(2) A senior executive proposes starting a project to replace a significant portion of the company’s labor force with an automated production line. Other executives express skepticism about whether this approach is the best way to boost profit margins and question whether they are prepared to sponsor such an initiative. What should be the first step in this scenario?

(3) 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 charges, 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 risk and cost be controlled?

(4) You take over a project that has just been baselined. You review the project management plan and realize that while the development phase of the project will use an adaptive lifecycle, the development team does not have any experience with agile methodologies. The resource management plan does not specify any agile training. What should you do first?

(5) A project manager is monitoring the status of the project schedule for a product development project. The project deliverables are being produced in an iterative fashion, and the project has just completed seven of twelve planned sprints. The project manager has gathered the following information: - 17 story points were completed and accepted in the seventh sprint - 20 story points were planned for sprint #7 - One feature worth 3 story points was completed but rejected and placed back in the product backlog - The value of the features developed to date is $172,000 - Actual costs to date are $167,000 - The BAC for the project is $300,000 - The project backlog contains 250 story points - The project team has successfully completed 137 story points to date Which of the following accurately describes the schedule performance of the project for the seventh iteration?

(6) 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?

(7) The plan for the first iteration was to complete 80 story points. However, the team was only able to complete 60. Each story point earns $1,000 for the project. The actual cost of the iteration was $70,000. As the iteration retrospective approaches, the scrum master requests that the team prepares all the data required to calculate the various earned value metrics. At the retrospective, the team determines that the cost performance index (CPI) of the iteration was _______. (On the actual exam, you will be requested to fill in the blank with the letter representing the correct answer. But here in the simulator, please select the answer below.)

(8) Your project to produce a new vending machine is almost over, and you are now in the process of handing over the product to the operations team. You are meeting with the company president who initiated the project and with operations senior managers to demonstrate the vending machine functionality. Which of the following is most important for you to achieve when meeting with these individuals?

(9) 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?

(10) Team members are complaining that they cannot get their work done because the new sponsor, who is not familiar with agile practices, keeps contacting them for project details. How should the scrum master address this?

(11) A company undertakes its first hybrid project. The project schedule is measured against the baseline, and the product is developed using Scrum. Agile training is provided to the team. The project completion date is due, and the team submits what they were able to complete so far. The customer inspects the product and indicates that an important feature was not delivered. What was the most likely reason that caused this situation?

(12) An agile practitioner would like to see their company start using Scrum for future projects, but getting buy-in at the executive level has been challenging since executives are not familiar with the benefits of agile methodologies. How should you describe to the executive team the benefits of using Scrum over other agile methodologies?

(13) You are managing a hotel construction project, and you have asked your project team to calculate the current earned value metrics to determine the project performance. Your team reports back that the project’s to-complete performance index (TCPI) is 0.9 based on the budget at completion (BAC). Which of the following is true regarding your project’s current situation as reflected by this TCPI value?

(14) As the project manager, you are in the process of assisting the project sponsor with creating the project charter for a project which will design and launch a new social media platform. In order to create the project charter, you need to get a better understanding of the project's objectives. What should you do to obtain this information?

(15) You are managing a project team that has recently been expanded by new team members working remotely from another country. Their roles have been outlined to form a preliminary team charter. Nevertheless, you have noticed a considerable lack of acceptance of cultural differences in the team, resulting in frequent conflicts. Which of the following techniques could help you in this situation? (Choose three.)

(16) After successfully completing several one-week iterations, an agile team is in agreement that the weekly iteration retrospectives have not been productive as the team is already working very efficiently. The team members say that holding weekly retrospectives is not the best use of their time. What is the best course of action for the project leader?

(17) You are the project manager for a large healthcare organization managing the installation of an electronic medical record (EMR) system. The installation requires a lot of different hardware purchases since this will be the first time an EMR has been used in the organization. You have been working through the procurement process, and you are now in the Control Procurements process. Which of the following activities will you perform as part of that process?

(18) Which of the following is not true about iteration planning meetings?

(19) After completing several sprints, it becomes evident that the project won't be able to achieve its objectives. The company decides to terminate the project. At the project retrospective, the participants agree that the lack of adoption of necessary changes by stakeholders resulted in the organization's failure to realize the project's intended benefits. What was the most likely cause of the failure?

(20) As you are monitoring the cost baseline for your project, you notice that project expenses are higher than expected at this point in the project. What is the most likely cause of the variance?

(21) A project is carried out using traditional methods. To produce project deliverables more frequently, the project manager wants to incorporate some agile practices into the team's work. An agile coach is brought in to conduct a workshop with the project team. What should the project manager do next to verify that the team has acquired the agile skill set needed to meet the project objectives?

(22) The project you are leading is supposed to upgrade the application developed by your company on desktop computers and mobile devices. Last week, a major supplier of electronics unexpectedly released a new mobile device. You realize that your application, with a little bit of modification, can run much faster and more securely on the new device. What should you do next in regards to this opportunity?

(23) You are leading a project to build single residential houses. The houses will be powered by solar energy. The requirements are very clear, and the project is one of many you have managed in the past. However, due to a technological advance in solar panels, the client requested that you install the latest panels available on the market. What project management approach is best for you to select for this project?

(24) As the current sprint is approaching its target date, the project manager measures the queue size of the various Kanban board columns and becomes concerned that the team might miss the sprint goal. The project manager shares their concern with the product owner. What is the most likely reason for the project manager's concern?

(25) The United Nations initiates a project to develop digital catalogs for every country represented in the organization. The catalogs are supposed to be relatively similar in size and scope. After the scope and cost baselines are approved, the sponsor requests that the catalogs be delivered as they are completed, rather than in bulk at the end of the project. Which scheduling approach should the project manager avoid for this project?

(26) As part of continuous improvement, the team members are looking for ways to optimize the process they use to conduct the work. At the iteration retrospective, an agile coach suggests using a lean production method, which would allow the team to analyze the process and identify and subsequently remove waste. How should the team implement the agile coach's suggestion?

(27) 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?

(28) You have been requested to fill in for a scrum master during the upcoming sprint. As you get yourself familiar with the project team, you feel that the team works as a well-organized unit and only needs you when a decision is required to be made at a higher level within the organization. Based on your observations, where is the team on the Tuckman ladder? (On the actual exam, you will be requested to click the correct area in the image. But here in the simulator, please select the answer below.)

(29) You are leading a project that was supposed to be managed using agile methods. Every week, however, the product owner holds a five-hour backlog refinement meeting with the project team where she presents the project scope broken down to the work package level. After three iterations, the project team's velocity is slower than expected. What is your best course of action?

(30) During a sprint retrospective, an issue is raised that some project team members are slow to respond to inquiries resulting in degraded project performance. The identified team members become defensive and claim that no standard had been established for response times. What might the agile leader do differently going forward to improve project performance?

(31) The cost of quality is among the data analysis techniques associated with the Plan Quality Management process. Which of the following are examples of the cost of quality? (Choose three)

(32) A company is about to undertake a project that will use new technology. It is expected that the customer will request a very large number of changes throughout the entire project life cycle. The project sponsor indicated that delivering incremental value to the customer frequently while maintaining the cost baseline under control is of the utmost importance for the project. Which of the following would help the most in addressing the frequent changes?

(33) A company considers a project to develop a new mobile app. Since it's unclear how target users will adopt the app, the company decides to develop an early release of the app incrementally with only the must-have features, and then, if feedback from the users is positive, proceed with the full-featured app using a predictive project management approach. What does the early release of the mobile app represent?

(34) A business considers engaging with a vendor to develop project deliverables. While most of the deliverables have well-defined requirements, some are still unclear and will be discovered and elaborated as the project progresses. Which of the following is best for the business to use to contract with the vendor?

(35) A project manager is in the process of developing the stakeholder register. As the first step in this process, she needs to create a list of potential stakeholders and decides to use a data gathering technique called brain writing. What is the first thing to do when using that technique?

(36) What are the key benefits of the processes that are part of the Project Communications Management Knowledge Area? (Choose three)

(37) An agile team is trying to determine the ideal iteration length. The team members are having a long and intense argument about it, but no one is willing to compromise. The scrum master is called in to help resolve the conflict. What is the best course of action for a scrum master?

(38) The resource management plan calls for six developers to serve on the project team who are all internal employees. In the process of putting together the project team, the project manager discovers that only three developers with the necessary skillset are available for the project due to attrition and higher priority projects. What should the project manager do next?