PMP Practice Questions
Project Management Professional (PMBOK 7th Version)
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One member of the project team has the necessary skills to execute a critical feature of the product. However, another team member wants to take on the challenging task.
What should the project manager do?
A new team member joins the project and fails to apply the project-specific quality assurance (QA) processes.
What should the project manager have done to avoid this issue?
It is taking several additional iterations for a project team to complete planned backlog items. The project manager notices that some of the features are not meeting the iteration-level definition and must be placed back into the backlog.
What should the project manager do?
A software development project was recently initiated. One of the project team members is regularly questioning the project’s risk response strategy. The team member vocalizes their doubts during the daily standup meeting to share concerns regarding how the project should handle risks.
What should the project manager do first?
A project sponsor is upset that a vital project might miss an agreed-upon delivery deadline. The sponsor asks the project manager to check whether the project team can do anything to deliver on time. What should the project manager do first?
An organization is about to start a time-critical project and has decided to use an agile approach for the first time. However, stakeholders are worried they will not be able to verify project status because they believe their usual governance model will not work for an agile project. What should the project manager do?
A project management plan needs to be updated due to recent product requirements changes, but the latest version of the document is missing. What should the project manager do to prevent this from happening again?
A new project includes important product features that should be delivered as soon as they are completed during the following quarter. The project team consists of junior and senior technicians.
Which two actions should the project manager take to deliver product features as soon as possible? (Choose 2)
A project manager is leading a highly visible project initiative. A few weeks after the kickoff, the project manager starts to receive requests for updates from various stakeholders.
What should the project manager do?
A project is almost complete when a key stakeholder raises a concern because the functionality of their preferred requirement was not showcased in the prototype. The prototype has already been approved, and the developers have started work on the final application.
What should the project manager do next?
The project team has reviewed the requirements and identified some concerns. The project sponsor has asked the team how they will handle each concern. What should the project manager do next?
Phase 1 of a project has been implemented and moved into post-production support, while phase 2 development has started. During phase 1 closeout, team members are asked by the product manager to work on the phase 1 backlog items that are not in the approved requirements document. The team members complain that no one is in charge of production issues.
What two actions should the project manager take? (Choose 2)
A project has a schedule performance index (SPI) of 0.75 and a cost performance index (CPI) of 1.1. As a result, the project manager is considering either fast-tracking or crashing the project schedule to bring the project back on track again. What could be a secondary result of these actions?
A new project manager has been assigned to a recently approved project. The project has a multimillion-dollar budget and will require the purchase of expensive equipment. The project manager is aware that some purchase amounts require higher levels of approval. What should the project manager do to properly manage the purchase of equipment?
A project manager has recently been assigned to a construction project. The project has hundreds of stakeholders and three stages. The project manager recognizes that many steps have already been started, including risk identification. The project sponsor asks the project manager to rank the risks contained in the register. How should the project manager respond to the request?
A project manager is struggling to provide timely updates to the project team due to team members being spread across multiple time zones. Which communications method should the project manager utilize in this situation?
Throughout the project, the project manager consistently checks the work performance data and finds that two stakeholders are not engaged in the project as expected. In addition, another stakeholder always complains that they are often involved in irrelevant meetings. What should the project manager do first?
A project manager is leading a contract for a new market that was awarded to their company. The client has the desire to jump-start the market with informal sector traders. What should the project manager do?
A project manager is leading the construction of a high-rise mall for a customer in an emerging competitive market. Some customers want to move in as soon as the ground floor is completed. What should the project manager do to deliver business value to the client?
A project manager is leading a contract for a new market that was awarded to their company. The client wants to jump-start the market with the informal sector traders.
What should the project manager do?
Halfway through the execution of a project, a key team member resigns from the company and will leave in 2 weeks.
What should the project manager do next?
A project team is continually being asked by stakeholders to perform rework on their deliverables. The project manager discovers that this is due to poor initial quality. What should the project manager do?
A project manager is leading a project and is asked to negotiate on behalf of their organization. The organization requires that three quotes from different suppliers be acquired prior to submitting a purchase request to the finance department.
What should the project manager do to align with this requirement?
A new project manager has been assigned to a recently approved project. The project has a multimillion-dollar budget and will require the purchase of expensive pieces of equipment. The project manager is aware that some purchasing amounts require higher levels of approval.
What should the project manager do to properly manage the purchase of equipment?
A project is in its fourth iteration out of eight, with a delivery performance of 95%. A project stakeholder asks the project manager about the status of a specific deliverable that is not visible in the status report.
What should the project manager do?
One-on-one interviews with members of an agile team reveal that they distrust an expert member. Their explanations seem to point to the expert’s communication style in daily coordination meetings, which team members interpret as avoiding accountability.
What two actions should the project manager take to address the situation? (Choose 2)
A project lead accepted an assignment for a project that is still in the feasibility study phase. There are many uncertainties about project specifications, including poor alignment among the project sponsors on the final targets of the project. Which approach should the project lead choose to deliver business value?
A project lead accepted an assignment for a project that is still in the feasibility study phase. There are many uncertainties about project specifications, including poor alignment among the project sponsors on the final targets of the project.
Which approach should the project lead choose to deliver business value?
Three months after creating a project schedule, the scope of a project significantly changed, resulting in a schedule rebaselining. One month after rebaselining, the project is two weeks behind schedule with a cost performance index (CPI) of 0.93. What should the project manager do to help get the project back on schedule?
A project manager is leading a complex project. The project stakeholders include individuals from different countries, cultures, and languages.
What can the project manager do to manage this diverse group of stakeholders?
There are several dependent work streams in a project. Some project stakeholders feel that coordination among team members and progress visibility are lacking. What should the project manager do?
A project manager is leading a complex project. The team is being challenged with frequent, incremental, and uncontrolled changes to the project. What should the project manager do?
Near the closing stage, a project is delayed due to staff shortages. In order to meet the mandatory deadline, additional resources are necessary, but there is no additional budget. What should the project manager do first to obtain the funding to hire the needed resources?
A team identifies a critical set of tasks that have not been included in the Kanban board, and there is not enough budget for the work hours needed to complete the activities. What solution should the agile project manager implement?
A project manager is leading the construction of a high-rise mall for a customer in an emerging competitive market. Some customers want to move in as soon as the ground floor is completed.
What should the project manager do to deliver business value to the client?
A project team member tells the project lead that expecting a similar delivery output for every day of the sprint is not realistic. The project lead reports this to the project management office (PMO).
What should the project lead do?
A new team member joins the project and fails to apply the project-specific quality assurance (QA) processes. What should the project manager have done to avoid this issue?
During a blueprint review meeting, the finance department representative is not comfortable with a proposed solution that favors another department. As a result, document approval is delayed, which impacts the project schedule.
What should the project manager do?
During daily team coordination meetings, team members constantly ask which tasks they should focus on first.
How should the project manager ensure the team is fully productive?
A complex project is being developed in phases as per the original plan. Half of the systems have been handed over to the customer for operational use. There is no delay in the schedule. However, the customer is still not happy because some of the systems handed over are no longer useful due to changes in the environment. What should the project manager have done to avoid this?
A project manager is leading a team delivering new software to a finance team. The new software will streamline the finance team’s monthly closing activities and reporting. What should the project manager use to promote knowledge transfer for the new solution?
A company is engaged in a transformation journey, and the project manager for this endeavor is new to the project. During one of the project status update meetings, a key stakeholder, who is also the project manager’s functional manager, is dissatisfied with the work in progress and points to the project manager.
What should the project manager do?
A project manager notices a product owner has been unresponsive over the last few weeks. During one-on-one sessions, the product owner is unable to provide complete information, leading to rework of the project stories. What should the project manager do first?
A project manager has recently been appointed to lead a critical software development project in a hybrid environment. What should the project manager do first to understand the project quickly and manage the project effectively?
A project manager has been assigned to a project. The project deadline has been established but, based on the number of stakeholders to engage and interview, it will be difficult to complete the project within the timeline. How should the project manager address this challenge?
A project team member finishes all assigned tasks in the middle of a sprint. The team member wants to plan tasks for the next sprint to deliver business value earlier. The team member has the abilities and knowledge to execute tasks not yet started by other team members in the current sprint. What should the project manager do?
A product is facing performance issues that will significantly decrease the manufacturing yield expected, increasing the cost. This will be an issue as it will limit one of the high-margin contracted goals. Because it is a breakthrough development, the speed to market is key. What should the project manager do?
After a project review meeting, a key stakeholder tells another stakeholder that they do not trust the project status report. The second stakeholder approaches the project manager and mentions the conversation.
What should the project manager do?
A project manager is transferred to another country to perform a project within their organization. What should the project manager do first to ensure collaboration within the team for a successful delivery?
A business analyst on the project meets the customer in the elevator and says that due to constant changes in requirements the development of the product will take more time than expected What should the project manager do?
