EMT Practice Test

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Question1: A project manager has received an updated earned value analysis report The following are the key findings from the report
*Budget at completion = USS1 million
*Earned value = US$0 7 million
*Actual cost = US$0 75 million
*Cost performance index = 0 933
Based on this information, what should the project manager conclude about project performance'?

Question2: During a meeting to define project scope a stakeholder tells the project manager that the main requested feature in the contract is not applicable, and this is documented m the lessons learned. What should the project manager do?

Question3: The programming activities of a project were planned to last 35 days per module but the programming of the first module has taken 45 days What should the project manager do?

Question4: A project manager has been managing a highly complex project. The project manager has ensured that all of the required tasks have been completed. During a recent external audit. The project manager was informed of a heavy penalty being levied on the project for the latest module that was implemented What should the project manager have done to ensure that there were no liabilities arising from the recent implementation?

Question5: A supplier was supposed to mobilize a government-issued, licensed piece of equipment two days ago, but did not. The procurement manager was informed that the supplier failed to check the validity of the license, which expired last week. The supplier had already submitted an application to the authorities, but it generally takes one to three weeks to process the application, which will affect the critical path.
Which action should the project manager take?

Question6: Due to a company merger and acquisition process, the main stakeholder of a critical project has been changed This new stakeholder complains that they were unaware of a delay on the project of which the rest of the stakeholders were aware. All the communications about the project are shared via email at the start of every week.
How should the project manager address this situation?

Question7: A project team member complained to the project manager that they are not sure f on the latest requirements document because it was emailed to them about one week ago. They mentioned that, in the past they worked on a document tor more than 20 hours only to find out later that another team member had already updated that same document but did not send them the latest revisions.
What should the project manager do to avoid this situation in the future?

Question8: As part of a temporary assignment, a project manager is leading a business project During a daily status meeting, it is discovered that the project manager's former department has not completed a task This is delaying the current iteration.
What should the project manager do?

Question9: A project team is conducting a retrospective. The team wants to identify what had a positive impact on the velocity and keep doing it.
Click on the area that the team should focus on to identify good practices.

Question10: An agile project is running activities to define the minimum viable product (MVP) During the session, the project manager identifies some mandatory regulations but there is no consensus to include these regulations in the MVP because it may extend the duration of the project What should the project manager do?

Question11: A project is nearing completion The contingency time has been consumed To ensure that the final deliverables are achieved on time and within budget, the project manager has asked the team to follow a rigorous process This Is causing some resistance among the team members.
What should the project manager do to address the growing resistance?

Question12: The business manager and the product owner are requesting a more flexible way to incorporate changes into the product baseline They are concerned about losing time to market with respect to other vendors What should the project manager do?

Question13: Drag the organizational characteristics on the left to the correct scenario on the right

Question14: After a project learn has been working on a project for several months, the project Is cancelled The project sponsor Is putting pressure on the project manager to perform closeout duties as fast as possible so that the project team can move on to other work. The project sponsor has instructed the team not to waste time archiving the project artifacts for the cancelled project.
How should the project manager handle this situation?

Question15: In a project management team meeting, one of the team members always argues with the project manager about the objective, timeline, and deliverable of any assigned task.
What should the project manager do to manage this conflict?

Question16: A new agile team is having trouble completing tasks. There are many disputes occurring in the team. What should the agile leader do in this situation?

Question17: In a fixed time and budget project the customer wants the development of a core component to be based on agile practices, as the final scope of (he requirement has not yet been fully developed. The project manager is participating in contract development with the sales team and wants to ensure that development costs do not impact the profitability of the project.
Which two controls should the project manager incorporate into the contract to specifically address the development of the core component? (Choose two)

Question18: An intern is replacing a critical resource midway through a sprint To help the intern get up to speed, the project manager assigns a senior engineer in the team as the intern's mentor Two months later, the project goes into critical status, delaying the release milestone by a month.
What should the project manager have done to avoid this scenario?

Question19: A project manager is assigned to a strategic communication project that involves subject matter experts (SMEs), interns, and new recruits. The project manager discovers that the project is not gaining much traction due to knowledge gaps from the interns. The budget for training is exhausted and the project needs to be delivered without delay.
Which two actions should the project manager take? (Choose two)

Question20: A project manager is assigned to a project within a program. The high-level requirements of the project are known, but the priorities of some of the requirements are uncertain as they are interdependent on some other pipeline projects within the program.
How should the project manager prepare for the next steps of the project?

Question21: A project manager has been asked to participate in the procurement process for a software application that allows customers to buy online e-learning courses. The project manager will take over the project once the supplier has been sourced.
What should the project manager do before the project starts?

Question22: A high-performing team member's performance has been consistently increasing over the past year, leaving other peers behind The project manager has been reluctant to publicly recognize the team member's contributions for fear of discouraging others The project manager is also concerned that the team member may leave if not rewarded for the contributions made.
What should the project manager do?

Question23: During the design phase of a project the project manager notices that the schedule performance index (SPI) is
1 8 and the cost performance index (CPI) is 0 1 In a weekly meeting with top management, the project manager reports concerns about these indicators However the most concerned person was the project sponsor who said that if the trend continues, they will be forced to prematurely close the project What should the project manager do?

Question24: After reviewing the project management plan with key stakeholders, the project manager was told that an
18-month release plan was unacceptable and the product should launch in six months. Based on the new timeline, what should the project manager do?

Question25: A project manager for a government organization often deals with stakeholder engagement issues Drag the interpersonal skill the project manager should use on t he left to the correct situation on the right

Question26: A senior business stakeholder with many years of experience is pressuring an agile team to deliver most of the promised functionality to the customer 18 months in the future as opposed to multiple, incremental deliveries over the course of the 18 months What should the project lead do next?

Question27: A company is planning a digitization project. Which action should the project manager take first when defining the project scope?

Question28: A new project manager is planning an information security project for a company that resides in different countries. What is the first step the project manager should take to gather customer requirements?

Question29: A team member is hosting an event and invites several colleagues through their work calendars Another team member, who was not invited to the event, is noticeably distracted during several standup meetings What should the project manager do?

Question30: During project execution, a project manager is informed that most of the project team members have enrolled in the newly implemented work-from-home company policy. How should the project manager reflect this change in the project?

Question31: When reviewing the project team's performance the project manager realizes that the team velocity is not fast enough to meet the next review gate goal What should the project manager do?

Question32: A project manager is worried that a key stakeholder is not participating in the project and has concluded that the final product is not as good as it could have been if the stakeholder had been more involved Drag the scenario on the left to the correct risk response strategy on the right

Question33: The project team finds that the latest delivery from a vendor is missing a critical component, which will likely delay the project in split of corrective measures. What should the project manager do to communicate this message?

Question34: A company starts implementing Scrum About halfway through the first sprint, communication issues develop Some project team members are not in sync with other team members What is the cause for this communication gap?

Question35: During the review of a project's list of deliverables, one of the stakeholders expressed concern that one of the requirements will not be addressed. What should the project manager do?

Question36: A project manager for a maintenance project has a contract that is renewed annually The project started 6 years ago After contract renewal this year the auditors reported that this version of the contract violates a new law that was passed last year What has happened in this situation?

Question37: A project manager has two projects that are being executed at the same time The duration of the critical project must be reduced, but the project manager does not have enough resources to achieve this goal In addition, the schedule does not have activities that can be overlapped What should the project manager do?

Question38: A stakeholder is requesting that the project manager share project status updates on a regular basis. This stakeholder is not included in the regular distribution list.
What should the project manager do?

Question39: During the course of a project the project manager's immediate director is communicating directly with the client to approve changes without the project manager's knowledge This is causing confusion in the project team where the scope is changing in the background, but only being mentioned in project meetings How should the project manager handle this?

Question40: The project is delayed due to the high amount of major changes requested by different stakeholders at different stages of the project If the project continues on the same path, it will consume twice the time and budget planned.
What two actions can the project manager take to be more cost effective? (Choose two)

Question41: A project manager is assigned to a project in a company that is transitioning to agile Not all stakeholders believe in the project, and some stakeholders would like the entire project defined and planned out early in the project However the project sponsor needs a quick win to ensure the continuation of the project.
What approach should the project manager use?

Question42: A verbal announcement is made that the new team member joining the Scrum team has limited mobility The scrum master is aware that some team members are unsure how the dynamics of the team will change What should the scrum master do?

Question43: A company wants to increase the commercial value of one of its products in a highly competitive market In order to do this, the company commissions a project to create a prototype The team constructs the prototype incrementally Which action should the project manager take as a priority?

Question44: During the execution of a project the project manager notices that only one team member has one of the technical skills needed to build the product The project manager is afraid this might have a future impact on the quality and schedule because most of the upcoming activities will require at least three people with this specific skill.
What two actions should the project manager take to prevent the team from being unqualified? (Choose two)

Question45: While managing a project, the project manager has just noticed that the last several monthly invoices have been challenged by the client when they were clearly defined The actual invoice payments received have also been late and were outside of the contracted payment schedule Recent invoices have only been partially paid What should the project manager do?

Question46: An agile project is in its eighth iteration out of 16 After the last iteration review, the team members receive feedback from the security department about regulations with which the project must comply Which two actions should the project manager take? (Choose two)

Question47: A project manager receives an update that the development flow is not going well. Some team members cannot start their work because the delivery is late. Looking at the Kanban board and the work in progress (WIP) lines, the project manager observes a bottleneck.
Click the title of the queue in the Kanban board below that requires additional resources to relieve the bottleneck

Question48: A company's CEO has just returned from a conference on the use of artificial intelligence (Al) and would like the project manager to implement this technology in the organization What should the project manager do first?

Question49: A global petroleum crisis has affected the distribution of crude oil in the region where the construction project is underway Materials are not being delivered on time and this phase of construction is already behind for what was initially planned.
What should the project manager do first to prevent the project from going further off track?

Question50: An agile project is starting and the assigned team is new to agile During the first daily meetings, the project manager observes that the team is having problems meeting goals What should the project manager do?

Question51: In a time-critical construction project, a misunderstanding occurred between the supervisor and the technician The misunderstanding turned into a major conflict and the technician has complained to the project manager that they cannot continue to work under the supervisor any longer. The supervisor cites the technicians poor performance as the reason for the conflict How should the project manager resolve the problem?

Question52: A project manager is using a hybrid approach for project delivery. The
development team was sized, but is not yet fully resourced. The project manager is working on defining the project schedule.
What should the project manager do to address the issue of developer availability?

Question53: A year after implementing a policy change to improve diversity and inclusion within two teams, there is increasing conflict within the company What should have been done to prevent this conflict?

Question54: A company that is introducing a new product into the market by the end of the year requires a storage and distribution facility to be built. During the monthly stakeholder meeting, it is discovered that the location for implementation is a government-owned area What should the project manager do first?

Question55: Experienced team members assigned to a critical project are also supporting several other projects and this is delaying the critical project. If this critical project is not delivered, the company could receive a fine from the government. What should the project manager do?

Question56: A highly skilled team resource received a job offer and is leaving the project soon What should the project manager do to maintain project performance while a new team member is being onboarded?

Question57: The project manager is having difficulty communicating with one of the team members The team member recently attended a training course and has been training other team members in a new agile technique However sometimes the team member is forceful in pushing ideas even if other team members are uncomfortable What personality indicators should the project manager consider when determining what communication style to use with this team member?

Question58: A project manager is managing a hybrid project After attending an iteration review, a stakeholder tells the project manager that they are very busy and asks why these reviews are held so frequently.
How should the project manager respond'?

Question59: A project manager has team members around the world in many different time zones Project work frequently stalls because people in one office need to wait until another office is awake to have questions answered.
What should the project manager have done to avoid this?

Question60: A project manager is managing a project to develop a new tool Because of the nature of the project, the project manager decides to use an agile approach One of the identified risks becomes an issue when the project manager finds out that another company patented a very similar tool.
What should the project manager do to address this issued

Question61: A project manager who is managing a critical project in a multinational company is conducting a progress meeting with all team members. During the meeting, one of the team members states that they are facing a critical problem that will prevent them from completing their assigned task What should the project manager do?

Question62: A research and development team is finishing up a two year initiative The project manager is focused on the closing activities for the project.
Which activity should be considered as a priority?

Question63: In an agile project, the project manager notices that one team member rarely reports blockers during daily check-ins. Additionally, the team member is too shy to participate in team activities and prefers to provide status updates individually to the project manager.
How should the project manager rectify this situation?

Question64: An integrated project involves the interaction of both hardware and software and the sponsor has approved the schedule management plan The project team evaluated the product's feasibility of functionality and accelerated testing What should the project manager do as a servant leader?

Question65: During daily calls team members share task progress One team member does not usually communicate many details and has critical tasks to be completed All team members are located in different countries and critical work is about to start Which two options will help the project manager in this situation? (Choose two)

Question66: A new team member on a self-organizing team is finding it difficult to deliver due to the new technology being used in the project. What should the project manager do in this situation?

Question67: The project manager of a hybrid project learns that a stakeholder has approached a team member directly to request a change This change will impact the project m a significant way The project manager should ten the stakeholder that the correct procedure tor new requirements is to provide a request directly to whom?

Question68: A project is delayed due to an undelivered component, which was caused by a conflict between the procurement lead and the contracts manager. The project manager schedules a meeting with the two stakeholders to resolve the issue.
What role does the project manager play in this situation?

Question69: A project manager is working on a major construction project. Part of the agreed-upon plan was to use a cloud-based system with a server that runs on high-speed internet service since most of the team members work virtually. The company needs to reduce operating costs as much as possible and management insists that the project will now use a system running on a conventional dial-up service.
What should the project manager do next?

Question70: The tables show the requirements for an agile project with the anticipated return on investment (ROI) and identified project risks, along with the analysis details .

What should be the priority order in the product backlog?

Question71: Which two actions should a project manager consider while launching a new virtual team? (Choose two)

Question72: During the third iteration, the team encounters a major delay that has not had significant improvements over the last few weeks What should the project manager do?

Question73: The project sponsor on an agile project informed the project lead that an executive would like an update on the project's progress What should the project lead do?

Question74: A company is transitioning from a predictive to agile delivery of projects. Based on the requirements, the project team estimates the budget and decides to use a fixed-price contract with its vendor. However, during the execution of the project, the requirements evolve and priorities start to change constantly, which puts the project and the estimate at completion (EAC) off by 40%.
What should the project manager do next?

Question75: A project has a very tight delivery schedule The project is approaching the delivery date and the project sponsor often sends the project manager alerts to avoid any schedule slippage The project team has performed at an acceptable level until now but the project manager wants to ensure the team's performance level is maintained until the end What action should the project manager take to motivate the project team's performance?

Question76: A global company hired a project manager for a new implementation at all of its sites After reviewing the business case and project charter, the project manager notes that the project team has different locations and regions to consider.
What should the project manager do to address this situation?

Question77: A project just kicked off and management's expectation is to ensure that the deliverable of the first iteration helps the marketing team present the product prototype to potential customers. What should the project manager do?

Question78: The product owner decides to launch a product after a couple of releases knowing that the minimum viable product (MVP) lacks some features One of the key stakeholders the marketing vice president is not happy with the results and questioned the release decision.
What should the project manager do?

Question79: A project manager presented the project schedule to the mam stakeholders They have requested that the project be completed two months earlier than the scheduled date What should the project manager do?

Question80: A project manager works with a global virtual team. The team is facing difficulty in communicating with each other and often misses important messages. This difficulty leads to missed deadlines.
What should the project manager do to enhance project team effectiveness?

Question81: An agile project team discovers that they are unable to implement a feature completely in the first iteration The team believes it may not be able to complete the tasks in the second iteration. The feature is a critical component that the customer has prioritized.
What should the team do?

Question82: A large multi-year project requires highly skilled staff for successful deployment The management team and the project sponsor have analyzed the resource requirements and agreed to have permanent staff hired for the project to avoid potential budget overrun However there is a risk of staff turnover during the course of the project, which may have an impact on the delivery Which two actions should the project manager take to mitigate this risk? (Choose two)

Question83: In a multinational project, stakeholders are in different time zones. The project manager has regular project update meetings with the stakeholders. However, a group of stakeholders who has never attended project update meetings is complaining to the project sponsor that they know very little about the project.
What should the project manager do?

Question84: The project manager of an agile project has been asked to reduce the budget by 30%. Since this is a small project team, the budget is primarily allocated to resources.
What strategy should the project manager use in order to keep delivering value in a restricted environment?

Question85: An agile project team is building a new product. The stakeholders require ongoing illustration of project business value.
How should the project manager proceed?

Question86: A project manager is assigned to a new project. The project management office (PMO) and the project manager agree that this is the right opportunity to include daily standup meetings. The project team has never used such tools, and a few members are challenging the decision.
What should the project manager do in this situation?

Question87: A project manager is managing a complex research project with a high level of uncertainty A request is made to implement a mechanism to measure the quality of the deliverables.
Using a hybrid approach, what techniques can be used to achieve this goal?

Question88: After a project has been approved, a key stakeholder tells the project manager that the current project management strategy is not well defined The project manager is also informed that the key stakeholder does not want to hold a working session What should the project manager do first?

Question89: One of the main inputs required for a deliverable is missing due to a miscommunication between the vendor and project manager Because of the missed deliverable, the critical path of the project is extended What should the project manager do next?

Question90: A project manager has been assigned to take over an existing software project. The project manager inherited a lean team comprised of key stakeholders, subject matter experts (SMEs), and senior developers. While reviewing the project status with the team, the project manager observes that the team seems to lack direction and enthusiasm.
What should the new project manager do?

Question91: A project manager at a company is considering a high-performing junior member of the organization to be the new project manager for a current project. What should the project manager do to prepare for a recommendation to senior management?

Question92: During the course of a project, the project manager wants to ensure that the work carried out and the product being created do not deviate from the prescribed business value.
What should the project manager pay special attention to in order to achieve this goal?

Question93: Close to the end of a project, a customer claims that some deliverables have not been met and starts initiating change requests. What should the project manager do next?

Question94: During an inspection, the production phase was stopped because the inspector claimed that regulatory labels were missing. What should the project manager do?

Question95: A project manager is in the middle of an agile project comprised of 100 user stories broken down into five iterations Each user story is worth USS50 The actual expenditure is US$2,000 and 50 user stories have been delivered.
Which statement is true''

Question96: A large company has agreed on a business case for an environmental project. The project will cause some major changes in their operations, such as reduction in paper use, which will obviously affect all of the users.
What is the first thing the appointed project manager should do?

Question97: A project is delayed due to multiple problems discovered during the quality review. Every time the team addresses one problem, additional problems are encountered. This is frustrating for both the project team and the project sponsor, who are driven to meet the dates and results expected by the organization.
What should the project manager do?

Question98: A project manager is managing a project with a hybrid approach and has requested a senior team member to perform a quantitative risk analysis The team member responds that they do not have the knowledge to perform such an analysis.
What should the project manager do?

Question99: for a project has reported the potential for a delivery delay due to a technical issue with the sub-supplier To stay on schedule, the vendor proposed replacing the sub- supplier's component with a similar part that is different from the one that is stipulated in the project specifications.
What should the project manager do next?

Question100: A team has been struggling with various issues during the course of an iteration. The project lead facilitates a discussion of the issues and the team forms new team agreements. During the next iteration, some of the same issues appear again What should the project lead do next?

Question101: Important projects in the portfolio backlog need to be delivered Budget estimates are needed to prioritize the projects How should the project budgets be estimated'?

Question102: The project manager has recently received funding approval for a training program for the entire project team but has not yet defined the most effective training course. One team member submitted a request for specialized training that is required for the project.
How should the project manager handle this request?

Question103: A technical subject matter expert (SME) identifies an occurrence that should be captured in the project's lessons learned The SME asks the project manager to write, document and include it in the lessons learned register What should the project manager do?

Question104: A self-organizing team was delivering as committed. The team accepted a development task with new technology and the iterations started to have reduced velocity. What management decision is suited for this situation?

Question105: A project manager created a contingency plan associated with a risk. The risk was realized, but the client insists on using a new workaround instead The requested workaround will introduce delays and require additional budget What should the project manager do?

Question106: After a project team has been working on a project for several months the project is cancelled. The project sponsor is putting pressure on the project manager to perform closeout duties as fast as possible so that the project team can move on to other work The project sponsor has instructed the team not to waste time archiving the project artifacts for the cancelled project How should the project manager handle this situation?

Question107: A project manager is assigned to a project that is in development As the project manager reviews the projects progress, they find a few tasks that are behind schedule After investigating the project manager discovers that a few team members were pulled to work on other assignments, which impacted their ability to focus on the project manager's project Which two actions can the project manager take to bring the team back on track? (Choose two)

Question108: A new team member has joined an agile project, replacing a team member who recently left The project team needs the new team member to speed up their ability to contribute effectively to the project What should the project manager do to help in this situation?

Question109: local company is developing a new product and. for the first time, using a remote team for the programming tasks of features. The design for the product comes from the local team. During the third sprint review, the product owner has concerns about the project's outcomes. The remote development team is complaining that they do not clearly understand the requirements conveyed in the daily standup meetings.
How should the project manager address this situation?

Question110: A project manager is assigned to a new marketing campaign The sponsor gives the project manager an approved project management plan for review and explains the scope, business requirements, deliverables and stakeholders The project manager asks to see the project charter to gain a better understanding of the project.
The sponsor says the project is small and simple so there is no need for a project charter.
What should the project manager do?

Question111: Project A is critical for the company and must be completed within nine months. The project charter has been signed but the project scope statement has not been prepared Management asks the project manager to move forward with the project without an approved project scope statement What should the project manager do next?

Question112: The team architect resigned from the company. The new architect points out a design flaw during a planning meeting that may potentially impact the final quality.
What should the project manager do first?

Question113: Two functional managers disagree on key features of one deliverable during the planning of a project The project manager discovers that each manager included requirements that contradict each other The functional managers do not want to meet with each other to find a solution This situation has been escalated to the sponsor who requests a meeting with them What strategy should the project manager use to resolve this conflict in the meeting?

Question114: A project manager has noticed that the performance of a new team member has increased dramatically over the past few months The project manager has been measuring this team member's performance through the cost performance index (CPl) and schedule performance index (SPl) of work packages. The project manager has also assigned new. unrelated work packages to this team member The project manager wants to formally record the team member's success in the project documentation What should the project manager do?

Question115: A senior management team member contacts an agile project lead and mentions that certain features the senior manager thought would be in the current release were not included. What should the agile project lead do?

Question116: The project manager has finished all the tasks of the project and immediately starts on a new project. A few months after beginning the new project, the accounting manager asks for confirmation of previous projects because the budget is still open with no further cash flows.
What should the project manager have done?

Question117: A project manager is assigned to a technical research project. The project team has already been assigned, and the main subject matter expert (SME) sends the project manager a list of the technical skills required for the execution of this project.
What should the project manager do next?

Question118: During an iteration demo, a customer noticed an enhancement they would like to make to the product. What should the team do next?

Question119: Due to a recent budget reduction, two team members were released from an agile team. The customer is still expecting early results for the project.
Which two actions should the project manager take to align customer expectations? (Choose two)

Question120: A technical manager newly appointed by the client, visits the project site to verify the project deliverables The technical manager feels that the project manager has not been providing enough information What should the project manager do first to resolve this situation?

Question121: A company has a lot of experience with predictive projects The project management office (PMO) has been trying to implement iterative tools within the project management framework, and the project manager has been asked to use these tools in their current project After the successful implementation of the iterative tools, the PMO asks the project manager to determine the benefits these tools brought to the project.
What should the project manager do?

Question122: During the initiation stage of a multimedia exhibition-design project the project manager is developing the project management plan What should the project manager do to complete this task?

Question123: A project manager is assigned to oversee the deployment of a new product that will be used by the entire organization. A key success factor for the project is the timely and successful adoption of the new solution by all entities.
What should the project manager do to ensure the success of this critical project?

Question124: Since the beginning of a project, the product owner keeps asking during ceremonies about the budget spent for each product iteration The product owner seems much more interested in the cost rather than the product itself.
What should the project manager have done earlier to change the product owner's behavior''

Question125: A company Is helping their client launch an Innovative product. During the sprint review, the product owner identifies that the product does not include key features that were previously prioritized as part of the product backlog.
What should the project manager do next?

Question126: One of a project manager's team members is continuously improving This team member has been a role model and mentor to others in the organization How should the project manager acknowledge this team member's commitment?

Question127: Team members are having a discussion with the project manager In the last retrospective meeting, the team realized that the obsolete equipment could affect the next iteration of the project The team recommends buying new equipment because it is critical to the success of the final deliverable What should the project manager do next?

Question128: A project manager is struggling to figure out the performance of the project teams in an agile environment for the same scope of work, team A has calculated 100 story points and team B has calculated 125 story points Which team is performing better?

Question129: A project is behind schedule and over budget, resulting in a problem for the next deliverable. The project manager informs the stakeholders, who are very concerned about the project. What should the project manager do to alleviate the stakeholders' concerns?

Question130: A global company is executing a strategic project to upgrade a legacy enterprise system. The company uses a hybrid approach to project management and has just completed the first sprint A team member provided ideas to improve the testing process during the sprint retrospective.
What is the next step for the project manager?

Question131: A project to develop a large hydropower plant is in the implementation phase and is managed using a hybrid approach. What should the project manager do to ensure full compliance of quality requirements during the execution phase?

Question132: A project manager has been using predictive methodology for more than 10 years and is switching to an agile project. The team members have not previously worked together. After two sprints of work, the team has not achieved any outcome and there is a lot of pressure to get work done What kind of leadership style should the project manager use at this stage?

Question133: An organization has historically executed most projects using a predictive approach The organization now wants to change over to an agile approach Which strategy will be useful to effectively help prepare the organization for this change?

Question134: During a retrospective meeting a project manager hears that stakeholders have been constantly complaining at iteration demos about product features not being delivered as requested. What advice should the project manager give to the Product owner to ensure that product features are always delivered as requested?

Question135: An operations manager continuously raises concerns about a project's benefits to the company While some concerns are valid most of the time these concerns have caused delays in project meetings How should the project manager handle this'?

Question136: While reviewing prototypes, the quality team found some deviations that do not affect the mam functionality but have the potential to be an issue in the future To avoid major problems in the future, the team recommends corrective actions that will require additional funds The project is already struggling to stay on budget and has even used some of the contingency reserves What should the project manager do?

Question137: A vendor informed the project manager that a critical resource will be on a long leave of absence The project team reviewed the pending vendor deliverables and identified an alternative solution, but the solution will incur an additional cost The project is currently on schedule and slightly under budget What should the project manager do next?

Question138: During an iteration of a project, a planned activity becomes more complex. The work should be delivered in the shortest time possible What approach should be used in this situation?

Question139: A company has been following a predictive approach and always waits for the preceding phase to be completed before evaluating the quality of their products A new project manager with experience in hybrid approaches has been assigned to help increase the efficiency of the company's quality management process.
What should the new project manager do to address the process improvements?

Question140: During the course of a project, the team develops negative group behaviors and becomes unmotivated and unproductive. What should the project manager do to improve the project team's performance?

Question141: The portfolio management office wants to cut costs by suspending some ongoing projects that do not directly support the organizational strategy. The project manager has invested too many resources into one of the projects to be suspended, but the portfolio management office has not backed down on their plan.
What should the project manager do to continue the project?

Question142: An organization is transitioning to agile and a project has been chosen as a pilot The assigned project manager only has experience using predictive approaches but the project manager is now required to use agile approaches with the help of an agile coach During the retrospective of the fifth sprint, the project team complains that many obstacles exist with the organization that are creating project delays and rework What should the project manager do in this situation?

Question143: A company is using a predictive approach for the development of a particular component as defined in the scope management plan Due to regularly changing regulatory requirements, the development team has requested to utilize agile approaches What should the project manager do about the development team's request"?

Question144: A project is being executed The project's life cycle is defined as predictive however, a major deliverable will be handed over incrementally to the customer The assigned resources are experienced and reliable and are willing to make decisions that the project manager used to make after each incremental delivery on other projects What should the project manager do?

Question145: A labor union contract negotiation is delaying the completion of a project to build a new manufacturing plant. Because the labor contract was due for renewal this year, the project manager documented the negotiation process as a risk to the project. The project was about to start the first phase of equipment installation at the plant when the negotiation began.
How should the project manager address the situation?

Question146: A company that is heavily focused on delivering projects using predictive approaches on-boards a new project manager who uses hybrid approaches The scope of the project contains a number of unclear requirements.
How should the project manager plan the delivery of the project?

Question147: A project manager Is transitioning from a predictive We cycle project to a new agile project How should the project manager manage and control the scope for the new project?

Question148: A project manager is leading a meeting with key stakeholders, the project sponsor and the product owner to define the features that will be released after the next iteration. The purpose of the meeting is to review the product backlog prioritization, considering that during the past iteration some deliverables were not completed.
Which two items should be taken into account first to review and update the product backlog priorities during the meeting? (Choose two)

Question149: In a hybrid project, the customer decided on a major change for the project design. This change was approved and the impact on schedule and budget is known The software team leader, who is supposed to develop the software, refuses to commit to delivery dates claiming that they work using an agile approach and cannot commit to a final delivery date The hardware team depends on this software to develop their part of the product What should the project manager do?

Question150: A company is moving its headquarters to another city. The project manager responsible for the assignment has been using a predictive approach during the transition. However, the information systems will be migrated using an agile approach. The project manager needs to decide which kind of control to sign with the vendor responsible for migrating the systems.
How should the project manager address this situation?

Question151: In an advanced stage of a project a stakeholder who is not receiving the project status report communicates this to the project manager After checking, the project manager determines that the person is registered as a stakeholder but was not included in the communications management plan.
What should the project manager do next1?

Question152: A company is changing their current business model The change requires implementing a complex project using multiple agile teams.
What three options should the project manager have the testing team adopt as testing mechanisms? (Choose three)

Question153: The change control board (CCB) rejects a change request submitted by a subject matter expert (SME) The SME refuses to accept this rejection and does not want to continue the project without the change What should the project manager have done to avoid this situation?

Question154: During the execution phase of a project a new project manager is assigned to replace the previous project manager As the project manager starts managing the project, they discover that team performance is significantly decreasing, which is impacting the project's key performance indicators (KPIs). This team has delivered good performance on similar projects in the past What should the project manager do next to improve this situation?

Question155: At the end of a meeting a functional manager takes the project manager aside to raise some concerns on behalf of a project team member who is unclear about their role and responsibilities for the project What should the project manager do in this situation?

Question156: During a documentation audit of an international company it was identified that the last version of the project schedule was from one month ago even though the project manager knew it was recently updated How should the project manager have handled documentation for the project?

Question157: At the closing phase of the project the project manager sends the completion reports to the client as a formal written document, indicating that the contract has been completed The client refuses to approve the document since the defect rate is 0.1%. The project manager insists that it is an acceptable rate as the standard defect rate of the industry is 0.15%.
What should have been done to avoid this situation?

Question158: During a daily standup meeting, a roadblock was raised that is preventing one of the team members from proceeding with work The project manager figures out that it is due to a technical issue.
What should the project manager do to prioritize this critical impediment?

Question159: During the implementation stage of a project. a newly appointed team leader approaches the project manager to verify the team's tasks and schedule. The work did not go as planned due to the team leader's lack of management experience. This could cause delays for the project.
What should the project manager do?

Question160: A Scrum team has committed to delivering a specific capability in their first release Multiple operational issues have prevented the developer from delivering key capabilities. The technical lead has also given notice that they are resigning from the company What should the project manager have the Scrum team do to recover from these issues?

Question161: Development team members are located in three different time zones It is difficult to find a suitable time to hold the daily standup for all team members What should the project manager do?