Project Management Professional (PMP) practice questions

Question 1

During the eighth iteration of an agile project, the team learns that a new security regulation may affect the product. What should the project manager do? Choose two.

Accepted Answer

Ask the team members to analyze the impact of including the regulation.

Accepted Answer

Ask the product owner to include the requirements in the backlog.

Answer

Ask the team members to include the requirements in the next iteration.

Answer

Ask the security department for the regulation details.

Answer

Ask the stakeholders about the priority.

Question 2

Several project tasks are delayed because team members have been pulled into competing work. What should the project manager do? Choose two.

Accepted Answer

Work with the team to identify options for accelerating delivery.

Accepted Answer

Discuss the risk of delay and work priorities with the functional managers.

Answer

Allow the team to catch up at its own pace.

Answer

Alert the business stakeholders immediately without first analyzing response options.

Answer

Establish daily stand-ups as the primary corrective action.

Question 3

A Scrum team has a recurring communication gap. What is the most likely underlying cause?

Accepted Answer

Daily coordination meetings have not been held or consistently practiced.

Answer

The project dashboard has not been updated.

Answer

The sprint board has not been updated.

Answer

A formal communications management plan was not developed.

Question 4

A software project will use an existing repository. Some requirements are clear while others are uncertain. What should the project manager do first to decide how to manage the work?

Accepted Answer

Determine the most appropriate development life cycle for the project context.

Answer

Split the work into separate projects based only on requirement clarity.

Answer

Place every requirement into one backlog before selecting an approach.

Answer

Select a predictive life cycle based on prior experience with repositories.

Question 5

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?

Accepted Answer

Determine the most appropriate life cycle approach for the project.

Answer

Split the requirements, put them into two separate projects, and apply different approaches.

Answer

Register all requirements into a backlog for further detailed analysis.

Answer

Select a predictive development life cycle based on the team's experience

Question 6

A project manager is leading an in-house company project in its very early stages. This current project is similar to another project that ended a year ago. What should the project manager do to analyze the involved stakeholders?

Accepted Answer

Use lessons learned from the previous project as a guide for the current project's stakeholder register.

Answer

Refer to the stakeholder register from the previous project as it was similar to the current project.

Answer

Document in the risk register that the current project may have different stakeholders than the previous project.

Answer

Lower the priority of stakeholder engagement as the stakeholders already have knowledge of this kind of project

Question 7

During a documentation audit of an international company, it was identified that the last version of the project schedule was from one month ago even though the project manager knew it was recently updated. How should the project manager have handled documentation for the project?

Accepted Answer

Kept documentation in the project management information system (PMIS), and shared it with appropriate stakeholders.

Answer

Updated the project management plan regularly and had it securely shared with all stakeholders.

Answer

Assigned a project team member to ensure all project documentation was updated.

Answer

Reviewed the risk register to identify a response plan for the audit.

Question 8

During the implementation stage of a project, a newly appointed team leader approaches the project manager to verify the team's tasks and schedule. The work did not go as planned due to the team leader's lack of management experience. This could cause delays for the project. What should the project manager do?

Accepted Answer

Provide mentoring to the newly appointed team leader.

Answer

Ask the human resources (HR) director to appoint a senior team leader.

Answer

Inform the project sponsor about the possible delay.

Answer

Directly manage the project team to avoid project delays.

Question 9

During a project's third iteration, two of the existing team members were replaced. As the project entered the next iteration, the team velocity dropped and the performance started to slip. What should the project manager do?

Accepted Answer

Guide the team to revert back to the forming and storming stages.

Answer

Discuss the decrease in productivity with human resources (HR).

Answer

Convene a team building event to address key performance indicators (KPIs).

Answer

Escalate the issue to the project sponsor

Question 10

A project manager meets with external stakeholders to explain the objectives and outline expectations for a new project. A key stakeholder appears to support the project, with the condition that other unrelated projects will receive financial support. Due to cultural sensitivities, the project manager is reluctant to…

Accepted Answer

Inform the sponsor and document the request in the stakeholder engagement plan

Answer

Proceed with the project without allowing scope creep to occur.

Answer

Use the contingency funds to provide support for the requested projects.

Answer

Cancel the project since the stakeholder's request is out of scope.

Project Management Professional (PMP) practice questions

Question stream

Discussion

Manage your cookie preferences

Loading subject practice

Loading Brainliest

Loading subject practice

Project Management Professional (PMP) practice questions

Question stream

Discussion

Practice overview