EMT Practice Test

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Question1: A project manager wants to establish a benchmark for comparing actual project performance with the project management plan. What process should the project manager complete to generate this model?

Question2: While a project is in progress, a key stakeholder indicates to the project manager that the project requirements do not meet the business needs anymore. What should the project manager do?

Question3: 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?

Question4: You have just joined a new organization as a project manager. The new organization has a policy that any project changes that increase the budget by more than $100,000 should be signed off by the project management office. You have a change that was requested by the customer that will increase the budget by
$150,000; however, the customer has offered to pay for all of this change and does not want to slow it down.
As a Project Manager, What should you do next?

Question5: You are participating in developing the project charter for a new project assigned to you. Which of the following is input to develop the project charter?

Question6: A large risk to a project is identified and the risk management plan is executed Upon completion of the approved actions. what should the project manager do?

Question7: A new project manager takes over a completed project where all deliverables were accepted by the customer.
The customer is unhappy that the project was over budget and of poor quality.
What should the project manager conduct?

Question8: A project manager held a cost-benefit analysis workshop with key stakeholders to establish and justify project boundaries. After reviewing the results, the project manager found inconsistent values for expected benefits.
What should the project manager do?

Question9: A project manager and project team identify that the number of detects can be reduced by focusing on specific modules. They investigated and prioritized the area with the most defects and reduced them.
What did the project manager and team use?

Question10: 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?

Question11: A project manager for a small project periodically engages resource for takes in the project management plan.
However, due to the current budget the resources cannot be retained for the life cycle. According to project stakeholders, there is no additional budget available so the project manager must carefully plan how resources will be used to execute the project.
What should the project manager do to ensure effective project delivery while utilizing resources within budgeted limits?

Question12: A protect manager must quickly transition another project to begin their next assignment. Several issues were scheduled to be fixed the other project's warranty period. but stakeholders are unwilling to accept project deliverables until all issues are completed.
What should the project manager do?

Question13: After contact sign-off a project manager learns that the vendor has a reputation of not delivering according to the contract. To ensure the vendor's compliance, what should the project manager do?

Question14: During an IT solution implementation project, the sponsor blames the project manager for a delay in application delivery. The project manager informs the sponsor that the delay is a result of the client's failure to provide the team with the data needed to complete the task What should the project manager have done to avoid the sponsor's dissatisfaction?

Question15: The project manager of a multinational project discovers that the project which had been on track, has suddenly fallen behind schedule After review, the project manager determines that the schedule is not being clearly communicated to a key supplier.
What should the project manager do to address this issue?

Question16: A project is initiated to deliver a new version of an existing product. The customer is known for being dissatisfied with the products they receive. During the planning meeting, the customer demands that attention be paid critical component, as the current version is unusable.
What should the project manager do?

Question17: Which of the following is NOT an input of the close projector phase process?

Question18: A project manager is leading a project to improve customer satisfaction and reduce costs Many of the workers are afraid that the project outcome could lead to layoffs What can the project manager do to overcome resistance to these changes?

Question19: A proved manager joins a protect with cross-functional stakeholders and a fixed go-live date. The project manager wants to quickly gather requirements and ensure all stakeholders are aligned so that any conflicts are flagged as easily as possible.
What should the project manager do?

Question20: A project is planned for execution in an area known for flooding. The project manager must develop a risk management plan to identify and plan for this risk.
What should the project manager do?

Question21: A project manager with a geographically distributed team has created a project management plan based on an approved project charter that was created by the project sponsor.
What should the project manager do next?

Question22: A project manager leading the implementation of a company's new financial system needs to evaluate the system's quality. What can the project manager use to understand the project quality metrics and policies?

Question23: Which of the following stakeholder analysis techniques are recommended when you need to analyze project stakeholders based on assessments of their level of authority or ability to influence the outcomes of the project?

Question24: How can a project manager of a new technology protect validate that the design meets the customer's needs?

Question25: 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?

Question26: A project manager for a two-year project has been asked to give an update by the project sponsor because the project is reaching its halfway point. The original budget was USS2 million. The actual costs are currently US$1.2 million and about 45% of the work is complete.
What is an accurate summary of the current status of the project?

Question27: During project planning, a project manager meets with several departments to organization brainstorming sessions. Which process does this describes?

Question28: 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'?

Question29: The development of a new product is underway with a release date already communicated. The project team is using an agile framework. How can it be ensured that the work continuously flows through the team and that the given tasks are processed in the proper way'

Question30: A complex project comprises stakeholders with differing views on the final objective Ultimately, the stakeholders agree on the objective defined by the project sponsor. The sponsor then retires during the execution phase, which begins to create conflict among stakeholders. The newly appointed sponsor wants to know what can be done to realign stakeholders with the objective.
What should the project manager do?

Question31: A project manager is assign to start the charter of an IT project and review the process inputs. However, the project manager realizes that the business case does not have adequate support.
What should the project manager do to resolve this situation?

Question32: A project manager joins a new project that will be implemented by a virtual team located in various time zones and utilizing different native languages During project planning, the project manager identifies significant disagreements among team members What will help the project manager obtain team consensus?

Question33: Which of the following processes groups accept the project deliverables as an output?

Question34: Based on the input of a senior team member, a corrective action is implemented to address a design issue.
After implementation, the team discovers that the corrective action fails to improve design quality.
What should the project manager have done to prevent this?

Question35: During scope verification meetings, an end user often rejects the same type of deliverables although many of the requirements are met Alter conducting a root cause analysis the project manager learns that a specific quality control process was not performed due to lack of resources What should the project manager have done to avoid this?

Question36: White developing the project charter stakeholders disagree about the project's most important objectives. What should the project ranger to resolve this?

Question37: Company A is expanding their manufacturing units to various locations in country A.
As this is the first time the company is expanding into this geographic region, the project manager and the team have identified many initial high-level risks.
What should the project manager do throughout the project to manage these risks?

Question38: A project manager wants to ensure sufficient stakeholder participation through a project's life cycle.
What should the project manager include in the stakeholder engagement plan?

Question39: An experienced project manager is building the base cost management plan of a project During this process, the project manager is struggling to receive input from a couple of the stakeholders. The issue has been escalated to the sponsor but input has still not been received.
What should the project manager do to complete the cost estimate?

Question40: A stakeholder requests a change to the project. The project manage wants to avoid wasting the time of the change control board(CCB) and decides to approve the change themselves.
What should the project manager do to make sure they can approvers change?

Question41: A project sponsor constantly demands that a project is delivered as quickly as possible. The project manager identifies an issue that will delay the project by one week What should the project manager do?

Question42: A project manager reviews the procurement documents and notices that the functionality of the final product is defined as "as many as possible" What can the project manager do to properly define the product requirements?

Question43: Al quality controls have passed, and a project deliverable is ready to be released to the customer However, a change request to add new quality criteria has been approved What should the project manager do first?

Question44: A project management plan is being developed, and the cost development figures are being established On what should the project manager primarily focus during this planning phase?

Question45: You are managing a software development project. One of your team members makes a change to the project without letting you know. He assures you that it didn't affect the cost, and it significantly enhances the product. What should you do next?

Question46: 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

Question47: A project manager is working with a new quality manager to finalize the quality management plan. The quality manager suggests an expensive quality tool with which the project manager is unfamiliar The project manager says there is a cheaper alternative but the quality manager is adamant that there is not To maintain the current schedule, the quality management plan and associated procurement must be completed the following week What should the project manager do next?

Question48: An asphalt company is demanding a code change to a software module your team is implementing to generate Safety Data Sheets for them. The change will add only one week to the critical path. As the project manager, what is your next step?

Question49: The project manager sees that there is a quality issue and tries to identify the defects. What should the project manager use?

Question50: While implementing a project, an error was found in tie configuration. The implementation team was able to resolve the error and continue the work. What should the project manager do next?

Question51: During a construction project, concrete is unable to be used because heavy rain affected its consistency. This possibility and its estimated costs were already identified in the risk register.
How should the project manager fund the additional costs?

Question52: A project owner requests a scope change that will cost US$10,000 While performing an assessment of the change, the project manager identities that the change fails to add value Still, the project owner insists that the change must be done.
What should the project manager do?

Question53: A project manager has identified two stakeholders across different business divisions in the company whose engagement and full support are needed for a project. What should the project manager be aware of prior to engaging them?

Question54: 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?

Question55: 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?

Question56: You are assigned as the project manager on a new project, and you want to follow the best practices from the very beginning of the project. You understand the importance of having a formal kick-off meeting to launch the project with all your key stakeholders, including the customer, the project sponsor, selected project team members and selected stakeholders. However, there have been too many sidebar conversations and arguments.
As a project manager, what could have been done to avoid such a situation in the kick-off meeting?

Question57: One of the Project stakeholders requested a change to the project. This change will result in the change of the project end date. The project manager discussed the potential impacts of this change with the stakeholder.
What is the best method a project manager can take to resolve this?

Question58: During an ongoing project, the customer requests that new requirements be delivered without changing the schedule. What should the proved manager do next?

Question59: A project manager was informed by a stakeholder that the project charter draft submitted for approval contains fundamental errors and inconsistencies. What should the project manager do?

Question60: A product development manager, who is unsure of an initial prototype's requirements, is upset to learn that it must be compared in two months What should the project manager have done to avoid this?

Question61: A key stakeholder has validated the feasibility of an idea that will bring significant cost reduction to the company and wants to include it as part of a new project. The project manager is preparing the project charter and includes this new idea to be presented to the stakeholders. The project manager is aware that there are other competing priorities and there is a limited budget.
Which skills will the project manager need to use to ensure the idea and project will move forward?

Question62: 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?

Question63: During project execution, issues arise because one customer representative has a different understanding of a requirement than the project team The customer representative denies approving this part of the project What should the project manager do next?

Question64: After completing a project schedule, the project manager learns that the sponsor wants an earlier completion data without incurring additional costs. What technique can the project manager use to meet these requirements?

Question65: A project manager is asked to estimate a project using a firm fixed-price (FFP) contract. What estimating technique should be used?

Question66: You are a project manager for a software project. You have been assigned as a project manager instead of a previous project manager. The previous project manager was fired because he failed to send project information to the stakeholders involved in the project. What should the previous project manager have done to prevent this problem?

Question67: 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?

Question68: 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:

Question69: Which conflict resolution technique offers project managers the least positive option for resolution

Question70: During the execution phase of a product development project, a department supervisor is supervised by the use of their resources in the project. What should the project manager have done to avoid this situation?

Question71: During a project meeting, the sponsor, who is financing the project, asked for the risk status. After being provided with the risk register the sponsor wants to assess the overall risk of the project in terms of possible cost overruns throughout its life cycle What should the project manager do?

Question72: While reviewing a project management plan for approval, one of the key stakeholders states that the project needs to be completed three weeks prior to the planned date. How should the project manager address this issue?

Question73: A project manager is meeting with the steering committee to obtain approval to deploy a developed software solution Alter ten minutes of explaining why the solution is ready tor deployment, the project manager is told to better prepare and return with more facts.
What should the project manager do to improve then approach?

Question74: 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?

Question75: A project sponsor is unhappy with initial project deliverables A quality audit reveals that the quality management plan is misaligned win organizational standards What should the project manager do?

Question76: One of the tasks to be completed before the start of the project is to conduct the first project meeting, known as kick-off meeting. What is the purpose of the project kick-off meeting?

Question77: A software development team fails to meet a project milestone. After running a project audit it becomes clear that the delay is caused by the poor quality results from testing a feature that is not included on the feature list What problem is the project manager dealing with?

Question78: A project manager joins a project near the end of its planning phase. The project manager learns that two new stakeholders were recently added.
What should the project manager do to ensure mat the new stakeholders ate fully engaged?

Question79: 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?

Question80: During execution of a critical project, a protect manager is removed due to continuous customer and stakeholder complaints about lack of communication. What should the new project manager do first?

Question81: 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

Question82: A project manager is performing a set of processes in the Initiating Process Group. Often the first task performed by the project manager while initiating the project is:

Question83: A project manager is in the process of developing the project budget and has reservations about the accuracy of the quotes being received from a number of contractors. The deadline for getting the budget approved is only a few days away.
What can be done in a relatively short amount of time to increase the likelihood of staying within the project budget?

Question84: You have outsourced programming to a company in another country and structural engineering to a company in a different country. The project does not have the budget to bring all the teams together, so you must rely on email, fax, videoconference, and chat to work together. This is an example of:

Question85: The table lists project activities, with activities A and H as start and end activities.
What is the project's critical path?

Question86: During a group activity to identify an input to the Plan Procurement Management process, same participants disagree with the ranking of compliance-related items. What tool or technique should the project manager use to resolve this?

Question87: A project team is staffed with experienced subject matter experts (SMEs). The project is going well and there are no known quality issues Team members believe that the quality control process is unnecessary for this project.
What should the project manager do?

Question88: A project manager creates an internet project repository available to all stakeholders. The expectation is that all updated documents will be shared via this repository.
What type of communication does this describe?

Question89: The project manager sent a draft project closure report to the project sponsor. The sponsor shared the document with a few stakeholders and received negative feedback on the deliverable's quality.
What should the project manager do?

Question90: Which of the following stakeholder analysis techniques is recommended when you need to analyze project stakeholders based on to their level of authority and the level of concern about the project's outcomes?

Question91: A project manager is assigned a US multimillion-dollar protect During execution, me project manager realizes mat the project is over budget. What should the project manager have done to avoid this?

Question92: A project to develop a new retail banking product is in progress. The project has fallen behind schedule because team member are lacking motivation.
What should the project manager do to motivate the project team?

Question93: While reviewing the business case for a newly assigned project a project manager realizes that the project is lacking financial information to determine the overall benefit of the project for the company. What should the project manager do before starting to plan the project?

Question94: 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?

Question95: 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?

Question96: A concept that is unique to each organization and includes tangible and intangible elements is:

Question97: You have contracted some work to a sub-contractor and would like to identify successes and failures of other procurement contracts within the performing organization. This can be performed through:

Question98: 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?

Question99: 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?

Question100: What is the contract type that transfers all risks to the seller?

Question101: You are a project manager working on a project installing an application for a hospital management system.
Two months into the project, you conduct a review to determine how well the installer selected for this project is meeting goals for schedule, budget, and quality documented in the contract. Which of the followings tool will help you for this purpose?

Question102: 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?

Question103: A project manager invites stakeholders to a lessons learned meeting. The stakeholders have different opinions and have previously raised issues What tool or technique can the project manager use to constructively engage the stakeholders?

Question104: 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?

Question105: As a result of negative client feedback, a project manager is replaced midway through a project. The new project manager need to compare Stakeholders current attitudes to their original support for the project. What will help the project manager with this task?
What will help the project manager with this task?

Question106: 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?

Question107: If your project is under budget, your cost variance (CV) is:

Question108: During a project's planning phase, a functional manager becomes anxious about the impact of the project on team morale and constantly reaches out the project manager with these concerns.

Question109: A new warehouse facility is under construction. The project manager knows that increasing the team's training will result in a lower defect ration.

Question110: During an audit, a team member complains about the quality of the product being produced However, no metnc related to this complaint was taken into account in the quality management plan.
What should the project manager do?

Question111: During a project's initial stage, a project manager is trying to identify risks. To garner a more comprehensive list of risks, what should the project manager do?

Question112: A government-initiative project has a strict deadline for completion A kick-off meeting is a requirement but one critical stakeholder is unavailable to attend Postponing this meeting will delay the project.
What should the project manager do?

Question113: A project manager is working on a project to create a new software system. In recent sprints, there has been a significant increase in the number of defects. The project team is questioning whether or not the testing being performed is still valid.
What should the project manager do next?

Question114: A project is terminated early, and the project manager sends the final project report to relevant stakeholders. A finance manager interested in understanding the impact requests a copy of the report.
What should the project manager do?

Question115: A project manager and buyer are evaluating request for proposal (RFP) responses for critical material necessary to complete a project. Cost is the most important supplier selection criteria. The lowest-cost supplier discloses that its capacity will not be exceeded after signing the contract.
but it would approach 100 percent
What type of contract should the project manager use to mitigate the risk of material delivery delays due to suppler capacity overload?

Question116: 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?

Question117: A project manager is performing a set of processes in the Initiating phase. He is developing a document that formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides the project manager with authority to apply organizational resources to project activities. Which of the following documents contains this information?

Question118: 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?

Question119: A project that uses several vendors is estimated to complete in two years At the end of the first year, a significant budget overrun is identified Conscious that the project must be brought back under control, the project manager issues a change request.
What should the project manager do to support the change request?

Question120: After newly joining a project a project manager consults with subject matter experts f SMEs) and discovers that the project's deliverables wi8 not conform to industry quality standards The project manager needs to align the project deliverables to meet these standards What should the project manager do?

Question121: 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?

Question122: During a project's execution phase, the project manager learns that some stakeholders are hesitant to accept approved changes because they believe the changes are unnecessary. These changes have minimal effect on the project's cost and schedule baselines.
What should the project manager do?

Question123: During a project the project manager realizes that a special resource is needed to complete a critical deliverable. The company does not have a resource available with this expertise, and the project manager has already tried to complete the deliverable without the help of a special resource. The project is now behind schedule, and the cost has increased.
What should the project manager have done to avoid this situation?

Question124: A project team must implement a solution to replace a company's legacy system by adding new modules to newly deployed software. A Stakeholder recommends another product that has better functionality than the deployed software.
What should the project manager do to resolve this?

Question125: A supplier deliver most of a project's functional requirements, but a few minor, latent defects correction before the contracted payment can be made. Since the company's financial year end is approaching what should project manager do?

Question126: A project manager has two projects of equal, strategic organizational important. However, due to budget constraints only one can be chosen.
There are uncertainties and risks associated with both projects.
What tool or technique should the project manager use to decide which project to choose?

Question127: 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:

Question128: During an IT solution implementation project, the project manager learns that, due to security concerns, the project is no hold because the client refuse to grant access to required data. What should the project manager do next?

Question129: You are managing a water supply network deployment project. However, after you have worked on the project for five months and held weekly status meetings, your project sponsor is dissatisfied with the deliverables, even with a CPI of 1.0 and an SPI of 1.0. If you would like to present project reports such as Schedule Performance Index (SPI) and Cost Performance Index (CPI) to the sponsor, SPI and CPI can be considered as:

Question130: A recently appointed project manager is in constant conflict with a senior manager Since this is not ideal for the team, the project manager wants to resolve this.
What should the project manager do?

Question131: During project execution, a project member informs the project manager that a project deliverable may not be completed on time due to a new customer requirement. What should the project manager do to ensure the project timeline is met?

Question132: During a project's initiation phase, the project manager reviews the business case and finds that information is incomplete. What should the project manager do?

Question133: 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?

Question134: An engineering is commissioning a new mine in a region with territorial disputes. If the mine is not commissioned or time, the project management company may incur enormous fines and reputational damage.
The project manage, completes a risk analysis and choose to purchase insurance to cover the fines if the project experiences delays.
What type at risk response did the project manager use?

Question135: A project manage identifies the root cause of a quality issue and implements corrective action What should the project manager do next?

Question136: Which of the following is a tool or technique used in the create WBS process?

Question137: After closing procurements and providing a formal written notice that the contract has been completed, what should the project manager do next?

Question138: 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?

Question139: 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?

Question140: A key stakeholder believes that the project manager fails to have the authority level necessary for managing a project. Where is the project manager's role defined?

Question141: 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?

Question142: A project is in its execution phase and many change requests are being implemented. One change request activated new equipment to replace obsolete equipment. Although no longer in use, the obsolete equipment was not disposed of or switched off properly, generating maintenance costs and energy consumption that serve no purpose.
What did the change executor fail to observe?

Question143: The project manager is about to finalize the project management plan when they discover a mistake. The team meets and identifies that the mistake will not have a high impact on the project.
What should the project manager do?

Question144: You are a project manager working on a project when the customer wants another feature added to the product. However, there is no additional budget for the new feature. As a project manager, what should you do next?

Question145: Which of the following is input to the Develop Project Charter process?

Question146: 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?

Question147: Which of the following are tools and techniques of the Monitor Stakeholder Engagement process?

Question148: 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?

Question149: You are assigned to replace a project manager on a large software project for a telecommunications company in the middle of executing the work. Portions of the so bare are being supplied by subcontractors working at your company's offices. You would like to know what performance metrics are going to be tracked for these contract workers. Where could you find such information?

Question150: During the process of land acquisition for the construction of a new road, the project team was unable to contact the owner of a required property, even after repeated attempts. This has delayed the project schedule What should the project manager do?

Question151: WBS for your project has been prepared and distributed to the project team members. When execution begins, which document will be providing the detailed descriptions of the WBS elements?

Question152: During a project's execution phase. the project manager receives notice from environment authorities to stop work. What should the project manager have done to avoid this?

Question153: A project manager publishes a survey to assess stakeholder satisfaction on the progress of the project Very few responses to the survey were received in the time provided What should the project manager do to get more input?

Question154: 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?

Question155: An engaged team member is going above and beyond the project's scope of work The project manager realizes that the team member is not considering the schedule implications of their extra work.
Which approach should the project manager use to address this situation while still maintaining engagement?

Question156: During the closing phase of a project, the project manager receives information from the team that the time to generate a new report is 2.7 seconds on average, but the requirement requested is two seconds. The team believes the difference in time will not impact the final performance of the entire application.
What should the project manager do?

Question157: 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?

Question158: The CPI= 0.7 and the SPI=1.2. How is your project doing?

Question159: One of the team members has been reporting their activities exclusively to their functional manager, instead of following the established procedure of activity reporting within the project management information system (PMIS). What should the project manager do?

Question160: 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?

Question161: 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?

Question162: Your project's primary constraint is quality. To make certain the project team members don't feel too pressed for time and to avoid schedule risk, which of the following tools does not take into consideration risks when estimating the duration of project activities?

Question163: Team members on a life cycle replacement project are accustomed to frequently changing requirements even without formal approval. What should the project manager do?

Question164: A pipeline project suffered servers storm damage. The performance reports show that the project, which was previously ahead to schedule, is now going to be late.
How should the project manager communicate the delay?

Question165: A project manager invites stakeholders to a gate review meeting What should be done at this meeting?

Question166: Who is the person responsible for making changes in the Project Charte?

Question167: An impact assessment reveals that a deliverable could delayed by two weeks. A key resource has not been available to work one a non-critical activity due to other priorities. This could cause work overload on the remaining resources.
Since cost is a major constrain for this project, what should the project manager do immediately?
Determine if the task has available float to meet the project end date.

Question168: 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?

Question169: 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?

Question170: You are the project manager of a village housing construction project. You are interviewing the village owners to determine their requirements, needs, and desires for the home construction. What is this technique called?

Question171: 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?

Question172: A company announces that is corporate strategy has changed and it will be necessary to close down a division, resulting in job terminations. However, an ongoing project for this division must be completed as scheduled.
Knowing this, project team members are underperforming, and project key performance indicators (KPIs) are declining.
What should the project manager do?

Question173: A project manager is in the planning stage of a new software development project when the supplier states there will be an extra cost for a software product What should the project manager do next to avoid a budget change?

Question174: A complex system is being replaced and detailed requirements have just been completed While the project is just beginning the execution phase the project manager receives a call from a key stakeholder on a critical function that must be added. The stakeholder assures the project manager that this change does not impact the existing cost or schedule.
What should the project manager do next?

Question175: Prior to project closure, a few stakeholders ask questions and express some concerns about the protect results.
What should the project manager do to address the stakeholders questions and concerns?

Question176: 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?

Question177: A project is in the execution phase, and so far project status reports have indicated that the project is tracking well against its timeframes. The project manager then receives a call from the supplier advising that they're unable to meet the upcoming milestone date because a key team member is ill.
What should the project manager do?

Question178: A project manager is working on an assessment project with a tight timeline. What should the project manager do first?

Question179: A project progressing on time and within budget is 30 days away from achieving its mam milestone. The project manager then learns that a key component to achieve this milestone will be unavailable for 45 days.
What should the project manager do?

Question180: The implementation of a business requirement for an IT project impacts several applications. The application owner notices that changes to a function in application x can be only upon completion of the development of a new feature in application Y.
This is an example of what dependency?

Question181: A project manager begins the estimating process for a new project. Since the project manager knows that a similar project was completed 18 months ago, what type of estimating should they use?

Question182: A project team is reviewing the control chart to confirm that deliverables are within control limits. To guarantee report delivery timeliness, what should the project manager focus on managing?

Question183: 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?

Question184: 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?

Question185: 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?

Question186: A project manager is preparing a project management plan for a transition project for a service in an IT company that resides in different countries. What should the project manager do first?

Question187: A project manager is running a long-term project for a company that is increasing its infrastructure. ln month
13 of the project, the client escalates an issue that an expected delivery from a contracted third-party vendor was not received Upon investigation, the project manager discovers that the vendor was unaware of this.
Where should the project manager verity the delivery schedule?

Question188: A project manager performs an audit of a subcontracted supplier to determine if scope, quality, and time requirements are being met. What process is the project manager using.

Question189: After performing the program evaluation and technique (PERT), the following information was produced.

Using a beta distribution, how many hours in the weighted average activity time?

Question190: 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?

Question191:
According to the information in the grid, what is the estimate at completion (EAC) for this project and what does it represent?

Question192: A project to implement a new business improvement is initiated by the sponsor. The project manager has concerns regarding high-level requirements.
What should the project manager do?

Question193: Your project team has identified several potential risks on your current project that could have a significant impact if they occurred. The team decides to use a diagram to determine which risks have the most potential impact on the project- A diagram helps to compare the relative importance of variables that have a high degree of uncertainty for those that are more stable. What type of diagram will the team use to display this information?

Question194: In which of the following documents could the sponsor find work package descriptions?

Question195: Which of the following is an output of the Develop team Process?

Question196: A project manager has just started planning his project. If he would like to base his project duration estimate on historical data with a degree of confidence on the accuracy of the estimates, which duration estimation technique would he use?

Question197: What should the team consider to be most important while creating the probability and impact matrix to support the project risk analysis?

Question198: A project manager is working on a project will components supported by two teams in two different regions.
The project manager schedules a call with both teams to solicit estimates for a new requirement. Upon receipt of the two estimates, the project manager is surprised to see that they deviate from what was expected.
What should project manager have done to avoid this?

Question199: You are using tools and techniques of the Collect Requirements process. You are visually depicting the business processes while managing stakeholder needs and requirements to meet project objectives, after collecting their requirements. What will you do next?

Question200: 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?

Question201: All of the following are inputs to the develop Project Charter Process except:

Question202: 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?

Question203: The project manager of a global franchise is assigned to deliver five stores in five different countries The stores are similar in scope, but the budgets will be managed independently in local currency. The team identifies currency fluctuation as a high-probability risk, which is recorded in the risk register. The team decides that the benefit of a favorable currency fluctuation in one country will be used to offset any unfavorable currency fluctuation in another country to preserve the overall program budget.
What should the project manager do?

Question204: During a project execution phase, the project team fails to meet client expectations for the deliverables. The project manager wants to remove distractions and focus the team on the objectives What should the project manager do?

Question205: 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?

Question206: You are working as a project manager in a construction project. During the implementation phase, one of your project team members tells you that a hurricane is likely to happen and will affect the equipment in your project. Asa project manager, which of the following documents should you review FIRST?

Question207: A project manager presents the project scope and durables to stakeholders. Two stakeholders degree about the What Should the project manager do?

Question208: A team member informs the project manager that a stakeholder requested limited distribution of progress reports to other stakeholders What should the project manager do?

Question209: 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?

Question210: 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?

Question211: 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?

Question212: A car manufacturing company wants to develop an unmanned car as a new product. A project manager was assigned. The company has developed high-level specifications, but the detailed specifications are not clear How should the project manager develop the work breakdown structure (WBS)?

Question213: An identified project risk occurs, and the project manager implements the response from the risk management plan. This will add five days to one of two paths, neither of which is on the critical path. The path which the response affects has a total float of four days.
How many days will the project be delayed?

Question214: A project is on schedule and deliverables are being provided on time. During a customer meeting, the client team complains that deliverables fail to meet agreed upon expectations which is validated by the protect team What should the project manager do to prevent this in the future?

Question215: The contract type that often spans multiple years and allows for final adjustments to the total price due to changed conditions is:

Question216: A project manager is managing a project that is close to its completion date. The project manager finds that the speed for resolving issues is above average, but critical issues are accumulating and may impact the closing date of the project.
What should the project manager do first?

Question217: The results of a quality audit show that project team members have not been completing the design reviews required by the quality management plan. The team members have started building several components without reviewing their designs.
What should the project manager do first?

Question218: The project team has planned to complete 10 activities in 10 working days. During the seven days, the team members have finished five activities, and they escalate that one activity was underestimated, which requires five additional days to complete.
What should the project manager's next step be?

Question219: 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?

Question220: 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?

Question221: A project manager receives an approved request related to a project's governance framework. What should the project manager do to implement this change?

Question222: 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:

Question223: During a project management planning meeting two key stakeholders have conflicting interests. One requires added time to implement a new system to support the project, while the other refuses to delay the launch date due to previous time commitments.
What should the project manager do?

Question224: During protect execution, a high-performing team member leaves Following this loss, a planned quality audit is conducted that indicates work products' quality standards are unmet What should the project manager do next?

Question225: You are a buyer-side project manager and have given a contract to a small startup company. In the middle of the project, a supplier reported to you that he wouldn't be able to deliver all the deliverables which are required to be completed as a part of this project. What could have been done differently to prevent this type of situation?
You are a buyer-side project manager and have given a contract to a small startup company. In the middle of the project, a supplier reported to you that he wouldn't be able to deliver all the deliverables which are required to be completed as a part of this project. What could have been done differently to prevent this type of situation?

Question226: The project manager notices that less work was performed than planned for the first quarter of the year What should the project manager do1?

Question227: During the end of a Critical project's execution phase, a project manager teams that a lead team that a leaf team member is unmotivated due to a perceived lack of appreciation. What should the project manager do?

Question228: A project manager is running a complex transformation project During a team briefing.the lead resource raises a concern that a critical milestone is being affected because tasks are taking longer than expected.
What should project manager do?

Question229: It was found that the developers are reluctant to perform changes on a particular system because the person who developed the system has left the organization The remaining staff are not familiar with the technical details.
What should the project manager have done to avoid this situation?

Question230: 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?

Question231: A key project stakeholder and influencer has suddenly withdrawn their sponsorship and is now actively opposing the project. What should the project manager do to address this situation?

Question232: 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?

Question233: Sensitivity analysis helps to determine which risks might have the greatest impacts on the project and will require a carefully crafted risk assessment. Your project team has identified several potential risks on your current project that could have a significant impact if they occurred. The team examined the impact of the risks by keeping all of the uncertain elements at their baseline values. Which of the following will the team use to display this information?

Question234: What is the MOST important thing that a Project Manager should ensure during the 'Validate scope' process?

Question235: 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?

Question236: A prefects key stakeholder resigns and a new one is selected What should the project manager do first?

Question237: Your project sponsor has requested a cost estimate for the project on which you're working. This project is similar in scope to a project you worked on last year. He would like to get the cost estimates as soon as possible. Accuracy is not his primary concern, which tool and technique will use for the estimate?

Question238: A project manager joins a project that is similar to one that was successfully completed in a different country.
The project sponsor makes it clear that project delivery is expected to run as smoothly as it did in the previous project. The project manager has global work experience and knowing the success factors countries, realized that completing one particular factor of this new project may be critical.
What should the project manager do?

Question239: Hiring project closure, the project manager realizes that the issue log is incomplete Considering the project deliverables and contractual obligations, what should the project manager do?

Question240: A project sponsor comes to the project team with an urgent change. This change was part of the original plan, and the project team is afraid of negative impact.
What should the project manager do?

Question241: 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:

Question242: 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?

Question243: In a large organization with many large projects, most of the project managers are subcontractors and the projects are performed separately. The project management office (PMO) is experiencing repetitive errors across the separate projects and wants to improve the project management processes within the organization.
What should the PMO direct the project managers to do?

Question244: 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?

Question245: You are a project manager tasked with a project of constructing six similar buildings in sequence. The project is estimated to cost $250,000 with a project timeline of four months. During a review after two months, you found that only two buildings are ready. The Actual Cost is $100,000. The project status is:

Question246: An important project stakeholder is replaced, and their successor is unhappy with the progress and direction of the project. The new stakeholder wants to implement changes that will cause delays What should the project manager do?

Question247: In your project, if earned value (EV) is larger than planned value (PV)

Question248: 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?

Question249: 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?

Question250: 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?

Question251: 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?

Question252: A project manager is working on a product-line project with a specific deadline. During execution the customer realizes that some extra requirements need to be added and informs the project manager.
What should the project manager do next after receiving the customer's request?

Question253: A project manager is planning the project, and he is creating a plan to describe how the project is executed, monitored, controlled, and closed, and it may be either summary level or detailed information. This plan refers to:

Question254: 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?

Question255: 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?