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Bai Tap PMP 9

Total questions: 65

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A project manager invites the company CEO, sponsor, team members, and an external client representative to a meeting to review the project management plan.The project manager starts to present the budget but the CEO suddenly asks to end the meeting.What should the project manager have done to avoid this situation?
a)
A. Reviewed the communications management plan before inviting an external client representative to the meeting
b)
B. Reviewed the cost management plan with internal participants and CEO prior to inviting an external client representative to the meeting
c)
C. Performed a root cause analysis with the external client representative and documented the findings in the lessons learned register
d)
D. Sent the presentation slides to internal participants first and then to the external client representative prior to the meeting
2.
A project manager is assigned to a new project to deliver a product at the end of the year. The project manager was informed by the vendor that a core component could not be shipped on time, which will impact the schedule.What should project manager to do next to minimize the impact on the project?
a)
A. Schedule a meeting with all stakeholders to extend the project deadline
b)
B. Replace the vendor with a new vendor who can offer the component on time
c)
C. Add an item to the next status review to make stakeholders aware of the vendor issue
d)
D. Review and update the issue log and determine if any alternative components can be offered
3.
In a hybrid project, the customer decided on a major change for the project design. This change was approved and the impact on schedule and budget is known.The software team leader, who is supposed to develop the software, refuses to commit to delivery dates claiming that they work using an agile approach and cannot commit to a final delivery date. The hardware team depends on this software to develop their part of the product.What should the project manager do?
a)
A. Add this risk to the risk register and monitor it according to the risk management plan
b)
B. Escalate this to higher management and ask for help to resolve the issue
c)
C. Impose the delivery dates on the software team leader and notify the functional manager about the situation
d)
D. Ask the software team leader to use a predictive approach and commit to a delivery date
4.
A project manager is having difficulty acquiring final acceptance of some deliverables from a stakeholder for reasons that seem to be outside of the project acceptance criteria.What should the project manager do?
a)
A. Persuade this stakeholder using emotional intelligence skills to obtain acceptance.
b)
B. Obtain final acceptance from another stakeholder who is also familiar with the project.
c)
C. Escalate this issue to the project sponsor and ask for support in obtaining final stakeholder acceptance.
d)
D. Create a project acceptance waiver noting the stakeholder's concerns so they can be addressed later.
5.
How should the project manager develop the project management plan to ensure that the project continually delivers the expected benefits?
a)
A. Clarify project benefits with the sponsor
b)
B. Identify the goal of each work product
c)
C. Perform integration testing of each release
d)
D. Include the entire project team in testing
6.
During project execution, a project manager is informed that most of the project team members have enrolled in the newly implemented work-from-home company policy.How should the project manager reflect this change in the project?
a)
A. Update the communication styles for enrolled team members in the communications management plan.
b)
B. Update roles and responsibilities for enrolled team members in the responsibility assignment matrix (RAM).
c)
C. Update the stakeholder engagement plan to include the emergency contact information for enrolled team members.
d)
D. Update the resource calendar for enrolled team members in the resource management plan.
7.
A project manager for a large multiyear industrial project has a project with diversified stakeholders from various geographical areas. Recently, the project manager encountered an issue with stakeholder engagement.Which two tools should the project manager use to determine the underlying reason for why engagement is not having the planned effect? (Choose two.)
a)
A. Five whys
b)
B. Communications management plan
c)
C. Ishikawa diagrams
d)
D. Issue log
e)
E. Open-space meetings
8.
A project manager is assigned to a project within a program. The high-level requirements of the project are known, but the priorities of some of the requirements are uncertain as they are interdependent on some other pipeline projects within the program.How should the project manager prepare for the next steps of the project?
a)
A. Escalate to the management team to increase the timeline based on the complexity of the project
b)
B. Wait for the other project estimates before planning the schedule
c)
C. Prioritize and estimate the milestones for the high-level requirements based on historical data
d)
D. Ask the project management office (PMO) to estimate the tasks for all the projects and share the project management plan
9.
A new team member has joined an agile project, replacing a team member who recently left. The project team needs the new team member to speed up their ability to contribute effectively to the project.What should the project manager do to help in this situation?
a)
A. Assign the new team member the same tasks that were assigned to the previous team member who they replaced
b)
B. Schedule knowledge transfer sessions and assign less complex tasks to the new team member
c)
C. Send technical documentation to the new team member and schedule training for the next iteration
d)
D. Have the new team member complete all of the company's mandatory training
10.
A team is holding the first demonstration of the software built to date on a medium-sized project. The product owner has uncovered a number of issues they would like to be addressed before providing approval.How should the project manager approach this problem?
a)
A. Plan to address the issues through backlog grooming and incorporate them into the next sprint
b)
B. Refer the product owner to the change management plan, then escalate to the steering committee
c)
C. Refer the product owner to the signed business requirement document and explain that the current plan cannot facilitate these changes
d)
D. Tell the product owner the issues will be addressed in the second version of the software
11.
A project manager has just finished initiating a project. While planning the project manager notes that several essential team members do not have the required skills for key tasks later in the project.What should the project manager do first?
a)
A. Develop the resource management plan and ensure adequate training
b)
B. Replace the current project team members
c)
C. Outsource the task to be completed by a specialized vendor
d)
D. Update the issue log to account for the lack of team member qualifications
12.
A project to develop a large hydropower plant is in the implementation phase and is managed using a hybrid approach.What should the project manager do to ensure full compliance of quality requirements during the execution phase?
a)
A. Analyze the quality requirements.
b)
B. Plan quality management
c)
C. Continually survey the quality of the deliverable
d)
D. Set up quality policies and procedures
13.
A project manager finished reviewing the project deliverables for the current iteration with the customer. A new key stakeholder who just joined the customer's team, complains that the results do not provide the capabilities the business anticipated.What should the project manager do to address this issue?
a)
A. Create a change request and update the scope management plan
b)
B. Conduct stakeholder identification and a project objectives review session
c)
C. Update the stakeholder list and fix the deliverables
d)
D. Update the project management plan and lessons learned
14.
As part of the strategic plan, a company decides to implement a new software platform to manage a centralized document repository. Some requirements are clear and some need more detail.What should the project manager do first to decide how to manage this project?
a)
A. Select a predictive development life cycle based on the team's experience
b)
B. Determine the most appropriate life cycle approach for the project
c)
C. Register all requirements into a backlog for further detailed analysis
d)
D. Split the requirements, put them into two separate projects, and apply different approaches
15.
One team member is not as active as the rest of the team during a brainstorming session. The project manager has a separate conversation with the team member and learns that the team member is slightly hearing impaired. The team member appreciates the project manager's concern. The project manager then decides to change the time and room for the meeting to ensure everyone can participate.What interpersonal skill did the project manager use?
a)
A. Networking
b)
B. Emotional intelligence
c)
C. Conflict management
d)
D. Influencing
16.
For the purposes of quality assurance, a quality audit was conducted on the processes being used in the project execution plan. One of the nonconformance issues raised by the auditor was that attendance lists for the project risk review meetings were not available.Why is an attendance list important?
a)
A. It is standard practice on projects to conduct risk review meetings which should have records on meeting attendance
b)
B. The attendance list is evidence that risk review meetings were held with the appropriate project team members
c)
C. It is a record that shows the number of attendees in the meeting
d)
D. It is a document that is registered within the lessons learned register
17.
A company is initiating a project to enhance one of its existing products. All of its products are developed internally.What should the project manager do?
a)
A. Ensure the stakeholder engagement plan is accurate and properly documented
b)
B. Review the lessons learned from the previous project
c)
C. Identify the risk of implementing the new solution and evaluate the impact on the project
d)
D. Create a lessons learned document for the initiation phase
18.
The client will not agree to closure, claiming that the project team has not performed the code inspections mandated in the development contract. The project team has performed the code inspections, however the records are not complete.What should the project manager do?
a)
A. Seek expert legal advice on the interpretation of the clauses in the contract
b)
B. Hold a meeting with the project team project sponsor and the client to agree to the further work required to close the project and add to lessons learned
c)
C. Close the project and hand over the deliverables to the client
d)
D. Hold a lessons learned workshop with the project team and project sponsor to avoid contractual compliance issues arising in future projects
19.
A project manager has a team of shared resources from other projects who are working on a client project. Three days before the project is due. The team informs the project manager that the project will be delayed because a component was not delivered on time. Competing priorities of the shared resources are delaying delivery of the component.What should the project manager have done to prevent this delay from happening?
a)
A. Updated the risk management plan and registered lessons learned for the project
b)
B. Reorganized the team for the project based on the work breakdown structure (WBS)
c)
C. Maintained constant communication with the stakeholders of the other projects
d)

D. Used the resource management plan to identify the impacts of the other projects

20.
A project manager has been managing a highly complex project. The project manager has ensured that all of the required tasks have been completed. During a recent external audit. The project manager was informed of a heavy penalty being levied on the project for the latest module that was implemented.What should the project manager have done to ensure that there were no liabilities arising from the recent implementation?
a)
A. Ensured that all defects identified during testing were resolved before implementation
b)
B. Ensured that all of the required tasks identified in the scope were completed successfully
c)
C. Ensured that all documentation was completed post implementation before closing the project
d)
D. Ensured that all the required approvals were received per the organizational procedures
21.
A project manager at a company is considering a high-performing junior member of the organization to be the new project manager for a current project.What should the project manager do to prepare for a recommendation to senior management?
a)
A. Compile key highlights featuring the team member from the meeting minutes
b)
B. Ask the team member to write a short biography listing their qualifications
c)
C. Gather project artifacts that demonstrate the team member's high performance
d)
D. Calculate the health of the projects on which the team member has worked
22.
A project manager accepts a delivery at the project site but the items are of a poor quality. The project manager gets the local vendor to fix the items but more deliveries from this vendor are expected.What should the project manager do going forward?
a)
A. Allocate extra time to inspect deliveries for quality assurance upon arrival at the site
b)
B. Review the contract requirements and ask for the applicable evidence for quality assurance
c)
C. Have the vendor issue the quality documentation prior to the next delivery
d)
D. Call the vendor and have them verbally guarantee the quality of the next site delivery
23.
During project execution, the risk owner is monitoring the critical speed rate of a power engine to eventually trigger the defined risk-response strategy. During the risk assessment and management process phase, it was defined that the power engine has the following characteristics:1,600 rpm (rate-per-minute) -> stops working and crashes the system1,500 rpm (rate-per-minute) -> warns of max rate allowed1,400 rpm (rate-per-minute) -> reduces the power and brakes the engineWhich of the following statements is correct?
a)
A. 1,600 rpm is a project risk, 1,500 rpm is an event that triggers a response strategy, and 1,400 rpm is a project issue.
b)
B. 1,600 rpm is a project issue, 1,500 rpm is an event that triggers a response strategy, and 1,400 rpm is a project risk.
c)
C. 1,600 rpm is a project issue, 1,500 rpm is a project risk, and 1,400 rpm is an event that triggers a response strategy.
d)
D. 1,600 rpm is an event that triggers a response strategy, 1,500 rpm is a project issue, and 1,400 rpm is a project risk.
24.
Project A is critical for the company and must be completed within nine months. The project charter has been signed but the project scope statement has not been prepared. Management asks the project manager to move forward with the project without an approved project scope statement.What should the project manager do next?
a)
A. Escalate the issue to the project sponsor and add it to the risk register
b)
B. Refuse to work on the project because management is not following standard project management practices
c)
C. Meet with management to explain the potential problems with running a project without a project scope statement
d)
D. Start the project with inputs from the project charter to save time
25.
A project manager is starting a project using a hybrid approach and notices some team members only have knowledge of predictive approaches.What does the project manager need to do first in order to have good project performance?
a)
A. Coach those team members lacking hybrid knowledge to learn on the job.
b)
B. Change the team to include hybrid experts.
c)
C. Assess the required training per team member.
d)
D. Deliver hybrid training to all team members.
26.
While reviewing prototypes, the quality team found some deviations that do not affect the mam functionality but have the potential to be an issue in the future. To avoid major problems in the future, the team recommends corrective actions that will require additional funds. The project is already struggling to stay on budget and has even used some of the contingency reserves.What should the project manager do?
a)
A. Ask the product designer why the deviation was not considered in the design phase
b)
B. Report to the project sponsor that the product is working and the project is struggling with the budget
c)
C. Evaluate and initiate the change request process with the stakeholders
d)
D. Ask the quality team to discard the sample and test again with a new sample
27.
A technical subject matter expert (SME) identifies an occurrence that should be captured in the project's lessons learned. The SME asks the project manager to write, document and include it in the lessons learned register.What should the project manager do?
a)
A. Assign the documenting task to a project team member.
b)
B. Ask the SME to document and capture the occurrence.
c)
C. Request the SME to wait until the project closure phase.
d)
D. Take ownership of documenting this information.
28.
A team has been struggling with various issues during the course of an iteration. The project lead facilitates a discussion of the issues and the team forms new team agreements. During the next iteration, some of the same issues appear again.What should the project lead do next?
a)
A. Notify senior management of the issues, and have them review the importance of agreements with the team
b)
B. Challenge the team to determine if the issues surfaced again because agreements were not followed
c)
C. Post the agreements in a conspicuous place where all of the team members can see them
d)
D. Let the team self-organize and determine the best means to prevent the issues from occurring again
29.
The project sponsor on an agile project informed the project lead that an executive would like an update on the project's progress.What should the project lead do?
a)
A. Provide a link to the project's shared drive for the executive to search through for any artifacts that are of interest
b)
B. Invite the executive to the project's meeting space to determine if the project information radiators meet their needs
c)
C. Reach out to the project management office (PMO) for status report templates and provide project updates in that format
d)
D. Ask the project sponsor or product owner to provide an update since the project lead should be trying to keep the team free from impediments
30.
During the course of a project, the project manager wants to ensure that the work carried out and the product being created do not deviate from the prescribed business value.What should the project manager pay special attention to in order to achieve this goal?
a)
A. Reviewing and updating the requirements management plan
b)
B. Carrying out quality audits and failure analyses
c)
C. Monitoring the work breakdown structure (WBS)
d)
D. Monitoring and updating the benefits realization plan
31.
A project manager is leading a meeting with key stakeholders, the project sponsor and the product owner to define the features that will be released after the next iteration. The purpose of the meeting is to review the product backlog prioritization, considering that during the past iteration some deliverables were not completed.Which two items should be taken into account first to review and update the product backlog priorities during the meeting? (Choose two.)
a)
A. Complexity and the cost of development
b)
B. Industry trends and the technical approach
c)
C. Cost of delaying some features against business value
d)
D. Reusing components from another product
e)
E. Length of time each feature has been on the backlog
32.
During an iteration of a project, a planned activity becomes more complex. The work should be delivered in the shortest time possible.What approach should be used in this situation?
a)
A. The team facilitator gets support from external team members.
b)
B. The team members bring in a specialist to help them
c)
C. The product owner moves it to the product backlog.
d)
D. The cross-functional team member work together to complete the activity
33.
A multinational company has a plan to expand their business into a new country where they currently have no presence. A project manager is assigned to initiate this project.After reviewing the business case, what should be considered first when developing an appropriate implementation strategy?
a)
A. Acquire project resources from the new country to mitigate the risk of uncertainty
b)
B. Evaluate the environmental and regulatory factors and identify high-level risks and assumptions
c)
C. Identify and monitor the risks closely since the company does not have lessons learned for this country
d)
D. Ensure that project sponsors are in agreement on the project deliverables and timeline during the project
34.
A project manager is assigned to lead a newly formed agile team. The functional manager has assigned tasks to team members, but the team members do not feel empowered.How can the project manager promote empowerment and accountability among the team?
a)
A. Assign the tasks individually based on the role of the team member to ensure expertise on the subject.
b)
B. Encourage and assign the team to perform demos of their products or software with the customers
c)
C. Give the team autonomy to make their own decisions on how to perform the tasks
d)
D. Encourage the team to keep the product owner involved when choosing ways to resolve the given task
35.
A project manager who is managing a critical project in a multinational company is conducting a progress meeting with all team members. During the meeting, one of the team members states that they are facing a critical problem that will prevent them from completing their assigned task.What should the project manager do?
a)
A. Ask the team member to follow the approved communications management plan to communicate their issue
b)
B. Schedule a meeting with the concerned team member to review and update the issue log together
c)
C. Review the risk register with the team member to find the proper response action for this issue
d)
D. Ask the team member to raise a change request to assess the issue in detail
36.
During the last sprint review the product owner stated that the product does not deliver any value. The project manager believes that the product meets all the provided specifications. The team is confused by the product owner's statement.What should the project manager do when using a hybrid approach?
a)
A. Escalate the matter to the executive board so they can decide on next steps
b)
B. Prioritize the project backlog and ask the development team to fix the issues
c)
C. Review the project's benefits management plan with the product owner
d)
D. Ask the product owner to terminate the project as it is no longer aligned to the expected benefits
37.
A geographically distributed project team has development issues between the collocated and virtual teams causing productivity to decrease.What should the project manager do to address this issue?
a)
A. Force the team members to work from one location
b)
B. Develop protocols for resolving conflicts between team members
c)
C. Obtain special expertise to advise the team members
d)
D. Set up face-to-face meetings with project team members
38.
A Scrum team has committed to delivering a specific capability in their first release. Multiple operational issues have prevented the developer from delivering key capabilities. The technical lead has also given notice that they are resigning from the company.What should the project manager have the Scrum team do to recover from these issues?
a)
A. Review constraints in the ongoing sprint planning and evaluate options for the release plan
b)
B. Stop the sprint and replan and prioritize the backlog to reduce resource levels
c)
C. Consult the resource management plan for an appropriate response
d)
D. Continue with existing sprint plans to ensure some of the scope will be delivered
39.
A project manager is leading a large-scale project that involves 70 stakeholders. The project manager has heard various comments and expectations from the customers, some of which are contradictory. Consequently, some requirements are not clear.What should the project manager do to build consensus regarding the requirements?
a)
A. Escalate the issue to the management team for their review and guidance
b)
B. Create a survey template to collect feedback from stakeholders to reach an agreement
c)
C. Organize a face-to-face meeting with all stakeholders to understand their interests and concerns
d)
D. Leverage expert judgment to determine the requirements that should be considered
40.
A project manager has been asked to lead a project. The performing organization does not have a project management office (PMO) or formal governance policies procedures, and guidelines for this type of project.What should the project manager do first to determine a governance approach for the project?
a)
A. Consult a subject matter expert (SME) as to the best governance policies, procedures, and guidelines to be used by the project
b)
B. Consult with team members and stakeholders to determine whether the organization has any informal governance policies procedures, and guidelines
c)
C. Choose either a predictive or agile framework best suited to the nature of the project, and use this framework as the basis for project governance policies, procedures, and guidelines
d)
D. Coach the self-managing team to produce tailored governance policies, procedures and guidelines for the project
41.
A key project stakeholder who was a big supporter and motivator for the project team is leaving the organization. The project team is experiencing low morale and poor teamwork.What should the project manager do to improve morale?
a)
A. Identify the wants and aspirations of the team
b)
B. Build team connections and emotional bonds
c)
C. Forge consensus through team participation
d)
D. Set goals and push the team to achieve the goals
42.
A project manager is appointed for the deployment of a new solution. The solution will be integrated into the environment by a third-party vendor. This vendor just announced a delay in delivering a key component, which will impact the project schedule.What should the project manager do?
a)
A. Ask for expedited delivery of the component to mitigate the risk of schedule delays
b)
B. Ensure that relevant stakeholders and expectations are identified and assess the component delay
c)
C. Perform a detailed analysis of the release content for each component of the solution
d)
D. Propose a new design of the solution maw the external component with an internal one
43.
A project manager and protect team are developing a strategic approach to engage the internal and external stakeholders.Which approach should be followed?
a)
A. Analyze both internal and external stakeholders and develop a customized engagement strategy for each stakeholder
b)
B. Schedule status meetings with all stakeholders to allow their participation in all project discussions and reports
c)
C. Classify all high-risk stakeholders and request that the protect sponsor communicate directly with them
d)
D. Involve only the internal stakeholders as the external stakeholders should not have access to confidential information
44.
A distributed protect team wants to use the common ground principle to ensure that they have a common understanding of the scope. The team asks the protect lead to set up a workshop.What should the project lead do?
a)
A. Ask the senior members of the development team to elaborate on the scope in detail
b)
B. Invite participants to the workshop with sufficient lead time to prepare
c)
C. Reduce the number of participants to ensure that consensus is reached easier
d)
D. Provide the participants with specific instructions and sot the expectations
45.
A client mentioned that in the past 2 months, they have not been invoiced for completed work. The client has communicated that they will release the funds for other activities it the invoices are not sent.What should the project manager do next?
a)
A. Work with the client and agree on a schedule to provide them with the invoices
b)
B. Reach out to the billing team and instruct them to issue the invoices immediately
c)
C. Review the previous billing information and prepare a corrective action plan
d)
D. Communicate and inform the client to go ahead and release the funds
46.
Midway through the execution of an agile protect there is a shift in the strategic objectives at the organization level to promote digital transformation.What should the project manager do next?
a)
A. Schedule a meeting with the team to assess the impact of the change
b)
B. Escalate to the product owner and cancel the upcoming iterations
c)
C. Prepare a user story to handle the change and assign it to the next iteration
d)
D. Update the risk-prioritized backlog with the strategic change
47.
A project manager is assigned to a project that will improve the business operations for a trading firm. The project team has just completed the discovery phase and needs to make a presentation to the business team in 4 weeks to showcase the feasibility of the solution.How should the project manager advise the team to proceed?
a)
A. Develop a conceptual framework.
b)
B. Develop a request for proposal (RFP).
c)
C. Develop a prototype.
d)
D. Develop a minimum viable product (MVP).
48.
Project reviews are done regularly in a project. The team has encountered a critical technical issue that will be discussed in the next project review.Who should the project manager invite to the review for an effective decision on the way forward?
a)
A. Internal team
b)
B. Project team
c)
C. Management team
d)
D. End user team
49.
A project manager is initiating an agile project for which some external components will be delivered by vendors. One of the vendors, however, will be unable to deliver its component in an incremental, collaborative way.How should the project manager handle this situation?
a)
A. Submit a request to the project sponsor to have the vendor replaced with a vendor who can work following an agile approach.
b)
B. Ask the project management office (PMO) to abandon using an agile approach on the project to accommodate the vendor.
c)
C. Have the vendor deliver the component using another approach, then integrate it into the project without changing the overall agile approach.
d)
D. Ask the product owner to move the component to the product backlog to be addressed after the work using an agile approach has been completed.
50.
A project manager is leading a team that is geographically dispersed. The team needs to collaborate and finalize the monthly reports. Occasionally, meetings occur during the weekends due to the time differences. Team members have expressed that they do not want to work on the weekends.What should the project manager do?
a)
A. Take over the activity and deliver the reports whenever work is required on a weekend.
b)
B. Avoid reporting during the months that team members would need to work on the weekend.
c)
C. Remind the team members of their governance responsibilities documented in the team charter.
d)
D. Communicate to the project stakeholders that the reports will be delayed certain months of the year.
51.
A project manager is managing a large project. During a review meeting, the project manager discovers that one of the team members who use to be a high performer was not able to complete their work on time.What should the project manager do?
a)
A. Talk to the team member to determine why their performance changed.
b)
B. Talk to the team member's manager to provide more training.
c)
C. Talk to the team member and a human resources (HR) representative.
d)
D. Talk to the project lead and ask them to allocate less demanding tasks.
52.
A project manager is using an agile approach. During the sprint planning meeting, the product owner flagged a backlog item as high business value and easy to implement. However, the other team members identified a high dependency between this item and another item that is flagged as low business value and high complexity.What should the project manager do to support the backlog prioritization?
a)
A. Support the team to move both items to the next sprint when the team will know more.
b)
B. Prioritize the item flagged as high business value and low complexity for this sprint.
c)
C. Facilitate the discussion until the team reaches an agreement about the two items.
d)
D. Prioritize the item flagged as a dependency with low business value and high complexity.
53.
An organization is initiating a project that will be using new technology. The complexity of the project requires excellent technical skills. After reviewing the proposed project management plan, the project sponsor asks for options to reduce the labor cost without introducing risk to the project delivery.What should the project manager do first?
a)
A. Review the risk register and assign functional managers as resources.
b)
B. Perform an analysis of the key cost drivers and present alternatives.
c)
C. Analyze the resource pool and assign internal resources who participated in past projects.
d)
D. Review the work breakdown structure (WBS) to ensure there are adequate resources.
54.
A project manager meets with the development team to estimate the time required to complete a software application. The software developers are new to the company, and they have never developed a similar application.Which estimation technique should the project manager recommend?
a)
A. Analogous estimating
b)
B. Parametric estimating
c)
C. Planning poker
d)
D. Three-point estimating
55.
A project sponsor insists that the project scope for a new product launch should include two geographical locations. However, after the project scoping session was done, a project charter was completed and approved with one location only.What should the project manager do?
a)
A. Ask the sponsor to increase the budget and schedule of the project to accommodate the additional scope.
b)
B. Assess the impact to the scope and submit a change request for approval of the two locations before including them in the scope of the project.
c)
C. Discuss with the sponsor that the project scope is approved and it is not possible to include two locations as it will affect the budget.
d)
D. Encourage the sponsor to start another project for the additional location so that the current project is not impacted.
56.
A project is on its fifth iteration out of six. One member of the team has left the company unexpectedly.What should the project manager do next?
a)
A. Take on some of the necessary work to minimize the impact.
b)
B. Invite the stakeholders to discuss a mitigation plan.
c)
C. Detail the reason for the project delay in the status report.
d)
D. Register an issue and escalate it to the project sponsor.
57.
A construction company is executing a building contract that includes firm milestones for replacing certain components of the building. During execution, the client complains that the new components do not meet the requirements.What should the project manager have done to prevent this from happening?
a)
A. Continuously communicated the changes in the work plan and the agreement to the client
b)
B. Defined acceptance criteria in a quality checklist agreed upon before starting the build phase
c)
C. Provided compensation for issues due to the variance in the agreed-upon requirements
d)
D. Approved a detailed change management process before starting the build phase
58.
An agile team is in the early phases of the development cycle for a project; however, they have already begun to deliver functionality to the customer. The team has identified risks to the project and are working on developing the mitigation strategy.What should the project manager do next?
a)
A. Escalate the risk to the project sponsor and steering committee.
b)
B. Implement the risk mitigation strategy according to the highest impact.
c)
C. Incorporate and prioritize the risks in the risk register according to impact.
d)
D. Determine if any of the new risks have any financial impact.
59.
A project stakeholder complained that they did not receive an important delivery that was stated in the schedule. The team member responsible for this deliverable explained that they sent an email to the stakeholder, advising them that the deliverable would not be delivered on time.What should the project manager have done to avoid this situation?
a)
A. Confirmed that the stakeholder was made aware of the delivery delay.
b)
B. Communicated with the stakeholder directly regarding the delivery delay.
c)
C. Told the team member to send the unfinished deliverable to the stakeholder and finalize it later.
d)
D. Ensured that the team member did not communicate directly with the project stakeholder.
60.
After sending an on-site meeting invitation to seven people for the kick-off meeting of a project, a key stakeholder declines because they will be at another location for the rest of the month.What should the project manager do?
a)
A. Change the kick-off meeting to a virtual meeting so all can attend at the same time.
b)
B. Hold the kick-off meeting with the rest of the stakeholders to avoid a delay in the project.
c)
C. Reschedule the kick-off meeting for the following month so all can attend on-site.
d)
D. Make arrangements for the stakeholder to join the kick-off meeting virtually.
61.
At the end of a project, the project manager was asked to provide a performance rating of the project team members.What should the project manager mainly make reference to?
a)
A. Input from project stakeholders
b)
B. Feedback from the project sponsor
c)
C. Agreed-upon key performance indicators (KPIs)
d)
D. Competencies of team members
62.
In a global project, the main definitions were developed in country A, and the delivery of the project will be completed in phases in countries B, C, and D. Country B discovers that one of the legal requirements was not addressed.What should the project manager have done to avoid this situation?
a)
A. Managed risk mitigation strategies specific to each country.
b)
B. Asked procurement to assign resources located in each country.
c)
C. Selected countries that had similar regulatory requirements.
d)
D. Identified the regulatory differences among the countries.
63.
A project manager prepared a project benefits management plan.Which of the following should be included in this document?
a)
A. Strategic alignment, benefits owner, risk register
b)
B. Target benefits, benefits owner, lessons learned
c)
C. Project requirements, target benefits, issue log, metrics
d)
D. Target benefits, strategic alignment, time frame for realizing benefits
64.
In a frequently changing project, the project manager discovers a customer requirement change during a daily meeting. What should the project manager do?
a)
A. Escalate to management for approval since the change was not included in the original requirements.
b)
B. Tell the customer that the requirement change will be put into the next project phase if management approves.
c)
C. Give the change to the scrum master to investigate how much additional effort the change will require.
d)
D. Validate the requirement change with the product owner and development team before redefining the scope.
65.
A customer is concerned with the quality of the product delivery, as the production deployment is approaching. What should the project manager do next to ensure acceptance of the deliverables?
a)
A. Verify the production budget before advancing the product.
b)
B. Evaluate the quality checklist for product compliance.
c)
C. Review the approved exit criteria for the product.
d)
D. Test product integration in accordance with the requirements.