EMT Practice Test

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Question1: Which of the following would most likely take place when a team reviews the backlog and presents the status of each task?

Question2: Given the following network diagram:
Which of the following is the critical path?

Question3: By developing a project schedule, a PM has already validated the constraints, outlined the duration of the tasks and the phases, and confirmed the proper sequence and flow of the project. Which of the following activities still needs to be performed to complete the schedule?

Question4: Which of the following should be the PRIMARY basis for establishing metrics that measure the effectiveness of an information security program?

Question5: A project manager is coordinating multiple teams of six people that will each provide feedback for a new product. The teams are recording their opinions, which may be used to define the final product that is sent to mass production. Which of the following best describes this technique?

Question6: A project manager is currently meeting with a vendor who completed the project work. All invoices associated with the project have been paid. Which of the following best describes the project manager's objective for the vendor meeting?

Question7: During the project initiation phase, a project manager needs to construct a project schedule and show the project dependencies. Which of the following should the project manager use for this task?

Question8: A PM is working on the schedule for a project that has technical tasks and requires a SME's knowledge. The PM decides the best way to track this project is to have the project lead provide high-level updates. Which of the following is the best tool to track this data?

Question9: Which of the following BEST identifies the intent and purpose of a project closeout report?

Question10: A financial manager reports that several employees' allocations from the past month appear to be 200% even though they are only assigned to a particular project. Which of the following could MOST likely be the cause of this issue?

Question11: During a status meeting for a multisystem program, a program manager learns that some deliverables from another project are delayed. Which of the following should the program manager do next?

Question12: During the testing phase of a project, the legal department rejected a deliverable due to compliance issues. The project manager reviewed the risk register and triggered the mitigation plan for this item. Which of the following documents should the project manager update next?

Question13: Hackers are attempting to extract large amounts of data to sell on the dark web. Which of the following steps should a project manager take next to mitigate this risk?

Question14: A project manager is receiving reports of the actual project expenditures and, based on this information, is making adjustments to the budget. In which of the following phases does this occur?

Question15: Which of the following artifacts should project team members use if they want to identify who to communicate with and at what level?

Question16: Halfway through a project, the sponsor states that the project is taking too long to complete. Which of the following should the project manager consult?

Question17: Following a successful release, a project manager sent a survey to all stakeholders to gain an understanding of opportunity areas for the team. Which of the following can use the survey results as an input?

Question18: A project team is defining operational training, discussing a go-live date, and describing the operational handoff. Which of the following best describes what the team is developing?

Question19: Which of the following is the most important activity for the project manager during the closure of a project?

Question20: Which of the following tools should a project manager use to assess the activities performed, work effort applied, and the productivity of a project?

Question21: Which of the following statements best describes zero-based budgeting?

Question22: The quarterly financial report displays losses from a project even though the project was completed successfully several weeks ago. Which of the following actions should the project manager perform next?

Question23: Two stakeholders, who have a history of animosity toward one another, are in disagreement during a project. The project's timeline depends on the stakeholders accomplishing their tasks. Which of the following conflict resolution methods would be best to utilize?

Question24: Which of the following best describes a manufacturer's obligation to repair or change, without extra costs, any part of a product that is not functioning?

Question25: A vendor manager communicates to the project manager that a shipment of new devices required for the completion of a project is delayed. The supplier is planning to deliver the devices two months after the agreed-upon date. Which of the following should the project manager do first?

Question26: A project manager and team are reviewing a task that is supposed to take nine days to complete and cost $3,000. There is a 20% chance that an associated risk related to changing requirements could occur, resulting in rework that would add an additional five days and $1,000 in costs. Which of the following represents the total amount that should be budgeted for the task?

Question27: During a brainstorming session, a team member expressed concerns that solar flares could cause intermittent outages for those individuals working on the project. Which of the following would be the best tool to communicate this information to stakeholders?

Question28: A development team, which is working on a software project demonstrates software functionality 10 project stakeholder a week before the implementation date. Several stakeholders comment that the software does not meet the communicated expectations. Which of the following tools should the project manager use to validate the functionality?

Question29: As part of the planning phase, a PM has defined tasks, durations, resources, and costs. Which of the following is the NEXT step in the process?

Question30: A project manager is monitoring team performance by comparing committed versus completed work. The project manager creates the following:


Which of the following most likely represents the number of items in the backlog?

Question31: A few weeks before a project is scheduled to be completed, the client asks to add a new feature to the product that is being developed. The project manager analyzes the project schedule and determines the feature can be implemented quite easily without affecting the completion date. Which of the following should the project manager do first?

Question32: A new project has been assigned to a project manager. In order to move forward with the project charter, which of the following should the project manager work with to define the success criteria for the initiative?

Question33: A car manufacturer is presenting to three vendors the abilities and qualifications required to develop the last module of a data warehouse application. The manufacturer is emphasizing the technical skills necessary to complete the project on time and highlighting its current internal IT project. Which of the following best describes this activity?

Question34: An organization was fined due to an audit finding that revealed a third-party vendor was able to see secured project information in a recently implemented system. Which of the following was the cause of this situation?

Question35: After a product is released for production, a tester performs a test to ensure its basic functionality is working as expected. Which of the following is the tester performing?

Question36: A company needs to have structured cabling installed in one of its buildings. Which of the following would be the best document for the company to use to obtain and compare information on cabling services and costs from various vendors?

Question37: A project manager, who finished a project some time ago, keeps receiving questions from another project manager who is currently leading a similar project. Which of the following is the most likely cause of this situation?

Question38: Two developers are discussing the design solution for a particular feature. The meeting is taking longer than expected, and the parties have been unable to reach an agreement. The project manager decides to take a break and continue the meeting on another day. Which of the following techniques is the project manager using?

Question39: Which of the following should be considered first when determining the privacy management for project data?

Question40: Given the following velocity chart:

Which of the following updates on the project status should the Scrum master provide to the senior management team?

Question41: Which of the following describes three-tier architecture?

Question42: A team currently has a schedule for each sprint that changes after every iteration. The team wants to set up a repeatable schedule that would create a consistent flow of tasks and deliverables after each iteration. Which of the following should be established to best meet this goal?

Question43: A project team gathers weekly to review its progress. Which of the following is the project manager MOST likely to have prepared to ensure team members who are absent remain informed about assignments?

Question44: A PM needs to calculate the progress of the whole project scope for a presentation to the sponsor. Which of the following is the first document the PM should update?

Question45: Project stakeholders have asked the team to use Scrum to run a software implementation project. Which of the following is most likely to take place during a Scrum ceremony?

Question46: A contractor attended a project meeting that was exclusively for company employees. Which of the following actions should the PM take?

Question47: A project manager has received different functional requests from three individual stakeholders. The project manager is able to have all parties concede somewhat in order to find a reasonable solution. Which of the following outcomes would most likely occur?

Question48: Which of the following pieces of data are examples of Pll?

Question49: A project is moving into the user acceptance testing phase. Several resources will be needed to execute different steps in the testing plan. Which of the following would be the best tool to allow the resources to remain at their desks and only react when needed?

Question50: After new capabilities were deployed in a system, issues with preexisting capabilities were reported. Which of the following testing cycles should be used to prevent this issue?

Question51: An existing application that is highly utilized by clients is moving to a new release. Which of the following environments contains this application?

Question52: A project was closed according to the planned project schedule. Security teams later identified that one of the contractors stole data after the project's closure. Which of the following would have most likely prevented the data from being stolen?

Question53: A project manager has been assigned to a new project. During the planning phase, the project manager needs to get an understanding of the purpose of the project. Which of the following should the project manager do?

Question54: One of the key steps in controlling changes lo software is obtaining approval. Which of the following statements best describes the reason for this key objective?

Question55: A project manager will conduct a release on the third Friday of the month. The project manager has notified users that the application will be unavailable for eight hours. Hence, users need to save any information in advance. Which of the following is the project manager most likely conducting?

Question56: SIMULATION
During a gate review meeting, the deliverable was rejected by the customer.
INSTRUCTIONS
Review the dashboard.
* Part 1: Drag and drop each task, placing them in the correct order based on the project change control process.
* Part 2: Select the proper document(s) to be updated.
If at any time you would like to bring back the initial state of the simulation, please click the Reset All button.
Part 1:

Part 2:

Question57: After determining the appropriate maintenance window, which of the following should occur NEXT in the operational infrastructure change process?

Question58: Which of the following can a project manager infer from the following velocity chart?

Question59: Before a configuration can be made to a system in development, a document containing information about how the new system will interact with other systems within the organization needs to be written. Which of the following relationships best describes this scenario?

Question60: During the execution phase of a project, the project team faced an unexpected website downtime The project manager how a brainstorming session and the team identified causes and effects tor the problem Now the project team needs to analyze and determine whether the particular cause and effect are related by using one of the following charts. Which of the following should the team use?

Question61: When assigning access, classifying information based on sensitivity is referred to as:

Question62: Which of the following is a capital expense?

Question63: Which of the following is a consideration when determining a project's ESG factors?

Question64: A project team needs to understand what needs to be done, who needs to complete the tasks, and when the tasks need to be completed. Which of the following artifacts would be the best to capture this information?

Question65: Defects associated with project deliverables have been reported. The project team needs to find the cause of the defects. Which of the following tools should the project team use to find the cause?

Question66: Which of the following activities would force a team to remove a new package and leave the previous one during a smoke test?

Question67: During timeline creation, the project manager is unsure if the development team can complete coding before new servers are installed in the IT department. Which of the following should the project manager do to increase project certainty?

Question68: A risk management team for a software project decided to outsource the development of a specific portion of a system due to a lack of internal resources. Which of the following risk responses does this demonstrate?

Question69: Which of the following tools is best to use for storing lessons learned?

Question70: Given the following information:

Which of the following represents the critical path of the project?

Question71: A project manager distributes minutes after each project meeting. However, the project manager is having difficulties hosting the meetings and documenting the discussions simultaneously. Which of the following should the project manager do in order to be most efficient?

Question72: A stakeholder raises a concern with a project manager because of the number of emails that have been received before a coding release. Which of the following actions should the project manager take next?

Question73: A project manager is assigned an initiative in a highly regulated industry that requires employees to safeguard certain pieces of PII. Which of the following is the best approach for the project manager to keep the information confidential?

Question74: Due to budgetary and time constraints, a PM scheduled a meeting with all stakeholders during the planning phase to review the requirements and come to an agreement on the minimum viable product that would be acceptable. Which of the following would be used to document this input?

Question75: A client made a change request. Implementing the change will cause a delay in the project and a budget overrun. Which of the following should the project manager do first?

Question76: A new junior PM who has ownership of a project does not understand how to manage conflicts involving multiple personalities. Which of the following is the best order of the stages the PM should follow to nurture the team to high performance?

Question77: A visual that displays team progress was created for stand-up meetings. Which of the following BEST describes what is being represented on the visual?

Question78: A customer requests some changes to a product, and those changes are approved by the CCB. Which of the following should be changed first?

Question79: A meeting agenda included the following items:
. Review the goals of the project.
. Review the progress of the project.
. Discuss if the project is ready to move forward.
Which of the following best describes this type of meeting?

Question80: A project team needs a tool to store information that is captured throughout the life cycle of a project. The information should be stored in a centralized location that is easily accessible to all stakeholders and will provide search functionality. Which of the following tools should be used?

Question81: A project team is working on a document to precisely describe the success criteria that should be fulfilled by a product. Which of the following documents is the team preparing?

Question82: A project team is working remotely from different locations across the country. As part of a lessons-learned exercise, the project manager would like to identify the level of engagement among project team members. Which of the following would be the best tool for the project manager to use?

Question83: Which of the following requires the MOST availability from the business team?

Question84: Although a project was successfully released into production a month ago, a project manager continues to receive project-related work. Which of the following is the reason for this issue?

Question85: A project manager wants to be confident that the most crucial functions of a new software build work and that the software is ready for the next testing phase. Which of the following types of testing should be done?

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Question87: A project is running over budget, and due to new legislation in the country, the company needs to release all its contractors on the project or hire them as full-time employees. Which of the following should the PM do next to comply with the new legislation?

Question88: A key stakeholder recommends to a senior developer that a new feature be added. The new feature is not part of the current requirement documentation. Which of the following is MOST likely happening?

Question89: During the progress of a project, the stakeholders require the delivery of multiple milestones with proper presentation of functionalities. Which of the following is the best methodology to use?

Question90: A team member identifies a critical issue in production. Which of the following should the project manager apply?

Question91: Which of the following would be the most helpful in providing customers with an application accessible via a web browser?

Question92: Which of the following contract types in project procurement has the highest risk for the buyer?

Question93: Several stakeholders have declined the invitation for the kickoff of a major digital transformation protect. Which of the following actions should the project manager take NEXT?

Question94: A project team member wrote a user guide over the past ten days. Given the following scatter diagram.

Which erf the following can be formally conducted?

Question95: Which of the following is a typical characteristic of Scrum?

Question96: A project manager queries stakeholders to identify the right communication channel to be used during the project life cycle. After reviewing the responses, the project manager reports that 70% of the stakeholders prefer email communication, and the rest prefer face-to-face communication. The project manager should update the stakeholder register with:

Question97: During a code implementation, a senior developer and junior tester are discussing the testing scenarios that were performed. A major malfunction resulted in an inoperative product condition. As a result, the team was forced to work until midnight to restore operations. Which of the following should the PM have generated FIRST to alleviate the impact of this issue prior to deployment?

Question98: During a staff meeting, a project manager voices a concern about the client billing rate for a particular engineer. Which of the following documents would the project manager need in order to find this information?

Question99: A project manager reports that the implementation of a new system is on track to be completed under budget and ahead of the schedule. A stakeholder then asks the manager to add mobile device functionality. Which of the following should the project manager do in response to the request?

Question100: A business analyst has gathered information directly from the client and is currently working with the project manager to identify what to include in the document in order to finish it. Which of the following processes should the project manager do next?

Question101: A project manager has been informed that the delivery of required IT equipment will be delayed. Which of the following is the FIRST step the project manager should take?

Question102: A project manager needs to ensure that the products produced during the project meet the highest quality standards and that team members understand the importance of these standards. Which of the following should the project manager do?

Question103: A project manager provided details regarding the completion of the following tasks:
Equipment procurement took less time than estimated.
Equipment installation went according to schedule.
Which of the following should the project manager update?

Question104: After months of recruiting, a team finally found the right candidate for a very specific coding language assignment. Due to this delay, the team has a tight timeline without any float. A day before the candidate is scheduled to join the team, the project manager realizes the candidate has a non-compete agreement from the previous employer. Which of the following should the project manager do?

Question105: A sponsor prefers to communicate with the team using email, phone calls, conversations in the hallway, and impromptu meetings. Which of the following types of communication is the sponsor using?

Question106: During the execution phase of a project, team members have been constantly disagreeing about the tasks they have been assigned. Which of the following is most likely the reason they are disagreeing?

Question107: A company that is implementing an updated version of its main product hired a new project manager to lead the project. Prior to the start of the project, the sponsor asked the project manager to prepare a report on the defects found in the previous project to avoid a decrease in production. The report shows that the two main defects are related to cosmetic and physical damage to the product. Which of the following charts would BEST prioritize which defects to address?

Question108: As a result of lessons learned, a project manager convenes a meeting to understand the poor quality of the project documentation. During the meeting, project team members provide insights from their perspectives and discussions with group members. Which of the following is the project team doing?

Question109: A global franchise requests that a company provide a solution to unify its operation worldwide. Additionally, the company would like the solution to provide operation reports in real time without asking the country franchise manager for these reports. Which of the following cloud models would the company suggest to the global franchise?

Question110: Which of the following tools is best to use when conducting project meetings across time zones?

Question111: When creating a project schedule, a project manager adds activities with zero duration. Which of the following describes these types of activities?

Question112: A team is analyzing the backlog in order to decide what to include in the next sprint. Which of the following aspects is the most important for the team to take into consideration?

Question113: To gather requirements from stakeholders, the project manager sits down with them and allows them to discuss freely. Which a following technique is the project manager utilizing?

Question114: A project manager is assigned to a multinational project with team members from different continents. Which of the following is the MOST important aspect for the project manager to consider?

Question115: Following the approval of a change by the CCB, which of the following should a project manager consider next when deploying a new networking device into an existing production environment?

Question116: A PM is working with stakeholders in the discovery phase and comparing the cost of the project to the cost savings the project will produce when it is complete. The output of this exercise will produce the:

Question117: An institution wants to implement software solutions to help manage the internal flow for formally responding in writing to citizens' complaints. Which of the following solutions would be BEST?

Question118: A project team participates in a brainstorming session to define the guidance, direction, and approach for monitoring established procedures for developed products. Which of the following plans is the team creating?

Question119: A new project team started work three months ago. The team members are increasing their work productivity and are comfortable asking for help with tasks. Which of the following describes the current stage of the project team?

Question120: Which of the following should occur when implementing an IT infrastructure change that takes risks into consideration?

Question121: Which of the following is required to provide a hardware installation with a Tier 5 redundancy level?

Question122: When introducing a new information asset, what is the MOST important responsibility of the asset owner?

Question123: Which of the following cloud models is designed to provide compute, storage, and networking resources on demand?

Question124: A global franchise requests that a company provide a solution to unify its operation worldwide. Additionally, the company would like the solution to provide operation reports in real time without asking the country franchise manager for these reports. Which of the following cloud models would the company suggest to the global franchise?

Question125: A procurement team analyzes solutions submitted from multiple vendors for the upcoming release of a required development service. The procurement team identifies a potential partnership. Which of the following would the procurement team most likely request?

Question126: Which of the following would be MOST beneficial to do before a call to ensure all meeting items are addressed and the correct participants attend?

Question127: A project manager needs to update the project sponsor and senior stakeholders about the progress of a project. Which of the following tools will the project manager MOST likely use?

Question128: A PM is working to establish accepted communication channels and to define access requirements. In which of the following phases is the project?

Question129: After a release, the project sponsor received an escalation from an executive about the extension of the downtime after the scheduled window. Which of the following should be added to the issue log?

Question130: During a quality analysis review, the causes of several issues have been highlighted. Which of the following should the project manager use to identify the MOST important causes?

Question131: A project manager realizes that a project will not be completed on time due to resource constraints. Which of the following actions should the project manager take NEXT?

Question132: Project team members are leaving the company due to a stressful work environment. The project manager needs to capture this concern about potentially losing team members again. Which of the following logs should the project manager use?

Question133: A project manager is beginning a new project that will include a high number of complex deliverables. Which of the following is the best to use to track deliverables that are yet to be completed?

Question134: During a brainstorming meeting, a project manager identifies multiple techniques that will help the project team ensure confidence and alignment with the project scope and goals. Which of the following plans is the project manager creating?