PMI PMP Project Management Professional Online Training
PMI PMP Online Training
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 consultancy firm is finally selected and contracted for a project following an extensive and competitive procurement process. A few months into project execution, the client asks the project manager why the consultant is contracted for only 18 months instead of the full 32-month-long project. The project manager will need to carry out an unplanned second bidding process to ensure services are in place until the end of the project.
What should the project manager have done to prevent this?
- A . Developed a detailed, phased procurement management plan including all activities required and had the client approve it.
- B . Included the client in all negotiation phases with the consultancy to obtain their advanced approval before signing the contract.
- C . Prepared and negotiated a second contract with the consultancy firm for the remaining 14 months after the first contract signature.
- D . Agreed beforehand with the client on the frequency of reporting on the status of the procurement activities within the project.
Midway through the execution of an agile project, there is a shift in the strategic objectives at the organization level to promote digital transformation.
What should the project manager do next?
- A . Prepare a user story to handle the change and assign it to the next iteration.
- B . Escalate to the product owner and cancel the upcoming iterations.
- C . Update the risk-prioritized backlog with the strategic change.
- D . Schedule a meeting with the team to assess the impact of the change.
A project manager is working on a software development project for an oil and gas client using an agile approach. The project manager is having difficulty preparing the schedule because the project has various unknowns.
Which scheduling method should the project manager use to develop the schedule?
- A . Iterative scheduling
- B . Three-point scheduling
- C . Parametric scheduling
- D . Analogous scheduling
During the execution of a construction project, one of the neighboring businesses is complaining that the current building height does not agree with the initial project plans.
What should the project manager do first?
- A . Ask the neighbor to leave the site immediately because the site is on private property.
- B . Inform the neighbor that all of the project documentation has been approved.
- C . Inform the neighbor that the complaint will be escalated to the project sponsor.
- D . Ask the neighbor to submit a formal complaint about their concerns.
A team realizes that there is no access to data that the project depends on to complete the current iteration. This dependency was known; however, the team is unsure of the available options to remove this obstacle.
What should the project manager do next?
- A . Guide the team to determine alternatives.
- B . Move the dependent task to the next iteration.
- C . Escalate the issue to the company’s IT manager.
- D . Escalate the issue to the project sponsor.
Acompany routinely outsources resources for specific core activities. Due to a sudden, unforeseen risk, all of the team members are needed to work remotely, including the outsourced ones.
How can the project manager address this challenge to assure outsourced vendors deliver?
- A . Review the coordination and communication costs with the supplier.
- B . Develop a new strategy for communication and management of resources.
- C . Review the risk management plan for the mitigation activities.
- D . Submit a change request to increase the contingency budget.
In the middle of an iteration, an agile team working on the development of a new product was notified that an important team member will leave the project for a few weeks due to some urgent personal issues.
What should the project manager do regarding the activities that were the responsibility of this team member?
- A . Reach an agreement with the team on how to handle the situation.
- B . Reach out to the procurement team to hire a substitute for the team member.
- C . Allow senior management to decide how to proceed with the project.
- D . Convince the team member not to leave until the project is completed.
A project manager is managing an agile project for the first time. Early on, the project manager discovers the team is struggling to agree on the scope of a feature during a sprint.
How should the project manager help the team resolve the issue?
- A . Direct the senior-most member to determine the scope on behalf of the team.
- B . Discuss this with the team and decide what the scope of the feature should be.
- C . Ask the team to log the story in the product backlog and move on to the next feature.
- D . Encourage the team to collaborate to resolve their understanding of the feature.
A company is going through structural changes. A couple of people will leave the company as their positions were made redundant. The team members are unhappy as they do not understand why the changes are being made when the project is on track.
What should the project manager do?
- A . Advise the team to continue their work as planned because the schedule cannot be changed.
- B . Organize a team meeting to discuss the changes and their importance for the company.
- C . Advise the team that the changes were decided by the CEO and must be implemented.
- D . Inform the project sponsor about the team’s unhappiness and ask for overtime pay.
A team is preparing the closing phase and building a plan for the next phase. One of the project sponsors is complaining that the last phase had some quality deliverable issues. However, the quality acceptance document was signed.
What should the project manager do?
- A . Reopen the quality acceptance documentation to add the sponsor’s complaints.
- B . Schedule a quality review meeting and include the sponsor’s complaints.
- C . Review best practices and lessons learned and apply them to the project plan.
- D . Postpone the next project phase until the impact of the quality issues is assessed.