EMT Practice Test

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Question1: 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)

Question2: The change control board (CCB) has approved a change request to add a new component within a product. The operations manager discovers the change after its approval and complains that the implementation of the change will cause significant disruption to the production line.
What should the project manager do first?

Question3: A project manager for a strategic initiative realizes a new stakeholder is interested in the project and wants to ensure the stakeholder is fully aware of the goals, objectives, benefits, and risks of the project. What should the project manager do to enhance the success of the project?

Question4: During project execution, the project manager discovered that a key deliverable was missing from the scope of work After investigation, the project manager and the team discovered that the missing deliverable will impact the critical path What should the project manager do to avoid future delays?

Question5: 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?

Question6: During the last sprint review the product owner stated that the product does not deliver any value The project manager believes that the product meets all the provided specifications The team is confused by the product owner's statement What should the project manager do when using a hybrid approach?

Question7: 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)

Question8: While working on a poorly defined internal project, a project manager receives multiple change requests from senior management. What should the project manager do first?

Question9: During the course of the project several obstacles are identified that are preventing the project from moving forward. What should the project manager do to remove the obstacles?

Question10: 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''

Question11: 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?

Question12: A contractor delivering construction services to a company is using agile principles to manage the project tasks. Engineers are producing frequent design changes due to new legislation. There is a risk the contractor may lose money due to resources waiting on design changes or performing rework.
What should the project manager do to minimize the cost?

Question13: As a member of an organizational change management team, a project manager must pass on any changes to the project team The project manager needs to avoid any misunderstandings or resistance to help ensure that the project team will support any organizational change What should the project manager do?

Question14: 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?

Question15: 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?

Question16: 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)

Question17: As part of the strategic plan, a company decides to implement a new software platform to manage a centralized document repository. Some requirements are clear and some need more detail.
What should the project manager do first to decide how to manage this project?

Question18: A team member has indicated their user story will not be finished until the end of the iteration as their functional manager has requested they assist in resolving a high-priority production issue. What should the project manager do?

Question19: A project manager and a stakeholder have different opinions on the budget estimates for a project that is being initiated based on a new consumer privacy law. What would be a reason for this difference in opinion?

Question20: 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)

Question21: A newly appointed product owner is working with a project team that is using agile for the first time. The product owner is constantly disrupting various team members throughout the day to discuss progress. This has resulted in the team feeling micromanaged and frustrated because of the constant disruptions.
How should the project manager proceed?

Question22: A company is initiating a project to enhance one of its existing products. All of its products are developed internally What should the project manager do?

Question23: 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?

Question24: During an ongoing project a key resource asks the project manager about the project purpose and if it is aligned with the organization's strategy What should the project manager share with the key resource?

Question25: An executive sponsor of a predictive project asked a project manager experienced in agile to assess if a project could be executed using an agile approach What factor should the project manager consider when determining if the project is suitable for an agile approach?

Question26: During a project status update by the project management office (PMO), the CEO is concerned that the status of all projects suddenly changed from green to red, without warning. Upper management is used to reading traditional reports related to progress and cost, and they want to continue viewing this information.
How should the PMO implement a better way to report the project's health?

Question27: 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?

Question28: An agile project manager would like to convert the requirements document into epics, capabilities, features and stories In how many iterations should the project manager estimate the story duration?

Question29: A new agile project manager is trying to determine how the team is performing against the schedule for a release. Which tool will provide a deeper look into the team's progress?

Question30: A team is ready to start working on a project with a customer who was very difficult to work with in the past because the customer was unable to describe exactly what they wanted What approach should the project manager take to remove this impediment?

Question31: 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?

Question32: During the daily meetings with the team the project manager notices that a new team member is not making the expected progress on an assigned task What should the project manager do?

Question33: In a multinational multi location project with virtual teams a project manager has established a project baseline The project manager discovers that multiple risk elements have appeared. The project manager did not foresee these risks during the planning stage of the project.
What should the project manager calculate to address this critical budgetary situation? (Choose two)

Question34: A project manager is leading a project at a contracting company, and the project team just completed an iteration. The product passed inspection, but an additional feature was added to the product. The customer notices the additional feature and thinks it will introduce new risks to the product.
What should the project manager do to avoid this situation in the future?

Question35: 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?

Question36: A project manager is leading a project which shows a trend to exceed the cost baseline What should the project manager do first to manage the budget?

Question37: A project manager is managing the scope of the project and creating a work breakdown structure (WBS) with the team members. How should the project manager organize the WBS?

Question38: 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?

Question39: A new project has been kicked off following a planning session. The project is under direct oversight of an executive in the organization After a review meeting, the project manager overhears an executive request a dashboard from one of the team members to show the overall project status What should the project manager do?

Question40: A project manager is implementing a new software system Some department staff members are questioning the necessity of the change and feel the new system will impede their current processes What should the project manager have done at the start of the project to prevent this resistance?

Question41: A project manager is managing an innovation project for a big corporation The project manager is planning to use email as the main communication channel, however, the product owner prefers to use another approved communication tool instead of email What should the project manager do?

Question42: During the retrospective ceremony, the agile team is talking about the product owner's expectations not being met What should the project manager have done at the beginning of the project?

Question43: A project manager has recently been assigned to an agile project and discovers that a contractor for the project does not have any experience with agile. What should the project manager do?

Question44: A project manager is leading a large-scale project that involves 70 stakeholders The project manager has heard various comments and expectations from the customers, some of which are contradictory Consequently, some requirements are not clear.
What should the project manager do to build consensus regarding the requirements?

Question45: A project manager learns from a marketing analyst that a competitor just published a press release announcing a product launch using a specific innovation The project manager rs concerned because the company is initiating a project involving the same innovation A key goal of the new project is that the product will be the first to market won the innovation What should the project manager do next?

Question46: 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?

Question47: Having managed a similar project while working with previous stakeholders, a project team decided to use the same report format they used in the earlier project.
However, stakeholders new to the project are not fully comprehending the status of the project based on the reports that are being circulated.
How should the project manager address this concern moving forward?

Question48: For the purposes of quality assurance a quality audit was conducted on the processes being used in the project execution plan. One of the nonconformance issues raised by the auditor was that attendance lists for the project risk review meetings were not available Why is an attendance list important?

Question49: An agile team is making infrastructure changes to the human resources (HR) application system. Conflicting requirements are being submitted by various stakeholders.
What should the project manager do to help move the project forward?

Question50: 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?

Question51: A project manager is leading a new agile project. The requirements for the first sprint have been defined and the work is about to start.
What should the project manager do next?

Question52: A project manager identifies an issue between two team members that is affecting the development of one of the deliverables during the second iteration of a project. How should the project manager address this issue to avoid any impact to the project?

Question53: During a scope validation exercise toward the end of a project, a project manager realizes that some operational project requirements were not captured in the project scope of work. Although completing these Items will have an Impact on the project's completion date. It will Increase the likelihood of customer acceptance.
What should the project manager do to address the issue?

Question54: A project manager prepared the base budget model to deliver a highly
customizable software solution. The solution will be delivered in multiple countries with significantly different cultures and will be staged over phases.
What should the project manager do next?

Question55: A team is working on a project using a hybrid approach, and they are facing a lot of obstacles and blockers from some stakeholders. What should the project manager do to improve project performance?

Question56: A project manager is in a learn meeting and the project team requires a decision to be made about a new suggested timeline due to an impact from a potential scope change What should the project manager do?

Question57: A project manager has been assigned to a project and receives the project charter from the project management office (PMO) The document is very clear about customer requests During Project Scope Management some requirements seem to be different from the ones specified within the project charter What should the project manager do?

Question58: 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"?

Question59: The customer's project manager changes during the final stage of a project How can the project manager avoid a project closure delay'

Question60: 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?

Question61: A project team with members from many different countries is struggling to cooperate The project manager accepted these difficulties during the storming phase of team development, but the team has not moved to the next phase The project is beginning to fall behind schedule What can the project manager do to move the team to the norming phase?

Question62: The project management office (PMO) assigns a project manager who specializes in hybrid approaches to a predictive project that is off track from both the cost and schedule perspectives. The project runs into further delays as the project manager is ramping up on the project. The stakeholders and ask senior management to replace the project manager.
How should the project manager approach this situation?

Question63: Drag the technical practices on the left to the scenario on the right.

Question64: A subcontracting company is presenting its feature release A key stakeholder is asking to add a new feature to the product How should the project manager deal with the new requirement?

Question65: An organization has recently decided to switch from a predictive to an agile delivery approach. The one ongoing project will still be led by a project manager. The agile teams for that project have not produced any documentation.
What should the project manager of the ongoing project do?

Question66: 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?

Question67: A project manager has been moved to a new division and is in charge of an existing project in an unfamiliar domain When attempting to gain an understanding of the risks for this agile project what is the primary tool the project manager should employ?

Question68: A company is leading a project to develop a new product using an agile approach. A supplier was contracted to provide a solution for one of the product features based on mandatory scope, stable requirements, and fixed-price contract. During a meeting with the supplier, the project manager was informed that the company's business analyst also asked the supplier to add a solution for another feature as part of their deliverable.
What should the project manager do?

Question69: In an agile team, some of the team members are coming forward to ask for more autonomy on the project. What should the project manager do in this situation?

Question70: A new project manager is assigned to a project midway through its implementation During the first risk review meeting, the project manager notices that the version of the risk register used by the project team members is different from the one the project manager is using What should the project manager have done to avoid this issue?

Question71: In an attempt to streamline project communications, a project manager established a shared portal for all stakeholders to get project information. The sponsor complained about this system and says that it is ineffective.
What should the project manager have done to prevent this situation from occurring?

Question72: 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?

Question73: Drag the communication event on the left to the mam subject discussed during the event on the right.

Question74: A developer who has almost completed a required product feature for a prototype leaves the company in the middle of an iteration. What should the project manager do?

Question75: A team is given an agile project to build a conceptual product for a new customer.
While planning, the project manager is trying to determine the best way to show value to the customer, as the technical requirements are not very detailed.
What should the project manager do to help the client understand the value delivered during project execution?

Question76: 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?

Question77: In a hybrid project, 100 new base stations are being added to a 4G mobile network every month. At the end of the first month, the team is behind the target and the operator is losing money. The stakeholders are requesting information on when the base stations can go live and begin to bill.
What should the project manager do to take the schedule back and accelerate the return on investment (ROI) of the project?

Question78: 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?

Question79: 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?

Question80: A project manager is assigned to lead a newly formed agile team. The functional manager has assigned tasks to team members, but the team members do not feel empowered.
How can the project manager promote empowerment and accountability among the team?

Question81: A new facility project is being developed using a hybrid approach. After the third iteration, the project manager sees a decline in the team's productivity.
What should the project manager do next?

Question82: During a retrospective review, many project team members say they are not completing tasks during the iterations because of interruptions and requests for help from other teams As a team facilitator, what should the project manager do to avoid this?

Question83: A new relevant project stakeholder suggested a change to some of the project parameters midway through execution What should the project manager do next?

Question84: A company is developing a new product. During project planning, a stakeholder from the legal department does not attend any of the project meetings and is not interested in the product design.
How should the project manager deal with this situation?

Question85: A customer asks the project manager about opportunities to create business value.
What should the project manager do first in order to provide the customer with an appropriate response?

Question86: A project started 12 months ago and is currently on iteration 12 of 14. The team has performed well and completed all deliverables on time. However, some team members are starting to complain about the length of the project, creating a risk for lack of performance at this critical stage.
What should the project manager do as a servant leader to mitigate this risk?

Question87: In the past, the project manager and the project team performed well using predictive methodology. However, the organization recently decided to adopt agile approaches, and the project sponsor wants to use an agile approach in an upcoming project.
Before initiating the project, what should the project manager do?

Question88: A new project manager for an agile project is reviewing with an established team, some of the roles to avoid confusion on what to expect. Drag the description on the left to the role on the right

Question89: 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)

Question90: A project manager is managing an internal project that was poorly defined. Recently, the project manager received several change requests raised by the organization's upper management.
What should the project manager do first?

Question91: A protect manager is managing a project that will handle sensitive data for millions of users The sponsor mentioned that, lo their knowledge, the project does not seem to have any compliance requirements in their country.
What should the project manager do in this situation?

Question92: 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?

Question93: Throughout an entire project, the project manager took notes at every meeting with team members. These notes provided useful insights from key stakeholders, which later resulted in increased value to the project. The project manager thought it would be helpful to keep these notes as a future reference for other project managers within the organization.
Where should the notes be located?

Question94: 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?

Question95: 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?

Question96: A project to implement a new process is still in development. When implemented, the company will benefit by a reduction in utility costs. The project financial evaluation indicates a payback of 3 years.
What should the project manager do to expedite the project delivery?

Question97: A project manager must manage a virtual application control software team that is culturally and geographically diverse. The project manager wants to promote open collaboration in a Realtime manner.
What should the project manager do?

Question98: The customer is reviewing the new reporting system and informs the project manager that one of the components in the printing module is not complete The project manager reviews the work breakdown structure (WBS) and confirms that the component Is included.
What does the project manager need to do first?

Question99: A project manager Is working on the initial phases of a highly technical project that employs the "first of its kind" technology. Many of the key project stakeholders are unaware of the project objectives and their participation levels are poor. At every meeting, there are a lot of objections and queries raised that are taking the discussions to a different level, and a great deal of time is wasted What should the project manager do?

Question100: Some of the mote experienced members of a project team have complained about the project manager The senior project team members feel that the project manager is micromanaging them and preventing them from completing their work.
What should the project manager do when made aware of these issues?

Question101: A project manager is appointed for the deployment of a new solution The solution will be integrated into the environment by a third-party vendor This vendor just announced a delay in delivering a key component, which will impact the project schedule.
What should the project manager do?

Question102: At the daily project meeting, team members are complaining about receiving emails from their functional managers to support other nonproject-related tasks. This is having a negative impact on the team's productivity.
What should the project manager do next?

Question103: During an iteration demo, a customer noticed an enhancement they would like to make to the product. What should the team do next?

Question104: 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?

Question105: One team member is not as active as the rest of the team during a brainstorming session The project manager has a separate conversation with the team member and learns that the team member is slightly hearing impaired The team member appreciates the project manager's concern The project manager then decides to change the time and room for the meeting to ensure everyone can participate What interpersonal skill did the project manager use?

Question106: A project manager finished reviewing the project deliverables for the current iteration with the customer A new key stakeholder who just joined the customer's team, complains that the results do not provide the capabilities the business anticipated What should the project manager do to address this issue?

Question107: A company is planning a digitization project. Which action should the project manager take first when defining the project scope?

Question108: A team is working on a hybrid project. Due to different interpretations of the project requirements, the deliverables are not aligned to the expectations. What steps should the project manager have taken to prevent this?

Question109: A team member shares with their functional manager some negative details about the performance of another team member that was discussed during the retrospective. The project manager finds out about this discussion What two actions should the project manager take? (Choose two)

Question110: A team Is experiencing difficulties and has decided to use a spike. Please click on the portion of the burndown chart that corresponds to the spike.

Question111: 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?

Question112: 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?

Question113: A product owner Goes not regularly attend demonstration ceremonies. As a result, the demonstration ceremonies are constantly rescheduled and the work is impacted in multiple ways. The project manager believes the product owner Is not committed to the project.
What should the project manager have done to avoid this situation?

Question114: A new project manager was assigned to a project during implementation. The project manager realized that new tax policies are creating a risk for a cost overrun by 25% The project manager updated the risk register and kept the project running as normal The CEO has announced that the project could be cancelled since the acceptable cost overrun is only 20%. The project manager was quite surprised as this was new information.
What should the project manager have done to avoid this?

Question115: A newly formed team has become accustomed to agile practices The project lead has noticed that while they are performing according to expectations, there is boredom with daily team practices among many of the team members.
What should the project lead do in this situation?

Question116: 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''

Question117: A project manager accepts a delivery at the project site but the items are of a poor quality The project manager gets the local vendor to fix the items but more deliveries from this vendor are expected What should the project manager do going forward?

Question118: During project execution, a project manager discovers that the budget at completion has shifted significantly and is higher than expected.
What should the project manager do?

Question119: An agile project is running its fifth iteration out of eight After the last iteration planning the team was informed that there is a new competitor in the market and it is necessary to move faster to ensure market share is not missed What should the project manager do?

Question120: A project for a new product launch is in a very initial stage and the requirements are evolving Due to stiff competition in the market, the customer would like to launch the product keeping the scope flexible. The project team intends to start the work based on the forecast of a similar project delivered last year Which project approach suits the scenario?

Question121: A new project manager has been assigned to an environmental project. After reviewing the project plan, the project manager notices that health and safety requirements have not been properly addressed. This is a serious concern, and the project manager wants to fix this issue immediately.
Why is this situation problematic?

Question122: 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?

Question123: A team is developing an experimental program to be used by the public. What should the project manager do to ensure the desired benefits are achieved?

Question124: A project team has recently finished a sprint for developing two features for a fleet management system Although the team delivered the required features, they encountered several issues and conflicts during the sprint. Team members were upset about this experience and are now showing a lack of motivation due to what has occurred.
What can the project manager do to help increase the team's motivation and engagement with the project?

Question125: A project manager is assigned to deliver an innovative solution that is part of a brand new offering. The project manager reviews the request for proposal (RFP) and realizes that key terms are restricted to technical resource assignments. There is also a gap in addressing compliance.
How should the project manager bridge the gap and ensure the project delivers the expected business value?

Question126: A project manager works for a large manufacturing company with diversified domains. The project team often participates in change requests Recently, the change control board (CCB) deferred some requests and the project manager wants to communicate these requests to the stakeholders What document should the project manager use to communicate these requests?

Question127: Two key team members suggest different options to prevent time overruns and delays. There is a conflict between these two team members because of their divergent views.
What should the project manager do next?

Question128: A team member misses a project meeting without it being approved and has been penalized as defined in the ground rules. This team member, as well as other team members, insist that it is the first time they have seen this rule regarding the project and they do not agree with the penalty What should the project manager have done to avoid this situation?

Question129: A leader from project B consistently reaches out to a team member in project A for assistance. What should project A's project manager do?

Question130: A project manager is hired by a global company. The project manager is an agile specialist and is tasked with supporting the project team to reduce rework and dissatisfaction.
How should the project manager address these objectives?

Question131: An organization uses a predictive approach but is open to using some agile practices. The project manager was asked to recommend an agile practice to provide business value throughout the project.
What should the project manager recommend?

Question132: The client will not agree to closure, claiming that the project team has not performed the code inspections mandated in the development contract. The project team has performed the code inspections, however the records are not complete What should the project manager do?

Question133: 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?

Question134: While preparing an earned value analysis (EVA) for the sponsor, the project manager provided this information in the latest project report:
* Approved Work Package Cost Estimates: US$9,500
* Contingency reserves: $500 %
* Management reserves: 10% of contingency reserves
* Percent complete of the project: 50%
* Planned percent of the project: 40%
* Actual costs of the project: US$4,500
What is accurate about the project status?

Question135: A new project manager learns the work assigned to the team has already been decomposed to its lowest level The project manager reviews the work and feels some additional useful information is missing What should the project manager review?

Question136: 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?

Question137: The customer wants to show their stakeholders a tangible outcome faster. This requires advancing a milestone.
Which two things should the project manager do? (Choose two)

Question138: A new project manager is assigned to a project in the execution stage. A few key stakeholders inform the new project manager that the project has some serious issues.
What should the newly assigned project manager do first to understand the issues?

Question139: During project execution, a conflict occurs between the project manager and one of the team members at every project team meeting The ongoing conflict is preventing tasks and deliverables from being completed The project manager contemplates changing their leadership style What should the project manager do?

Question140: 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?

Question141: 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?

Question142: A contractor has been making small changes to the engineering specifications without submitting change requests. The contractor and the technical team did not discuss the changes with the project manager, and the modifications do not affect the budget and quality of the deliverable.
What should the project manager do?

Question143: A project has been running for 2 months and now requires approval for a supplier to begin some execution tasks. The project team has evaluated several suppliers and selected their top two preferred suppliers. The project sponsor requested that another supplier who has lower costs be added to the list. However, the project manager is aware that this supplier does not always fulfill the project requirements.
What should the project manager do?

Question144: A project team is executing a project to replace an existing system with a new one.
A new project manager has been hired and observes that the team consist of professionals who have worked with the older system, and others who have little previous experience.
What should the project manager do to ensure project success?

Question145: A globally distributed project team is running behind schedule due to the lack ol team commitment and low morale. In order to bring the schedule back on track, what should the project manager do first?

Question146: A project manager has just finished initiating a project. While planning the project manager notes that several essential team members do not have the required skills for key tasks later in the project.
What should the project manager do first?

Question147: 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?

Question148: A project manager works for a large software development company that has multiple strategic business groups. The project manager has been assigned to develop maintenance planning software for a power plant.
The project manager heard that a similar project that was executed by another business group in the company recently failed. The project manager is concerned about the project's performance and wants to take steps to help the project succeed. What should the project manager do?

Question149: A hospital is running a project for one of their internal critical systems to manage billing patient data and record management along with consultation reports and input from physicians The project manager now needs to categorize the identified risks Drag each risk type on the left to its correct example on the right

Question150: 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)

Question151: A project manager is responsible for building a bridge The high-level elements of the project are handled using a predictive approach The software responsible for retracting the bridge has been developed based on agile principles During software development, the workflow is often interrupted by various delays or impediments due to lack of information How should the project manager handle this situation?

Question152: 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)

Question153: A company was awarded a project in a dangerous location that poses several high-level risks for employees Help is needed to tram the employees on major safety and health factors The project is ongoing and uses a hybrid approach The project will be conducted in multiple sites, with several development iterations running in parallel How should the project manager handle this situation?

Question154: During project execution, an important stakeholder threatens to withdraw support for the project, citing a lack of transparency and accountability in the way the project is being executed. What should the project manager do to handle this situation?

Question155: During a meeting with a customer, it was determined that participants of the meeting had different draft versions of an important design document. What should the project manager do first to ensure that this does not happen again?

Question156: A project manager is tasked with managing a customer relationship management (CRM) implementation project. The project charter is approved, and the project is now in the planning phase. The project manager meets with the stakeholders several times to gather the initial requirements. However, each time they meet, the stakeholders provide additional information that is different from what they provided earlier. The stakeholders are becoming frustrated, and the sponsor is now unresponsive.
What should the project manager have done to avoid this situation?

Question157: A project manager has been assigned to a project that is in progress. The project manager is looking for information regarding why the project is being completed.
What should the project manager do first?

Question158: 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?

Question159: An agile team has completed an iteration and delivered the agreed features to the customer. In a surprise to the team, the features are not accepted by the customer. The project team conducts a root cause analysis.
What should the project manager do to avoid this situation in the future?

Question160: A project team member has lost enthusiasm and is experiencing low morale for a project they were once excited about. What should the project manager do?

Question161: The vendor for a new IT data center project failed to follow the required cabling standards as stated in the requirements specification. The infrastructure manager and vendor were involved in an argument about the issue.
What should the project manager do to resolve and prevent additional arguments?

Question162: A project manager just started managing agile projects The project manager realizes that due to the lack of a clear definition of project objectives and definition of done (DoD) their colleague's projects have had many difficulties Sponsors keep asking for more features and the projects have yet to be completed What should the project manager do to avoid these issues?

Question163: A company is implementing a new system The project manager has identified that it is best to complete this project using a mix of Scrum and Kanban methodologies The product owner is confused as to how to start delivering the functionalities required How should the project manager assist the product owner?

Question164: A large organization decided to adopt an agile methodology based on the trends seen in the industry. The organization invested a large amount of money in adopting it, but after a few months, the implementation failed.
What should the project manager have done differently to avoid the implementation failure?

Question165: A product owner has an idea for a new product but is struggling to define the features because they are not certain of the perceived business value for each feature. What should the project manager have the delivery team do to address this issue?

Question166: During project execution, the project manager notices that the work performance reports have deteriorated drastically in less than two weeks The project team in country A is complaining about delays resulting from holidays occurring in country B that have impacted their project team How should the project manager handle this situation?

Question167: A project team is engaging a development team in another country to develop software. During progress reviews, the project manager identified completion date delays due to rework because there were different interpretations of the client's needs.
What should the project manager do?

Question168: A project manager is working on the implementation of new phases in the production process of a regulated industry. Which two stakeholders can help the project manager determine and address compliance requirements? (Choose two)

Question169: A project needs to be outlined as a phased approach for multiple product lines with a review gate at the end of each phase. To ensure consistency for this hybrid delivery, what should the project manager do?

Question170: A project manager is assigned to a new water treatment plant project that has been delayed for many years. It is revealed in the project charter that the sponsors of this project are from three different business units. This is the first time the sponsors have ever implemented such a project.
What should the project manager do?

Question171: During initiation of a new product improvement project, a project manager finds historical data showing that a similar project resulted in customers complaining of an even worse user experience compared to the previous product version How can the project manager prevent this outcome in the new project?

Question172: A project manager was recently appointed to an agile project. The project will have a lot of visibility and impact for the company, so the project management office (PMO) manager wants to ensure that the project manager manages the risks correctly.
What should the project manager do?

Question173: The operations director complains to the CEO about the outcome of a project's first sprint The operations department will not be able to support a new product due to poor performance indicators The project team facilitator asks for feedback from the project team and is informed that performance information is available in the application server log How should this complaint be addressed?

Question174: 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?

Question175: At the end of the last iteration, the customer rejects the deliverables since they did not meet the customer's expectations. What should the project manager have been done to prevent this situation?

Question176: During the last sprint review, the mam stakeholder complained that the product was missing many features they had been expecting The project team argued that every increment met the acceptance criteria and was approved by the mam stakeholder The cost performance index (CPI) of the project is 1 15 and the schedule performance index (SPI) is 1.43 What should the project manager do?

Question177: During the development of a product, the project manager observes conflicts between project stakeholders, resulting in deliverable and output approval delays On which area should the project manager focus?

Question178: During a retrospective review, many project team members say they are not completing tasks during the iterations because of interruptions and requests for help from other teams. As a team facilitator, what should the project manager do to avoid this?

Question179: An agile project is running its second of six iterations. One new team member who does not have agile experience has just joined the team. In the daily meetings, the project manager observes that the team is having problems meeting their goals.
What should the project manager do?

Question180: After the second iteration of a component development project, the project team conducts a retrospective It shows that in the initial phase the project has failed to comply with a product functionality. The planning for this product has a predominantly predictive approach.
Which technique will help the project manager to accelerate the deliverable?

Question181: 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?

Question182: During a project's planning session, the project team discussed selecting the required information to be included in the monthly progress report This report will be produced in the Executing and Monitor and Controlling phases and will be used when communicating project progress to the client Match the scenario on the left with the action on the right.

Question183: A software system is being built for a company. Once the system is in production, the team would like to collect usage data to evaluate the delivered value.
Which evaluation practice should the project lead use to obtain accurate usage data?

Question184: A project manager is working on a large project in another country and realizes that only a few people from the project team are working on all of the releases. What should the project manager do to prevent this in the future?

Question185: At the end of a project with multiple suppliers, the project manager is reviewing the closing process and finds that an unexpected financial balance is remaining What will help the project manager understand why this has occurred?

Question186: 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?

Question187: A project team that is very experienced in enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems implementation is currently planning the delivery of a new ERP project. There is a requirement to reuse the client's security subsystem developed by a third party. The client states that integration with the security subsystem must be done by the client's team. The project manager does not want to have such an external dependency.
What should the project manager do first?

Question188: A project manager is preparing a project closure report. The project sponsor is confident about the success of the project, but the client is not sure that the project outputs will achieve their business needs.
Which aspect should the project manager highlight in the closure report to address the stakeholder's concern?

Question189: 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?

Question190: The team has reported the following impediments at the daily standup meeting Drag each impediment on the left to the action that the project manager needs to take on the right

Question191: 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?

Question192: A team is working on implementing a communications system when the client says that they are considering closing the project. The project manager schedules an urgent meeting with the client to understand why the project is at risk Which two tools or techniques can the project manager use to influence the client's decision to keep the project active? (Choose two)

Question193: 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?

Question194: An agile senior project team member suddenly resigns from the organization. Following this departure, the remaining team members are having difficulty accessing information and are unable to complete a deliverable.
What should the project manager have done to avoid this situation?

Question195: A key team member shared confidential information about another team member with management, a practice that is against ethical standards. During a team meeting, some of the team members requested that the key team member be removed from the team.
What should the project manager do next?

Question196: 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?

Question197: A project manager is responsible for providing a budget estimate for a long-term project that will be executed over several years. Which essential task should the project manager implement at this phase?

Question198: A project manager is assigned to a hybrid project involving multiple sectors. The sectors collaborated in the joint venture delivery facility.
The chief executive officer (CEQ) from each participating sector is a sponsor of the project. Each sector nominated project representatives, who in turn appointed a product owner who was the most experienced in delivering such projects.
Match the stakeholders on the left with the appropriate frequency for updates.

Question199: At a meeting to receive approval for the project management plan, a project manager realizes that there is so much detail in the presentation that many of the stakeholders are not actively engaged in the process. The stakeholders are agreeing to the scope, goals, and timelines without giving them substantial thought.
How should the project manager proceed?

Question200: During the closing process, the project manager learns that one deliverable is not meeting customer expectations How should the project manager proceed?

Question201: A company's project management office (PMO) has started to implement iterative tools A project manager is starting a new project and has identified an opportunity to use the iterative tools One of the senior managers is concerned about this modified framework as it is fairly new to the company What should the project manager do first?

Question202: A project manager brings in a new team member from an agile environment to work in a predictive environment The project manager expects to leverage the new team member's agile experience with the existing team members.
What should the project manager do to integrate the new team member effectively?

Question203: 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?

Question204: Due to a recent company merger, a project manager from company B has been assigned to a team that is comprised of team members from company A.
At the start of the project, conflicts arise due to a lack of clarity on processes and the project manager's relationship with company B.
What should the project manager do to resolve this conflict?

Question205: An events company is planning their annual event for a retirement fund. The organization has run the event planning using agile approaches for the last 3 years. During the initiation phase, while assessing possible risks and improvements for the event, the project manager uses previous event feedback to assist in developing the risk register.
Which ceremony should be used in developing this register?

Question206: A project leader is assigned to a new project and is asked to assemble an effective five-member agile team. If the project leader has no restrictions, which team should they choose?

Question207: A project manager is developing a project baseline schedule and has started to assign team members to the project activities according to their function. What should the project manager do in this phase?

Question208: A project selection committee is shortlisting projects for the coming year. Which selection criteria should the project manager recommend?

Question209: A project manager has been assigned with initiating a large project to deliver complex equipment. Part of the project will be the result of a long research process, but once this is completed, the other part of the project must be incrementally delivered to the customer.
Which approach should the project manager choose for this project?

Question210: 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?

Question211: A project manager is working on a project with multiple workstreams. One of the workstreams missed its deadline multiple times.
Who should the project manager speak to about this situation to ensure it does not happen again?

Question212: A project manager finds that team members In an agile project are involved in several different projects due to budget constraints. What should the project manager do?

Question213: A subcontractor informs the project manager that they are unable to supply a key component to the project. What should the project manager do?

Question214: A project sponsor asks the project team to add an enhancement to the project How should the project manager address this request?

Question215: 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?

Question216: A project for Company A was successfully delivered within scope schedule, and budget by the end of the last iteration However during the project celebration ceremony, one of the business stakeholders says they perceive the project as a failure as it did not add any business value.
What should the project manager have done to avoid this perception?

Question217: After difficult negotiations, a customer committed to pay the cost for changes to the project scope. The team seems unhappy as the project completion time will take longer than previously scheduled.
How should the project manager support the outcome of the new agreement?

Question218: A project manager is assigned to a global project where, during the planning process, team members from different regions are not agreeing to collaborate with each other What should the project manager do?

Question219: A project team's performance has declined for the last three iterations Some of the team members are disappointed, and raise their concerns during the retrospective meeting What should the project manager do?

Question220: A project manager receives a serious complaint from a functional manager about a team member. What should the project manager do?

Question221: A hybrid project is experiencing several issues with both the agile delivery of the product as well as the predictive development of a marketing strategy. What should the project manager do to receive feedback from stakeholders located in different time zones?

Question222: A project manager is assigned to a project related to taxes, which will be managed using an agile approach. By reviewing lessons learned from a previous project, the project manager discovers that a key stakeholder is an expert on taxes and is willing to help.
How should the project manager leverage this information?

Question223: The project manager is experiencing delays with two critical tasks that are to be executed by two different teams The project manager realizes that the functional managers of these two teams have an unsolved conflict and they are not communicating properly.
What should the project manager do?

Question224: During the execution of a maintenance project the contractor submits an offer for additional work The project manager realizes that the activities billed are included in the initial scope of work.
What should the project manager do next in this situation?

Question225: An agile project is starting its seventh out of eight iterations In a planning meeting, the team realizes that an unidentified risk became an issue and the contingency reserve has to be used.
What should the project manager do?

Question226: 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?

Question227: A project sponsor receives project information and updates in a timely manner, but the sponsor is concerned because key information is missing in the reports. What should the project manager do?

Question228: A project team is having difficulties understanding technical details regarding requirements The information was not initially provided by the customer, but the information is critical in the current iteration for clarification on how tasks need to be accomplished How should the project manager approach this situation?

Question229: A project manager led the implementation of an electronic invoicing project that has just been completed. The financial manager communicated that the team discovered three invoices with errors.
Which two documents should the project manager update as soon as possible? (Choose two)

Question230: A project team Is working on a relative-weighting approach to assess product features. The product features will be prioritized to highlight the benefits and bring value to the customer.
What should the project manager ask the team to do?

Question231: A project team is experiencing delays in completing a task that turned out to be more complex than initially estimated. This is a critical task that could impact current iteration goals What two options will help the team initially address this obstacle? (Choose two)

Question232: A project stakeholder has expressed concern that the established success criteria for the project are not being met. What should the project manager do next?

Question233: A project sponsor has requested a trend analysis of all risks that the project has monitored over the past 12 months. What should the agile project manager do?

Question234: An agile team member received certification on a new tool: however, this learn member is complaining that the rest of the team is not using the tool due to lack of knowledge How should the servant leader apply emotional intelligence to leverage this situation to benefit the project?

Question235: During project execution, a key team member has to be moved to another critical project for the company.
Currently, there is no other team member who can fill that role.
What should the project manager do first?

Question236: A project is nearing completion The contingency time has been consumed To ensure that the final deliverables are achieved fhin 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?

Question237: Drag the interpersonal skill on the left to the correct scenario on the right.

Question238: A project manager joins a team that is providing a customized enterprise resource planning (ERP) system to a client A potential design problem is identified by the development team After reviewing this issue with the project owner and team members, all agreed to revise the design to avoid a system defect when deployed The design is already approved.
What should be the project manager's next steps?

Question239: A project manager is tracking a project, but a key stakeholder will not accept the project's key performance indicator (KPI) results Which tool or technique should the project manager use?

Question240: There is a problem with a project because some features are not in compliance with regulations. Some stakeholders do not believe compliance is a priority, while others disagree.
What should the project manager do?

Question241: An organization in a regulated industry has decided to switch from a predictive to an agile delivery approach. It has been decided that the ongoing projects will adopt Scrum, and the project manager is still accountable for the project outcomes. During the fourth sprint demo, the customer notices that a feature is not compliant with the regulations.
What should the project manager do?

Question242: A new project manager is managing a hybrid project. The project manager wants to be a servant leader to support the team by removing impediments but is not receiving feedback from the team about the issues and risks they are facing.
What should the project manager do?

Question243: During the execution of a project within an operations function the project manager encounters scope changes and a delay in the delivery of critical tasks How should the project manager address this situation?

Question244: A large corporation is transforming itself from a predictive to agile approach A project team with knowledge of agile practices is experiencing significant conflicts with the executives regarding the processes to be followed.
How should these conflicts be resolved?

Question245: A project manager is in the process of creating a strengths-based team and is organizing a series of workshops to identify and document the strengths of each project team member. During this session, there are multiple team members who are not actively participating. These meetings are becoming futile due to a lack of participation.
What should the project manager do?

Question246: A project manager has noticed that a critical team member is consistently arguing with a client. This has started to have a negative effect on the meetings.
How should the project manager address this?

Question247: 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)

Question248: During a regular review, the project manager of an agile project realizes that a key stakeholder is missing critical information about some features being developed. In order to improve communications and reduce the risk of deploying the wrong features, what should the project manager do?

Question249: The project sponsor requested technical specifications for a project-related component. The project sponsor does not have the authorization to see the specifications, but insists on seeing them.
What should the project manager do first in this situation?

Question250: A project manager is meeting with the project sponsor regarding a new project.
The project manager tells the sponsor that, as part of the communications management plan, a weekly email will be sent with the status of the project, so the sponsor can be informed of the progress. The sponsor indicates that the email is not necessary because they will ask for a status update whenever it is needed.
What should the project manager do next?

Question251: For an ongoing project, match the key performance indicators (KPIs) on the left to the correct categories on the right.