own personal emotions to keep them in check
d)
Do whatever is needed to make everyone at the meeting happy
4.
scrum team has just begun developing user stories for their current iteration. Based on the lessons learned at the previous iteration retrospective, the team should do more swarming in this iteration. How would the behaviour of the team members change?
a)
All team members would work on the same user story at the same time.
b)
The team would hold more meetings with the project stakeholders.
c)
Each team member would be in charge of a user story and assign others to work on it.
d)
Two or more team members would work on a user story until it is done.
5.
The product owner for an agile project has another project at the same time. As a result, the product owner spends very little time with the development team and the product is suffering. What should an agile practitioner on this team do first?
a)
Coach the product owner on the importance of participating in the team events
b)
Escalate the issue to the project sponsor
c)
Request a new product owner be assigned to the project
d)
Have the scrum master fill a dual role as Agile encourages generalizing specialists
6.
A developer joins a new agile team after working with a different team for 3 years. The developer's former manager keeps asking her for help resolving defects from their previous project. As a result, the developer multitasks and cannot fully dedicate herself to either project, negatively impacting the throughput of both and making both teams frustrated. What is the best course of action for the project manager who leads the current project?
a)
Allow the developer to support both projects
b)
Recommend the termination of both projects
c)
Escalate the issue to the project sponsor
d)
Remove a few items from the product backlog
7.
At the beginning of your project, you were authorized to offer incentives to the designers to work in your company's office building for the duration of the project. You secured a temporary workspace to accommodate the entire project design team in a common area. This strategy allows them to work in proximity to one another to enhance their ability to preforms a unified design team. What tool or technique did you use in this scenario?
a)
Virtual teams
b)
Collocation
c)
Forming
d)
Strategic placement
8.
During a meeting to determine the requirements for a software development project, everyone agrees to include a particular feature except the director of finance who is adamant that it is too costly. After a lengthy debate, the director of finance changes his mind and agrees to the inclusion of the feature. The decision is finally made to move forward with the feature. What decision-making technique has been used in this scenario?
a)
Plurality
b)
Unanimity
c)
Majority
d)
Autocratic decision making
9.
A project manager is acquiring the team resources as specified in the resource management plan. A scrum master is preassigned to lead the design phase of the project, which will use a scrum framework. However, the scrum master's functional manager states that the scrum master's current project has been extended, and therefore the scrum master cannot be released. What should the project manager do next?
a)

Negotiate with the scrum master's functional manager to see if the scrum master could work on both projects on a part-time basis

b)
Put the current project on hold until the scrum master becomes available after implementing their current assignment
c)
Suggest that the scrum master work full time on both projects and obtain management approval to grant the scrum master a bonus
d)
Abandon the hybrid approach and adopt a predictive project management framework for the entire project
10.
While working on the screen layout of a mobile application, a developer on an agile team came up with a screen improvement idea that will enhance the application's usability, and ultimately increase customer satisfaction. Implementing this idea represents a new requirement. The developer's first thought is to implement this improvement to impress their client. What should the developer do next?
a)
Implement the improvement and demonstrate the new screen layout to the product owner
b)
Do nothing since this requirement is out of scope and it should not be added to the product.
c)
Suggest the improvement to the product owner for possible inclusion in the upcoming iterations
d)
Reach out to the customer and obtain their approval to implement the suggested improvement
11.
During a sprint planning meeting, the scrum team is arguing over 115 story points' worth of user stories that the product owner is pushing to be completed in the upcoming sprint. However, the development team’s average velocity is only 100 story points. Who makes the final decision on how many story points will be targeted for completion during a sprint?
a)
The project manager
b)
The development team
c)
The scrum master
d)
The product owner
12.
At the iteration review meeting, several stakeholders are confused and concerned with the software being demonstrated as it does not represent their expectations or priorities. Of the following, which is the most likely cause of this situation?
a)
The stakeholders not attending the daily stand-up meetings
b)
The product owner not properly grooming the product backlog
c)
The team not properly defining when a user story is done
d)
The product owner not adequately defining the acceptance criteria
13.
You are leading a software development project that is running behind schedule. The project team was so inspired and motivated by your vision for the project, a truly exceptional product is being developed, but numerous unaddressed operational issues have delayed the project. What might you have done differently to have kept the project on schedule?
a)
Relied exclusively on management skills in handling the project
b)
Developed better leadership skills
c)
Struck the right balance between management and leadership
d)
Selected a more detail-oriented project team
14.
After a few successful iterations, agile team members hold a planning meeting for their next sprint. Which of the following would be a result of this meeting?
a)
A working product increment
b)
An activity list and a project schedule network diagram
c)
A prioritized list of product backlog items
d)
A list of work items to be completed in the next sprint
15.

A project manager receives an approved request related to a project's governance

framework. What should the project manager do to implement this change?

a)

Put me project on hold until the impact of the change can be assessed

b)

Submit the change request to the project steering committee for approval

c)

Revisit the plan project process and update all planning documents affected by the

change

d)

Re-estimate the durations of project activities affected by the change

16.

While reviewing signed project documentation, the project manager notices that only successes were included.

The project manager discovers that learn members were reluctant to sign documents that indicated errors.

What should the project manager do next?

a)

Start future projects with workshops focusing on the value of documentation

b)

Implement a recognition and rewards system to promote future reporting of errors

c)

Conduct post-implementation meetings lo complete project documentation

d)

Perform an audit to discover errors presented during implementation

17.

Before disbanding a project team, the project manager facilitates a lessons learned workshop. What should the project manager do next?

a)

Perform a post-implementation review

b)

Organize a party to celebrate the project's success

c)

Archive project documents using generally accepted practices

d)

Send project documents to the stakeholders

18.

A project manager leading a new project at a large corporation must develop a high-level estimate in a short period of time. How can the project manager accomplish this?

a)

Look at the organizational process assets

b)

Ask the sponsor to provide the information

c)

Hire a subject matter expert (SME)

d)

Perform a bottom-up estimate

19.

A product Installed early in a project is the incorrect size A change was approved to

replace the product during a planned production stoppage However, the stoppage date was too soon to allow for procurement of a new product Instead, the team installs a revised product found internally at a lower cost.

What should the project manager do?

a)

Gather the team to reinforce the agreed-upon change management process to ensure that no similar changes occur in the future

b)

Document the change to the revised product and cost per the change management

process

c)

Advise the client on the benefits and impacts of keeping or replacing the product, then document the dent's decision

d)

Submit a change request to replace the product with one that meets the client's

Specifications

20.

A successful project manager joins a strategic project with top talent from multiple

departments. However, these high-performing team members experience constant

distractions from their functional managers, which impacts quality and productivity.

What should the project manager do to get the team back on track?

a)

Meet with the functional managers to discuss the allocation of team members

b)

Ask team members to redirect all requests from their functional managers to the project manager

c)

Request that functional managers be trained on how to operate in a matrix organization

d)

Consult peers for recommendations on how to manage this situation

21.

After completing a project schedule, the project manager learns that the sponsor wants an earlier completion data without incurring additional costs. What technique can the project manager use to meet these requirements?

a)

Fast tracking

b)

Crashing

c)

Resource leveling

d)

Monte Carlo simulation

22.

A project management office (PMO) asks a project manager to calculate a project's contingency reserves. What should the project manager do ?

a)

Check the total cost and add a reserve to cover quality issues

b)

Review the risk management plan

c)

Ask the PMO to increase the budget according to company policies

d)

Add a percentage to the cost based on previous experiences

23.

An IT group rejects a project deliverable citing noncompliance with existing processes. The project team believes that reworking the deliverable would delay project delivery by three weeks. What should the project manager do?

a)

Escalate the issue to the project sponsor

b)

Communicate the impact of the rework to the IT group.

c)

Ask the IT manager to conduct a root cause analysis of the issue

d)

Document the rejection in the risk register and issue log

24.

A team member is working the required hours, but is delivering inadequate output. What should the project manager do first?

a)

Allocate some of the team member's work to other team members.

b)

Notify the human resource department that the team member is underperforming.

c)

Meet with the team member to determine the reasons for low performance

d)

Advise the team member of the consequences for not delivering the work.

25.
You are leading a project that is about to transition from a predictive phase to an agile phase. You want to ensure the proper application of best practices for the identified project management framework. As it pertains to accountability, what is the best strategy for the transition?
a)
Present the prioritized product backlog to the development team members during iteration planning and allow<br />them to manage the work
b)
Create a robust RACI chart that includes all of the relevant stakeholders and ensure that only one name is listed as "accountable"
c)
Develop a prioritized product backlog and assign each user story to a team member who is the most qualified to develop its content
d)
Ensure that the work packages are decomposed down to the activity level, and only one individual is accountable for each task