PMI PMP Project Management Professional Online Training
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The questions for PMP were last updated at Nov 23,2024.
- Exam Code: PMP
- Exam Name: Project Management Professional
- Certification Provider: PMI
- Latest update: Nov 23,2024
A customer’s technical lead discussed a new feature with the project manager. The project manager believes the new feature will boost performance significantly and adds it as a high-priority item in the sprint backlog. At the end of the sprint, all of the planned stories were not completed because the new feature took more time.
What should the project manager do next?
- A . Receive an agreement from the product owner and add the new story to the product backlog.
- B . Agree with the project team to modify and delete some of the stories in the current sprint backlog.
- C . Obtain approval from the project team and add the new story to the product backlog.
- D . Negotiate with the scrum master before adding the new story to the sprint backlog.
A project is starting its sixth iteration out seven. During the daily meeting, a team member explains that a key function will take longer to complete than originally anticipated.
What should the project manager do?
- A . Update the issue log and escalate the problem to the project sponsor.
- B . Ask for a project extension to deliver the committed scope.
- C . Review the options and possible solutions with the project team.
- D . Ask for help to increase the team capacity to deliver on time.
A project manager is leading a technically complex project. The project is part of a strategic program of work and the first to use an agile approach. One of the board members is interested in attending a meeting to see how the delivery of the project scope is progressing.
What should the project lead do?
- A . Invite the board member to the next daily standup.
- B . Invite the board member to the next sprint retrospective.
- C . Invite the board member to a separate demo.
- D . Invite the board member to the next sprint review.
A project team has been working together for about 2 years. One of the team members has consistently shown high performance and stood out among their peers during the execution of the project.
How should the project manager recognize high performance?
- A . Thank the team member privately to avoid conflict among the team members.
- B . Acknowledge the high-performing team member in the next team meeting.
- C . Choose a reward for the team member that aligns with their personal goals.
- D . Ask the sponsor to approve a bonus for the high-performing team member.
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 . Defined acceptance criteria in a quality checklist agreed upon before starting the build phase
- B . Approved a detailed change management process before starting the build phase
- C . Provided compensation for issues due to the variance in the agreed-upon requirements
- D . Continuously communicated the changes in the work plan and the agreement to the client
An experienced project manager is leading an enthusiastic team but realizes the team lacks the experience to complete the job successfully.
What should the project manager do to reduce the risk of project failure?
- A . Ask the sponsor to add experienced professionals to the team.
- B . Assign a dedicated resource to check the quality of each deliverable.
- C . Approve the appropriate training program for team members.
- D . Provide team members with the necessary coaching and mentoring.
A project with a hard timeline is starting its first iteration out of six. The project team is lacking the necessary skills to execute.
What should the project manager do?
- A . Allow the team to proceed as they attempt to meet the timeline.
- B . Add a subject matter expert (SME) to the project team.
- C . Invite stakeholders to discuss a mitigation plan to finish on time.
- D . Fill the skill gap personally to execute the project.
A project manager is leading a project with strict time constraints. In team meetings, one of the team members is always silent. The project manager determines that this team member is not knowledgeable about the technology solution. The project manager is concerned that this problem will impact productivity.
What should the project manager do?
- A . Assign an experienced team member to work with this member on a daily basis in order to become knowledgeable about the technology.
- B . Arrange formal training for this member to gain sufficient knowledge to reduce the impact on team performance.
- C . Let this team member understand the urgency and encourage them to spend extra time to become knowledgeable about the technology.
- D . Let the team lead the meeting discussions so that every member has a chance to prepare and speak up.
An agile project has a broad set of product features intended for different user profiles and usages. It is difficult to define common acceptance criteria that can apply to all the features.
How can the project manager ensure that the appropriate acceptance criteria are applied to the features?
- A . Define the acceptance criteria and specific functional test cases only after analyzing the user feedback from testing the early feature release.
- B . Integrate the acceptance criteria review into the definition of ready (DoR) for each feature and associated tests into the feature’s definition of done (DoD).
- C . Use the broadest set of acceptance criteria to ensure that all features have a common quality baseline and associated functional test cases.
- D . Integrate the specific tests into the definition of ready (DoR) for each feature and the acceptance criteria into the feature’s definition of done (DoD).
At the end of a project’s initiation phase, the budget was developed and sent to the approval board. During the approval meeting, one of the key stakeholders asked how the budget was developed for future uncertainties.
How should the project manager reply?
- A . Recurrent team meetings are planned to control the budget against future uncertainties.
- B . Probabilistic analysis was used to develop the budget to address future uncertainties.
- C . The budget was developed by using the lessons learned from previous project data.
- D . Feedback from stakeholders will be addressed at each board meeting to adapt the budget.