WorksheetsPMP Atoha lesson 13
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
The project is slightly behind schedule. Things would be worse, except for the fact that the project manager makes daily follow-up calls to each of the team leaders to remind them of his expectations and to receive updates on their progress. Without this level of involvement, deadlines were missed and the project manager believed the project success was in jeopardy. Having to constantly push the team to perform is an example of a lack of:
A.
Project continuity
B.
Team accord
C.
Team buy-in
D.Management support
Which of the following needs to be completed before resources can be finalized for the project?
A.
Bar chart
B.Work breakdown structure
C.
Estimates
D.
Validate Scope
The development team on your project is new to agile. They are about two months into the project and have been doing well getting familar with agile practices. However, in the last two sprints they've started having problems. Each time, they committed to deliver a large user story, but didn't get all the work done. Now they are frustrated and looking for a way to improve. They are using three-week sprints and are thinking of extending them to four weeks. Since you have more experience with agile projects, they are asking for your input. What should you do?
A.
Tell the product owner that the planned features are too ambitious and need to be scaled back.
B.Support their conclusion that it would be best to extend their sprints to four weeks.
C.
Email them an article about story slicing and the value of small stories.
D.Meet with them to get a better understanding of why they aren't able to complete the stories.
Your business analyst estimates there is a 25% chance that new regulations will be passed to tighten the testing requirements for the product your agile project is developing. This would require adding two additional rounds of testing, with a potential cost of $750,000 each. You've asked the team if there is anything they could do to avoid or mitigate this risk, but they don't have any suggestions. As the project manager, what should you do?
A.
Hold a workshop with the product owner, the team, and key subject matter experts to identify risk mitigation options and turn them into user stories for the backlog.
B.
Ask the development team to do more research and come up with some risk reduction options for you to consider.
C.
Use the business analyst's data to recommend to senior management that the project charter be re-evaluate
D.Since nothing has happened yet, tell the team to keep working toward their existing release roadmap; wait to respond until the regulations are actually passe
Your project has been running for about two months, and the team has been holding an iteration planning meeting every two weeks. The planning meetings for the iterations have been running between 4 and 6 hours long. However, you notice that the meeting for the current iteration only took two hours. What should you do?
A.
Review the iteration backlog to see if it includes the same number of stories as the previous iterations.
B.
Ask the product owner for an explanation of the sudden change in planning time.
C.
Attend the iteration demo to see how much work was completed and whether the product increment is accepte
D.
Ask the team about the difference to find out whether they have figured out a way to streamline their planning process.
Co-located team of employees is assigned to work with a remote team of contractors in another country. Language and time zone differences are making their collaboration difficult. What should the project manager do?
A.
Assign different features to each team so they can work independently.
B.
Acquire an online collaboration tool to allow the teams to work more closely together.
C.
Arrange for one of the teams to relocate for six months to the other team's location.
D.
Set up a 24-hour video conference call in each of the team rooms.
You estimate there is a 30% chance that your Scrum project will end up needing to create a more advanced filtration unit than originally anticipateThe new unit will require a $210,000 investment and will also delay the delivery of the solution by 4 to 6 weeks. The team members tell you they can't think of any way to completely eliminate this risk. What should you do?
A.
Consult with subject matter experts who can identify and implement strategies for reducing or mitigating this risk.
B.
Request that $210,000 in contingency funds be added to the project budget.
C.
Ask the team to prioritize the development of the filtration system to find out as soon as possible whether it will be needed
D.Escalate this issue to the engineering department and ask the team to continue working on aspects of the project that aren't affected by it.
Which motivational theory uses the concept of Theory Y?
A.Herzberg
B.
Maslow
C.
McGregor
D.
Deming
You believe that the project you have undertaken is relatively straightforward, with less risk than most other projects you have worked on. Therefore, you do not spend a long time on risk identification. While preparing your risk responses, you identify secondary risks that could result in serious consequences later in the project. What should you do?
A.Add a 10 percent contingency to the project budget and notify the customer.
B.Add reserves to the project to accommodate the new risks and notify management.
C.
Document the new risks and calculate the expected monetary value based on the probability and impact of the occurrences.
D.
Determine the risk events and the associated costs, then add the cost to the project budget as a reserve.
You are managing an agile project to develop in-cab dispatch software for a trucking company. A week before a pilot with a small group of beta test drivers, the ticket printing functionality required for Department of Transportation regulations isn’t working. As the project manager, what should you do?
A.Delay the pilot until the ticket printing functionality is ready.
B.
Facilitate a meeting with the team and the product owner to help them come to a decision.
C.
Ask the drivers to create paper tickets, as they have done in the past.
D.
Gather data to inform the product owner so that he can make a decision.
A planned task in a sprint was nearly NOT completed because of an issue that appeared three (3) days prior but was NOT resolved. The team resolved it in the next daily standup meeting, but the project manager wants to prevent this type of situation in the future.
A.
During the retrospective, examine the issue.
B.In the demo, address the issue.
C.
During the next iteration planning meeting, discuss the issue.
D.Send an email to the team.
The marketing director wants to be first-to-market, to launch a version of a smartphone shopping application for retired people, and has asked the agile team to develop it.What should the project manager do to begin the development process?
A.
Work with the product owners and SMEs to break the requirements down into stories.
B.
Meet with product owner, team, and SMEs to identify risks and risk responses.
C.
Ask the team to estimate the effort and build the business case accordingly.
D.Meet with product owner, team, and SMEs to define the minimum viable product (MVP).
A smart grid project combines predictive and agile tracks. The agile team detected a major software defect after its release and began working on a correction. But the defective release was deployed by the predictive track, and this caused a field test to fail.Which measure would be most effective to prevent similar problems in the future?
A.
Run the same unit tests in the agile lab and in the field sites.
B.
Send project-wide issue log updates via instant messaging.
C.
Ensure that retrospectives are shared with the predictive team.
D.Replan the software track into the predictive schedule/
A project manager works for a company that is preparing to develop a new product. The new product will require skills that are NOT currently available.To initiate this project, what should the project manager do?
A.Develop detailed project requirements
B.
Focus on quality control
C.Document the risk in the project charter
D.Develop a competitor analysis
A project is in the execution stage, and a change in the market pushes stakeholders to make the due date earlier. The project manager rapidly assigns skilled resources to build and establish the team.Which of the following would NOT be included in the project manager’s next steps?
A.
Assess required skills for the project.
B.Plan suitable interactions for the team.
C.
Train the new team.
D.
Create a project schedule.
While a project manager is preparing the monthly project status report, four (4) new risks are identified. These four (4) risks could affect key milestones.What should the project manager do before presenting this new risk information?
A.
Review the risk report and lessons learned repository.
B.Review the organizational process assets and risk register.
C.Refer to the risk management plan and the risk report.
D.
Add risks to the risk register, analyze them for impact to the project, and identify response plans.
A project manager realizes that stakeholder interests will conflict on a project and decides to utilize a stakeholder engagement assessment matrix. The matrix pinpoints an influential stakeholder who is resistant to the project. The project manager needs to align this stakeholder's expectations with the goals of the project.How can the project manager accomplish this goal?
A.Produce a stakeholder engagement plan.
B.Convey the stakeholder engagement plan.
C.
Gain consensus on project objectives by meeting with all stakeholders.
D.Ensure that the stakeholder register is complete and updated.
A small group of users complains during a project’s user acceptance stage, stating that their expectations are NOT met.Which action could help avoid this issue on future projects?
A.Send more frequent updates to stakeholders.
B.
Engage in risk assessments throughout the project.
C.Make use of conflict management techniques.
D.Make use of stakeholder feedback during the project.
A project involves six different companies, and the project sponsor is a global organization. At the midpoint of the project, the project manager learns that one stakeholder is experiencing difficulties and CANNOT provide their former level of involvement. The project manager needs to __________ and then __________.(Fill in the blanks with the correct pair of answers.)
A.
avoid the risk; update the stakeholder engagement plan
B.
avoid the risk; update the stakeholder register
C.
mitigate the risk; update the stakeholder engagement plan
D.mitigate the risk; update the stakeholder register
A project that should have been 90% complete by now is only 65% complete. The total project budget is US$120,000 and the actual cost spent to date (AC) is US$80,000. What is the scheduled performance index (SPI) and cost performance index (CPI) of this project?
A.The SPI is 0.72, and the CPI is 0.98.
B.The SPI is 1.38, and the CPI is 1.2.
C.The SPI is 0.94, and the CPI is 1.04.
D.The SPI is 0.80, and the CPI is 0.91.
A project that should have been 90% complete by now is only 84% complete. The total project budget is US$110,000 and the actual cost to date is US$82,000.What is the schedule performance index (SPI) and cost performance index (CPI) for this project?
A.
The SPI is 0.93, and the CPI is 1.13.
B.
The SPI is 1.07, and the CPI is 0.99.
C.
The SPI is 1.15, and the CPI of 0.93.
D.
The SPI is 0.96, and the CPI is 1.18.
A project manager is uncertain about the duration of a project for a new product and consults several groups of subject matter experts (SMEs).The first group advises that development can be finished in 40 days.The second group identifies some risks that could make the duration up to 60 days.The third group proposes a new development method that can shorten the time to 20 days.What is the estimated development duration for the new product?
A.
20 days
B.40 days
C.
60 days
D.
30 days
A start-up has grown quickly, and there are now four (4) agile teams working on interrelated products. All teams have begun to experience impediments and gaps related to work in other teams.How should the project manager address this problem?
A.
Eliminate dependencies between teams.
B.
Favor collaboration tools over meetings.
C.
Implement a Scrum of Scrums layer.
D.Merge into two large teams to reduce issues.
A project has the following characteristics:- A quality management plan is in place.- The quality management plan states that project deliverables must be reviewed, at a minimum, 1.5 weeks before the deadline.- Four (4) deliverables have missed this quality requirement.Which step should the project manager take?
A.Reach out to the project sponsor for their input.
B.
Modify the quality management plan to conform to project practices.
C.
Request that the project undergo an internal audit.
D.
Use a cause-and-effect diagram for root cause analysis.
During Project A’s kickoff phase, the project manager provided training for the entire team regarding the specifics of the company operations that the project supports. A year later, project productivity is suffering because members who were added later in the project do NOT have the same level of understanding.How should the project manager respond to this challenge?
A. Tell the newer team members to ask for help from the long-term members when they run into things they do not understand.
B.
Ask current team members to provide training and support and hold a second kick-off meeting for new team members.
C.
Add new members who have the relevant experience, reassign the newer team members, and log turnover issues in the lessons learned register.
D.
Recognize that this is a natural project progression and revise the schedule to allow for the slight decrease in productivity.
During a technical project, a well-liked project member is reassigned to a different project. The team has expressed disapproval regarding the reassignment.What action can help mitigate the team's disapproval?
A.
Notify the project sponsor regarding the team’s disapproval and brainstorm a response.
B.
Employ leadership and emotional intelligence tools and techniques to inspire the team to continue working.
C.
Add a resource with the same skills to replace the key team member.
D.
Schedule a team-building day to keep the team happy.
A project is comprised of three highly dependent parts, each being completed by its own project team. The team leader, worried that conflicts might arise when the outputs from the three teams are combined, asks for advice.What advice should the project manager provide?
A.
Identify potential conflicts and then arrange for a weekly joint meeting with the members of the three teams to review each other’s work.
B.
Decide which team’s work should be prioritized, then delay the work from the other two teams to ensure there are NO conflicts.
C.
Document conflicts as they occur and take action to remedy any problems that arise.
D.
Continue to let all three teams work simultaneously, recognizing that conflicts can be addressed at the testing phase.
Certain key stakeholders are dissatisfied with the development of a key feature of a project. They express their dissatisfaction during an iteration review meeting.What should the project manager do first to resolve this issue?
A.
Gather the project team for a brainstorming session and identify a solution.
B.Identify the reasons why there are issues with the feature, then address the issue.
C.
Create a list of the pros and cons of the situation to define the impact of the conflict.
D.
Add a neutral party, such as the project sponsor, to function as a negotiator with stakeholders.
A project manager observes that team members are in a low mood after demos. Feedback from stakeholders is constantly causing concern for the team. As a result, the team rushes through product demos, and the interaction between the team and stakeholders is minimal.Which action should the project manager take?
A.
Meet with the stakeholders and find out the root cause of their feedback. Work with the stakeholders to rectify the problems.
B.
Verify that the project requirements are suitable and that the team members can do the work.
C.
Coach the team to be more confident in their work and communicate properly with the stakeholders.
D.
Consult the stakeholder matrix and identify whether any of these people are known to be difficult.
An agile development team changes a design element in a project. Testing results improve dramatically over the next two iterations. At the third iteration retrospective, the product owner is unhappy to learn about the change to the original design and asks the team to redo the work based on the original design.How can the project manager prevent such situations?
A.
Set out all decision path conditions in the ground rules and correct any deviations as early as possible.
B.Request additional funding from the product owner for re-work due to lack of collaboration with the team.
C.
Ensure regular engagement with the product owner and run catch-up meetings if necessary.
D.As servant leader, help the team to focus by removing all impediments.
Project team members are concerned that a new resource does NOT seem suitable for an assigned task.How should the project manager respond to this concern?
A.
Contact senior management to discuss the possibility of reassigning the new resource to a different project.
B.
Schedule time to chat with the new resource to re-assess their skills and understand their strength level.
C.
Ask the team members to document task-related deficiencies displayed by the resource.
D.
Contact the project sponsor to highlight these concerns and decide on an appropriate response.
A project manager receives complaints from a project sponsor because of a delay in developing a prototype. The project manager consults the resource management plan and responds that the delay was due to a lack of knowledge in a specific skill that was needed by the cross-functional project team.How can the project manager perform this task better in the future?
A.
Create training sessions at the start of the project, so all necessary skills are learned.
B.List required skills for the project and organize the project team based on those skills.
C.
Consult with the project sponsor to add training once the lack of a specific skill becomes apparent.
D.
Empower team members to problem solve where skills may be lacking, using the skills they do have.
The product owner's schedule is very busy, and he wishes to delegate some of his tasks to the experienced agile team.Which task is suitable to delegate to the agile team?
A.
Prioritize items to the backlog according to size.
B.
Initiate and run backlog refinement sessions.
C.Select prioritized items for the sprint backlog.
D.Add items to the backlog before prioritization.
While monitoring progress of the agile team, the project manager notices that an expert member's output is much lower compared with that of junior team members. This is a surprise, as the expert works diligently on the most complex tasks and always produces defect-free results.Which is the most likely explanation for the developer's low output?
A.The expert works faster and reports fewer hours than the junior members.
B.
Younger team members are normally more productive.
C.The story point estimates on the expert's work are consistently too low.
D.The expert runs more tests and therefore completes fewer stories.
Before the next iteration begins, project team B meets about an unexpected challenge which threatens to delay the current phase. The task in the next iteration CANNOT be completed because of this challenge. Another team within the project is depending on timely completion of Task 1 in order to fulfill their work.How should the project manager resolve this issue?
A.
Meet with both teams separately and ask them to figure out a way to meet the required deadlines and complete the project on time.
B.
Meet with the product owner to prioritize the iteration backlog, so that it does NOT impact other teams or obligations.
C.
Increase the number of team members for the project team and increase the iteration length, ensuring that the work will be completed according to schedule.
D.
Let team members know you want them to do their best under difficult circumstances, and make sure to note the iteration's challenges in the next retrospective.
The team explains to the project manager that their attempts to get the vendor back on schedule have failed. They have sent emails and phoned, but the vendor only gives vague, noncommittal responses.The product owner insists that this vendor is essential to the success of the project and an important partner of the business.Which action should the project manager take?
A.
Contact the vendor and be direct about the consequences of their actions and delays
B.
Create a virtual workspace for the team so that everyone is aware of and accountable for their tasks and aware of due dates. Include the product owner.
C.Work with procurement to amend the vendor’s service agreement, with specific terms and conditions for work.
D.
Ask the product owner to use personal influence to get the vendor back on schedule.
A project’s daily standup meetings are long, often lasting more than two hours. The project team uses the standup meetings for extended discussions about solutions to project obstacles.What should the project manager do to improve the daily standup meetings?
A.Allow the meetings to remain long but ensure that the time is productive by using an agenda and recording minutes.
B.
Timebox each speaker using a stopwatch in standup meetings.
C.
Nominate a team member to manage obstacles and schedule meetings to discuss possible solutions.
D.
Coach team members towards shortening standup meetings to 10-15 minutes and improve their method for identifying solutions.
A project manager needs to ensure that the team delivers business value within the required timelines. The project manager recently learned that key stakeholders are worried that the current release plan will NOT meet urgent business needs.How can the project manager effectively respond to stakeholder concerns?
A.Renegotiate scope with the project sponsor after examining the work breakdown structure (WBS).
B.Consult with the stakeholders and team members to identify the minimum viable product (MVP) needed for launch.
C.
Determine the schedule performance index (SPI), then escalate the schedule risk to the project sponsor.
D.
Monitor progress using a burndown chart after modifying the schedule baseline to meet stakeholder requirements.
An efficient agile team in a large corporation generated ideas and added innovative features to the backlog. After the additional features are tested and complete, the portfolio owner rejects all of them.What is the most likely reason this situation happened?
A.
The team did NOT make use of the normal quality control processes.
B.The portfolio owner refuses to pay for the team's unplanned work.
C.
The team would be entitled to intellectual property rights on the features.
D.
The product owner did NOT sufficiently align the ideas with the portfolio product owner.
A project manager for a construction firm meets with stakeholders. All stakeholders agree on a 20-month lifecycle for a project. After work has begun, the project manager learns that stakeholders would like project completion within no more than 16 months.Which step should the project manager NOT take?
A.
Negotiate with stakeholders to reduce project requirements.
B.
Add team members to work more quickly.
C.
Reduce the scope and crash the schedule.
D.Advise against modifying the timeline.
