EMT Practice Test

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Question1: Which of the following is a tool and technique of the Identify Stakeholders Process?

Question2: A data center facility was built near a resident community. The data center was backed up with a generator to maintain uninterrupted power supply. A few months after project completion, the city's municipal office receives complains from residents about generator noise. Upon inspection, it is evident that the installed generator causes more noise than was specified in the municipality standards.
What should the project manager have done to avoid this issue?

Question3: A project manager invites the new CIO to a meeting to review a project's key deliverables. milestones, and roles and responsibilities. what is the project manager's purpose for this?

Question4: A project learn is evaluating whether promotional activities should be outsourced or conduced internally. What process is the team implementing?

Question5: A company wants to start a new project to build an innovative business product, but the project managers and engineering team do not have previous experience to contribute What should an assigned project manager do to initiate the work?

Question6: A project manager working in a multinational organization notices that several team members in a satellite office are not performing. What should the project manager do to address this?

Question7: A recent project took 12 months to complete: however' a new similar project is estimated to take 16 months to complete. What tool or technique should be used to match the timeline of the first project?

Question8: A company has decided to use agile methodology for the first time on a project During the middle of the third sprint, it becomes apparent that the project communications are not adequate and that most team members do not have a good understanding of what other team members are doing What should the project manager have done to avoid this issue?

Question9: The client is pushing the development team for an urgent software patch to address a bug The team completed the patch, but the tester was unable to sign off on it due to illness. Regardless, the product manager is determined to release the software immediately What steps should the project manager take?

Question10: To begin transitioning the final deliverables to the client, a project manager develops the project closure documentation. What should be used to develop the project closure documentation?

Question11: During a stakeholder meeting, the project manager receives requests from some stakeholders to add work to the project scope Protect documents include a letter from the sponsor prohibiting these requests from being implemented.
What should the project manager do?

Question12: You are a project manager working on a software development project. You've developed the risk management plan, identified risks, and determined risk responses for the risks. You have recently identified risks in your project and decided to establish a contingency reserve to deal with the risk. The risk response strategy that you used in this scenario is an example of:

Question13: During the execution of a project, the project manager identifies a risk that has occurred. The project manager checks the risk response plan and applies the response but discovers that the contingency reserves do not cover the cost and time needed for the activities described in the response plan.
What should the project manager do?

Question14: A project manager has a team of diverse professionals with different backgrounds. During project execution, the project manager notices that one team member is struggling with completing tasks on time and meeting quality expectations.
What should the project manager do to address this issue?

Question15: All of the following are inputs to the develop Project Charter Process except:

Question16: A project manager receives a request for proposal (RFP) and must respond to the estimation section. The project manager is concerned to Insufficient information is available to do the estimate.
What method of estimation Should the project manager use?

Question17: A software company is asked to build an application based on new technology for a new client who is unsure of their requirements. What contract type should the software company use to ensure risk is minimized?

Question18: You are managing a construction project. You have included the measurable project objectives and related success criteria in the Quality Management Plan. While reviewing your plan, the project sponsor asks you to reconsider this. You then realize that what you did is incorrect. Where should you place the measurable project objectives and related success criteria?

Question19: A project manager is gathering formal project requirements After conducting stakeholder interviews, the project manage realizes that sore objectives are inconsistent with those in the project charter. Based on information learned during the initiation phase, this project must be highly focused to stay within budget limits.
To manage requirements and meet stakeholder expectations, what should the project manager do?

Question20: Who is the Key Person in the kick-off meeting?

Question21: Your project is due for a financial review and you have gathered some data. Your EV is $690, your AC is
$720 and your BAC is $900. What is your EAC?

Question22: A project meets time and cost targets, and the project sponsor approves the deliverable as meeting an quality requirements, The project manager proceeds to finalize the external suppliers' contracts. What should the project manager have already completed?

Question23: A project has closed, and the project manager moves on to a new project. During this project, it is discovered that many of the mistakes made in the first project have been repeated.
What should the project manager have done to avoid this?

Question24: A project team delivers a system in its pilot phase, and the customer identities an issue that affects the end users. After the project team works on the issue tor a week the customer informs the project manager's supervisor that the issue is not being addressed and requests immediate action.
What should the project manager do next?

Question25: Midway through the design phase of a software development project, the project manager realizes that planned tasks will be delivered tale. What should the project manager do first

Question26: You are managing a project in the manufacturing industry. You are in the process of collecting the project requirements from the relevant project stakeholders, and you start by collecting stakeholders needs. These needs are then objectively sorted and prioritized, and goals are set for achieving them. Which tool did you use to collect the project requirements?

Question27: Government regulations require that project deliverables be tested and approved by stakeholders before they can be accepted However, these stakeholders are frequently too busy to perform the acceptance tests Without these tests, project quality standards will be unmet, and the project cannot complete its deliverables What should the project manager do?

Question28: During a project review, the construction manager reports that the concrete production rate has change over the last three months. What analysis should be conducted?

Question29: If a project has a 40 percent chance of a $10,000 profit and a 20 percent chance of a $5,000 loss, the expected monetary value of the project is:

Question30: The project manager is given two teams that are restricted to working five days per week. The initial calculations give a project timeline of two weeks However, one of the teams will only be available for two and a half days during week 1 due to a previous commitment. The timeline is revised to three weeks.
What optimization technique was used to revise the timeline?

Question31: An external audit concludes that a project is six to 12 months behind schedule. The project manager and the project team agree What should the project manager do next?

Question32: A project manager is having difficulty obtaining resources for a new project. Available resources from other department show little interest in the project.
What should the project manager do?

Question33: Two learn members have continuing conflicts that affect team morale. What should the project manager do to resolve the conflicts?

Question34: Team members on a life cycle replacement project are accustomed to frequently changing requirements even without formal approval. What should the project manager do?

Question35: Six weeks after the addition of new project resources, the project team completes the work However, the project sponsor refuses to pay for the additional resources What should the project manager have done before adding resources?

Question36: A customer asks the project manager to deliver a project in 60 days that was previously scheduled (or delivery in 90 days No activities can be performed in parallel The requested change is approved by the change control board (CCB) What should the project manager do to fulfill this request?

Question37: You are managing a software development project. You divided the project into five iterations that are typically time-boxed to 30 days. This project is producing deliverables in short periods of time. You work with the product owner. Your project team holds daily standup meetings, and they hold retrospective meetings at the end of the working period. What methodology does this describe?

Question38: During the execution of a project, the project manager finds there are some initial requirements for each team member that have not been considered in the scope What should the project manager do?

Question39: schedule overruns A project manager is just finishing up a project that has not gone well. Apart from cost overruns and, there have been a lot of quality defects and the project required a lot of senior management intervention to finally reach completion. As well as a long list of uncontrolled changes. Uncontrolled changes are also known as:

Question40: During project execution, the marketing manager stales that they do not know the timeframe for the product launch A review of the communications management plan shows that the marketing department was not included as a concerned parry What should the project manager have done to prevent this?

Question41: A contract project manager has been employed to work on a large, strategically important project During project in initiation, the project manager discovers that the project has a large number of conflicts among the stakeholders What can the project manager do to better understand the conflicts?

Question42: As a project manager for a construction project, you understand the importance of closed contracts and correspondence for future references. Which of the following can be used to manage and store records, and correspondence?

Question43: The project charter for a new urgent project was recently signed, and the sponsor is requesting that the project manager immediately start to develop the project schedule. What should the project manager do in this situation?

Question44: Midway through project implementation, stakeholders lose confidence in project management and want to withdraw. What should the project manager use to maintain and improve relationships with the stakeholders?

Question45: You are performing the Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis process and you would like to use a chart that will displays three dimensions of data, where each risk is plotted as a disk, and the three parameters are represented by the x-axis value, the y-axis value, and the disk size. Which of the following methods will you use?

Question46: An independent, third-party auditor conducted scope verification The client questions the impartiality of the third-party's report What should the project manager do?

Question47: A probability and impact matrix is useful for:

Question48: While reviewing a status report, a project manager notices that, over a period of six months, the coding quality for one developer is statistically lower than another developer assigned the same task. Which tool should the project manager use to trace the problem's back to its action root cause?

Question49: What is the contract type that transfers all risks to the seller?

Question50: Which processes are in the Initiating process group?

Question51: A project manager's team has been expanding in more geographically drverse areas across multiple time zones Some team members have fast internet connections while others only have certain times they are able to be online Because of the associations between the tasks, all team members need to be well informed at the same time What should the project manager do?

Question52: An ongoing cross-functional project has team members located in several ditTeient countries, and stakeholders who provide insufficient support. How can the project manager improve this situation?

Question53: During a project's execution phase, project members have frequent disagreements, ms a result. The project is running over budget and behind schedule. The project manager conducts project communication based on subjective ideas and does not consider other team members' input. The project manager also objects to the idea of team members setting up an internal learning platform.
What communication method does the project manager use?

Question54: A project manage identifies the root cause of a quality issue and implements corrective action What should the project manager do next?

Question55: If an agile approach is used, which of the following techniques is used for breaking up an epic into user stories?

Question56: A stakeholder with a high degree of impact now requires more detailed project reports. What should the project manager do?

Question57: You project is running with a CPI of 1.1. The EAC is $100,000. What is the BAC?

Question58: A project manager joins an existing project. On their first day, a stakeholder threatens to stop the project due
10 the poor quality or its deliverables. How should the project manager address this?

Question59: You are a project manager working on gathering requirements and establishing estimates for the project.
Which process group are you working?

Question60: The project sponsor indicates to the project manager that due to other priorities, the budget for the project will be cut in half. This decision will cause changes in the project What should the project manager do next'

Question61: An issue arises on a project A team member recalls that this issue has occurred before, but cannot remember the solution. Where is the first place the project manager should look to find the solution?

Question62: As part of a project, a new plant is being constructed in a typhoon-prone area. This may impact the project s schedule and quality. What should the project manager do to address this?

Question63: In which phase the Kick off Meeting established?

Question64: A project manager receives an approved request related to a project's governance framework. What should the project manager do to implement this change?

Question65: The project manager completed the release planning and is midway through a sprint when an opportunity is identified by the product owner. The product owner has asked the project manager to do everything possible to exploit the opportunity. There is a high probability that this could result in a significant cost savings to the company and the project.
What should the project manager do?

Question66: A project to deliver financial and administrative changes related to taxation regulations is on schedule according to the project management plan, agreed requirements, and performance indicators. However based on recent discussions with some business stakeholders, certain taxation legislative changes will become effective immediately upon the scheduled conclusion of the project.
What should the project manager do?

Question67: In a project with a multigenerational team, some resources are underperforming due to differing viewpoints.
This may cause project delays.
What should the project manager do?

Question68: Based on your success on previous projects, you have been asked to manage a project for a different department in your organization. This department has documented processes for most of their work. You realize that you will need to tailor many of their standard processes so that they will make sense for your new project. Which organizational process asset will probably help you the most?

Question69: You are working on a warehouse project when you realize that you may miss the due date of the project. What would you do in such a scenario?

Question70: A company has started a drainage improvement project to avoid flooding due to heavy rainfall. During its execution phase, the project manager realizes that the cost-benefit analysis was not included in the business case.
What should the project manager do?

Question71: A project manager is working on the final report for a large, complex project that is closing What information should the project manager include in the report?

Question72: Two years back, your organization awarded a fixed price contract to a reputable local contractor to construct a new airport terminal in your city. During the execution of the project, some disputes arose over the scope and quality of the work. You have negotiated with the contractor to solve the problem. However, the problem has not been resolved. Which of the following methods should be your first course of action to resolve this issue?

Question73: You are a Project Manager working on a project to create high-efficiency electric motors for a company introducing a new car. Half the project work has been completed. You are currently reviewing your stakeholder engagement plan. You found that some of the resisting stakeholders have now become supportive.
As the Project Manager, you should now update which of the following documents first?

Question74: A project manager needs to add a subject matter expert (SME) to the project team. However, no internal resources is available, so external resource will need to be hired.
What type of contract should be used?

Question75: During protect execution the project manager notices that the majority of change requests are from one person on the client team Met reviewing these requests the project manager notes that they were at rejected because of misalignment with the scope of work.
What should the project manager do to address this?

Question76: Alter the root cause of defective deliverables is identified, the project director decides to closely examine me team performance assessment. What will the results of this method contribute to during project execution?

Question77: During the deployment of a new system, an unexpected power outage occurs, What should the project manager do?

Question78: When writing the roles and responsibilities of your team members, you should document the role, authority, responsibility, and competency for each team member. Where this information must be documented?

Question79: Since the client was on leave, a project manager handed over the deliverables of a successfully completed project to the client's project manager One month later, the accounts team informs the project manager that client approval was rejected and invoices are unpaid.
What should the project manager have done to avoid this?

Question80: After performing a risk analysis, the project manager realizes that the project team may be unable to develop a final project module on time and within quality standards. This could cause a financial loss to the company.
The project manager decides to engage vendor to deliver that module using a firm fixed price (FFP) contract.
What risk response strategy did the project manager use?

Question81: You are a project manager for a software project. Various tools and techniques determine project requirements during the Collect Requirements process. These requirements form the basis for defining the project scope.
During project status meeting, team members do not agree on the way in which certain requirements should be implemented. So, you decide to take a vote, where the largest block in a group would decide, even if a majority is not achieved. This is an example of:

Question82: While preparing a project charter for a new project, a project manager reviews lessons learned from previous projects the lessons learned documents show frequent issues with low engagement levels and stakeholder misalignment on project objectives.
What should the project manager do to avoid repetition of this issue in the new project?

Question83: A protects outcome is highly sensitive to and dependent upon financial market activity Therefore, the company's financial advisor delivers daily exchange rate forecasts. The projects budget was planned using a conservative scenario with high exchange-rate variations. The project manager now wants to review this budget to update the probability and impact of a possible new scenario using current financial conditions To what should the project manager refer?

Question84: A vendor submits a high-level project schedule for a three-year project, including a detailed assign-phase schedule. what does this describe?

Question85: The project manager of a technical team receives a complaint from sensor team members. They state that while the majority of the team is committed, some of the junior members arrive late, spend excessive time on the Internet, and have high absenteeism and low productivity. This causes more work for the members who now threaten to leave the project if the situation does not improve.
Which the following should the project manager do to address this situation?

Question86: A start-up company's project team completes its first product development initiative, what should the project manager do next?

Question87: A project manager assumes a multi-country project that is expected to provide the company with significant tax benefits. During the execution phase, the project manager encounters process exception's and changes that were not included in the project charter.
What should have been considered during project initiation to avoid this?

Question88: A project is three weeks behind schedule and the baseline finish date is two months away. The management team states there is no budget overtime pay.
What Should the project manager do to complete the propel on schedule?

Question89: A client informs the project manager that a team member is unacceptable for a project that is behind schedule.
However, the client is unwilling to share their reasons.

Question90: You are a Project Manager, and you want your team to use (WBS) in cost estimation developed for your project. Which techniques are you most likely to use?

Question91: You are the Project Manager and are currently in the monitoring process group. You and your team are trying to determine whether or not a process is stable or has predictable performance, and if the project management processes are in control. What tool will help with this?

Question92: Project risks have been identified through a brainstorming session While analyzing the risks, the project manager needs to quantify and prioritize the risks and develop the mitigation plan.
What should the project manager use?

Question93: Which processtool is conflict management?

Question94: A development project's earned value is US$640,000. and the planned value is US$800,000 What should the project manager do to control this variance?

Question95: A new payment system is being built using agile principles. During a customer demonstration, the product owner request a change to a module feature. Upon inspection of the scope document and user stones, it becomes clear that the change was not inducted in the included in the initial project documents.
What should the project manager do next?

Question96: Mark is a project manager working on a compliance project in a banking firm. The project scheduled for completion six weeks from now. The project sponsor has told mark that if the project finished sooner, the company could receive some monetary incentives offered by the government. What would be the effect if Mark decided to fast-track the project

Question97: ZULFI is the Project Manager of a new product development project- His team is getting the project deliverables accepted as per the specified project acceptance criteria. Why does the team need acceptance criteria for the project's final deliverables?

Question98: A key deliverable requires a specific set of skills and knowledge that only a specific resource in the organization possesses However this person has shown signs of fatigue and frustration in previous projects due to the extra numbers of hours required to complete the assignments.
What should an experienced project manager do to prevent this from happening?

Question99: A sponsor proposes a project scope change that is popular with the project team and Key stakeholders. what should the project manager do?

Question100: A project is in the closure phase. The deliverables have been approved by the project sponsor. However the team that will support the delivered product is complaining about a lack of documentation.
What should the project manager have done to prevent this scenario?

Question101: During a project's execution phase, a new stakeholder is identified who is critical to the project's success.
What should the project manager do next?

Question102: An organization is implementing changes to its financial risk management portfolio. The project manager has been assigned to a system upgrade project that is required to be completed by a specific date. The project has completed the planning phase and started the execution phase. After a period of time, the project manager identifies major difficulties related to resourcing constraints which will prevent the project from achieving the committed go-live date.
What should the project manager do?

Question103: The project manager for a new project wants to discuss project execution methodology with all stakeholders.
During what meeting should the project manager first discuss this?

Question104: A division manager wants to transfer a key team member off of the project. This may impact the project delivery schedule listed in the contract What should the project manager do in this situation?

Question105: Stakeholders determine that the business case considers 3D lessons learned from previous projects. However, laws regulating the company's operations have changed What should the project manager use to resolve this situation?

Question106: A company has a history of implementing system integration projects using their-in-house software with a vendor infrastructure A project manager, new to the company, has no prior experience with vendor integration projects What should the project manager do?

Question107: During your project meeting, a problem was discussed with one of the key stakeholders, and a resolution to the problem was reached. Sometime after the meeting, you received an email from him saying that he had changed his mind about the solution that was reached and needed to resurface the problem. The solution reached during the initial project meeting is a result of which of the following conflict resolution techniques?

Question108: To ease the workload on the acceptance testing team a key stakeholder request that intermediate project milestones be delivered in a sequence different than that outlined in the original project plan. What should the project manager do first?

Question109: A multinational company is locally developing a digital product using a new technology platform. The only expert on this platform is located in the company's headquarters, and they are responsible for providing support to different countries.
How can the local project manager ensure the involvement of this expert?

Question110: You have just joined a new organization as a project manager. The project is currently in the executing phase.
You then realize that no stakeholder register exists for the project. Since you are new to the organization, you want to ensure that you use its templates for documents. Therefore, your search for a template for a stakeholder register in the:

Question111: A new change has been requested for a project two weeks before the project completion date. The additional budget requirement needs approval from senior management and the legal and finance departments. This approval process takes more than two weeks.
What should the project manager do?

Question112: A low-priority and low-risk change request has been planned for almost six months. It is almost the end of the project What should the project manager do?

Question113: During a progress review of a project near completion, there is an indication that a work package may require some major rework. This could affect the completion date What should the project manager do first?

Question114: To estimate the cost of project activities for a new project, a project manager uses the schedule from a similar project, what 1001 or technique is the project manager using?

Question115: Company A hires a new project manager to join an existing project. The new project manager creates the risk register The risk owner for one risk is someone outside the project team. The risk is now being triggered What should the project manager do?

Question116: A project manager completes a protect management plan for a global project due in 12 months. When two team members leave the project, what should the project manager do?

Question117: A project manager conducts weekly, face-to-face meetings with a local project team to obtain to handle some additional scope.
Before updating the communications management plan, what should the project manager do?

Question118: A project manager wants to create the risk register. What should the project manager do next?

Question119: An organization is awarded a large construction project. The project manager learns that it successfully completed a similar project and wants to use the lessons learned from that. What data analysis technique should the project manager use?

Question120: A stakeholder refuses to accept delivery of a project that has passed the acceptance criteria, and provides a new set of acceptance criteria.
Which should the project manager do to enable project completion?

Question121: During a project steering committee meeting, the project manager reports that a formerly supportive key ream member has become resistant to and negative about changes. Where should this information be captured?

Question122: The charter for a project to build a new financial reward system for the sates division is approved. What should the project manager do now?

Question123: Although previously identified project risks have not yet materialized, a project appears to be in trouble. The proper manage implements the appropriate risk responses, but this fails to bring the project back on track.
What should the project manager do next?

Question124: A project manager for a US$15 million construction project must meet a specific project milestone earlier than planned because a season-long pattern of extreme weather is expected soon. The project is already over budget, and the project sponsor is not prepared to provide additional funding.
Which tool or technique should the project manager use to achieve the milestone before the extreme weather begins?

Question125: A project team member encounters an issue and identifies a workaround, but fails to inform the project manager, Two weeks later. a similar issue occurs that impacts the project.
What could have prevented this issue's reoccurrence?

Question126: An organization is kick-starting a project in an emerging market where regulations will rapidly and continuously change during its life cycle. The project sponsor asks tne project manager for a budget forecast.
What tool or technique should the project manager use to provide this?

Question127: A company is using Lean Six Sigma methodology on a project. Midway through the project, an external an consultant is invited to conduct an audit to ensure that the methodology is being properly applied.
Which process is being employed?

Question128: An approved change request adds an incentive to a lump sum contract if the contractor is able to maintain the current baseline schedule. What should now be updated?

Question129: A project manager is leading a team with members from many different countries As they began to work together, they were struggling to cooperate. This was accepted as the normal "storming" phase of team development, but the team has not gotten past this phase and the project is beginning to fall behind schedule.
What conflict-resolution technique should be used to help the team progress to the "norming" phase?

Question130: A key project team member takes a leave of absence with an unknown expected return date, leading to a possible delay in the project delivery schedule. How can the project manager help the team to deliver on an adaptive project?

Question131: When conducting procurements, what process should the project manager implement to obtain stakeholders agreement?

Question132: You are managing an advertising software project in an agile environment, your project has a high degree of uncertainty and the project scope is not fully defined. Your project sponsor contacts you and asks you to provide an estimate of the total cost of a newly approved project- He wants the estimate to be available for a meeting with project stakeholders that has been scheduled for later in the afternoon. The most appropriate estimating technique to meet this need would be:

Question133: A project manager is using control charts to determine whether or not a process is stable or has predictable performance. The upper and lower control limits are determined by the customer A set of 18 data points were recorded and eight consecutive data points were found to be above the mean.
What can the project manager conclude from this finding?

Question134: A proved is delivered that meets the approved business requirements. However, the client identifies a few unrelated issues that will cause a delay in final product approval and impact project closure What should the project manager do?

Question135: A protect manager leaves the company and a new project manager joins the team The project team is focused on completing the work defined in the project management plan After a quick initial assessment, the project manager's primary concern is associated with risks What should the project manager do next?

Question136: During a protect status meeting, the project manager identifies that project progress is less than the previous month. Since the sponsor expects the project to be completed on time what should the project manager do first before taking corrective action?

Question137: During a crisis, additional resources and time were required to resolve the issues. The avoid this situation, what should the project manager have addressed earlier?

Question138: Six months into a project the first project milestone is due However the project manager finds out that one of the team members has submitted low-quality work that requires rework What should the project manager do next'

Question139: A recently promoted project manager must facilitate the weekly status update meeting, what should the project manager do to ensure a productive meeting?

Question140: You are a project manager for a software development project. Your organization has an initiative to apply agile approach into your project. You have a new team member who is very smart, but he's not been through training on agile software, and you need to make sure everyone is up to speed. From a quality perspective, training the new team is:

Question141: During a project review meeting, a team member disagrees with a collage on the project's status. Key millstones are dependent upon the completion of these two team members' tasks. The conflict is negatively influencing other team members, who now doubt their own.
What should the project manager do?

Question142: After completing the project charter, the project manager sends it to the project stakenarios. What should the project manager do before starting the project planning process?

Question143: In your project, if earned value (EV) is larger than planned value (PV)

Question144: Due to a recent incident, a dissatisfied stakeholder files a complaint about a project that has been closed. What can the project manager do to help resolve this?

Question145: Willie reviewing project performance, the project manager notices misalignment with the project management plan. The preyed manager works with the team to modify an activity to ensure future success What does this describe?

Question146: You are a project manager working on a software development project. When all the members are brought together, and introduced objectives of the project. During this stage, team members are interdependent and work through issues smoothly and effectively. Which of the following statements is true?

Question147: Just prior to a project's execution phase, a project manager notices that the client mentioned some mission critical requirements. These requirements will dramatically impact the project's timeline and budget.
What should the project manager do?

Question148: The sponsor of your project is particularly interested in reviewing the roles of different stakeholders on the project. As a project manager, you should direct the sponsor of the project to which one of the following documents?

Question149: A project manager is working on a project for which some requirements have not been dearly defined. The customer insists that this should not be considered a problem and the project should continue without delay.
What should the project manager do first?

Question150: Which of the following tools and techniques is most likely used in the Manage Quality Process?

Question151: Due to a lack of experience, a team is unable to commit to meeting the approaching data for milestone. What should the project manager do to milestone data?

Question152: After receiving the hardware components from a vendor that will be used later in the project, the project manager sends an email the agreed-upon contract. The project manager later discovers that some of the components do not work properly.
What should the project manager have done to avoid this?

Question153: A project manager learns that the government plans to introduce a new regulation that might affect their current project. What should the project manager do first?

Question154: An issue will cause the project team to miss a critical milestone. The project manager realizes that this issue could have been avoided if the risk had been addressed earlier. What should the project manager do next?

Question155: What tool should the project manager use to demonstrate to the customer that the final production meets the business needs?

Question156: During project planning, the project manager wants to transfer as many cost overrun risks as possible to the supplier What type of contract should the project manager use'?

Question157: A project manager is creating a program evaluation and review technique (PERi) diagram. A primary activity on the critical pain has a most optimistic time of three weeks, a most pessimistic time of seven weeks, and a most likely time of five weeks.
What is the activity's expected time?

Question158: Upon completion of testing, the client requests changes because the system railed to function as expected Stakeholders are unwitting to make any decisions on the client requested changes. The client refuses to continue the project unless the changes are made What should the project manager have created to avoid this situation1?

Question159: To increase sates, a marketing team wants to introduce a new product feature A project manager assumes responsibility for developing a project business case What tool or technique will help the project manager accomplish this?

Question160: A senior quality manager complains about a new drone development product with first-of-its-kind features.
The senior quality manager is concerned that there are no existing quality specifications to validate these new features What should the project manager have done to avoid this?

Question161: A company is implementing a new IT tool but the project is behind and the functionality does not adhere to the expected scope indicated in the contract During a steering committee meeting, it is decided that the project should be terminated immediately due to poor vendor performance.
What should the project manager do next?

Question162: A project to create a new product is completed and introduced into the marker, our sales are much lower man expected. analysis determines that the product is misaligned with the organization's core competencies.
During what activity should this have been discovered?

Question163: A project manager just arrived in a new company department and was appointed to a new project.
Management gives the project manager a short briefing and asks the project manager to write the project charter by the end of the week.
What should the project manager do first?

Question164: A project status report shows that the earned value (EV) is 24.5. the schedule performance index (SPI) is 0.29, and the cost performance index (CPI) is 1.08. In what area should the project manager implement corrective actions?

Question165: A senior engineer notifies the project manager that there will be a delay in the product's development This will now delay user acceptance testing and possibly, user training What should the project manager use to analyze the impact on the project's completion date?

Question166: A project is in the execution phase and product testing is almost complete A team member proposes that the testing can be fast tracked by removing some of the tests The team member believes this will help to finish the job earlier and give the project more float What should the project manager do?

Question167: During a project demonstration, a team member provides sample test data to the client without consulting the project manager. This delays the project.
What should the project manager do to avWhat should the project manager do to avoid incurring fines?oid this in the future

Question168: A team member comes to the project manager and explains that there might be a part already designed and constructed that meets a project requirement. This could save the project thousands of dollars.
What should the project manager do with this information?

Question169: A vendor provides notices of a delay in the delivery of a key component that is required to complete a critical activity. The project has a schedule performance (SP) of 0.95.
What should the project manager do first?

Question170: A product implementation project has a baseline schedule that indicates it should be complete wthin 30 days using three internal resources. As it nears completion, the Project manager learns that one resource has tell the project team. The sponsor approves hring an external resource at an additional cost.
To determine it the contingency reserve will be requited, what should the project manager calculate?

Question171: What should the project manager use to compare different suppliers and rate their proposals?

Question172: A project manager is working in a hybrid environment using both waterfall and agile frameworks This causes some confusion about who does what throughout the project What can the project manager do to help clear the confusion?

Question173: After preparation of the project management plan, the project manager schedules a meeting with Key stakeholders. What part of the project will this complete?

Question174: In your project, one of your project team leaves the site early at 2:00 pm. If you would like to establish clear expectations regarding the acceptable behavior of the team members to avoid such situations you should establish:

Question175: A project team member identifies a quality issue that may cause the product by the customer. However. me project sponsor wants to deliver the product.
What should the project manager do?

Question176: A project manager needs to obtain a new resource for a project. This will mean engaging the market to contract a resource. Timeframes are tight How should the project manager proceed?

Question177: An audit was conducted on a project during close out The issue log could not be located in the project management information system (PMIS) What should the project manager do to prevent this from becoming a nonconformance?

Question178: A project manager is unable to explain why several Scrum team members have been unhappy with the team's performance for the past year What would have assisted in identifying these issues?

Question179: What should the project manager use to prepare this?

Question180: A project manager shares project performance through status reports via email to all of the stakeholders of the project. Which of the following techniques is he using?

Question181: You are a project manager working on a software development project. During a project meeting, one of the team members suggests a nice feature that the customer may like. The project manager says yes to this new feature, indicating the project should exceed the customer expectations. This is an example of:

Question182: A local supplier is unable to meet a delivery date. The project team did not anticipate this new threat to the supply of the product. Importing this product will cost the project twice the price that the local vendor charges.
What should the project manager use to fund this effort?

Question183: A project is nearing completion when the project manager learns that a change in market regulations may impact the project, what sn6uld the project manager do?

Question184: Which of the following are tools and techniques of the Monitor Stakeholder Engagement process?

Question185: The product owner notifies the project manager about a risk that has been identified. What should the project manager do?

Question186: A stakeholder frequently requests new functionalities to be included in the project. The stakeholder has submitted a new functionality improvement that will impact the project budget and schedule What should the project manager do?

Question187: Upon approval, a new project manager immediately begins a project. Three points into me project, the project manager identimes numerous obstacle. What should the project manager have done?

Question188: Which of the following is NOT an input of the close projector phase process?

Question189: During a project review meeting, the project manager observes that one team member performed tasks beyond the scope of work the project manager do?

Question190: You are managing a software development project using an agile approach. You divided the project into five iterations that are typically time-boxed to 30 days. You are estimating activity durations for the first iteration, and when taking a vote, three of your five team members hold up one finger. You spend some time understanding their concerns, make some adjustments in the iteration, and finally come to an agreement.
Which of the following techniques could prove to be helpful in this context?

Question191: A financier is considering investing money on a future luxury hotel located in a country wun economic problems. After several meetings with the market intelligence manager of the company who will develop this hotel, the financier remains skeptical about investing in this project.
What should the project manager provide to convince the financier?

Question192: A project successfully met its goals on time and all deliverables were completed and delivered. The project team needs to be disassembled so team members can go back to their functional jobs.
What should the project manager do in order to proceed with project closure?

Question193: A project manager is assigned to a project that is in progress. In which of the following documents would a new project manager find information regarding the scope baseline?

Question194: The project charter for a new project is authorized, and the company's executives appoint a project manager.
What should the project manager do first?

Question195: A meeting to present, discuss, and approve the project management plan is scheduled for tomorrow, but a project sponsor is suddenly unavailable for another week. To prevent a delay in the project's start, what should the project manager do?

Question196: During the last few days of an open request for proposal (RFP), there are still many unanswered questions from vendors. The timely award of the contract is on the project's critical path. The project manager is concerned that the award of contract will be delayed.
What immediate action should the project manager take?

Question197: Faulty vendor supplied parts must be returned and reordered,. Based on previous experience with this vendor, the project team has already identified this as a risk?
What should the project manager do to record this?

Question198: Your project has 15% probability of having a profit of $10,000, and a 20% probability of losing $15,000.
What is the expected monetary value of this situation?

Question199: After a risk review, the project manager notes an increase in impact for one of the financial risks. What should the project manager do next?

Question200: A software business partner of a project is delayed in the delivery of the requirements. The business partner is working remotely as a virtual team and the contract includes penalties if the dates are not met At this point, the application of the penalties impacts the budget's baseline.
What should the project manager have done to avoid this situation?

Question201: During a project, some products are acquired. The buyer and seller have agreed on a cost plus fixed fee (CPFF) contract. However, the project manager is concerned about the risks posed to the buyer associated with this type of contract.
Which contract type should have been used to lower risk for the buyer?

Question202: A multinational company with a cross-border project wants to implement new software that will impact several departments. The project manager needs to guarantee alignment of stakeholder expectations with the final product What should the project team develop?

Question203: The project manager discovers that the vendor did not perform software technical testing Which document confirms whether the vendor should do this testing?

Question204: A project manager realizes that a new government regulation affects the current project and to be compliant with the new law the scope of the project should be changed. The team is now analyzing the impact on the schedule and budget Which tool or technique should the project manager have considered before this issue occurred?

Question205: You are managing a complex software development project for an external customer. While you are managing your project, you decide to create a prototype of your product first to ensure that it is acceptable to the customer before creating your product. Creating a prototype is an example of:

Question206: A vendor who supplied material that failed to meet a technical requirement claims that the requirement was not pan or me contract, what should the project manager have done to avoid this issue?

Question207: While developing a project's benefits management plan, a project manager receives input from some stakeholders that the project has very little value for the company. What should the project manager do next?

Question208: What should the team consider to be most important while creating the probability and impact matrix to support the project risk analysis?

Question209: During the construction of a port, a nearby fishing community blocks the projects access route and demands me construction or a paved road connecting the community with the port. This increases the project cost by five percent.
What should the project manager have done to prevent this?

Question210: From prior experience with an organization, a project manager is aware of the possibility that key resources may be reassigned to other, more urgent projects. What should this project manager update to ensure that other project managers are also aware of this?

Question211: A project team is developing a new enterprise resource planning (ERP) system under a tight deadline quality assurance testing a number of issue are detected. However, the developers mistrust quality assurance and are uncooperative.
What should the project manager do to address the conflict?

Question212: A project manager is assigned to a project in its execution phase. The project manager immediately notices scope creep, but the development manager justifies the additional work and claims it is in line with a new policy approved by management What should the project manager do to address this situation''

Question213: Delays from two software vendors are causing testing times to be reduced to meet the dealine. Any impact on the delivery date is not possible, as all project resources will be reassigned to other tasks after project closing.
What should the project manager do?

Question214: A project has been stopped during the execution phase because the construction methods are not in compliance with environmental regulations. The project manager was not aware of the environmental requirements of the project and now needs advice on how to deal with environmental compliance in future projects.
What should the project manager do to avoid a similar situation in future projects?

Question215: A project plans the agenda for a kick-off meeting. As one of the first agenda items, the project manager wants to set the strategic direction of the project.
Who should present this topic?

Question216: A project manager has been assigned to a new project. During the initial review of the project charter the project manager reaches out to the project sponsor to discuss important information that is missing in the document.
What piece of information is appropriate for the project manager to request?

Question217: During the kick-off meeting for a warehouse expansion, the project manager presents the project schedule and target completion dates. Several members in the meeting voice concerns about the availability of key subject matter experts (SMEs) during peak season.
What should the project manager have done to prevent this from happening

Question218: During testing of a project component a senior tester discovers a functionality that will ensure the future performance of the projects. This will create a change in scope Which type of change request should be made to include this functionality?

Question219: While preparing for project hand-over to the operations team, the project manager discover that an audit report from an early project phase is missing. What should the project manager do?

Question220: During project execution, a project team develops a new response for an existing risk that will reduce the schedule by 30 days. What document should the project manager update?

Question221: A project must be simultaneously implemented in two countries with a time-zone difference of 11 hours. The project manager must determine a mutually convenient time to provide stakeholders with information on the project's schedule, cost, and performance progress.
What should the project manager use to determine this?

Question222: A project's deliverables due is approaching, but one team member's performance is negatively impacting the schedule. What should the project manager do?

Question223: Which of the following is a tool to assess the current and desired state of engagement of a stakeholder on the project?

Question224: While working on a project, the project team realizes that recent data center upgrades could impact the project's outcome. Certain modules of the project deliverable are incompatible with the new environment. The team identifies the appropriate steps to address the issue What is the next step for the project manager?

Question225: A project is delivered that meets the approved business requirements However, the client identifies a few unrelated issues that will cause a delay in final product approval and impact project closure What should the project manager do?

Question226: Midway through a project, a project manager determined the project was running far behind schedule. The Project sponsor has agreed to release five resources to work on the project to meet the completion deadline.
This is an example of:

Question227: Significant customer change requests to project scope result in a 40 percent budget overrun What should the project manager to do prevent this from reoccurring in future projects?

Question228: While reviewing project documentation, a project manager discovers that modification were made without proper approvals. What should the project manager do next?

Question229: Two team members argue about who will perform and report the status of a particular task. what source may be consulted to help resolve this?

Question230: A project manager is helping to draft a project because of their relevant experience working on similar projects. What organizational process asset manager reference?

Question231: During a project update meeting, one of the key stakeholders expressed his displeasure over the project management approach. One of the key deliverables had major defects which required a rework. You took responsibility for searching out the facts of this problem and created a change request to resolve the issue.
Which of the following must you do to bring anticipated future project outcomes back into alignment with the project management plan?

Question232: A key project stakeholder requests that the project management plan ensures that actions are taken to prevent defects. What should the project manager use to document how the project will demonstrate compliance with this requirement?

Question233: After reviewing an approved project's resource management plan, the project manager identifies that the proper resources were not assigned What should the project manager do?

Question234: A project team member indicates that a change must be made to the requirements due to a new regulation, and proceeds with the mandatory change. What should the project manager do next?

Question235: A project manager notices an unusually high rate of risks, but has limited resources to address them To what should the project manager refer to determine risk priorities?

Question236: Which of the following can the project manager use to group stakeholders based on level of authority and level of concern?

Question237: A company implements a project to design a new product for its current customers, in project scope statement is defined with constraints and assumptions associated with the project objectives.
What should the project manager do next?

Question238: You are participating in the development of the project charter for a new project. Which of the following is input to develop the project charter?

Question239: A project manager notices that work started by the project team is misaligned with an industry regulation. The project manager recalls that this topic was previously discussed during a stakeholder a stakeholder meeting.
What should the project manager review?

Question240: You are a project manager, and you want to perform some analysis of defects and problems that have been discovered in the project. Which chart can reveal factors that might be linked to potential problems within your project?

Question241: After several weeks on a new project, the project manager learns that the accounting apartment has rejected an charges because the project was not approved. What should the project manager have done to prevent this?

Question242: You are a project manager and you are in the closing phase. You want to report the final status of the closed contract to the stakeholders. Which form of communication is appropriate?

Question243: While developing the cost management plan, the project manager discovers that the budget needed for a major deliverable is significantly higher than the sponsor's expectation. What should the project manager do next?

Question244: The project manager of a large software implementation project is preparing for a kick-off meeting. While reviewing all available project information, the project information, the project manager discovers that the project's key deliverables are not clearly identified.
What should the project manager do?

Question245: A project manager reviews the risk register and is concerned with the response strategies. What should the project manager do?

Question246: After conducting a data analysis, a project manager determines the cause and degree of variance relative to the approved scope. What should the project manager do next?

Question247: A project's cost performance index (CPI) is 0.3. The CFO instructs the project sponsor to restrict the project scope to bridge the CPI back to 1 within the months. While reviewing the approval change requests for removed activities, the project manager becomes concerned about the resulting cost the nonconformance.
What should the project manager do?

Question248: A project manager is initiating a highly controversial project with numerous stakeholders. Several of these stakeholders fail to support the project.
What should the project manager use to manage stakeholder expectations?

Question249: A demanding project stakeholder insists that an additional feature be added to a project product without changing the scope, budget or schedule. The project manager allows this feature to be included since it adds great value to the end product. However, this lengthens the project schedule and increases project cost.
Which process should the project manager have following before including the additional product feature?

Question250: A medium-sized protect has a high-level timeline at project initiation When reviewing the project schedule the project manager realizes that the timeline may be unrealistic based on the defined scope In addition it is identified that several tasks in the schedule require more time, both before and after to accommodate external task dependencies What should the project manager do to mitigate the risk of an unrealistic project plan?

Question251: A project's core team was reassigned to a partially completed project. The new team underestimated the scope and consistently reported that their tasks were on track. The day before a major deliverable was duer the project manager learned that the product would actually be delivered 10 days behind schedule What could the project manager have done to avoid this situation?

Question252: A new execute asks the project manager to share sensitive project information that had not been a part of communications with the previous executive. What should the project manager do?

Question253: After receiving the approved project charter, a stakeholder raise concerns about the projects expected key deliverables. What should the project manager do?

Question254: A project manager is working on a building construction project that is in the execution phase During an inspection, an engineer identifies that a new specification of concrete is required for the building walls.
What should the project manager do?

Question255: The project manager has calculated the schedule performance index (SPI) as 1 and cost performance index (CPI) as 1.2.
What is the status of the project?

Question256: A protect manager has just completed a stakeholder engagement meeting where many points for discussion were deferred The project manager must provide a response to the stakeholders at next month's meeting What should the project manager do next?

Question257: One of the stakeholders on the project led a change request a month back. He reached out to the project manager stating that he has not received any response yet. How can this situation be resolved?

Question258: Due to recent organizational changes, a number of project stakeholders are no longer with the company. What should the project manager do?

Question259: During the creation of the project schedule, the project manager learns that a critical resource will be unavailable for three weeks, there are no other resources with the required skills available to complete their assigned task.
What should the project manager do next?

Question260: You are the project manager, managing a project to design a new car. In order to determine the ideal setting for car quality, the quality manager of the company is trying to classify factors like; comfort, safety, stability, and height of a vehicle. That will give the new car the best characteristics while keeping the costs reasonable.
Identifying such variables which influence the product or process under development is called?

Question261: As an automation project nears completion, the engineering team leader proposes adding a function that wilt make the production the more efficient without impacting the schedule. What should the project manager do next?

Question262: International Management Company recently terminated a consulting project because it no longer seemed commercially viable for the company. What is the first thing the project manager should do?

Question263: A project manager in a Cross-functional organization needs to inform the department manager of the number and type of resources required. And the length of time they will be needed. What should the manager use to present this resource information?

Question264: A project has been in execution for three months. A new team member has been working on the project for the past three weeks. The new team member has very good qualifications, but their work performance on the project has been poor.
What should the project manager do?

Question265: A customer asks the project manager to estimate the time required to include a missing functionality. The customer thinks that three sufficient to implement this change However, the project management office (PMO) believes that seven days are required, while the technical lead feels that 10 days are needed.
What should the project manager use to estimate the time required for the change?

Question266: Because critical distribution needs were not identified and considered, an upcoming product is canceled one day before me announced launch. What should have been better developed to prevent this?

Question267: The CPI= 0.7 and the SPI=1.2. How is your project doing?

Question268: You are managing a critical project with virtual teams located in eight countries. Virtual teams that work on the same project but are not collocated at the same site. Managing virtual teams has unique advantages, such as being able to use special expertise on a project team even when the expert is not in the same geographic are a. All of the team members globally communicate using email. What kind of communication method is this?

Question269: A set of high-impact repetitive tasks must be executed during a project. What can the project manager use to ensure that all team members.
Consistently perform these tasks in the same manner?

Question270: A project manager receives an email requesting modification to a project's baseline. From whom should the project manager request formal approval to implement this change?

Question271: A concept that is unique to each organization and includes tangible and intangible elements is:

Question272: The project charter initiates the project and provides high-level information, and ensures a common understanding of the key deliverables, milestones, and who signs off on the project. During which of the following processes is the project charter created?

Question273: As a project manager, you are ensuring that the quality management process is followed on your project.
However, failure to meet the quality requirements can have serious negative consequences for any or all of the project's stakeholders. During a project update meeting, one of the key stakeholders expressed his displeasure over the project management approach. One of the produced deliverables had major defects which required a rework. Defects in the produced deliverables cause rework which costs the company $ 2000.This rework has increased costs, and you're beginning to notice some signs of poor morale because of the rework. Which of the following statements is true?

Question274: You are a project manager working on a software development project. You've developed the risk management plan, identified risks, and you have created risk responses for most of the identified project risks.
Now, you would like to assign risk owners to the events. Which risk events should have risk response owners?

Question275: A prevents action is approved by the change control board (CCB). What should the project manager do next?

Question276: During project implementation, the project manager reviews identified key performance indicators (KPis) and determines the project is within budget and on schedule. To what process does this activity belong?

Question277: This process is concerned with determining the engagement levels of the stakeholders, understanding their needs and interests, and understanding how they might impact the project or how the project may impact them:

Question278: The success of an infrastructure project depends upon the arrival of specific equipment that has to be imported into the country. During execution the equipment's delivery is delayed What should the project manager do?

Question279: Midway through implementation of a construction project, a supplier fails to deliver cement and jeoparalizes the project schedule. The construction team leader asks the project manager to implement a contingency plan.
What action should the project manager take?

Question280: The process that translates the quality management plan into executable quality activities that incorporate the organization's quality policies into the project is:

Question281: A Strike at a contracted production plant affects the delivery of a project' major deliverable and impacts project objectives. To What should the project manager refer to address this issue?

Question282: A project manager for a 12-month project has a budget of US$2 million. The project's first two months indicate a cost to date of US$500,000* an actual cost of US$550,000, and an earned value (EV) of US$525,000 What is the project's current status?

Question283: You are managing a large project team that was joined by new members. In a recent stakeholders update meeting, some serious conflicts have arisen between two key stakeholders. You have escalated these issues to the project sponsor. Where can you find details on the escalation process?
You are managing a large project team that was joined by new members. In a recent stakeholders update meeting, some serious conflicts have arisen between two key stakeholders. You have escalated these issues to the project sponsor. Where can you find details on the escalation process?

Question284: The project manager of a pipeline project hires a construction contractor using a cost plus fixed fee (CPFF) contract, the contractor provides the project manager with an estimate of US$50,000, and a fixed-fee amount of US$5,000. When the pipeline is completed, the construction cost is US$60,000.
What amount should the contractor be paid?

Question285: A company has recurring quality issues with one of its sole-source suppliers, a new project will incur significant penalties from the customer if deliveries are late.
What should the project manager do?

Question286: You are managing a highly complex drug manufacturing project. During the execution of a project, two of the project's stakeholders have just asked for changes that each says should be the number one priority. As a Project Manager, what should you do next?

Question287: A project's original budget at completion (BAC) was calculated as US$100,000, but the estimate at completion (EAC) is US$120,000 if the schedule performance index (SPI) is equal to 1, what is the cost performance index (CPI)?

Question288: Outing a weekly review session a key stakeholder rejects a deliverable because they believe that the product was not designed according to specifications. What should the project manager do next?

Question289: To reduce an product's defect ratio, a corrective action is being implemented. The project manager then discovers that the corrective action is insufficient and that the team needs to resolve additional technical issues.
What should the project manager do next?

Question290: A project is being audited to ensure compliance with organizational policies. What process is being conducted

Question291: An IT project is approved and a project management plan is in place. What should the project manager do next?

Question292: After a steering committee meeting, it is decided that the project will be terminated due to a lack of funds, what should the project manager do next?

Question293: A project manager is working on a technical project with a technical lead who is experienced, highly knowledgeable and works well with the team. The technical lead is usually on time with deliverables but their documentation often requires rewriting for formatting and contextual quality How should the project manager address this?

Question294: The concrete for a project arrives on time, but the project manager discovers that the concrete's composition is incorrect. What document should the project manager review to verify the concrete performance and quality requirements?

Question295: A project manager is leading a new project that involves cross-functional requirements and changes Some key stakeholders are resisting the changes.
What should the project manager do?

Question296: The Conduct Procurements process receives bids or proposals and applies criteria to select one or more sellers who are both qualified and acceptable as a seller. Which of the following techniques is a valid technique for this process?

Question297: A project manager plans the agenda tor a kick-off meeting. As one of the first agenda items. me project manager warns 10 set the strategic direction of the project.
Who should present this topic?

Question298: After a major milestone release, one of the key stakeholders are not happy and complain their requirements are not being met. In which of the following processes should the project manager have involved them to ensure their acceptance of the project deliverables?

Question299: A project manager discover that material costs have increased significantly since project initiation. To what should the project manager refer to determine if the project is still feasible.