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PMP A1 Examsim (100225)

Total questions: 180

Worksheet time: 6hrs 0mins

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1.

You are in the process of developing the project management plan for a project which will use agile methods for product development. You want to ensure that the key stakeholders will be kept apprised of the business value delivered throughout the course of the project. What is your best course of action? (Choose three.)

a)

Wait until the end of the project to demonstrate the project deliverables to the stakeholders

b)

Invite the stakeholders to attend the regular iteration review meetings

c)

Assign story points based on the business value for each item in the project backlog

d)

Utilize information radiators such as a Kanban board and burn charts.

e)

Ensure the communications management plan specifies periodic project status reporting to the stakeholders

2.

A project manager is developing a plan that will describe how project communications will be planned, implemented, and monitored. What else should be included in this plan?

a)

Strategies and actions needed to involve stakeholders in decision making

b)

A list of potential risk responses

c)

Constraints derived from specific regulations, technology, or organizational policies

d)

Project team roles and responsibilities

3.

The project manager is concerned that the new system planned to be delivered by the project may not be adopted by the end users in the department due to their antichange culture and resistance to new initiatives as seen in the past. What is the best course of action for the project manager?

a)

Build an FAQ website and respond to every end user inquiry quickly

b)

Have the sponsor announce the value of the new system and how everybody is to benefit from it

c)

Meet with the end users and listen to what they have to say

d)

Get the new system in the hands of end users as early as possible and let them see its benefits

4.

A software development project is in planning. After applying all available schedule compression techniques to the max, the project manager squeezes the schedule into 18 months duration and submits the project management plan for approval. However, the client rejects the plan saying it's unacceptable that the project will not deliver any value for 18 months. What is the best course of action for the project manager?

a)

Apply fast-tracking to tasks that reside on the critical path

b)

Incorporate incremental product development within a predictive model

c)

Crash the schedule by hiring additional software developers

5.

You are leading a project to design a car with new self-driving technology. During project planning, existing government regulations regarding the new technology were virtually non-existent. You identified this ambiguity risk during project planning and developed a risk response. Now, with the car ready for production, new regulations have been enacted. The new regulations are so complicated that you have trouble understanding them and their implications for the project. What should you do next?

a)

Seek the opinion of a recognized expert to validate or modify the risk response

b)

Terminate the project since the new technology does not meet the new regulations

c)

Submit a change request to alter the scope baseline to accommodate the new regulations

d)

Proceed with the project and implemented the risk response as originally planned

6.

During a sprint review, the product owner rejects a key deliverable developed by the project team during the sprint. The setback will likely cause a delay to the project's estimated release date. What should the scrum master do?

a)

Confer with the project team to replace the rejected deliverable with new functionality

b)

Escalate the issue to the project sponsor for further consideration

c)

Submit a change request to remove the deliverable from the scope baseline

d)

Work with the product owner to clarify the definition of done (DoD)

7.

During a sprint, a scrum team is running ahead of schedule but encounters an issue that might delay the completion of a particular deliverable. Another project needs the deliverable completed on time to meet its scheduled release date. What might the scrum master do to resolve the issue?

a)

Suggest that the other project submit a change request to revise its schedule baseline

b)

Schedule overtime so that the work can be completed on time

c)

Check with the product owner if the deliverable can be reprioritized to be completed sooner

d)

Address the issue during the project retrospective

8.

Your enterprise software integration project has just begun execution when your organization acquires a new subsidiary and involves them in the project. The new subsidiary recently finished a similar integration project using a compatible tool. Using the tool may accelerate both your project and the new subsidiary's assimilation into the organization. However, the schedule and cost variances to take this opportunity do not quite meet agreed-upon risk thresholds. What should you do?

a)

Do nothing, because the opportunity does not meet your existing stakeholders' risk thresholds as documented in your risk management plan.

b)

Ask your project sponsor for permission to switch to the tool that has been used by the new subsidiary in their recently completed project.

c)

Submit a change request to adjust the risk thresholds that consider the new stakeholders' risk appetite and to update the baselines.

d)

Train your team to use the new tool based on the expert judgment of your new subsidiary's integration project team members.

9.

A scrum master is working with stakeholders to develop the project vision for inclusion in the project charter and wants to ensure that regulatory compliance measures are incorporated into the project requirements. How might the scrum master analyze the consequences of non-compliance?

a)

Facilitate a project post-mortem

b)

Play a session of "remember the future"

c)

Lead a round of planning poker

d)

Conduct a t-shirt sizing exercise

10.

The current sprint's goal is to develop subcomponents that will be integrated into functional deliverables. Due to the highly specialized nature of the subcomponents, each team member will have to complete their development tasks individually. Despite this, the project leader wants to ensure that the activities among the team members are properly coordinated. What is the best course of action for the project leader?

a)

During sprint planning, review the interdependencies between the development tasks on the project schedule network diagram

b)

Ask for the team members' improvement suggestions while transferring the knowledge gained to the lessons learned repository

c)

Ensure that changes to the subcomponents are approved by the CCB to strengthen their alignment with the functional deliverables

d)

Encourage the project team members to actively participate in the discussions that take place during the daily standup meetings

11.

You are leading a project to renovate a faulty waste treatment facility, which will use the same waste disposal techniques as those currently in place. However, legislation for more stringent waste disposal techniques will likely be voted on in the near future. How should you handle the legislation during the development of the project charter?

a)

Ignore the legislation as it is an enterprise environmental factor outside the project scope

b)

Assume that the legislation will not pass during construction and update the assumption log accordingly

c)

Consider the legislation a constraint of the project

d)

Identify the legislation as a high-level risk that should be documented

12.

You have been hired to replace the previous project manager. You are reviewing the project charter to get a sense of the project as well as to help you start developing the project management plan. Which of the following would you not find in the project charter?

a)

Project objectives and their success criteria

b)

Project exit criteria

c)

Scope baseline

d)

Overall project risk

13.

A scrum master is leading a drug development project for a large pharmaceutical company. She is concerned about the impact of potential changes in the business environment including regulatory, technological, geopolitical, and marketplace, that can impact the product backlog and the project as a whole. What sequence of steps should the scrum master take to address these changes to the project?

a)

Step 1 : Assess the impact of the changes on the backlog; Step 2 : Recommend options for backlog adjustment to changes; Step 3 : Revise the backlog based on the suggested options; Step 4 : Review the environment for any additional changes; Step 5 : Identify changes to the external business environment

b)

Step 1 : Identify changes to the external business environment; Step 2 : Assess the impact of the changes on the backlog; Step 3 : Recommend options for backlog adjustment to changes; Step 4 : Revise the backlog based on the suggested options; Step 5 : Review the environment for any additional changes

c)

Step 1 : Recommend options for backlog adjustment to changes; Step 2 : Revise the backlog based on the suggested options; Step 3 : Review the environment for any additional changes; Step 4 : Identify changes to the external business environment; Step 5 : Assess the impact of the changes on the backlog

d)

Step 1 : Revise the backlog based on the suggested options; Step 2 : Review the environment for any additional changes; Step 3 : Identify changes to the external business environment; Step 4 : Assess the impact of the changes on the backlog; Step 5 : Recommend options for backlog adjustment to changes

14.

As your project has uncovered new methodologies to achieve results exceeding all expectations, your team sees an opportunity to attach the project work to a larger initiative in the company beyond the boundaries of the project. You and a few key team members present the idea with the project sponsor and other executives. Which risk strategy was used?

a)

Exploit

b)

Transfer

c)

Mitigate

d)

Escalate

15.

A project manager and team are assigned to a website development project. This project will be relatively small, so the same team members will perform the planning and execution of the project. When is the best time to conduct a project kick-off meeting in this scenario?

a)

Shortly after project initiation has been completed

b)

Right before project execution begins

c)

As part of pre-project work

d)

During project execution

16.

Your marketing project started with a team comprised of junior graphics designers. Throughout the project, you have invested heavily in courses to strengthen the proficiencies of the team members. Now, you are evaluating the professional knowledge of each team member. What would be most likely updated as a result of your efforts?

a)

Project team assignments

b)

Skill assessments

c)

Individual and team assessments

d)

Team-building activities

17.

The first phase of your project was completed successfully. However, during execution of the second phase, you receive questions about the phase objectives, and there seems to be confusion surrounding stakeholder roles and responsibilities. You have also noticed that the commitment level of the stakeholders has declined compared to the first phase. What strategy should have been used to avoid this situation?

a)

Conducting a kick-off meeting at the start of each phase

b)

Carrying out a team-building exercise with the project stakeholders

c)

Conducting the project in a single phase

d)

Assigning a different project manager for each phase of the project

18.

The project was a tremendous success. The project exceeded expectations by coming in under budget and exactly on schedule. To celebrate the success, a party was announced and scheduled for the project team. The party will be financed from cost savings that have been added to the contingency reserves. But as the project is closing, the project manager and other stakeholders are feeling it is better to use the funds allocated for the party to shore up future business with the customer and appease the project sponsor. What should be done with the funds allocated for the party?

a)

Applied to develop additional features

b)

Reassigned back to the organization

c)

Provided to the customer

d)

Spent on the party as planned

19.

A senior developer on your agile team announces that she leaves in two weeks. A change request to hire a replacement is approved, and the new developer is hired. You want to ensure that in the very short time left before the senior developer departs, the knowledge is transferred most efficiently and effectively and that the agile cadence of the team's workflow is maintained. What is your best course of action?

a)

Request that the senior developer and new team member perform job shadowing

b)

Have the senior developer document their best practices

c)

Ask the new developer to review all of the project documentation

d)

Make use of the existing information radiators

20.

You are leading a project to transform an organization from a predictive project management approach to agile methodologies. At regular intervals throughout the project, as part of team development, you conduct individual and team assessments to evaluate the team's knowledge and comfort levels with agile. What should you do with these assessments after they have been completed?

a)

Include the assessments in the resource management plan for future reference

b)

Share the assessments with the team during the iteration retrospective meetings

c)

Update the skill assessments' section of the enterprise environmental factors

d)

Post the results of the skill assessments on the project information radiator boards

21.

You are working in a matrix environment, and your project team has recently been reduced by three team members. As a result, you will need more time from a team member who only spends 50% of their time on your project. Which of the following will have the most significant impact on your ability to acquire more of this employee's time?

a)

Decision making

b)

Issue log

c)

Training

d)

Influencing

22.

During a sprint retrospective, the team members complain that the business analyst has been unresponsive to clarify the work package to be developed in the sprint. As a result, the work package has not been accepted by the customer. The scrum master reaches out to the business analyst and requests them to collaborate with the team during the upcoming sprints. What else should the scrum master do?

a)

No further action needed as the problem is resolved

b)

Report a work ethics violation to the human resources department

c)

Continue monitoring the business analyst's involvement

d)

Instruct the team to fix the work package to meet customer needs

23.

Executive stakeholders are failing to engage in a project. What is the best course of action for the project manager?

a)

Do nothing as executives are superior to project managers

b)

Escalate the issue to the project sponsor

c)

Work with the executives to improve their engagement

d)

Update the stakeholder register

24.

A project manager is leading a retrospective for a project that is running behind schedule and over budget. Feedback from the meeting suggests that the project manager was too focused on problem-solving and operational issues and did not effectively inspire and motivate the project team. What could the project manager have done differently to have been more successful?

a)

Focused more on the bottom line

b)

Spent more time developing the project team and providing a vision for project success

c)

Directed the team using positional power

d)

Emphasized the administrative aspects of the project

25.

As a project manager, you are leading a colocated project team that will create deliverables in an agile fashion, followed by a rollout phase that will use a predictive approach. You are concerned that the transition from agile to waterfall may cause friction within the project team. With the development phase complete, how might the team's working agreements need to change in this situation?

a)

The team charter will need to be updated to reflect collective responsibility for the completion of project tasks.

b)

The project manager should institute a set of working agreements that worked well on previous waterfall projects.

c)

Each project team member will need to develop their own social contract to support the new framework.

d)

The social contract should reflect a transition from collective to individual responsibility for the project tasks.

26.

A project manager implements the project management plan meticulously but is struggling with leading the project team effectively. There is a great deal of unhealthy tension between the project team members as well as with the project manager. The project manager has had several outbursts during sprint retrospectives, which has caused the meeting to be abruptly adjourned. What should the project manager do first?

a)

Submit a change request to revise the project management plan to eliminate the requirement for retrospectives

b)

Take a proactive step in improving his own emotional intelligence (EI) to become a more effective leader

c)

Reduce the story size by splitting user stories and use relative estimation with the entire team to estimate

d)

Lead a training session with the project team members to help them become emotionally competent

27.

In an effort to get your new project team to be as cohesive as possible, you have been conducting a series of on-site team-building activities. You believe that your efforts have helped team members improve both their interpersonal relationships and the level of trust in the team. What should you do next to determine if your efforts have been successful?

a)

Monitor the team engagement matrix

b)

Develop a team charter

c)

Conduct team performance assessments

d)

Create a responsibility assignment matrix (RAM)

28.

A conflict between the project manager and the team has been going for a while. The conflict negatively impacts the team's morale and jeopardizes the project's goals. To find a suitable resolution technique, the project manager maps the desire to satisfy the concerns of the parties on the chart below. Based on the map, the project manager decides to avoid the conflict. Where did the project manager most likely map the desire to satisfy the team members' concerns vs. the desire to satisfy his/her own concerns? (On the actual PMP exam, you will be requested to click the correct area in the image. But here in the simulator, please select the answer below.) -P14

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

29.

Just after the daily scrum, the project sponsor stops by the war room and introduces a new member of the organization whose role will be impacted by the project. Now that a new stakeholder has been identified, what should the agile leader do next?

a)

Seek to understand the stakeholder's feelings, emotions, beliefs, and values

b)

Perform stakeholder analysis by using a power/influence grid

c)

Monitor the stakeholder to ensure that they have the appropriate level of engagement

d)

Prioritize the stakeholder to determine the level of engagement needed going forward

30.

At the sprint retrospective, the project team members have a heated debate, blaming one another for missing the sprint goal. What tool or approach can the scrum master use to steer the debate into a productive dialogue?

a)

Single delivery

b)

Positive discourse

c)

Mood chart

d)

Request for quote

31.

Two days before the end of the last iteration of the project, an agile coach has noticed that the performance of one of the developers significantly degraded, risking the iteration goal. The coach and the developer have a one-on-one coaching meeting scheduled a day after the iteration’s end date. What is the best course of action for the agile coach to take in this situation?

a)

Conduct the individual performance appraisal of the developer

b)

Ask the team to swarm on the tasks assigned to the developer

c)

Employ real-time feedback to address the issue with the developer

d)

Wait for the one-on-one meeting scheduled with the developer

32.

You are in the process of collecting detailed requirements for a user interface (UI) redesign project. Your stakeholders include business subject matter experts (SMEs) as well as the software development team. Both groups have vastly different ideas on product requirements, and the interactions between the groups become tense. You want to build trust, foster relationships, and achieve stakeholder consensus during requirements collection. Which method would be best in this situation?

a)

Decision tree analysis

b)

Facilitation

c)

Multicriteria decision analysis

d)

Mind mapping

33.

A project manager is leading a hybrid project with some project aspects managed using the waterfall framework while others using agile. The product of the project will be developed using an incremental and iterative approach with regular customer feedback and reviews. The project manager is currently conducting an analysis of the stakeholders' influence. What should the project manager take into account during this analysis?

a)

Stakeholder influence will remain strong throughout project execution.

b)

Stakeholder influence will be the greatest after the product is released to the market.

c)

Stakeholder influence will be greatest during requirements gathering and then decline.

d)

Stakeholder influence is not affected by the project management framework.

34.

A software development project is in planning. The planning is done traditionally, but the product will be developed incrementally. The project manager creates a resource breakdown structure to identify staffing needs, work assignments, and training required for the team members. The project manager assigns hierarchical level 1 to individuals in a leading role. How should the project manager map the resource breakdown structure's entries to the resource breakdown structure's categories?

a)

Equipment : Team member; Facilities : Digital scrum board; Personnel (level 1) : Office clerk; Personnel (level 2) : Data server; Software : Team space room; Personnel (level 3) : Product owner

b)

Equipment : Digital scrum board; Facilities : Office clerk; Personnel (level 1) : Data server; Personnel (level 2) : Team space room; Software : Product owner; Personnel (level 3) : Team member

c)

Equipment : Office clerk; Facilities : Data server; Personnel (level 1) : Team space room; Personnel (level 2) : Product owner; Software : Team member; Personnel (level 3) : Digital scrum board

d)

Equipment : Data server; Facilities : Team space room; Personnel (level 1) : Product owner; Personnel (level 2) : Team member; Software : Digital scrum board; Personnel (level 3) : Office clerk

35.

A senior manager has just been appointed as a project sponsor for a new project the company is about to undertake. The newly appointed sponsor starts developing a project charter but is not sure what information should be included. The sponsor seeks advice from an experienced project manager. The project manager responds that at a minimum, the project charter should include which of the following:

a)

High-level information about the project

b)

Detailed project scope and schedule

c)

A list of all project stakeholders

d)

A list of vendors selected for the project

36.

An agile team is geographically distributed. To manage their workflow, the team members use a physical task board. To share the project's progress, the team members send each other photos of the board once a day. What should the project manager do about such a practice?

a)

Do nothing, as it is up to the team to decide which method or tool to use

b)

Direct the team to use an electronic communication tool since the team is distributed

c)

Meet with the product owner and decide on the best course of action

d)

Update the risk register with the new risk that the project progress might be miscommunicated

37.

As the project unfolds and the team delivers product increments in a two-week cadence, the project leader notices that the productivity of the most experienced developer diminishes. A private conversation reveals that the developer is not motivated enough. When asked what would improve their motivation, the developer replies that they want more autonomy. What is the best course of action for the project leader?

a)

Allow the developer to work on the most important user stories in the product backlog

b)

Ask the rest of the team members to more frequently interact with the developer

c)

Separate the developer from the team and block all interactions between them

d)

Permit the developer to establish their own work hours and delivery cadence

38.

A new developer joins the project. However, her productivity is limited since she lacks the competency in one of the programming languages. This language is not only used on this project but will also be required on future projects. Training costs were not included in the project budget, and the project CPI is 0.75. What is the best course of action for the project manager?

a)

Submit a change request to update the development approach

b)

Seek approval for the performing organization to absorb the training costs

c)

Stop using this programming language on this project

d)

Terminate the employment of the new developer and find a replacement

39.

A new scrum master joins an agile team that is been through its fifth iteration. The scrum master notices that the level of trust in the team is low, the team members are guarded, and conflict often arises within the team. As a result, team performance suffers. What is the best course of action for the scrum master to help resolve conflict within the team?

a)

Focus on individuals and not on the issues, as a conflict is mainly a problem with people

b)

Request that representative from the human resources department attend each iteration retrospective meeting

c)

Be assertive rather than submissive when setting the scene for conflict resolution

d)

Recognize that people can just be difficult, so when conflict arises, allow the team members to disengage from their work

40.

To determine the project needs and structure, the project manager has had several meetings with the project sponsor and some of the key stakeholders. As a result, the project manager has completed the development of a document that describes the project purpose, quantifiable criteria that must be met by the project, and key deliverables. What should the project manager do next?

a)

Get approval for the document

b)

Develop the project management plan

c)

Develop the project charter

d)

Identify stakeholders and analyze them

41.

During project execution, a vendor is not able to deliver on their contract. Before executing on the previously planned risk response of contacting a secondary vendor, the risk owner goes on vacation and delegates the finalization of the procurement to a project team member. Unfortunately, the project team member forgets to complete the procurement process. Who is ultimately accountable for ensuring the implementation of the risk response plan in this situation?

a)

Risk owner

b)

Project manager

c)

Project sponsor

d)

Team member

42.

A project manager is in the process of identifying and categorizing stakeholders for a project with a large and complex community of stakeholders and needs to determine the relative importance of the identified stakeholders. What is the best course of action?

a)

Use a salience model to describe the classes of stakeholders

b)

Review the agreements

c)

Apply directions of influence to classify the stakeholders

d)

Meet with all project stakeholders

43.

An agile team member encounters a technical issue while developing one of the user stories she selected for the current sprint. After multiple unsuccessful attempts to resolve the issue, the team member approaches the scrum master for advice. What is the best course of action for the scrum master?

a)

Request that the rest of the team members swarm on the user story

b)

Replace the team member with another more experienced one

c)

Ask the product owner who wrote the user story to resolve the issue

d)

Recommend that the team member try other alternative solutions

44.

To better use existing knowledge and to create new knowledge for a project, the project manager is looking for ways to identify any knowledge gaps. Which of the following would help the project manager the most to complete this process?

a)

Bid documents

b)

Resource breakdown structure

c)

Quality metrics

d)

To-complete performance index

45.

A project manager is leading a scrum team with a product development project. The resource management plan provides the project manager broad discretion for recognition and rewards. To cover the cost of recognition and rewards, a budget has been allocated and accounted for in the cost baseline. What is the best strategy for the project manager to use these funds?

a)

Add the rewards and recognition funds to the contingency reserves and distribute the remaining amount to the team at the end of the project

b)

Set up a recognition dinner at the end of each sprint to show appreciation for the efforts and hard work the team members have been doing

c)

Hold a competition between the team members and award all the money to the developer whose software has the least number of escaped defects

d)

Distribute the money to the team members in proportion to the number of story points each team member completes as the project progresses

46.

An important event indicated in the milestone schedule of a project is approaching when the project manager realizes that a key internal stakeholder that was supposed to lead the event is on vacation. What did the project manager likely miss?

a)

Canceling the vacations of all stakeholders prior to the start of the project

b)

Providing the stakeholder with the approved project charter

c)

Signing a mutually binding agreement with the stakeholder to lead the event

d)

Submitting a change request to update the stakeholder register

47.

Late in a project, a key team member leaves the company. The project manager realizes that he does not have enough team members to meet the hard deadline. At a weekly status meeting, the project manager discusses several options with his project team, including authorizing additional overtime, hiring subcontractors, or bringing in additional resources from another project team within the company. Which resource management technique does the project manager use?

a)

Cost-benefit analysis

b)

Alternatives analysis

c)

Problem solving

d)

Interpersonal skills

48.

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 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

49.

Two iterations into an agile project, a team member leaves the company. An agile coach helps hire a new team member. The coach believes the new team member is a valuable asset to the team and project. Unfortunately, the team member does not perform as expected. What is the first assumption the agile coach should make?

a)

The team member lacks motivation

b)

The product backlog is insufficiently refined

c)

The work in progress limits are too wide

d)

The team member lacks information and tools

50.

During project execution, some of the project team members are working in different cities. It has come to the attention of the project manager that these team members are multitasking during video conference calls and missing vital information. As a result, team cohesion is lacking which has caused the project to fall behind schedule. What tool or technique could the project manager use to address the issue and get the project back on schedule?

a)

Colocation

b)

Virtual team

c)

Communication technology

d)

Cross-functional team

51.
Executives in a certain business unit of the company have failed to attend project related meetings. The project manager has sent multiple invites and requests to respond. Another project manager tells him that he must work with the administrator of the respective business units to get any response and attendance. Which skill did the other project manager demonstrate?
a)
Active listening
b)
Political awareness
c)
Meeting management
d)
Social engineering
52.
An agile team is midway through a sprint when a key stakeholder approaches the project manager with a new requirement. The stakeholder claims that the requirement is must- have. The change management plan provides that all changes should pass through the change control board (CCB). What is the best course of action for the project manager?
a)
Reprioritize the backlog of the current sprint and instruct the project team to develop the new must-have requirement
b)
Reject the requirement since new requirements can be requested only by the product owner and change control board
c)
Hold a sprint retrospective to determine why the requirement was not identified during the Collect Requirements process
d)
Ask the stakeholder to discuss the new requirement with the product owner and have them submit a change request
53.
A project manager meets with the team to assist with drafting the team charter. The project will incorporate various elements from both predictive and agile methodologies. Since no specific approach has been selected yet, the team members review the team charters from past projects to decide what elements can be reused for the current project. What elements from the past team charters can the project manager recommend to the team to use in their current project assuming the following project management approach is selected?
a)
Scrum : All team members should attend the sprint reviews; Predictive : Developers will check the Gantt chart daily for their tasks; Hybrid : Team will self-organize as per the resource mgmt plan; SAFe® : The most senior developer will attend the SoS meetings; eXtreme Programming (XP) : Pair programming teammates will switch duties hourly
b)
Scrum : Team will self-organize as per the resource mgmt plan; Predictive : Developers will check the Gantt chart daily for their tasks; Hybrid : All team members should attend the sprint reviews; SAFe® : The most senior developer will attend the SoS meetings; eXtreme Programming (XP) : Pair programming teammates will switch duties hourly
c)
Scrum : All team members should attend the sprint reviews; Predictive : Pair programming teammates will switch duties hourly; Hybrid : Team will self-organize as per the resource mgmt plan; SAFe® : The most senior developer will attend the SoS meetings; eXtreme Programming (XP) : Developers will check the Gantt chart daily for their tasks
d)
Scrum : All team members should attend the sprint reviews; Predictive : Developers will check the Gantt chart daily for their tasks; Hybrid : Team will self-organize as per the resource mgmt plan; SAFe® : Pair programming teammates will switch duties hourly; eXtreme Programming (XP) : The most senior developer will attend the SoS meetings
54.
During a meeting, the product owner restated the product vision, described the target user groups, the business goals, and main features to be delivered by the agile project in its upcoming releases. Then, to visually depict these features, the product owner created the product roadmap. Which of the following best describes the purpose of the meeting?
a)
Establish a shared project vision among the project stakeholders
b)
Create the product backlog for each one of the upcoming releases
c)
Establish a shared release vision among the project stakeholders
d)
Determine the project scope, schedule, cost, quality, and resources
55.
An agile team delivers the product to the customer several weeks earlier than initially planned. However, the customer is unpleasantly surprised by the outcome and indicates that the product does not meet their expectations. What might the agile leader have done differently to avoid or, at least, mitigate this situation?
a)
Included the customer as a member of the change control board (CCB)
b)
Assured better engagement with the customer during initial requirements gathering
c)
Performed value stream mapping during the iteration retrospectives
d)
Proactively ensured the customer's active participation in the iteration reviews
56.
A project manager is leading a project to update computer systems. Unfortunately, inadequate training of users on the new system has caused an increase in transaction times. After implementing the risk response, the project manager has collected data on average transaction times, which will be required to assess the effectiveness of the risk response. What should the project manager do next?
a)
Implement the fallback plan
b)
Update the risk report with the new information
c)
Report the findings to the stakeholders in accordance with the communications management plan
d)
Use technical performance analysis to evaluate the transaction time data
57.
Before you begin project planning, at a high level, you want to ensure a common understanding of the key deliverables among the stakeholders. What is the best way for this to be accomplished?
a)
Share the project charter with the stakeholders
b)
Email a copy of the project scope statement to the stakeholders
c)
Refer the stakeholders to the project management plan
d)
Cannot be done yet as stakeholders have not been identified at this point in the project
58.
A newly formed agile team is creating the working agreements for their current project. What would an agile coach recommend to the team as part of this process?
a)
Have every team member contribute as many working agreements as possible
b)
Conduct a workshop where all team members collaborate on drafting working agreements
c)
Do not create any working agreements since agile teams are self-organizing
d)
Bring in an experienced facilitator to draft and approve the working agreements for the team
59.
The project manager does not have much power over a few project team members who were brought in to complete some of the scheduled activities. He knows that a solid display of product understanding, as well as flattery, goes far with this group. What are these forms of power known as?
a)
Reward-oriented and politeness
b)
Charismatic and relational
c)
Referent and informational
d)
Expert and ingratiating
60.
In order to support the continuous development of your project team, you schedule monthly skill-building meetings. Lately, the meetings have become contentious and veered off topic. What might you do to make the meetings more productive?
a)
Covering applicable human resources policies and procedures at the start of the meeting
b)
Providing individual training opportunities rather than using a group setting
c)
Canceling the meetings if they become counterproductive
d)
Reviewing the team charter with the project team
61.
A project manager is leading a six-member agile team. The team's current velocity and the number of story points remaining in the backlog indicate that the project is trending to meet the schedule baseline. Midway into project execution, the project sponsor informs that three team members are being reassigned to a new higher priority project and will not be replaced. What should the project manager do next?
a)
Provide the sponsor with a formal letter that the project is terminated since achieving the project objectives is unrealistic with the remaining resources
b)
Request the remaining team members to run three more sprints to determine a new velocity so that a new project completion date can be estimated
c)
Mandate the use of overtime and allocate bonuses for the remaining team members to bridge the gap and ensure that the project objectives are met
d)
Submit a change request to revise the schedule and/or scope baseline based on the remaining resources and evaluate the options on how to proceed
62.
A change request is approved to add functionality to a deliverable. The client's representative agrees to the additional expense in a follow-up call. At the end of the project, the client disputes the charges for the extra functionality. It turns out that the representative has left the company. What should the project manager have done differently to avoid this situation?
a)
Used active listening skills to ensure understanding
b)
Followed up the phone conversation with a different choice of media
c)
Declined the customer's request as it is an example of scope creep
d)
Incorporated interactive communication to ensure a common understanding
63.
For the third consecutive time, at the end of each iteration, a software application developed by the team fails during the Control Quality process conducted by the quality assurance department. This situation causes rework for the product and a delay in the project schedule. The project manager wants to reduce the feedback loop to the shortest possible interval. What is the best course of action for the project manager?
a)
Shorten the iteration length
b)
Reduce the size of the user stories
c)
Revise the schedule baseline
d)
Suggest pair programming to the team
64.
An agile coach notices that the team is losing motivation as the project goes on. The coach decides to address the issue using the ideas formulated in Herzberg's motivation theory. What will the agile coach most likely do?
a)
Encourage the team members to take up more challenging tasks and responsibilities
b)
Provide each team member with a small raise on top of their current hourly rate
c)
Suggest that team members work additional hours and weekends to bond better
d)
Hire additional members for the team to increase the velocity of the team
65.
An internal project will deliver a new tool to the performing organization for use by its employees. The project team wants to use short development cycles to gain early feedback and manage the high rate of change coming from the employees. The training manager, on the other hand, insists on creating a detailed training plan upfront to train the employees. What is the best way for the project manager to resolve the conflict?
a)
Avoid the conflict by escalating the issue to the project sponsor
b)
Emphasize the commonalities between both approaches
c)
Facilitate a compromise by adopting a hybrid approach
d)
Force an agile framework to satisfy the project team
66.
Development team members argue with the product owner who rejected a deliverable the team developed during the recent iteration. The project manager schedules a meeting with the team, product owner, and other relevant stakeholders to break down the situation and identify the root cause of a misunderstanding. Which of the following will be considered an antipattern if used during the meeting?
a)
Drawing a fishbone diagram
b)
Using the five whys method
c)
Maximizing the number of action items
d)
Defining the problem statement
67.
The quality management has been perfect for the project up to this point. Suddenly, the quality assurance (QA) lead who developed and performed most of the quality activities for the project has been temporarily reassigned to help another project. What should the project manager do?
a)
Submit a change request to adjust the cost baseline and the schedule baseline
b)
Request the team to develop replacement quality activities
c)
Assign another team member to carry out the originally planned quality activities
d)
Pause quality activities until the QA lead returns to the project
68.
A company needs to purchase a 3D printer for a project in the planning stage. The project manager assigns a project team member to be responsible for acquiring the 3D printer while two other team members will be trained on operation and maintenance and can then be consulted when needed. What tool or technique is most useful in documenting these responsibilities for future reference?
a)
Requirements traceability matrix
b)
Project team directory
c)
RACI chart
d)
Probability and impact matrix
69.
Your last agile project suffered from various delays, such as time passing between stating and verifying requirements, writing and testing code, and asking customers to clarify requirements and receiving clarifications. In your upcoming agile project, you want to apply some lean-agile practices to ensure that time waste reduced or entirely eliminated. What is your best course of action while planning your upcoming project?
a)
Develop and rigorously follow a detailed project management plan
b)
Use the root cause analysis techniques to find bottlenecks in the process
c)
Create a self-directed team and provide them with the resources they need
d)
Schedule conference calls with the customer to clarify requirements
70.
A project manager meets with stakeholders to negotiate project agreements. The meeting participants are collaborating on the development of the project charter and the initial product backlog. At this point in the project, who should be primarily responsible for the following activities?
a)
Prioritize backlog : Project management office; Provide product requirements : Customer; Share technical details : Development Team; Development Team : Project Manager
b)
Prioritize backlog : Project manager; Provide product requirements : Customer; Share technical details : Development Team; Development Team : Project management office
c)
Prioritize backlog : Project manager; Provide product requirements : Project management office; Share technical details : Development Team; Development Team : Customer
d)
Prioritize backlog : Customer; Provide product requirements : Project manager; Share technical details : Development Team; Development Team : Project management office
71.
The resource management plan for an international project calls for a scrum team to be colocated during the regular workweek. However, after five sprints were completed, the project manager got a change request approved to cut costs by transitioning the team to a virtual environment working remotely from their homes with the start of the sixth sprint. After the team begins working remotely, what will be the best method to understand the impact of the change on the team's productivity?
a)
Check the product burndown chart to look for any changes to the trendline
b)
Calculate the CPI at the end of each sprint to determine the change in the team's productivity
c)
Review the product burnup chart to compare velocity before and after the change
d)
Update the project schedule network diagram to reflect the changes in the team's environment
72.
The project is behind schedule. A team member thinks activity A needs more resources, while another wants the resources added to activity B. A third team member suggests a compromise by adding resources to both activities and recovering a week from each. The project manager ends the discussion and makes the unilateral decision to run activities D and E in parallel instead of sequentially. Which conflict management technique is the project manager using to resolve the issue?
a)
Force or direct
b)
Compromise
c)
Crashing
d)
Fast tracking
73.
As a project manager, you are in the process of estimating the team resources that will be required for your project. The challenge you are having is that, due to the nature of the project and the selected development approach, only a few of the top levels of the WBS have been identified with the remainder to be progressively elaborated throughout the project. What is the best approach to determine the team resource requirements for the project?
a)
Check the organizational process assets for similar projects and use analogous estimating
b)
Apply bottom-up estimating using the work breakdown structure (WBS) as a guide
c)
Utilize parametric estimating for the individual work packages within the existing WBS
d)
Decompose the WBS down to the work package level during initial project planning
74.
An agile team is tasked with the development of a robot. The project manager wants to ensure that before the actual robot is built, the team receives early feedback on requirements and adapts the design accordingly. Which of the following should the team use to address the project manager's request?
a)
Prototyping
b)
Design review
c)
Checklists
d)
Business case
75.
A newly formed, collocated agile team was debating whether it would be best to use an electronic or a physical Kanban board for their new software development project. The team members do not fully understand their needs yet, but they know they want a place where stakeholders can gather around, discuss the status, and easily make changes. As a project manager experienced with agile best practices, what would you recommend to the team?
a)
Use a physical board since high-touch low-tech tools are always the best solution for any agile project
b)
Use an electronic board since the team will be working on a software development project
c)
Use any type of board as long as the team and the stakeholders can gather around and make changes
d)
Schedule a meeting with all project stakeholders each time there is a need for a discussion
76.
As part of the development of a project management plan, a project manager is determining the team resources that will be needed for a software development project that will use an agile framework. The project manager has identified the specific roles for the development team that includes five programmers and a design expert. What else should the project manager do to finalize the resource breakdown structure?
a)
Identify the specific individuals within the organization with the required skillset
b)
Include the roles of a servant leader and product owner
c)
Decompose the resource breakdown structure down to the work package level
d)
Hire a scrum master to lead the development team
77.
A company successfully transitions to managing its projects using agile methods. Since the teams become more and more independent, self-managing, and self- organizing, a company executive believes that agile leaders are no longer needed and can be released from the organization. As an agile coach, you oppose the decision, arguing that these leaders are still needed since they:
a)
Set goals for what will be accomplished during each iteration
b)
Enhance focus, personal safety, and communications within teams
c)
Maintain confidentiality by only sharing project progress with the project team
d)
Protect teams from customer input that would change prioritization of project work
78.
A project sponsor is reviewing a draft of a project charter, which was created by the project manager. The project sponsor notices that a key element is missing from the charter. Which of the following tasks might have the project manager overlooked during the pre-project work?
a)
Identification of detailed requirements
b)
Identification of subjective project objectives
c)
Identification of key deliverables
d)
Development of a project scope statement
79.
A project manager has taken over a project that has been in execution for a few months. He ran into problems right away. He has had difficulty getting sign off on decisions; he doesn't have the authority to acquire the equipment necessary for the project; the stakeholders and the project team have differing opinions about the objectives and the outcome of the project. What is the most likely source of these problems?
a)
Weak leadership skills
b)
Lack of a project charter
c)
Lack of a project management plan
d)
Lack of a procurement management plan
80.
During a sprint retrospective, the team has identified an excessive rework issue that decreases velocity and threatens the project timeline. What action might the agile leader take to address the problem?
a)
Ask the product owner to reduce the project backlog
b)
Recommend that the iteration length be shortened
c)
Use the OSCAR model in the upcoming sprints
d)
Fast track some activities on the critical path
81.
You have been assigned to lead an agile phase within an otherwise traditional waterfall project. On your first day on the project, you conduct an introductory meeting with the development team, and it becomes apparent that some of the team members have gaps in their skillsets to function as generalizing specialists. What should you do first?
a)
Check with the human resources department what plans they have put in place for the development of the project team members throughout the various project phases
b)
There is no need to develop the team members towards becoming generalizing specialists since agile methodologies stress the importance of subject matter experts
c)
Review the resource management plan to gain an understanding of what training and development activities have already been put in place for the project team members
d)
Submit a change request to update the cost baseline and the schedule baseline to account for the costs and time required to be allocated for training of the team
82.
The current project phase is scheduled to conclude on July 31. Today is July 15, and the project team is anticipated to complete the remaining work well before July 31. The project manager proposes a change to move ahead a few tasks from the next phase into the current phase to prevent the team from coasting and stretching the work to fill the remaining time. Which of the following theories describes the project manager's concern behind this change request?
a)
McClelland's expectancy value theory
b)
Parkinson's law
c)
Law of diminishing returns
d)
Moore's law
83.
While checking the resource calendars, you see that the company's 3D printer is reserved for another project manager during the same time that you need the printer to create a prototype for your project. You speak with the other project manager and offer to provide him with a member of your project team to complete his project sooner. This solution will free up the printer in time for you to keep your project on schedule. You both see this solution as a win-win. Which of the following have you used to gain timely access to the printer?
a)
Deception
b)
Prototype
c)
Soft skills
d)
Win-win tool
84.
You have just been assigned to a project with a tight deadline. The preapproved financial resources have already been established for the project, but you have not been authorized to spend any money. What should you do first?
a)
Since the project has a tight deadline, begin work on project activities that do not incur costs
b)
Begin planning the project but do not start project execution until authorized
c)
Spend the money as necessary since an assigned project manager has authority over preapproved financial resources
d)
Have the project sponsor sign the charter
85.
You are leading a project to develop a point-of-sale system for a retail store chain. The system has been developed iteratively by a collocated agile team. However, training the stores' personnel is done traditionally by the team members placed at the physical retail locations across the country. With the daily standup meetings now being conducted via an audio conference call, the team members encounter misunderstandings and miscommunication. What is the best course of action?
a)
Have the project team utilize video conferencing to overcome the loss of nonverbal communication
b)
Instruct the project team members to meet face-to-face for the daily standup meetings
c)
The daily standup meetings should be canceled since the project has entered a predictive stage
d)
The communication method should be changed from interactive to pull communication
86.
A website refresh was supposed to be released in tandem with another project’s deliverable. However, that deliverable is now three weeks behind schedule. The risk response plan was updated a few months ago to address this possibility, though some project team members now feel that the delay does not impact the website refresh as once thought. What is the best course of action for the website refresh project team?
a)
Re-evaluate the risk and modify the planned response if needed
b)
Implement the risk response plan immediately
c)
Submit a change request to the change control board
d)
Avoid the risk by moving forward in the project as scheduled
87.
In a meeting with a project stakeholder, the stakeholder explains why she has not been engaged with the project as expected. You meet with her in her office. You take notes, ask some clarifying questions, and demonstrate attentiveness through body language, and capturing her input. What interpersonal skill are you leveraging in this exchange?
a)
Passive listening
b)
Cultural awareness
c)
Political awareness
d)
Active listening
88.
A project manager is leading a large project to develop a new model of smartphone. Early in project execution, to foster the stakeholder involvement, the project manager holds a meeting as specified in the stakeholder engagement plan. What type of meeting does the project manager likely hold?
a)
A project retrospective to finalize lessons learned register
b)
A workshop to develop the team charter
c)
A project kick-off meeting to explain the roles and responsibilities of stakeholders
d)
A meeting to create a comprehensive list of stakeholders
89.
You are leading a large and complex project. Due to the size and complexity of the project, you have decided that a project management team will perform most of the planning, and the remainder of the project team will be brought on when the initial planning is complete. In this scenario, when is the best time to conduct the project kick-off meeting?
a)
As project execution begins
b)
Shortly after project initiation
c)
As part of pre-project work
d)
During initial project planning
90.
To shorten the project duration from 15 to 11 sprints without reducing the project backlog, the project sponsor suggests hiring an additional developer as soon as possible. The scrum master believes that her brother would be highly qualified for the role and is available immediately. What should the scrum master do first?
a)
Recommend the brother and disclose the familial relationship to the sponsor
b)
Refrain from recommending the brother to avoid any potential conflict of interest
c)
Check the legality of hiring the brother with the organization's legal counsel
d)
Hire the brother as soon as possible to expedite the completion of the project
91.
The project manager conducts a daily morning meeting with the project team to synchronize activities and develop a plan for the day. In one of these meetings, a dispute arises between two of the team members and it becomes apparent that they are referencing two different versions of the same document. What should the project manager do first?
a)
Capture the information on the issue log
b)
Submit a change request
c)
Consult the resource calendar
d)
Document the problem in the change log
92.
A project is characterized by ambiguous requirements and complex solutions. To address this uncertainty, a decision is made to use an agile project management approach. Additionally, the product owner suggests applying reframing to address the project complexity. What is the best way for the project leader to implement the product owner's suggestion?
a)
Conduct a brainstorming meeting with the project team and relevant stakeholders
b)
Build the product iteratively or incrementally by adding one feature at a time
c)
Improve the product by enhancing its attributes without altering its behavior
d)
Identify the fewest number of product features that would deliver value
93.
After successfully completing a series of large and complex projects, the agile team has been assigned to a small project with a short timeline. How should the project leader approach this project to make it successful?
a)
Apply the same tools, techniques, and processes that have made the past projects successful
b)
Maximize the delivery of value using the bare minimum of tools, techniques, and ceremonies
c)
Reach out to the project management office (PMO) for the applicable document templates
d)
Refrain from producing any documentation to maximize the delivery of business value
94.
As part of the routine activities to monitor and control the performance of your project, you determine that the project SPI is 0.8. In order to get the schedule back into alignment with the plan, you authorize the overtime pay for the project team. Which of the following best describes the tool or technique you used to align the schedule?
a)
Scheduling tool
b)
Schedule compression
c)
Leads and lags
d)
Fast tracking
95.
The project team reports that they have finished creating the requirements management plan, the requirements documentation, and the requirements traceability matrix. The team informs that they are going to start working on the project work breakdown structure (WBS) next. What has the project team forgotten to do?
a)
Create the project scope statement
b)
Complete the project management plan
c)
Update the lessons learned register
d)
Perform the Validate Scope process
96.
Your project has been plagued with numerous change requests. What is the most likely reason?
a)
Incomplete stakeholder register
b)
Lack of a detailed procedure to close the project
c)
Failure to implement risk responses
d)
Change management plan did not authorize a change control board
97.
During one of the meetings toward the end of the first of four phases on your project, you report that the phase was delayed due to resource constraints. You mention that you identified this threat as a risk during project planning and then, during execution, successfully implemented the response planned for that risk. Which of the following should you update to ensure the information about this risk is available for review on future phases?
a)
Lesson learned repository
b)
Project closure documents
c)
Lessons learned register
d)
Result transition document
98.
An agile team is about to start a new project. Due to the high variability of the workload, the team needs greater flexibility to focus on continuous delivery rather than being bound by timeboxes. What is the project leader's best course of action?
a)
Adhere to the scrum's ceremonies and best practices
b)
Select the Kanban method to manage the team workflow
c)
Develop the performance measurement baseline
d)
Request that the smallest user stories be developed first
99.
A project has reached a critical point, and a decision must be made immediately to salvage the project from failure. The project manager meets with the project team and key stakeholders. The meeting runs for a few hours, but the participants are unable to agree on anything. What should the project manager do?
a)
Schedule another meeting in a week from now
b)
Try to find a solution that works for everybody
c)
Call in the HR manager to calm everybody down
d)
Select an option and make a decision
100.
You are managing a project to reformulate a reagent using a new supplier's raw materials. An essential requirement of the new reagent is that when it is used for testing, the same sample should return the same results consistently. You are looking for a way to determine if the reagent measurements are stable and have predictable performance. Which of the following tools and techniques can help you the most?
a)
Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA)
b)
Decision trees
c)
Root cause analysis
d)
Control charts
101.
As your project progresses and creates product increments with each consecutive iteration, the project team carries out the Collect Requirements process and Identify Risks process to collect new requirements and identify new risks. You want to ensure that work planned for the upcoming iterations is completed with the consideration of the new risks and requirements. What is your best course of action?
a)
Reprioritize work in a risk-adjusted backlog
b)
Hold an iteration retrospective meeting
c)
Update the requirements-risk repository
d)
Distribute a risk report after each iteration
102.
The plan to have 80% of the 10,000 employees enrolled in the new system by the end of the month is nowhere near target. The project team has sent multiple emails to the entire company with the reminders to enroll. What should the project manager do?
a)
Instruct the team to send another email stressing the importance of the deadline
b)
Evaluate project communications and the communication strategy
c)
Offer an incentive to managers who get 80% or greater of their employees enrolled
d)
Submit a change request to update the communications management plan
103.
After about two months of work, an agile team has just completed their fourth iteration out of eight. The release burndown chart shows that for the last three iterations, the curve representing the actual completed work is approximately 40 points above the straight descending line of the projected work. Given the fact that the team's velocity is 20, which conclusion can be drawn at this stage?
a)
The team is ahead of schedule.
b)
The team is behind schedule and work will be finished two weeks later than originally planned.
c)
The team is behind schedule and work will be finished four weeks later than originally planned.
d)
The team is behind schedule.
104.
A one-year project is chartered to build a new communication device. The technology that will be used to develop the device is new and is expected to change throughout the project. Requirements will be discovered as each new product increment is complete. In this volatile environment, the project team is concerned that managing requirements will be impossible. What is the best course of action for the project manager?
a)
Have a product owner assigned to the project and ask them to manage requirements using a backlog
b)
Take a laissez-faire approach and empower the team to set their own sprint goals and make their own decisions
c)
Request that the project duration be extended from one year to two years to counter the volatile requirements
d)
Add the team's concern about volatile requirements to the issue log and ensure that the team's mood is monitored
105.
Midway into project execution, a buyer has informed the seller that starting the next month, the payments will be released at the beginning, instead of the end, of each month. The seller welcomes the change as it would be beneficial for their company. What should the seller do?
a)
Do nothing as the change is beneficial
b)
Provide the deliverables at the beginning of each month
c)
Update the procurement management plan
d)
Ask the buyer to issue a change request to the contract
106.
A project manager is leading a project to produce a new model of an x-ray machine. The quality assurance lead provides checklists that the team needs to use and follow at all times. Also, rigorous reviews are required at the end of each stage of the manufacturing process. What tool or technique should the project manager use to determine if project activities comply with organizational and project policies, processes, and procedures?
a)
Process analysis
b)
Quality audits
c)
Design for X (DfX)
d)
Quality reports
107.
While reviewing the project performance, the project manager determines that a deviation from one of the project baselines has occurred. If not fixed promptly, the deviation may significantly impact the project. The project manager considers applying either corrective actions or a combination of corrective and preventive actions to address the deviation. In considering how to address the deviations, what technique is the project manager using in this scenario?
a)
Alternatives analysis
b)
Earned value analysis
c)
Risk analysis
d)
Variance analysis
108.
Projects in a program are using various project management approaches, such as plan-driven, agile, hybrid. The project teams are complaining that because of that, the team members must enter the same work, hours, risks, and other data in multiple tools. The redundant work is impeding on their productivity time. What is the best course of action for the program manager?
a)
Direct the teams to continue entering the data in the various systems
b)
Determine what tools and data provide the appropriate oversight
c)
Switch all projects in the program to the agile project management approach
d)
Pause all data entry until a valuable solution can be determined
109.
You are selecting the appropriate contract agreement for your project. The services to be provided will be well-defined. The schedule and price will be agreed up front. You expect that there will be no significant change in the work to be performed. The contract will include criteria that you and the seller agree on that will allow the seller additional earnings for completing the project work early. What type of contract should you select?
a)
Firm fixed price (FFP)
b)
Cost plus incentive fee (CPIF)
c)
Cost plus award fee (CPAF)
d)
Fixed price incentive fee (FPIF)
110.
Where would you look to find what activities should be performed to close out contracts on your project?
a)
Enterprise environmental factors
b)
Resource management plan
c)
Project management plan
d)
Procurement statement of work
111.
A stakeholder approaches the scrum master and requests to see a report that shows the progress of the work remaining on the project at both the sprint level and the release level. Which of the following would be the best for the scrum master to provide the stakeholder with?
a)
Burndown chart
b)
Product roadmap
c)
Burnup chart
d)
Sprint backlog
112.
Several product increments recently completed by the agile team during the last few iterations have been suffering from the defects detected in customer production environment. What course of action would an agile practitioner recommend to the team to take in order to determine the reason causing this issue?
a)
Establish coding compliance standards
b)
Carry out the Five Why's exercise
c)
Execute manual tests before launching into production
d)
Allow only senior programmers to integrate code
113.
A vendor went out of business before delivering a component for your project. As a result, the previously planned risk response was implemented by contracting with a different vendor. However, the new vendor will not be able to deliver the component in time to meet the deadline even with the use of the contingency reserves. What should you do next?
a)
Terminate the project
b)
Submit a change request
c)
File a claim against the original vendor
d)
Perform the Conduct Procurements process
114.
A project manager who works for a city government is planning a project to build a new community center. The project will ultimately be paid for with tax revenues, but the city lacks the immediate funds that will be required to get the project going. To determine how the project will be paid, the team is investigating various sources of funding including municipal bonds and federal grants. What tool or technique is the team using in this scenario?
a)
Cost aggregation
b)
Cost baseline
c)
Financing
d)
Project funding requirements
115.
A recently completed project cost more and took longer than it should have. A root cause analysis was performed, and it was determined that the cost of quality exceeded what was optimal. Apparently, the quality management plan included extensive and very costly testing to ensure that there were zero escaped defects in the product. What might have prevented this situation?
a)
Conducting a sensitivity analysis
b)
A more thorough stakeholder analysis
c)
Performing a cost-benefit analysis
d)
Including a SWOT analysis
116.
A project to launch a new product to market has just entered its execution, and the purchase orders for the new product are much greater than anticipated, which presents both a threat and an opportunity for the performing organization. The opportunity is the potential for increased sales, and the threat is the inability for production to meet demand causing customer dissatisfaction. The possibility of this situation happening was identified and accounted for during project planning. What should the project manager do next?
a)
Implement the agreed-upon risk response
b)
Submit a change request
c)
Perform Integrated Change Control
d)
Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
117.
A project manager uses a bottom-up approach in creating estimates for the number of programmers with the appropriate skill set that will be required for the project. Once the team resources have been estimated, what should the project manager do next?
a)
Develop the resource management plan
b)
Update the requirements traceability matrix
c)
Assign the identified resources as risk owners
d)
Create the resource breakdown structure
118.
You have just been hired by a decades-old construction company to lead a custom home construction project. The project has been plagued by thefts occurring at night. You have read the project management plan and all project documents, none of which addresses the theft issue. What should you do next?
a)
Set up motion-sensing cameras throughout the subdivision
b)
Hire a nighttime security guard
c)
Review the organizational process assets
d)
Check the lessons learned register
119.
Midway into the project execution, one of the project team members approaches the project manager with concerns that the quality of the project deliverables is low. How should this concern be verified?
a)
Issue a risk report
b)
Decompose the project deliverables
c)
Conduct a walkthrough
d)
Submit a change request
120.
Early in project execution, a hurricane destroys the equipment and materials that had been delivered to the project site. A risk response is implemented by collecting an insurance payout. The project manager determines that by using the insurance payout, contingency reserves, and management reserves, the project can be restarted without increasing the project budget. What should the project manager do next?
a)
Submit a change request to update the cost baseline
b)
Restart project execution since the project budget is not affected
c)
Submit a change request to access the contingency reserves
d)
Hold a bidder conference to purchase new equipment and materials
121.
A project manager is drafting a document which will formally authorize an expansive corporate restructuring project and needs to gather high-level information from various stakeholders. Due to the sensitive and confidential nature of the project, the project manager feels the stakeholders will speak more candidly if the discussions are conducted privately. What is the best course of action?
a)
Conduct a small focus group
b)
Schedule an interview with each of the relevant stakeholders
c)
Facilitate a brainstorming session
d)
Ask each of the key stakeholders to complete a survey
122.
Nearing the end of the project, while reviewing the final invoices for payment, the project manager notices that one of the sellers performed some change requests that were not approved. After several conversations, the project manager and the seller cannot reach an agreement on compensation for the changes. How should the project manager resolve this situation?
a)
Begin court litigation
b)
Engage a third-party to resolve the dispute
c)
Pay the outstanding invoice
d)
Get your project team's advice
123.
Project initiation is complete, and the project manager is about to begin project planning. The company has completed similar projects in the past, but the project manager was not involved with those projects. The project manager has reviewed the project charter to gain a high-level understanding of the project as a starting point for project planning. What should the project manager do next?
a)
Consult with a project manager who managed similar past projects
b)
Prepare for project planning by performing the Manage Project Knowledge process
c)
Review the lessons learned register
d)
Search the organizational process assets for information on similar projects completed previously
124.
A project manager is in the process of identifying quality requirements and reviews the lessons learned from a similar past project. The other project ran significantly over budget due to the high cost of nonconformance resulting from inadequate spending on the cost of conformance. The project manager does not want his project to suffer the same fate as the failed project. Which data analysis technique should the project manager use in this situation?
a)
Cost of quality
b)
Benchmarking
c)
Testing and inspection planning
d)
Risk register
125.
A team of efficiency experts hired by your company has concluded that the transportation costs associated with your project are excessive. You have been requested by the sponsor to cut the costs. What should be your next step?
a)
Perform a root cause analysis
b)
Conduct a cost reduction analysis
c)
Carry out a trend analysis
d)
Use a decision tree analysis
126.
As a project manager, you are leading a century-old building renovation project, where theft of equipment, materials, and supplies has been a problem. You have found that moving anything of value that is portable into a single secured room of the building has significantly reduced the losses with minimal cost. What should you do next?
a)
Include the information in the lessons learned repository
b)
Add the daily security task to the milestone schedule
c)
Include the information in the lessons learned register
d)
Discuss the situation with the team during the next retrospective
127.
You meet with your project team to estimate activity durations. Although the project is managed using the predictive methodology, you remember that as part of the organizational transformation to hybrid project management, the sponsor requested that you incorporate some agile practices into your daily work. Which of the following techniques would help you meet the sponsor's request?
a)
Mind mapping
b)
Bottom-up estimating
c)
Fist of five voting
d)
Schedule compression
128.
All requirements on a project were collected in detail during project planning, and the scope, cost, and schedule of the project were well-defined. Despite this fact, due to several issues that have been encountered and logged during project execution, there has been a significant increase in the number of changes requested by the client. How should the project manager handle this situation?
a)
Enter the change requests into the change log, then add them to the issue log
b)
Capture the change requests in the issue log, then enter them into the change log
c)
Record the issues in the change log, and the change requests in the issue log
d)
Document the change requests in the change log
129.
Your project team is in the process of implementing the activities specified in the quality management plan. The scope, schedule, and budget are clear and well defined. Therefore, you manage this project using predictive methods. However, since your next project is agile, you want to start experimenting with some agile practices already in your current project. What can you do to achieve your goal as part of the process performed by the team?
a)
Suggest that the team use alternative analysis instead of document analysis
b)
Encourage continuous stakeholder engagement with the team members
c)
Incorporate team-building activities into product testing and inspection tasks
d)
Limit stakeholder involvement to shield the team from external distractions
130.
Based on the velocities of previous sprints shown, what should a mature agile team estimate as their velocity for this sprint? -Pr40
a)
19
b)
20
c)
There is not enough information presented to estimate velocity.
d)
25
131.
Which of the following best describes the key benefit of the Plan Stakeholder Engagement process?
a)
Enables efficient communication between the project team and stakeholders
b)
Increases probability of meeting the quality objectives established for the project
c)
Provides an actionable plan to interact effectively with project stakeholders
d)
Describes the product, service, or result boundaries and acceptance criteria
132.
A project manager meets with the team to estimate costs for the project. The team members indicate that to develop the product they will need to use new technology. What tool or technique is best for the project manager to use in this situation?
a)
Bottom-up estimating
b)
Parametric estimating
c)
Analogous estimating
d)
Estimate Activity Durations
133.
A project team will work in a noisy environment requiring hearing protection. To communicate in this type of environment, your employer has a mandatory proprietary instant messaging mobile phone application that will be installed on the phone of every project team member for the duration of the project. The requirement to install this messaging application is an example of which of the following?
a)
Pull communication
b)
Push communication
c)
Enterprise environmental factors
d)
Communication model
134.
A project is underway for the launch of a new tea. Before launch, the tea will be subjected to internal tests to ensure conformance to specific standards. After the initial tests are conducted, recommendations to improve both the hand-picking technique and the way the tea is delivered for processing are identified. The project manager is preparing a progress report and would like to include information about the recommendations. Where can the project manager find this information?
a)
Change log
b)
Quality report
c)
Issue log
d)
Risk report
135.
Midway into project execution, a competitor is about to release a product similar to the one planned to be delivered by your project. If the competitor launches their product to the market before you, your project will be deemed as failed. With a response prepared to run some of the development activities in parallel, what should you do next?
a)
Compress the schedule
b)
Meet with the team to assess the risk
c)
Terminate the project
d)
Request management reserves
136.
An organization is considering a product development project. A needs assessment and the business case have already been completed. A management team wants the product to begin delivering business value as soon as possible. As part of pre-project work, what should be done next?
a)
Developing a WBS that is decomposed to a level to support an MVP in the first release of the product under development
b)
Creating a list of objectives and reasons for project initiation and including them in the project business documents
c)
Recording the need to release an MMF as part of the timeframe for benefits realization in the benefits management plan
d)
Documenting an incremental life cycle in the project charter as the approach needed to deliver business value quickly
137.
In the midst of project execution, a member of your team has suggested a change to a project artifact that would affect the final product. You ask her to determine if the artifact has been defined as a formally controlled item that requires a change request. Where will she find this information?
a)
Configuration management plan
b)
Performance measurement baseline
c)
Change management plan
d)
Requirements management plan
138.
You are facilitating a risk workshop with your project team to discuss, evaluate, and prioritize previously identified project risks based on the probability and impact of each risk. During the meeting, a key stakeholder proposes that as part of the analysis, the team consider other characteristics of risk beyond just probability and impact. Which of the following is the least likely characteristic proposed by the stakeholder:
a)
Dormancy
b)
Propinquity
c)
Manageability
d)
Sensitivity
139.
You are assigned to lead an agile project to develop a new software application. The requirements are so vague that you don't even know where to start the project planning. You realize that managing changes on the project will be the biggest challenge. What is your best strategy to handle changes in this environment?
a)
Establish a rigorous change control process
b)
Implement all and any changes as they arrive
c)
Allow for changes, even late in development
d)
Let the team decide on what changes to implement
140.
You meet with your team to determine the life cycle for your project. After analyzing the best way to define and manage requirements, develop deliverables, handle changes, control risk and cost, and engage key stakeholders, the decision is made to select a hybrid life cycle. With the project life cycle selected, how will the change be managed?
a)
Constrained as much as possible
b)
Incorporated at periodic intervals
c)
Postponed until after project completion
d)
Incorporated as often as necessary
141.
The project is wrapping up. The paperwork and files are being finalized and stored. What is the project manager to do with the lessons learned documents?
a)
Compile the lessons learned documents to hand over to the customer
b)
Transfer the lessons learned documents to a repository
c)
Distribute the printed lessons learned documents to the project team
d)
Publish the lessons learned documents to the end user's repository
142.
In a daily standup meeting, a team member indicates that they found a big risk that was previously unknown. How should the agile coach proceed?
a)
Ask to meet with the developer after the meeting to get more details
b)
Use the rest of the standup meeting to discuss this important issue
c)
Ask the affected team members to stay after the meeting to discuss the issue in more detail
d)
Plan a spike to resolve the risk
143.
A construction site is located in an earthquake-prone area. After spending considerable time discussing and analyzing this risk, the team agreed that the best way to deal with this risk was to build an earthquake-resistant foundation using a high-grade concrete. However, several weeks into construction, the project manager learns that this special type of concrete was never ordered, even though the risk response was documented in the risk register. The project will now have to be suspended. What most likely went wrong?
a)
The project team failed to have a fallback plan.
b)
The risk was never documented in the risk register.
c)
No action has been taken to implement the risk response.
d)
The risk response was not approved by the change control board.
144.
A project manager does most of her communicating with team members, internal project stakeholders, and external project stakeholders via email. The project manager incorporates specific techniques when composing her emails to reduce any misunderstandings. Which of the following is not considered one of these techniques?
a)
Concise expression
b)
Clear purpose directed to the needs of the reader
c)
Controlled flow of words and ideas
d)
Communications register
145.
A project team is using the Stacey Complexity Model to evaluate the degree of uncertainty in the project and select the appropriate project life cycle. The team maps the technical degree of uncertainty on the horizontal axis and requirements' uncertainty on the vertical axis. The resulting mapping suggests that a predictive life cycle would work best for this project. Where on the Stacey Complexity Model did the team most likely map the project? (On the actual PMP exam, you will be requested to click the correct area in the image. But here in the simulator, please select the answer below.) -Pr55
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
146.
Several critical parts were chrome plated by a vendor instead of zinc plated as specified in the contract. The vendor states that zinc plating the parts would not offer the required corrosion resistance to meet project requirements and insists on a significant increase in payment for plating the parts in chrome. After long negotiations, the dispute is eventually resolved and the contract is closed out. The project manager is closing the project now. What is the best way for the project manager to minimize the chance of a similar problem recurring in future projects?
a)
Update the lessons learned register
b)
Ensure the knowledge gained is archived in the lessons learned repository
c)
Remove the vendor from the preapproved seller list
d)
Accept the fact that disputes are inevitable and move on to the next project
147.
A project manager has been informed that an identified risk comes from a questionable source. After further investigation, the project manager realizes that the risk was based on an article where the author never cited any sources, has no experience in the industry, and has been contradicted by credible industry experts. The risk will have to be reassessed. What risk analysis technique did the project manager use?
a)
Risk data quality assessment
b)
Document analysis
c)
Risk probability and impact assessment
d)
Expert judgment
148.
As part of project planning, you review the lessons learned repository. You notice that although most of the project management processes have been properly performed on all past projects, the quality of deliverables was far from perfect. You want to ensure that your project delivers better results and that quality issues are detected early in the project life cycle. What can you do to achieve your goal?
a)
Estimate costs more accurately
b)
Validate scope on a daily basis
c)
Conduct recurring retrospectives
d)
Hire an external quality vendor
149.
You have a discussion with the finance department manager about the acceptable cost performance index range for the project you are leading. The manager argues that the current CPI of 0.9 is unacceptable and should be within +/- 5%, while you insist that an acceptable CPI range is +/- 10%. Where should you look to determine the acceptable metric?
a)
Quality metrics
b)
Cost metrics
c)
Issue log
d)
Risk register
150.
A project manager has just completed the development of the project management plan and wants to determine who is responsible for approving it. What is the best course of action for the project manager?
a)
Check the organizational process assets
b)
Research the enterprise environmental factors
c)
Request assistance from the project sponsor
d)
No approval is required for the project management plan
151.
The project is developing an update to a software tool. There have been a series of changes made to the product, and more changes are expected. Correspondingly, engineers on the team are modifying documentation frequently to reflect the changes. What is the best course of action to ensure engineers are working on the most current version of documentation?
a)
Audit the documentation daily to ensure the correctness of the information
b)
Ensure that the requirements documentation has the current date on the header
c)
Assign an accountable engineer to validate all changes and update project plans
d)
Maintain a configuration management system and communicate appropriately
152.
A scrum team together with the other project stakeholders are holding a half-day release planning meeting to determine the number of sprints required to release an initial product that will contain a subset of the highest value user stories. Which of the following must the project have to achieve the stated goal of the meeting?
a)
A story map
b)
A consensus among all stakeholders
c)
A prioritized list of user stories
d)
The target date for the release
153.
A project manager has been experiencing unnecessary delays during project execution in obtaining signatures from senior management due to an inadequate notification process when a signature is required. Addressing the issue only requires a minor update to the communications management plan. What should the project manager do next?
a)
Update the cost baseline
b)
Update the communications management plan
c)
Submit a change request
d)
Implement the proposed solution
154.
You are in the planning stage of a large project, which will require contracts with various vendors and suppliers to produce the project's deliverables. With the procurement management plan and make-or-buy analysis complete, you are about to begin the development of a document that will outline the procurement strategy for the project. Which of the following are you least likely to include in this document?
a)
Procurement delivery methods
b)
Type of agreements
c)
Responsibilities of stakeholders
d)
Procurement phases
155.
A project to renovate a city park affects the residents of the neighboring condominium complex. A website is being used to keep the residents informed of the progress of the renovation. Which communication method is being used in this scenario to share information with the residents?
a)
Push communication
b)
Interactive communication
c)
A communication model
d)
Pull communication
156.
The project iteration's costs are below estimates and work is being completed well ahead of schedule. The resource costs and the scope are being measured in story points. How should the burndown chart look?
a)
The remaining work line is above the ideal burndown rate
b)
The remaining work line is below the ideal burndown rate
c)
The earned value line is below the planned value line
d)
Cannot be determined from the information provided
157.
A project manager is leading a large and complex project. During the execution stage, a serious problem occurs that could threaten the successful completion of the project. The project manager checks the risk register and discovers that this risk was not previously identified. With the project at risk, what should the project manager do first?
a)
Execute the contingency plan
b)
Reevaluate the process of identifying project risks
c)
Implement the fallback plan
d)
Create a workaround
158.
A project manager is provided a fixed budget, but the cost estimates for the equipment required for the project were 30% higher than expected. The project manager wants to find alternatives that can be presented to the project sponsors for consideration to lower the cost and meet their budget. What would be the best technique for the project manager to use in order to achieve this goal?
a)
Plan cost management
b)
Value engineering
c)
Fishbone diagram
d)
Basis of estimates
159.
A request for proposal (RFP) which includes a procurement statement of work (SOW) has been prepared and forwarded to three of the prospective sellers. You have just received the last of the seller responses, and after reviewing all three responses, you see there is a 100% difference between the lowest and highest estimates. What should you do first?
a)
Select the seller with the highest estimate
b)
Take the seller with the highest estimate to court
c)
Select the seller with the lowest estimate
d)
Review the procurement statement of work
160.
During project initiation, the project manager had provided an initial estimate of $250,000 with a range of -25% to +75%. The project is now in planning, and, as part of the Estimate Costs process, the project manager has to refine this estimate to a much narrower range. How should the project manager determine the estimating methods that can be used and the accuracy required for the cost estimate?
a)
Review the cost management plan
b)
Examine the basis of estimates
c)
Contact the finance department
d)
Check the project charter
161.
A project manager had originally planned to use two industrial 3D printers simultaneously for a project but has just learned that one of them will be unavailable. The project manager adjusts the schedule so that the components are created sequentially using one printer. Unfortunately, this action affects the critical path and delays the planned finish date of the project. What tool or technique has the project manager used in this situation?
a)
Fast tracking
b)
Resource smoothing
c)
Crashing
d)
Resource leveling
162.
During the closure of an internal process improvement project, the project manager confirms that one of the improved processes transitioned into operations resulted in a significant improvement in that unit’s efficiency. In which of the following would the project manager record this information?
a)
The benefits management plan
b)
The project management plan
c)
The final report
d)
The business case
163.
You are a member of a project team responsible for project quality management. You have found that some of the testing procedures are not consistently detecting the issues they were designed to detect. If these procedures are not corrected, the project may end up failing or require a lot of rework. You recommend several suggestions to improve the procedures. What is the best way for you to deal with this situation?
a)
Let the project manager fix the procedures
b)
Issue a change request to apply the improvements
c)
Implement the changes as necessary
d)
Escalate the issue to the project sponsor
164.
A project manager facilitates an iteration retrospective meeting. The team members acknowledge that they were unable to meet the iteration goal. To gain insights into velocity and see what can be improved going forward, the participants analyze the burndown chart of the iteration, trying to correlate working days with the number of story points completed on those days. Assuming no scope has been added throughout the iteration, during which period was the gap between the plan and story points remaining the largest? (On the actual PMP exam, you will be requested to click the correct area in the image. But here in the simulator, please select the answer below.) -Pr74
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
165.
You are leading a project with some of the deliverables being developed using Scrum while others produced using traditional methods. The project sponsor is replaced midway into project execution. As part of your efforts to bring the new sponsor up to speed, you tell them that the deliverables are produced in a hybrid way. The sponsor requests a confirmation. What is the best course of action for you to address the sponsor's request?
a)
Show the project life cycle description to the project sponsor
b)
Tell the sponsor to talk to the project team so that they can explain how the product is developed
c)
Suggest reviewing the project charter together with the sponsor
d)
Show to the sponsor the development approach specified in the project management plan
166.
You are estimating the costs for a project where the project team will be supplemented with independent contractors. You need to know the number of internal and external team members assigned to the project along with the timelines for their deployment. Where is the best place to find this information?
a)
Basis of estimates
b)
Resource requirements
c)
Project schedule
d)
Cost forecasts
167.
Due to the complexity of a project, representatives from various departments of your company are invited to participate in seller proposal evaluation including Finance, Real Estate, Engineering, and Sales and Marketing. Based on this situation, what tool or technique are you using?
a)
Make-or-buy analysis
b)
Bidder conferences
c)
Source selection criteria
d)
Expert judgment
168.
The product trade show is approaching, and the agile project team must produce functional prototypes for the event. The team is also tasked with many other competing project activities. What can the project manager do in the next iteration planning?
a)
Remove the other competing activities from the schedule
b)
Reprioritize the remaining work in the product backlog
c)
Crash the project schedule by adding more resources
d)
Move the prototype work to be on the critical path
169.
You are preparing to start the process of estimating the costs associated with your new project when a key stakeholder calls you and asks for an estimation of project costs. You provide the stakeholder with an estimate of $1 million with a range of $750,000 to $1.75 million and inform her that you will be able to narrow down the estimate once you are finished with your cost analysis. What have you provided to the stakeholder?
a)
Analogous estimate
b)
Cost baseline
c)
Bottom-up estimate
d)
ROM estimate
170.
Which of the following choices represents the correct sequence of actions a project manager should take before project planning starts?
a)
Perform stakeholder analysis, create stakeholder register, resolve issues raised by stakeholders
b)
Define scope, collect requirements, create the work breakdown structure
c)
Plan stakeholder engagement, create power/interest grid, manage stakeholder engagement
d)
Create the project charter, create stakeholder register, inform stakeholders of the approved project charter
171.
You are leading a meeting with a group of stakeholders to prioritize the product requirements for your project. After several rounds of voting, no prioritized ranking of product requirements attains more than 50% of the votes. With the meeting at an impasse, what is your best course of action in this scenario assuming you don't want to decide for the group?
a)
Continue the meeting until unanimity can be reached
b)
Allow the majority to determine the prioritization of the requirements
c)
Permit the plurality of voters to prioritize the requirements
d)
Use autocratic decision making to set the priority of the requirements
172.
As part of a periodic risk review, the steering committee members express concern about a significant risk that the project team missed identifying while planning the previous sprint. At the following sprint planning meeting, the project manager and team devise an appropriate, cost-effective, and realistic response plan and assign a risk owner. What else should the project manager do?
a)
Implement the planned risk response
b)
Record the risk, risk response, and owner in the issue log
c)
Gain agreement by relevant stakeholders
d)
Submit a change request to revise the risk register
173.
Your boss is giving you a rough outline of the scope, constraints, and risks involved in a prospective client's project. The project is highly similar to the project you are currently closing. The sponsor wants to know how long this project would take your team to complete. You think your team may need two months, but what should your answer be?
a)
Let me run some numbers in a simulation, and get back to you tomorrow.
b)
Give us two months. We will knock it out just like the project that we are closing now.
c)
If it truly resembles this project we are closing, it could be six to ten weeks.
d)
Considering the uncertainty in scope, I estimate three months.
174.
A junior project manager is struggling with the implementation of the schedule management plan for a project to create a new smartphone application. The product is being developed incrementally, and the project manager decided to use an adaptive approach for this project. What would be the best advice to provide to the project manager?
a)
An adaptive approach is not appropriate for incrementally developed products
b)
Maximize work in progress by using a Kanban board
c)
Use pull-based scheduling by incorporating a Kanban board
d)
Focus on developing a highly detailed schedule of activities
175.
As a project manager for a small company, you have been responsible for negotiating and issuing contracts. Although your company has pre-qualified vendors, and the agreements are standard, you think the procurements should be handled by someone with more knowledge on the subject rather than the project managers. Which of the following will you recommend?
a)
Decentralized purchasing
b)
Centralized purchasing
c)
Pre-qualified vendors
d)
Supply chain management
176.
A project manager is highly experienced but is new to the organization and industry. He seeks assistance from another project manager within the organization that has worked on similar projects. He meets with that individual in order to get a better understanding of the organization’s approach to managing risk and the types of risk that are likely to be encountered on the project. Which one of the tools or techniques is being used in this scenario?
a)
Expert judgment
b)
Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
c)
Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
d)
Probability and impact matrix
177.
You are leading an agile project to develop a computer game, which will be broken down into four releases. After the first release, the initial online reviews are poor, and the early adopters have provided detailed feedback about what they don't like about the game. You are concerned about the impact of the poor reviews on future releases. What is the best course of action?
a)
Hold a release retrospective
b)
Terminate the project
c)
Discuss the issue with the project sponsor
d)
Expedite the delivery of the second release
178.
Based on your experience as a project manager, you know that there is confusion about the difference between the Validate Scope process and the Control Quality process. Which of the following statements would help clarify this confusion?
a)
The Validate Scope process is concerned with the correctness of the deliverables while the Control Quality process is concerned with acceptance of the deliverables.
b)
The Validate Scope process is concerned with acceptance of the deliverables while the Control Quality process is concerned with the correctness of the deliverables.
c)
Both the Validate Scope process and the Control Quality process are interchangeable and concerned with the correctness and acceptance of the project deliverables.
d)
The Validate Scope process belongs to the Executing Process Group while the Control Quality process belongs to the Monitoring and Controlling Process Group.
179.
Your procurement manager has asked you to compare the current schedule and cost performance of the installations against what was promised in the agreement with the vendor. What comparative process does the procurement manager refer to?
a)
A performance review
b)
A procurement statement of work (SOW)
c)
A procurement improvement plan
d)
An audit
180.
You are performing activities necessary to close out the second phase of a multi-phase project. The project documents of this phase indicate that the planned risk responses to several of the realized risks were found to be ineffective. What should you do next before moving to the next phase of your project?
a)
Increase the management reserves allocated to the third phase
b)
Update the risk management plan for the third phase
c)
Submit a change request to update the lessons learned register
d)
Transfer the knowledge gained to the lessons learned repository

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Professional Development