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A developer focused on a single story during an entire sprint. The story was underestimated and, therefore, was not completed. Which of the following steps should the Scrum team take next?
Assign more resources to complete similar stories in the future.
Break the stories into workable items that can be completed within one sprint.
Extend the sprint duration when required with the approval of the product owner.
Release the current progress into production and carry over the rest of the code for the next sprint.
Which of the following best describes the reason a waterfall approach would be used for a project?
The executive team still has no clear requirements for the product.
The executive team is looking to review the product only once after the product is finalized.
The executive team is expecting constant delivery of components.
The executive team wants to reduce the budget for development.
NO.3 A project manager is organizing and running a project closure meeting. Which of the following best describes the objective of this meeting?
To formally close the project and document lessons learned
To assign new tasks to the project team
To initiate the next phase of the project
To review the project budget for future planning
An software engineer is applying new updates to a program in a sandbox environment. Which of the following risk strategies best describes this practice?
Transfer
Mitigate
Avoid
Accept
A project manager has been very diligent in maintaining the version control for the documentation of requirements. Which of the following tools is the project manager using?
Multiauthoring software
Word processor
Real-time polling
Conferencing platforms
What type of meeting ensures that all participants are informed about the software's capabilities and how it will impact their work?
Status
Focus
Brainstorming
Informative
Which of the following communication methods would be the most appropriate to finalize the handoff of deliverables?
A virtual meeting with all the stakeholders
A face-to-face kickoff meeting with the stakeholders
A closure meeting with the project team and stakeholders
A final report submitted via email to the stakeholders
Which of the following activities should a project manager perform during the closing phase? (Select three).
Risk analysis
Removing access
Removing resources
Acquiring resources
Lessons learned
Which of the following software programs would be best to use to store information related to business transactions?
Record management system
Customer relationship management
Enterprise resource planning
Content management system
Project stakeholders have asked the team to use Scrum to run a software implementation project. Which of the following is most likely to take place during a Scrum ceremony?
Reviewing project blockers
Defining roles and responsibilities
Establishing a project schedule
Determining a project budget
A customer requests some changes to a product, and those changes are approved by the CCB. Which of the following should be changed first?
ROI
KPI
RACI
SOW
A project manager distributes minutes after each project meeting. However, the project manager is having difficulties hosting the meetings and documenting the discussions simultaneously. Which of the following should the project manager do in order to be most efficient?
Assign a scribe to take notes.
Record the meeting and transcribe the notes later.
Instruct each team member to take notes.
Get a facilitator for the meetings.
A project manager decided to host the development environment on a cloud service. Which of the following would the project manager most likely use for this purpose?
IaaS
XaaS
DaaS
SaaS
A client made a change request. Implementing the change will cause a delay in the project and a budget overrun. Which of the following should the project manager do first?
Update the WBS.
Escalate to the CCB.
Accept the change.
Implement the change.
During a stand-up meeting, a team member asks to include a change that an important stakeholder requested in the project board. This request is denied, and the team member has to go back to what was originally planned for the sprint. Which of the following individuals should the stakeholder have asked to request the change instead of the team member?
Architect
Project sponsor
Scrum master
Product owner
A project manager is using an agile methodology to lead the implementation of several features that should be developed concurrently. Which of the following items should the project manager view as a concern?
Each feature will have a different owner.
The majority of the team can only meet on a weekly basis.
The stakeholders have provided a specific deadline to meet.
Each feature has a specific budget allocation.
Which of the following is the most likely cause of a situation where a project manager keeps asking questions to another project manager who is currently leading a similar project?
The retrospective session feedback was not communicated properly.
The project resources were released ahead of time.
The documentation was not archived as per the PMO standards.
The validation of deliverables is running behind schedule.
As part of a project, structured cabling activities have been outsourced to another company. The agreement is that work will take six weeks to complete and will be performed at different locations. Which of the following should the project manager do?
Assign the resources.
Approve the deliverables.
Monitor the performance.
Accept delays in the work.
Purchase the materials.
Which of the following contract types would be most beneficial to both parties in cases in which the scope of the project has a large number of unknowns?
Variable costs
Fixed costs
Front-loaded
Time and materials
Which of the following items must be protected as PII? (Select TWO).
Work phone number
Job title
Date of birth
Time zone
Home address
A project team needs to understand what needs to be done, who needs to complete the tasks, and when the tasks need to be completed. Which of the following artifacts would be the best to capture this information?
(a)
A project manager is producing a project status report for key stakeholders. Which of the following should most likely be included?
Financial summary
Project schedule
Organizational chart
Approval
Feedback
By developing a project schedule, a PM has already validated the constraints, outlined the duration of the tasks and the phases, and confirmed the proper sequence and flow of the project. Which of the following activities still needs to be performed to complete the schedule?
Allocate resources.
Determine the project budget
Develop a communication plan.
Establish baselines.
A company needs to have structured cabling installed in one of its buildings. Which of the following would be the best document for the company to use to obtain and compare information on cabling services and costs from various vendors?
RFB
RFQ
RFI
During the planning phase, a PM reviews the SOW from the contractor, grades the full-time equivalents' resumes, evaluates the titles and salaries, and estimates the number of hours for each milestone by full-time equivalents. The PM is most likely:
negotiating resources.
assigning resources.
assessing the resource pool.
adding resources to the schedule.
Following the approval of a change by the CCB, which of the following should a project manager consider next when deploying a new networking device into an existing production environment?
Maintenance window
Risk assessment
Operational security
Validation check
A project coordinator has started a new project and is reviewing the following characteristics provided by the customer: * Two developers * High uncertainty about existing systems * Risk of frequent requirement changes * Tight deadlines Which of the following project methodologies would be best to use in this situation?
PRINCE2
Scrum
SAFe
XP
A few weeks before a project is scheduled to be completed, the client asks to add a new feature to the product that is being developed. The project manager analyzes the project schedule and determines the feature can be implemented quite easily without affecting the completion date. Which of the following should the project manager do first?
Escalate the change to the CCB.
Review the requested change.
Document the change recommendations.
Validate the implementation of the requested change.
A quality assurance team is based in three different locations. To validate the project deliverables, a project manager sent the hardware for testing purposes to the team in each of the locations. Two teams confirmed the hardware arrived, but one group did not receive it because of local customs. Which of the following ESG factors is the project team facing?
Awareness of the company vision, mission statement, and values
Impact of the project on the company's brand value
Awareness of applicable regulations and standards
Impact of the project on the local and global environments
A project manager makes a company-wide announcement about the successful completion of a project and thanks team members. Which of the following is the project manager doing?
Bringing attention to the project sponsor
Sharing lessons learned
Collecting feedback
Celebrating the team's hard work
A project manager provided the team with a summary Gantt chart for the project. The team, however, has expressed interest in seeing the sequencing between all of the tasks. Which of the following should the project manager provide?
Project network diagram
Fishbone diagram
Burndown chart
Milestone chart
A new junior PM who has ownership of a project does not understand how to manage conflicts involving multiple personalities. Which of the following is the best order of the stages the PM should follow to nurture the team to high performance?
Forming, storming, performing, norming, adjourning
Forming, performing, storming, norming, adjourning
Forming, norming, storming, performing, adjourning
Forming, storming, norming, performing, adjourning
Which of the following communication tools would a project manager use to broadcast information without being assured the information will be received?
Telephone
Videoconference
Face-to-face
For an upcoming project kickoff, a PM is looking for a way to illustrate roles for major project activities.
Resource plan
Organizational chart
Project charter
RACI chart
A stakeholder called a project manager on the telephone to ask for a status report. Which of the following describe this type of communication?
Informal
Indirect
Verbal
Internal
Formal
Which of the following aspects are true of waterfall as compared to agile?
In waterfall, solution validation occurs later in the development cycle.
Waterfall reinforces customer collaboration
Waterfall is composed of smaller teams working together
Waterfall is less tolerant to changes in scope.
In waterfall, working software is more of a focus than comprehensive documentation.
A project manager and team are reviewing a task that is supposed to take 9 days to complete and cost 3,000.Thereisa20 1,000 in costs. Which of the following represents the total amount that should be budgeted for the task?
9 days and $3,000
10 days and $3,200
12 days and $3,800
13 days and $3,600
During the planning phase, a team agreed on the tasks, durations, predecessors, and resources needed to complete a project. Which of the following should be developed to formalize this agreement?
Baseline
RBS
WBS
Milestones
Several months after a project has ended, a project team member is still charging time to the project and is unable to charge time to new projects. Which of the following did the project manager neglect to do?
Remove the team member's access.
Release the project resources.
Collect the stakeholders' feedback.
Have the closeout report approved.
An enhancement is set to be released into production, and availability issues need to be avoided. Before the release, which of the following should be the most important consideration?
System downtime
Risk assessment
Cost
A project manager notices a resource is overloaded and not completing tasks on time. After reviewing the Gantt chart, the project manager notices the resource has multiple simultaneous tasks that could be executed independently. Which of the following should the project manager do next?
Change the precedence of the tasks to "finish-to-start".
Evaluate and modify the schedule with a burndown chart
Assign additional resources to prevent overwork.
Perform critical path analysis
A PM has identified all the resources involved in a project. The next step is to identify which resources are responsible for which tasks. Which of the following should be used to document this information?
RFI
RACI
WBS
SOW
Project members are based in three countries and each work remotely. Which of the following would a project manager use to improve internal project communication?
Progress reporting
Meeting minutes
Team touch points
Change management
A PM is working on a strategy to store records. Which of the following elements must be included in this plan?
Document management
Communication management
Work breakdown structure
Data management
Issue management
During the project initiation phase, a project manager needs to construct a project schedule and show the project dependencies. Which of the following should the project manager use for this task?
Waterfall method
Simulation method
Precedence diagramming method
Cost ratio analysis
Refer to the diagram comparing consulting firms. Which of the following is the best consulting firm for the company to hire?
Consulting firm 1
Consulting firm 2
Consulting firm 3
Consulting firm 4
A project implementation partner and the project manager disagree about completed requirements. The project manager shows the project requirements as 70% complete. The implementation partner validates that all requirements were completed. Which of the following would clarify what the project implementation partner was contractually expected to complete?
SOW
RFI
RFQ
WBS
A global shipping slowdown is causing critical raw materials needed for manufacturing to be delivered late. As a result, a project's production run will be delayed from the beginning. Which of the following dependencies is most likely happening?
Finish-to-start
Start-to-start
Finish-to-finish
Start-to-finish
As a result of lessons learned, a project manager convenes a meeting to understand the poor quality of the project documentation. During the meeting, project team members provide insights from their perspectives and discussions with group members. Which of the following is the project team doing?
Executing the approved contingency plan
Constructing an Ishikawa diagram to determine the root cause
Using a Pareto chart to prioritize the different causes
Engaging the senior management team in regard to the issue
As part of a global project, the project manager wants to ensure there is no disruption in the day-to-day performance among project team members around the world. Which of the following should the project manager consider doing as part of the project planning?
A demo presentation for a global project was not as successful as expected because the development team misinterpreted which features needed to be incorporated. Which of the following has the project manager identified?
Technological factors
Poor sample data
Language barriers
Scope creep
During a status meeting for a multisystem program, a program manager learns that some deliverables from another project are delayed. Which of the following should the program manager do next?
Obtain details from the owner of the project.
Update the critical path for the project.
Apply contingency reserves.
Reestimate epic user stories.
Which of the following contract types should a project manager put in place before work begins for a third party that needs to perform a short-term task for which the duration cannot be accurately estimated and the cost cannot be calculated in advance?
Time and materials contract
Master service agreement
Fixed-price contract
Statement of work
Cost-plus agreement
Which of the following statements best describes Kanban?
A workflow management method to maximize efficiency and enable continuous improvement.
A board representing the different stages of a software solution.
A dashboard used to facilitate scope alignment with the project team.
A spreadsheet representing development tasks and how they relate to the business process being improved.
Project A is running behind schedule. The team realizes that Project B is working on an API that was planned to be developed by Project A. The project manager from Project A decides to use the API from Project B.
Exploit
Share
Transfer
Accept
A company asks some vendors to provide a solution for its specific needs. Which of the following documents should the company provide?
RFP
RFQ
RFB
RFI
During the execution phase, user accepted testing failed; nonetheless, the vendor PM is insisting that the program manager approve the invoice for this phase. Which of the following actions should the Program manager take?
Escalate the issue with the project sponsor and ask for assistance in managing the situation.
Work with the vendor to achieve a compromise that benefits everyone.
Approve the invoice to avoid damaging the relationship with the vendor.
Schedule a call with the vendor PM and vendor executive to review the statement of work.
Which of the following should occur first when planning maintenance windows?
Diagnose potential areas for concern.
Notify the customer base.
Determine a rollback plan.
Understand the organization's production cycle.
During project initiation, a project manager is drafting a document that includes an outline of the high-level goals, objectives, milestones, and requirements. This document will be modified and finalized as more information becomes available. Which of the following best meets the requirements?
Preliminary scope statement
Procurement needs assessment
Project success criteria
Work breakdown structure
During a gate review meeting, the deliverable was rejected by the customer. What is the correct order of tasks in the project change control process?
Identify the change, evaluate the impact, obtain approval, update documents, implement the change
Implement the change, update documents, obtain approval, evaluate the impact, identify the change
Obtain approval, identify the change, implement the change, update documents, evaluate the impact
Update documents, evaluate the impact, obtain approval, identify the change, implement the change
What is the purpose of consulting the RACI matrix in the change control process?
To identify who needs to be involved or informed about the change request and how to communicate with them.
To determine the budget required for the change request.
To evaluate the technical feasibility of the change request.
To schedule the implementation of the change request.
Which of the following best describes a sign off in the change control process?
A formal acceptance and approval of the change request and its deliverables
A document that defines the project schedule
A tool for internal communication
A list of project risks
Fill in the blank: A risk register is a document that identifies, analyzes, and records the potential ______ or uncertainties that may affect a project.
risks
resources
milestones
deliverables
What is the main function of a schedule in project management?
To show the planned start and end dates, durations, dependencies, and progress of each task or activity in a project.
To allocate financial resources to each team member.
To define the organizational structure of the project team.
To document the project’s risk management strategies.
The statement of work (SOW) defines the scope, deliverables, schedule, and terms and conditions of a project or contract.
True
False
What is the purpose of making an announcement on the company portal after a change request?
To inform and update other team members or departments about the change request and its outcomes and to share any lessons learned or best practices.
To advertise new company products to customers.
To schedule team-building activities for employees.
To announce employee birthdays and anniversaries.
Which of the following PRINCE2 processes includes creating the project plan?
Starting up a project
Initiating a project
Managing product delivery
Directing a project
A project manager wants to schedule a troubleshooting session for team members who are located in Germany and California. Which of the following is most important for the project manager to consider when setting up the session?
Cultural differences
Technological factors
Time zones
Language barriers
During a brainstorming meeting, a project manager identifies multiple techniques that will help the project team ensure confidence and alignment with the project scope and goals. Which of the following plans is the project manager creating?
Procurement
Communication
Quality assurance
Risk
A project manager realizes that a project will not be completed on time due to resource constraints. Which of the following actions should the project manager take NEXT?
Trigger the contingency plan and communicate with the stakeholders.
Work with the functional managers to create a work-around.
Submit a change request to the change control board.
Transfer the risk by hiring a new vendor who was successful on a previous project.
Set up an escalation meeting with the sponsor.
A project sponsor is struggling to provide the latest project status information on a weekly executive call. Which of the following should be reviewed?
Meeting cadence
Gap analysis
Dashboard
Adoption training
Several stakeholders have asked about how the requirements are being covered by the deliverables and the progress of each requirement. Which of the following would be the best tool the project manager can use to provide this information to the stakeholders?
Risk register
Change log
Traceability matrix
Project status report
Which of the following is the main reason for documenting artifacts?
To provide a record of the project's progress and achievements for future reference
To show stakeholders that the project is on track and progressing as planned
To help team members be aware of roles and responsibilities
To ensure that the project team understands the importance of the project to the organization
Which of the following should occur when implementing an IT infrastructure change that takes risks into consideration?
Approving the change request
Developing a rollback plan
Gathering necessary resources
Defining requirements
A project manager reports that the implementation of a new system is on track to be
completed under budget and ahead of the schedule. A stakeholder then asks the manager to add
mobile device functionality. Which of the following should the project manager do in response to the
request?
Decline because it is not included in the project scope.
Assess the impact of the request and create a change request
Create new functional and non-functional requirements for mobile devices.
Revise the baseline of the project plan by adding the new requirements.
A project manager has noticed that one-hour status calls are consistently lasting an extra 10
to 15 minutes.
Which of the following techniques would be best for the project manager to use?
Meeting minutes
Action items
Timeboxing
Follow-up notes
A system was implemented, and testing was successfully completed. Which of the following
should the project manager do NEXT?
Validate against the scope statement and ask for sign-off.
Run a control chart to ensure the quality of the deliverables.
Review the risk register and close up residual risks.
Start the training and handoff for the operations team.
A project team selected a random sample of patient accounts for testing the deliverable. The
data was masked since it contained patient names. Which of the following describes this type of
data?
Confidential information
Protected health information
Personally identifiable information
Security clearance
