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A newly commissioned project has had trouble recruiting team members because the turnover rate is high. The human resource (HR) manager

has conducted several exit interviews. Many team members have expressed that the project manager has inadequate relationship management

competencies. The project manager explains that the exiting team members were lazy.

What should the project manager do to prevent this high turnover rate from continuing?

A.

Be more involved in the team member recruitment process to ensure qualified team members are chosen.

B.

Develop relationship skills as a leader and also develop the teams’ emotional intelligence skills.

C.

Avoid micromanaging the team, enforce stricter rules, and monitor employees.

D.

Explain to the recruiting manager that a project is temporary in nature, making it different than an operational environment.

A project manager is managing a large project. A stakeholder has just discovered a new risk that has not been identified in earlier stages.

What should the project manager do?

A.

Communicate the risk to the steering committee and request a mitigation plan from senior management.

B.

Perform a risk analysis directly with the stakeholder who raised the risk and update the risk register.

C.

Confirm to the stakeholder that the risk register has been completed and validated by all stakeholders.

D.

Add the risk to the risk register and reevaluate the register with help from the project team and stakeholders.

A project manager is managing an internal project with a tight budget and schedule. While executing the project, the project manager realizes that

some stakeholders are working against the success targets of the project.

What should the project manager do to ensure successful project delivery? (Choose two)

A.

Update the project stakeholder analysis and methods to satisfy the stakeholders’ requirements.

B.

Escalate the issue to the functional manager and ask for support.

C.

Involve all stakeholders in the project by distributing status reports.

D.

Focus on the supportive stakeholders and minimize involvement of unsupportive stakeholders.

E.

Engage all stakeholders in the project including the unsupportive stakeholders.

During a system demo, a project stakeholder rejects the features completed from the most recent user stories. According to the stakeholder, the product does not meet the

quality standards required by regulations.

What should the project manager have done to avoid this?

A.

Reviewed with the product owner that all the stories worked on in the iteration were in the project backlog

B.

Ensured that the project sponsor understood the scope of the project to avoid any future complaints

C.

Reviewed with the product owner that all acceptance criteria were met for the stories worked on in the iteration

D.

Ensured the stakeholder concerns were properly addressed in the iteration to avoid future setbacks

A project manager has been assigned a project to build a new solar farm that will provide clean energy to a new housing complex. The government has decided to reduce

the tax on renewable energy products starting 1 January. The supplier has reached out and stated that the order placed for solar panels to be delivered on 20 December

might be delayed until early January. On the other hand, the project will face similar constraints due to the December holidays.

What should the project manager do about this risk?

A.

Update the risk register and take advantage of the opportunity.

B.

Review the supplier's contract to understand the terms of sale.

C.

Accept the risk and update the risk register.

D.

Insist that the supplier deliver the goods on the agreed date.

A project manager is working with a customer's team on a new project. Some product definitions and requirements are still not clear, but the customer wants to start

activities as soon as possible. The organization is also expecting product delivery for a specific date due to a regulatory requirement. Due to the nature of the project, the

project manager has decided to use a hybrid approach.

Why did the project manager choose a hybrid approach?

A.

A hybrid approach will ensure the delivery date is accomplished and will eliminate product uncertainties.

B.

A hybrid approach will enable project activities to start immediately and allow for a plan for the requirements definitions.

C.

A hybrid approach will allow the project manager to revise the product specifications.

D.

A hybrid approach will allow for management of the requirement uncertainties as well as the date restriction.

A human resources (HR) cost report was disclosed, by error, to all members of the project team. This situation generated a conflict between the team members about differences in their salaries.

What should the project manager have done to avoid this situation?

A.

Ensured reports with significant information were not included in the communications management plan

B.

Defined the appropriate recipients for the report in the communications management plan

C.

Included noncompliance punishment measures in the communications management plan

D.

Validated the information and the appropriate recipients per the communications management plan

A project manager has been assigned to a new digital product line, which the company hopes will boost their revenue. The product is complex and requires customer feedback to continually refine the product. The project is being handled by a cross-functional agile team.

What should the project manager do to ensure value is delivered quickly?

A.

Plan the project to deliver value incrementally with regular releases.

B.

Request a budget increase to pay the subject matter experts (SMEs) more overtime

C.

Identify tasks that can run in parallel to deliver the project faster.

D.

Ask the project sponsor to provide additional resources to fast track the project.

A newly assigned project manager is reviewing the project management plan and realizes that the project is running behind schedule. What should the new project manager

do to address this situation?

A.

Modify the project management plan and get approval from relevant stakeholders

B.

Add more resources to recover the schedule without making changes to the baseline.

C.

Issue a change order to the change control board (CCB) and rebaseline the schedule.

D.

Negotiate with the project sponsor immediately and establish a new project charter.

A project's business case was just approved and the project manager is creating the benefits management plan. It is unclear how the benefits from the project align with the organization's vision.

What should the project manager do first to verify alignment?

A.

Ask the project team to delay the kick-off while resolving the concern.

B.

Request a copy of the project assumptions log for more insight.

C.

Meet with the project sponsor to obtain more information.

D.

Consult with the project team members to gain their opinions.

A project team is struggling to obtain the required data for a complex project in order to proceed to the next stage. What should the project manager do?

A.

Set up a meeting with the team to discuss and determine the project's challenges.

B.

Propose a revised project schedule to the sponsor as the delays have affected the time lines.

C.

Schedule a meeting with the sponsor to express the team's frustrations about the data.

D.

Meet with the data suppliers to explain the critical timing requirements of the project.

A complex project is in the execution phase. A key stakeholder who is new to the project has not been approving project deliverables, which could impact the overall

progress.

What should the project manager do next?

A.

Capture this in the issue log and escalate it to the project sponsor.

B.

Meet with the stakeholder to understand what is causing the delays.

C.

Facilitate a brainstorming session to find potential workarounds.

D.

Discuss the need to influence this stakeholder with the sponsor.

A project team member was unhappy with a new change in project governance and complained to one of the project sponsors. The project sponsor challenged the project manager.

How should the project manager resolve this conflict?

A.

Arrange a meeting with the project team member and project sponsor to discuss the change and obtain consensus.

B.

Discuss how to manage this conflict with the project management office (PMO) and let them decide how to resolve the issue.

C.

Explain to the sponsor why the change is required and get their support in forcing the project team member to accept the new change.

D.

Schedule a meeting with the project team member's functional manager and request the functional manager's support.

A project manager receives information in preparation for reporting the project's monthly performance to the project steering committee,

* Actual progress = 2 units

* Planned progress = 3 units

* Actual cost (AC) = 2 units

* Budgeted cost = 3 units

What statement should the project manager make to the project steering committee?

A.

The project is currently behind schedule with a corresponding lower cost, and every effort is being made to expedite the delayed activities.

B.

The project is currently behind schedule with a corresponding cost savings, and no further actions should be taken.

C.

The project is currently behind schedule but at a lower cost, and an application for a time and budget extension will be submitted.

D.

The project is currently behind schedule but is under the planned expenditure, and the project manager is pleased to declare a project cost savings,

A project manager is assigned to a new project team that has several stakeholders who can have significant influence over the project outcomes.

The project manager categorized the stakeholders into four different groups and wants to define the communication strategy.

How should the project manager handle communication?

A.

Utilize a uniform communication structure across all groups.

B.

Define and direct communication to influential stakeholders.

C.

Describe the four groups in the project stakeholder matrix.

D.

Develop and define a communication strategy for stakeholders.

A project manager has recently taken over a project and notices that a client team member often halts progress due to a lack of understanding of some project elements.

The former project manager gave the new project manager a complete list of people to communicate with, and this client team member is not on it.

What should the project manager do?

A.

Update the communications matrix to ensure that client team member is included.

B.

Submit a change request to cover extra hours associated with project meetings.

C.

Increase the project meeting frequency and duration to allow for the extra work required.

D.

Speak with the client team member about the continuous delays during project meetings.

An organization is undergoing an agile transformation. The executive leadership team is concerned that they will lose control over the scope of the project.

What should the project manager, who is responsible for this project, do to mitigate this risk?

A.

Ensure that the executive leadership team approves all scope that is being proposed by the multiple agile teams to avoid misalignment.

B.

Propose a governance model that empowers the teams while providing the necessary oversight to the executive leadership team.

C.

Propose a multilayered gate system based on risks and financial expenditures, involving the executive leadership team as needed.

D.

Assure the executive leadership team that the current governance model will not be affected by the agile approach.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, a contractor was unable to mobilize the project team, which was necessary to conduct face-to-face meetings and discussions. Virtual meetings were subsequently put in place, but the local project team and end users now face a communication gap that is causing the team's low performance.

What should the project manager do?

A.

Ask the contractor to solve this problem because this is a contractual obligation.

B.

Terminate the contract and initiate a new one with a local contractor.

C.

Implement key performance indicators (KPIs) and convince the contractor to engage the team.

D.

Reassess continually to remove blockers for the team.

A customer complains that the user stories released so far contain too much jargon and do not reflect the expectations of the product. What should the project manager do

next?

A.

Request approval from the company director to conduct training for the team.

B.

Ask the senior developer to rewrite all the stories.

C.

Engage with the customer and rewrite all the stories.

D.

Rewrite the stories to include the technical vision of the product.

An IT project manager for a project that is 50% complete teams that a critical team member plans to relocate to another country soon. The team member is needed for the remainder of the project.

How should the project manager improve team dynamics?

A.

Require that all team members be physically present for the weekly project review.

B.

Offer the team member an incentive to stay until the end of the project.

C.

Replace the team member with someone who has similar qualifications and is located closer.

D.

Set up a weekly video conference to monitor the progress of the team member's work.

In an agile project, some stakeholders are asking to have a meeting with the team every 2 weeks in order to understand project progress. What

should the project lead do next?

A.

Invite the stakeholders to the retrospective meetings.

B.

Invite the stakeholders to the sprint review meetings.

C.

Hold a meeting every 2 weeks with the stakeholders.

D.

Negotiate by sending an informative email to stakeholders.

A project manager is leading a project that will be delivered using a Scrum framework. The organization has an innovative project management office (PMO) that fully supports agile and also has a very friendly procurement team. A new vendor needs to be engaged to provide more developers for a new reporting platform.

What should the project manager do?

A.

Use an agile approach and engage a vendor that delivered well in a previous organization.

B.

Consult the product owner and engage a vendor that is recommended by them.

C.

Consult the development team and engage a vendor that is recommended by them.

D.

Use a formal approach using procurement policies, procedures, forms, and work instructions.

A project team is in the planning stage and has prepared a list of activities and completed sequencing the activities. During a review, the team noted that there is a

dependency missing between:

+ Test the product

+ Release to customer

According to the quality management plan, the product must be tested before being released.

How should the project manager enter this dependency?

A.

Finish to start

B.

Start to start

C.

Start to finish

A project manager who is experienced in predictive and adaptive approaches has been assigned to a new project. Most of the project

stakeholders have only worked on predictive projects, and only a few have been exposed to adaptive projects.

What should the project manager do?

A.

Propose a hybrid approach and determine which stakeholders will be engaged in each phase of the project.

B.

Follow a predictive approach to reduce the training effort, even though there are incremental deliveries in the project.

C.

Use an adaptive approach, engage the stakeholders who have been exposed to adaptive projects, and train those who have not.

D.

Understand the scope complexity and project magnitude prior to determining which approach to use.

A project manager was recently assigned to a project that is in the execution phase and is experiencing roadblocks. During a review of the

processes and procedures, the project manager notices similarities to a previous project that experienced similar roadblocks. The project manager

reviews the task schedule and finds that certain tasks are well behind expectations. In speaking with the project team, the project manager

confirms that the team is following the processes exactly.

What should the project manager do?

A.

Update the schedule to account for the unexpected delays in the project tasks.

B.

Review the resources allocated to the project and change accordingly.

C.

Review and amend the processes to ensure only value-adding activities are present.

D.

Update the variation register to account for the extended project time.

A project manager is newly assigned to the second phase of an ongoing project. During the implementation, a defect occurred and no one knows how to fix it, as the former engineering team has moved to another project. The customer warns that previously, this defect negatively affected the project schedule.

What should the project manager do first?

A.

Update the risk management plan.

B.

Extend the timeline of the project.

C.

Check the organizational process assets (OPAs).

D.

Acquire knowledgeable resources.

A project manager is assigned to a large construction project with more than 100 project team members. The project manager is having a hard time keeping the project on track and deriving the planned benefits. The project manager wants to make sure that each requirement is linked to the business and project objective.

What should the project manager do?

A.

Review the requirements on a weekly basis.

B.

Implement a requirements traceability matrix.

C.

Add the requirements to the project charter.

D.

Understand the project management plan.

During the execution phase of a healthcare IT project, the project manager finds one stakeholder is very difficult to communicate with and obtain

feedback from on project deliverables. What should the project manager do?

A.

Share a template with the stakeholder to receive feedback on deliverables.

B.

Ask the project sponsor to arrange a meeting with the stakeholder.

C.

Use networking skills to approach the stakeholder.

D.

Update the stakeholder engagement plan for the stakeholder.

A proof of concept for a proposed solution was conducted during the project implementation, and it was determined that the current technology cannot support it. What should the project manager do next?

A.

Ask another team member to redo the proof of concept using the current technology to ensure It is truly not an option.

B.

Use a root cause analysis (RCA) technique like Ishikawa diagrams to determine why the current technology is not supportive.

C.

Add this item to the issue log and explore possible resolution options with the team.

D.

Update the risk register indicating that a new technology must be chosen by the team lead.

A product owner has added new high-priority work to the backlog, A project manager is working with a dedicated agile team that does not specialize in this specific area of work. The team reviewed the work and wants to accept it but acknowledges it may not have the same level of efficiency as another team having specialization in this area.

What should the project manager do In this scenario?

A.

Add temporary members with the specialized skill set to the team to accomplish the work with a high level of confidence.

B.

Assess the impact of a possible delay to the project and encourage the team to take the work if the impact is tolerable.

C.

Accept the work and outsource it to another team that has the specialized skill set; then integrate the solution,

D.

Reject the work from this team's backlog and ask the product owner to add It to another team's backlog.

During a business review meeting, a key stakeholder raised a concern on the quality of deliverables and has now escalated the concern.

What should the project manager do first?

A.

Schedule a meeting with all team members to clarify and plan next steps.

B.

Discuss with the stakeholder and share a report on the deliverables.

C.

Discuss with the team and check all reports on the deliverables.

D.

Schedule a meeting with the stakeholder to clarify and plan next steps.

A project manager is working with a team that is demotivated and tired, as the project has been changing direction due to budget cuts from the sponsor.

What should the project manager do first?

A.

Meet with the team to define together a plan that would help them deliver despite the budget cuts.

B.

Work with the team to understand what can motivate them to try and complete the project.

C.

Remind the team of their commitment with the client and the need to adapt to the client's needs.

D.

Call the sponsor and ask for a meeting to clarify the scope before working any further on the project.

A team member has very strong technical skills and is interested in a leadership role. A leadership position opens up outside of the team in the organization. The project manager has observed that the team member has a major gap in communicating in a professional manner.

What should the project manager do?

A.

Suggest the team member focus on positions with technical aspects and possible technical career opportunities.

B.

Recommend the team member for effective communication training and support their career development interests.

C.

Encourage the team member to stay in their current role as they are important to the project.

D.

Ask the team member to refrain from pursuing new opportunities as they are not a suitable fit for a leadership position.

In an organization with good work-life balance, one team was continuously overloaded, thereby delivering the product ft quality. What should the project

manager do?

A.

Request the team to work more for on-time delivery.

B.

Request the team to focus on doing better planning.

C.

Request the replacement of certain team members.

D.

Request management for a high-performing team.

A project manager coordinates several projects in one program. Each project concerns a different country, has a different sponsor, and has specific business priorities. The resources are shared among the projects. The project manager anticipates this could result in delays and/or conflicts that will affect the program outcomes.

What should the project manager do to prevent such a situation?

A.

Review all project schedules and add a 3-month time period to each to cover such a risk and ensure there will be no delay that could affect the program.

B.

Organize regular meetings to identify risks related to the projects and program, assess them, and define action plans when needed to mitigate the risks.

C.

Ask each project manager to write a detailed weekly report listing all the activities, what was achieved, what needs to be done, and the identified risks.

D.

Ask the project managers to work on their own schedules independently of one another and aggregate these schedules to present at the monthly steering committee meeting.

A project manager collects various pieces of information and consolidates metrics in an agile project. The project manager finds that there is slack in the team in terms of productivity. The number of items sent to development per person has decreased by 10%, and the project manager used a root cause analysis (RCA) and discovered the reason is a lack of knowledge in one of the frameworks used for modeling.

What should the project manager do next?

A.

Foster knowledge sharing and coaching among team members.

B.

Arrange for external training amid the tight project schedules.

C.

Add new members for the underperforming team.

D.

Seek an external expert to review the framework.

A project manager is in the process of authoring the communications management plan for a new project. One of the project's stakeholders has a habit of posting work updates on social media, which may include confidential project status updates.

What should the project manager do?

A.

Ensure that social media posts related to the project are removed.

B.

Ensure that sensitive information is not included in stakeholder updates.

C.

Review social media access and restrict it to ensure confidentiality.

D.

Review the protocols and security measures to ensure confidentiality.

A project manager is leading a highly visible project with a critical time constraint. Frequent scope changes have been well-managed with change control, but there have been misunderstandings among project team members.

What should the project manager do?

A.

Communicate to the team the need to organize common ground rules.

B.

Organize training sessions and bonding activities for all team members.

C.

Communicate changes regularly to ensure all team members are aligned.

D.

Introduce new products and team support tools during project preparation.

A technology project is delivering new functionality on a new platform. Several team resources are starting to train their teams, but they are asking questions about the training that the project will provide.

What should the project manager's first action be?

A.

Indicate that on the new technology is the functional manager's responsibility.

B.

Review the project charter to determine if the training is in scope and, if not, put in a change request.

C.

Consult with the organizational change management specialist as to what the training plan includes.

D.

Document the skill requirements for the product to determine what training is needed.

A project was initiated due to an external business influence. During the course of the project, some of the business parameters considered at the

beginning of the project have changed.

What should the project manager do?

A.

Inform the team not to accept any changes, as it involves significant rework.

B.

Request management to update the project requirements accordingly.

C.

Request an update of only new requirements, as other changes involve rework.

D.

Inform management that the agreed-upon scope cannot be changed.

In a project steering committee meeting, a few stakeholders raise concerns that the project manager's report shows that the outcome of the project is already in the market

while the project is still in development. The project manager explains that the project is being delivered in sprints and involves different releases.

What should the project manager do to avoid a reoccurrence of this scenario?

A.

Ensure the content of the project report is clearly understood and request any necessary feedback.

B.

Invite critical stakeholders to the daily project review meetings to ensure their full engagement and involvement.

C.

Send a detailed report to each steering committee member ahead of the meeting.

D.

Ensure that all product features are completed as per the communicated specifications before releasing to market.

A company has undertaken a large transformation project in preparation for the changing economy. During the planning of the transformation project, the key resource from human resources (HR) refuses to approve the proposed project plan.

What should the project manager do to gain an understanding of the cause for the resource's refusal?

A.

Speak directly with the resource.

B.

Communicate with their supervisor.

C.

Organize a team meeting.

D.

Speak with their colleague.

The project manager's firm is executing a construction project. The project is stalled due to reemerging conflicts and misunderstandings among stakeholders.

What should the project manager do to ensure a smooth start and completion of the project?

A.

Conduct an on-site survey, start the project to avoid any undue delays, and ensure costs are under control

B.

Invite all the stakeholders to a change control board (CCB) meeting, share feedback and facts, and come to a consensus.

C.

Advise the firm to cancel the project due to misunderstandings among the stakeholders and the associated risks.

D.

Determine the root cause of the misunderstandings, get all parties to reach a consensus, and help to implement the outcome.

An organization is transitioning to agile. The project manager is discussing how to manage risks with the development team in light of the transition for a particular project.

The team estimates the risk level as low.

What should the project manager do?

A.

Capture all the backlog entries assessed by the development team to have evidence that risk management has been completed

B.

Create a risk register to identify, capture, review, and manage risks using a risk management process.

C.

Trust the development team's risk estimation and inform the project sponsor that the risks will be evaluated at a later time.

D.

Create a risk register and include a single generic risk, set the level to low, and then close the risk at the end of the project.

A company initiated a project to introduce a new product to the market. The product must undergo the industry's regulatory process prior to approval and launch However, the company sees a great demand for this product and wants it to launch as soon as possible.

What should the project manager do to realize this opportunity?

A.

Communicate with the industry's regulatory authority to grant the company an exception

B.

Escalate the issue to the company's CEO who has experience with the regulations.

C.

Comply with the regulatory requirements and work to compress the project schedule.

D.

Hire a third party who is an expert on the industry's regulations to work out the details.

A project team is globally distributed with team members living and working in different time zones. The project manager is trying to get the team

to collaborate effectively.

Which three actions should the project manager take to accomplish this goal? (Choose three)

A.

Require the team to have daily mandatory meetings with the project management office (PMO).

B.

Recommend the use of formal written documentation in all project communications.

C.

Review the communications strategy with the team regularly with a view for continuous improvement.

D.

Send out a survey to review the preferred method, time frequency for communications.

E.

Compile a communications management plan with input from all stakeholders and distribute for review and approval.

A project manager is managing a project that has a new sponsor who is cutting the budget As a servant leader how should the project manager handle the budget cuts with the team?

A.

Notify the project sponsor that the budget reduction will require a schedule slip and scope reduction.

B.

Inform each team member that they must release a portion of their budget but must remain on schedule with no change to the scope

C.

Meet with the schedule coordinator and financial analyst to tell them which budget lines to reduce and where to release slack

D.

Collaborate with the team to assess the impact of the change on the project and recommend an updated project plan

An agile project team is working on an infrastructure product to be delivered incrementally over several iterations. Midway through the third iteration, the whole company is

informed that the operating systems supported by the infrastructure will be terminated in the upcoming quarter. Several thousand machines will be impacted by this change.

What should the project manager do first?

A.

Prioritize the upgrade of project machines with the IT department.

B.

Inform the product owner and request more project resources.

C.

Schedule a session with stakeholders to understand the impact.

D.

Add product backlog items to prioritize operating system stories.

A project manager is working with several junior engineers on a project. The project manager noticed that when the junior engineers are asked questions, they defer te more senior team members on the team for answers. Having worked with the junior engineers on another project, the project manager knows they are capable of making these minor decisions correctly.

This uncertainty from the junior engineers is now slowing progress.

‘What should the project manager do?

A.

Update the risk register to reflect the possible impact of the projects slower progress,

B.

Ensure the junior engineers make decisions within a certain responsibility level and commit to it,

C.

Remove the junior engineers from any decision-making activity until further trained.

D.

Pair senior engineers to shadow the junior engineers and correct them throughout.

In the planning phase of a software implementation project, two of the team members disagree on how to approach end-user training. The

discussion has intensified and the team members are not able to agree.

What should the project manager do next?

A.

Remove one of the team members from the project to improve team dynamics.

B.

Make a decision based on expert judgment as a project manager.

C.

Consider the view of each team member about the issue in order to reach consensus.

D.

Remove both team members since they are not productively adding to the team.