EMT Practice Test

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Question1: During the execution of a project with a limited budget some of the team members suggest saving money by skipping quality management What should the project manager do?

Question2: A
low probability/high impact technical risk occurs What should the project manager do?

Question3: During a project's initiation phase, 200 stakeholders are identified. What should the project manager do to properly handle them?

Question4: Stakeholders have conflicting opinions about whether a change in scope should be approved. What tool or technique should the project manager use to help facilitate the stakeholders' approval of the change?

Question5: While reviewing project documents, a newly assigned project manager discovers that the project management plan is not yet complete What document should the project manager review to understand the project's high-level requirements'?

Question6: 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?

Question7: At the start of a project. the project sponsor sends an email to the entire project team. The email contains expectations of the implementation outcome that greatly exceed the approved business case and scope defined in the project charter.
Aiming to minimize the adverse impacts of this communication, what should the project manager do first?

Question8: A project owner requests a scope change that will cost US$10,000. While performing an assessment of the change, the project manager identifies that the change fails to add value Still, the project owner insists that the change must be done What should the project manager do?

Question9: What information should a project manager request before developing a project management plan?

Question10: The project team learns from a key stakeholder that some deliverables have been forwarded for approval without their knowledge. What should the project manager have done to prevent this situation?

Question11: A project manager implements an information system for a financial company. A senior It manager indicates that quality control has not identified any failures and that the new system is ready for end users What should the project manager do?

Question12: Key stakeholders on a short-deadline project want to avoid quality control. The project manager knows that a minimum level of quality must be provided.
What tool or technique should the project manager use?

Question13: 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?

Question14: 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?

Question15: During project close-out, the project manager elects to have application support handover to the support team handled by an outside vendor This vendors support team has requested many documents What should the project manager do?

Question16: A project manager is managing multiple stakeholders The project is behind schedule and reporting demands from management have increased The project manager assesses the most efficient way to keep all stakeholders informed of the project's progress What should the project manager use to keep stakeholders updated on work progress'?

Question17: A team needs to install a large piece of equipment for a project, which can only be done when the plant is shut down Plant shutdown is planned every year during the second week of May Earlier in the project, the project manager identified a corresponding risk ot project delay due to missing an installation window At the end of April, an accident occurs that causes the plant to have an unplanned shutdown. The project team reschedules and completes the installation of the major equipment during this time.
What should the project manager do next?

Question18: During regular team meetings the project manager notices that there are clear signs of conflicts and issues related to unclear task assignments and ownership What should the project manager do to address this?

Question19: A company is developing a new drug Regulatory feedback indicates that a budget increase of 20 percent for additional work is required before the project can move to the next phase What should the project manager do?

Question20: A project manager is running a complex transformation project with teams located in multiple time zones and with different cultures Previous experience has taught the project manager that significant friction may occur with distributed teams What should the project manager do to improve collaboration?

Question21: A project manager meets with key stakeholders to set clear project expectations What tool or technique should the project manager use*?

Question22: A project manager is helping to draft a project charter because of their relevant experience working on similar projects. What organizational process asset should the project manager reference?

Question23: A few weeks after joining a multi-generational project learn, the project manager notices that the team is beginning to have performance issues. A key subject matter expert (SME) who is also the oldest team member, is not getting along with the younger team members What should the project manager do before the project gets behind schedule?

Question24: A company authorizes a new project to expand its product portfolio. The sponsor explains the importance of this project to the project manager, and says it must be successful on its first attempt. It is a new domain for the company, and they must develop more internal knowledge about the new product.
Since the company cannot afford to make mistakes, what risk strategy should be used?

Question25: During the project initiation phase, The project manager is identifying key deliverables based on the project's business requirements. The project manager believes that the timeline is unrealistic due to the high number of key deliverables.
What tool or technique should the project manager use to prioritize the key deliverables?

Question26: 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?

Question27: A project manager is preparing a project closure presentation for stakeholders One stakeholder has a history of refusing to sign off on project closures What should the project manager do prior to the presentation?

Question28: Which of the following can the project manager use to group stakeholders based on level of authority and level of concern?

Question29: A project manager meets with the managers of project resources and the directors of areas that the project will benefit During the meeting the project manager explains the project objectives and the activities needed to complete the project.
What project activity is the project manager accomplishing with this meeting?

Question30: A project manager developed a project management plan for a team composed of members based in three countries. The project manager assumed a 40-hour work week for all team members. However, during project execution, the project manager learns that one country's team members work a 35-hour week.
Where should this information have been captured?

Question31: A project manager joins a government project that is partially staffed The company's CEO mandated that all project resources must have specific skills and certifications. When staffing the project. the previous project manager failed to follow the CEO's guidelines.
What should the current project manager do next?

Question32: A project manager is working on an assessment project with a tight timeline. What should the project manager do first?

Question33: A project manager is running a company-wide project involving different business units During a planning session, the project manager notices that each unit's specific requirements are of no interest to other units, which affects the quality of the meeting What should the project manager use to resolve this?

Question34: A key stakeholder is concerned about a critical risk that may cause the project to run over budget The project manager wants to share the mitigation plan with the stakeholder.
What should the project manager do first?

Question35: A complex project is closing and many project team members report negative experiences. The project stakeholders from various areas of the organization may never work together again As part of the project's requirements; the project manager must provide lessons learned.
How should the project manager ensure this requirement is met?

Question36: A project manager used geographically specific terms on a global project Several stakeholders have rejected the plan due to their limited understanding of the terminology What should the project manager do next?

Question37: A functional manager for the organization is also the direct supervisor for one of the team members on a current project The functional manager requests that the project manager provide a weekly summary of the team members work performance The functional manager and the project manager are not in the same geographical area What should the project manager do?

Question38: When deploying a project some users report an issue that only happens sometimes. The team does not know how to repetitively simulate the issue What should the project manager do next?

Question39: A project's most recent status report indicates a schedule performance index (SPI) of 1.1 and a cost performance index (CPI) of 1.2 A key stakeholder then suggests a change to include a value-added feature that would not impact project schedule and cost.
What should the project manager do next?

Question40: A scope change requested by the customer was approved in accordance with the change management plan. The project team believes that the changes contradicts the initial requirements and are resistant to it. What should the project manager do next?

Question41: A project manager sent project reviews and meeting invitations to all stakeholders However, a stakeholder located in a different country expresses concern that they are not receiving all project information What should the project manager do to ensure that the stakeholder feels engaged?

Question42: A project manager begins working for a project that is already in progress. The project manager will be meeting with the project sponsor very shortly to review the project's overall scope and expected deliverables.
How should the project manager prepare for the meeting?

Question43: A customer asks the project manager to estimate the time required to include a missing functionality. The customer thinks that three days will be 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?

Question44: What should the team consider to be most important while creating the probability and impact matrix to support the project risk analysis?

Question45: What tool should the project manager use to demonstrate to the customer that the final product meets the business needs?

Question46: The construction process for a building project is complete and the project manager wants to dose the project Some team members are already assigned to a new project The remaining team members are unsure about what to capture in the close-out report.
What should the project manager do?

Question47: A project manager is conducting agile release planning with their recently acquired team. They are committed to working together to deliver excellent results. The client asks for a product with limited requirements because of a lack of technical knowledge.
What should the project manager do to ensure that the client is satisfied with the final product?

Question48: A large software development project, with high revenue and more than 50 people on the team is in the execution phase The requirements have been collected, and the project team finished the first module in two months The results were presented to the stakeholders and the team received approval However the stakeholders informed the team that new requirements were not previously communicated What should the project manager have done during the execution phase to avoid this problem?

Question49: A project has live finish-to-start (FS) activities
* Activity A takes one day.
* Activity B follows A and takes five days
* Activity C follows B and takes two days.
* Activity D follows B and A and takes two days.
* Activity E is preceded by C and D and takes two days
What would be the critical path(s)?

Question50: A project manager notices that a vendor consistently revises deliverables that provide input information to final project deliverables. The revisions are unidentified, and the team is concerned that some updates may be missed and impact dependent activities.
What should the project manager do?

Question51: A project manager preparing a project status update calculation that the cost performance index (CPI) is 1.1, and the schedule performance index (SPI) is 0.95. What is the project's status?

Question52: During a project meeting, a team member reports using an innovative method to work on a requirement. After reviewing the change log. the project manager realizes that the team member added more functionality.
What does this describe?

Question53: A project is behind schedule and over budget. As a result of increased stakeholder pressure, the project team has been placed under serious duress This causes a conflict between the quality and production manager with each blaming the other for the delays and cost overruns.
What should the project manager do?

Question54: 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?

Question55: The project team needs to get additional data available in the market to clarify the specifications of the product in scope. What type of bid document should be used in this situation?

Question56: During a project's execution phase, the project manager receives notice from environmental authorities to stop work. What should the project manager have done to avoid this?

Question57: A project is behind schedule due to an incorrectly estimated task on the critical path. What should the project manager do?

Question58: During the end of a critical project's execution phase, a project manager learns that a lead team member is unmotivated due to a perceived lack of appreciation. What should the project manager do?

Question59: A retail company engages a new service provider to implement a replenishment system for its stores. The current system is built on old technology, fails to cater to new business processes, and performs slowly. User acceptance testing shows that the new system accommodates all business processes, but is slower than the original.
The use of what tool or technique would have avoided this problem?

Question60: A project manager joins a project late during its execution phase Upon reviewing the issue log the project manager notes that many changes occurred since initiation Resistance to these changes and disagreements among stakeholders were frequently documented as issues Without familiarity with the project's background and the reasons for these changes what should the project manager do next'?

Question61: During a project schedule validation meeting, the project sponsor requests that an important software feature be delivered one month earlier than planned The project manager suggests fast tracking the schedule What solution corresponds with the project manager's suggestion?

Question62: The project team is behind schedule and believes that by omitting the documentation of lessons learned, the desired delivery due date can still be reached. What should the project manager do?

Question63: 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?

Question64: A project manager joins an ongoing firm fixed price (FFP) project. The project manager discovers that there is no lessons learned repository and that, to date, no retrospective meetings were held. The existing project budget does not cover lessons learned activities and, so far, this has not created any issues.
What should the project manager do?

Question65: A company is going through a reorganization Although not all new positions are known yet organization changes are already being communicated.
What should the project manager do?

Question66: According to the information in the grid, what is the estimate at completion (EAC) for this project and what does it represent?

Question67: During project execution the quality controller becomes ill and will be out for two weeks. What should the project manager do?

Question68: During
a project's execution phase the customer insists on additions to product requirements What should the project manager do first?

Question69: 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 one due to a previous commitment. The timeline is revised to three weeks.
What optimization technique was used to revise the timeline?

Question70: After receiving the approved project charter, a stakeholder raise concerns about the projects expected key deliverables. What should the project manager do?

Question71: 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 to a critical component, as the current version is unusable.
What should the project manager do?

Question72: 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?

Question73: A project has five main sponsors three of whom often challenge the project manager on the project's status What should the project manager do to ensure continuous support from all sponsors?

Question74: A client verbally approves the project management plan. What should the project manager do first?

Question75: During a project's execution phase, two key business stakeholders request additional requirements be made within the same timeframe. Due to limited project resources and budget, the project manager cannot fully meet the expectations of these stakeholders.
Which of the following techniques should the project manager adopt to obtain support from both of these key stakeholders?

Question76: 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?

Question77: A complex project is divided into phases. The project manager is closing a minor phase when the project team realizes that one deliverable was not accepted by the audit department. The audit department was mistakenly not notified during this phase, but complained about the deliverable during the closure meeting.
What should the project manager do?

Question78: A vendor who historically has not had quality issues, is delivering low-quality parts. The project manager is concerned that this will cause a delay due to rework.
What tool or technique should the project manager use to address this?

Question79: A Strike at a contracted production plant affects the delivery of a project's major deliverable and impacts project objectives. To What should the project manager refer to address this issue?

Question80: A project manager is in charge of a project for a client that involves working with multiple external vendors The final outcome of the project is the printing of letters by a print vendor for fulfillment During the integration testing the project manager realizes that the print vendor is not yet ready for printing, which impacts the sign-off What needs to be clearly defined during planning?

Question81: A change to a project's scope demotes was verbally approved by the client. However, these changes were formally recorded.

Question82: A new smart phone is introduced Market research indicates that customer expectations for the browsing speed of certain applications are unmet. To mitigate this, the quality team reviews the design and decides to reproduce the product.
What is this cost of rework called?

Question83: A project committee reviews bidder proposals Each committee member provides insights into their respective business functional areas. What tool or technique is the committee utilizing?

Question84: A software system was developed and implemented in a project with significant cost overruns. A sponsor sends an escalation email indicating that the system is not benefiting their business as expected, and blames the project manager.
What should the project manager do?

Question85: Two Team members have continuing conflicts that affect team morale. What should the project manager do to resolve the conflicts?

Question86: 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?

Question87: A project manager is developing a high-level cost estimate for inclusion in the project charter Since the project manager previously completed similar projects what cost-estimating technique should be used?

Question88: A project has been long and difficult The team is relieved that the project is ending soon, and they begin to submit final reports before an approved one-week break Overall, the project was successful However, the project manager realizes that lessons learned were not recorded throughout the project.
Who should the project manager consult during the project to obtain lessons learned?

Question89: A project team implemented an approved change, but this change is making it difficult for the team to achieve the project requirements as per the baseline project deliverables.
What should have been done to avoid this situation?

Question90: Upon approval, a new project manager immediately begins a project. Three months into the project, the project manager identifies numerous obstacles.
What should the project manager have done?

Question91: To develop a new product, the project manager collects requirements from stakeholders. What should the project manager consider first to resolve conflicting requirements?

Question92: During the next monthly meeting, a project manager wants to show key stakeholders that the contingency reserve is insufficient to complete the entire project. What type of chart should the project manager use?

Question93: After approval of a project management plan, it is discovered that a misunderstanding around assumptions between stakeholders and the project manager invalidates part of the plan. What should the project manager do next?

Question94: A project has five activities: A-B-C-D-E. All are finish-to-start (FS). Activity duration and order of implementation are as follows:
Activity A has a duration of one day. Activity B follows A and takes five days Activity C follows B and takes two days. Activity D follows B and A and takes two days. Activity E is preceded by C and D and takes two days.
What are the total float and free float days for activity D?

Question95: During execution of a critical project, a project manager is removed due to continuous customer and stakeholder complaints about lack of communication. What should the new project manager do first?

Question96: During project planning, the project manager of a cross-cultural team wants to reduce the possible delays caused by misunderstandings among on-site and virtual team members What should the project manager do next'?

Question97: During a portfolio review meeting, a project manager teams that their project was cancelled. The project manager wants to inform stakeholders and team members about this To what document should the project manager refer?

Question98: A project manager is managing a new client. The project requires knowledge of upcoming technologies, but existing team member have no experience working with hue technologies.
What should the project manager do to engage the team in work relating to these technologies?

Question99: 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?

Question100: Company A wants to subcontract the installation of a factory's building management system to company B. After some adjustments and a review of key stakeholder feedback, company B's project manager needs to develop the project charter for approval.
What should company B's project manager consider as an input when developing the project charter?

Question101: Some project learn members claim that they failed to receive complete project information What should the project manager do to ensure proper information flow?

Question102: During planning, a project learn documented the possibility that new hardware could arrive up to 45 days late and delay the project's delivery date One month into the project the manufacturer notifies the project manager that the hardware will be shipped 20 days sooner than anticipated What should the project manager do next?

Question103: Midway through construction of a power plant the client realizes that there are many supporting businesses that can be created to support the plants operations once it is functioning The client wants to start another project to ensure that the opportunities for these new businesses are captured What type of risk response does this describe'?

Question104: One year into a five-year project, the project manager realizes that the reason for high team turnover is that the team does not receive the same financial allowances as other teams that are working on the same project The project manager forecasts that with this high staff turnover rate, the project will suffer a two-and-a-half-year delay. The amount to cover additional disbursements was not included in the contract, and the project sponsor is unwilling to renegotiate.
What should the project manager do?

Question105: 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?

Question106: 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?

Question107: A
project is proceeding less quickly than planned and most stakeholders complain about communication challenges The project manager has sufficient reserves to improve communications, and the team agrees it will positively impact the project Since approved reserves are already available, the team believes that a change request, which takes several days for approval, may not be required What should the project manager do?

Question108: A stakeholder teams from a project team member that the project has fallen behind in advance of the status report The stakeholder is agitated when communicating this to the project manager.
What should the project manager do?

Question109: Late in a project's implementation stage the project manager discovers that a requirement was omitted. What should the project manager do next to correct this?

Question110: 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?

Question111: A project manager is working on a global project with local stakeholders in each region. When developing the resource management plan, how should the project manager structure the teams?

Question112: A project manager working with a risk-averse financial firm has just started a new project The project sponsor is extremely concerned that the project may run over budget and is looking to the project manager for confirmation that this won't happen.
In order to alleviate the sponsor's concern, what should the project manager do?

Question113: A multinational project includes stakeholders from various locations and cultures During the final acceptance stage a new stakeholder is added who refuses to provide final approval.
What should the project manager do?

Question114: A project manager's virtual team is midway through a sprint with complex tasks that are behind schedule During a daily stand-up meeting a new member of the team interrupts and asks everyone to define their position and what they were working on before this current sprint What should the project manager do?

Question115: A project manager is managing a project that is operating in a remote, international location. During the execution phase, a national event occurs. The project manager is concerned that the project may be negatively affected and has contacted the program manager who has agreed to provide the resources to implement a contingency plan in the event that the project is negatively affected.
What management strategy is the project manager employing?

Question116: A project manager identifies a new project task that will not affect the delivery date. What should the project manager do next?

Question117: During a monthly executive steering committee meeting, a functional manager states that they have not been made aware of the schedule delays documented in the last status report. What should the project manager do to avoid this situation in the future?

Question118: A newly hired team member is experiencing difficulty adjusting to their role. This is causing project activities to fall behind schedule.
What should the project manager do to help resolve this issue?

Question119: A system launched successfully and has been running smoothly for more than two weeks. The project manager requests formal acceptance from stakeholders, but one stakeholder wants to make a slight change they believe will be easy to implement.
What should the project manager do to gain formal acceptance of the change?

Question120: During a weekly project meeting, a team member states that during a deliverable revision a sales manager made an important remark regarding a customer care process that impacts the entire project. The project manager is surprised that the sales manager is involved in project deliverables.
What should the project manager have done to prevent this?

Question121: 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?

Question122: Two weeks into a new project, the project manager is involved in an accident. As a result another project manager must be appointed.
What should the new project manager update first?

Question123: A project manager arranges quality management training for the entire project team The training will relate to the project's final product deliverable In what cost of quality (COQ) category should the project manager classify this training?

Question124: 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?

Question125: A project manager provides the project charter to the sponsor for sign-off. A stakeholder indicates that they do not understand the project benefits and will not support the project.
What should the project manager do?

Question126: A large construction project is in the planning stage. The project manager is creating a work breakdown structure (WBS) so that the work can be correctly assigned to each labor team What will assist the project manager in the successful creation of the WBS?

Question127: A project is in the closure phase, and most activities will be completed within the next two weeks. The project manager notices that a vendor payment will be due in 120 days.
What should the project manager do?

Question128: A project manager is working onsite daily with the client's chief technology officer (CTO), department manager, and team members. The project manager is confused regarding conflicting requirements and priorities.
What should the project manager do?

Question129: While inspecting a contractor's progress the project manager notices that the contractor is behind schedule The project manager speaks to the contractor who requests an extension.
What should the project manager do next?

Question130: During a project review meeting, stakeholders disagree on the project deliverables outlined in the acceptance criteri a. According to one stakeholder, the project fails to deliver what they understood the acceptance criteria stated it would deliver.
What should the project manager have done to ensure that all project stakeholders understood the acceptance criteria?

Question131: A customer rejects a deliverable citing two specific nonconformance issues. What should the project manager do to resolve these issues?

Question132: How can a project manager of a new technology project validate that the design meets the customer's needs?

Question133: A project is progressing but stakeholders show little interest and supply minimal effort. To engage the stakeholders what should the project manager do first?

Question134: A project manager is creating a program evaluation and review technique (PERT) diagram. A primary activity on the critical path 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?

Question135: A company is producing a children's movie and wants a toy company to create action figures based on the new movie. The project sponsor is concerned about possible cost implications.
Which course of action should the project manager take?

Question136: The CEO of a company notifies a project manager that a bill from a vendor working on the project amounts to US$50,000 each month. The CEO questions whether the vendor is meeting the deliverables to determine if the contract should be terminated early.
What should be provided to the CEO?

Question137: During a demonstration, the customer provides feedback and requests a new, urgent enhancement due to a regulation change. What should the agile project manager do next'?

Question138: A project manager learns that the development team is constantly delaying deliverables Upon further inquiry the project manager discovers that some members of the development team are trainees with inadequate experience The development manager obtained prior information about the trainees, but failed to inform the project manager The first deadline for submission of the design has already passed What should the project manager do?