EMT Practice Test

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Question1: During the execution of a financial project, a project manager met with the project team weekly to evaluate the project's progress. However, the sponsor requests that project performance be checked daily. The key team members disagree with this requirement and argue that they do not have enough time to go to daily meetings because they are at an executive level.
What should the project manager do first?

Question2: An agile team has started a new project. When should the project manager organize their first team retrospective?

Question3: The project manager is reviewing the program risks and issues with key stakeholders One of the stakeholders wants to understand when the risk may potentially become an issue. What artifact should the project manager share with the stakeholder?

Question4: 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?

Question5: 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?

Question6: A group has been working together for one month. During daily meetings a team member continues to express issues in completing their tasks.
What should the project manager do?

Question7: 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)

Question8: 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?

Question9: 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?

Question10: 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?

Question11: 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?

Question12: The project manager started a new project and must ensure that the team members and stakeholders are adequately trained. After an interview with the team, the project manager discovers that all resources have experience in different agile methodologies What should the project manager do?

Question13: A project manager Is working on a project using a hybrid approach. The project Is scheduled to be completed in three more sprints. One of the team members notifies the project manager that they are leaving the company which was approved by their functional manager What should the project manager do first in this situation'?

Question14: A project manager is working on a cost-reimbursable contract from the client's side. During project execution the project manager notices a major deliverable is missing. The project manager raises this with the seller but the seller advises the project manager that the subject deliverable is not part of the contract. The project manager remembers negotiating and agreeing to this deliverable during the tender process but cannot find it in the contract What should the project manager do?

Question15: A new resource has joined an iterative project team The project manager notices that the resource is unable to complete the deliverables on time How should the project manager address this situation?

Question16: 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?

Question17: 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?

Question18: 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.

Question19: During the execution phase of a healthcare IT project, stakeholders made a change request regarding user requirements There is no remaining budget available to cover that change request.
What should the project manager do next?

Question20: 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?

Question21: During project planning, a development team is assigned an agreed-upon work package to determine the appropriate pattern for integrating a new service with a legacy system. The lead developer has requested a meeting with the project manager and Is looking for direction as to which technology to select.
How should the project manager help guide the lead developer?

Question22: A company has transitioned and is now delivering projects using a hybrid approach instead of a predictive approach. The distributed project team's knowledge of agile is varied.
The project manager feels this new methodology will impact the timely delivery of the project.
What should the project manager do?

Question23: A project manager is assigned to develop a wire bending machine midway through the design phase. The project manager discovered that the team did not have any test cases or acceptance criteria tor the equipment.
The project manager started communication with the team to move the project forward What should the project manager do first at this pomp

Question24: 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?

Question25: 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?

Question26: 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?

Question27: 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?

Question28: 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?

Question29: A new team member inquires about how much they need to learn about the organizational process assets (OPAs) residing on the company intranet. Another team member states they only need to know the basics.
However, the project manager believes the team member should know everything regarding the OPAs.
What should the project manager do?

Question30: 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?

Question31: A project manager at a plant with continuous operations needs to deliver a project urgently to meet a market opportunity. What should the project manager do to meet the time-to-market need?

Question32: A protect is going through its iterative design stage One of the team members has been performing poorly.
This is a critical project for the company and execution is about to start What should the project manager do?

Question33: A project manager is managing the development of a dental wire bending machine. The machine is compatible with the three most popular dental wires in the market which covers 90% of the market The prototype is now under testing for certification. The manufacturer of one of the three wires announced they will be producing a different wire mat will be incompatible with the machine. This will result in a 25% loss of market coverage from the initially predicted 90% coverage What should the project manager do?

Question34: A project manager is managing a project that is halfway through its execution phase and the quality standards of the deliverables were formally accepted However, a government agency has recently Introduced new standards that may significantly impact the project The deliverables must be changed to align with the new quality standards What should the project manager do?

Question35: A team member is always late to work. The project manager is concerned that this may affect the motivation of other team members The project manager tells the new team member to align with the team's principles and arrive on time What kind of conflict resolution did the project manager apply in this situation?

Question36: An organization is producing a product using a hybrid approach with several phases. Some of the phases are planned to be executed in predictive and some in agile. During the agile phase, the project manager notices that the team members sometimes unknowingly work on the same task.
What should the project manager do?

Question37: The resource management plan is already done, and the team is located in different countries around the world Team members are in multiple time zones and they use different languages for communication The project manager needs to keep the team organized and avoid misunderstandings and miscommunication that may produce a negative impact to the project What should the project manager do to reduce negative impacts to the project?

Question38: A project manager is leading a multiyear project that involves internal and external stakeholders. As the project manager begins to gather requirements, additional business stakeholders express interest in being involved.
Which three actions should the project manager take to ensure proper stakeholder involvement? (Choose three)

Question39: A construction services company has influence within the local community with the potential to derail a project site establishment. Their build was unsuccessful but they continue to communicate with the hope that their influence will persuade the project manager to reconsider their offer.
What is the appropriate course of action for the project manager to pursue?

Question40: A self-organizing team brings an internal problem to the project manager. What should the project manager do as a servant leader?

Question41: 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?

Question42: A project manager who is working with a virtual team needs to mentor an entry-level colleague. This team member informs the project manager that they feel demotivated and excluded from the team What should the project manager do first to solve the situation?

Question43: A project manager who is new to an organization observes that an approaching deadline is likely to be missed because there have been some delays on the project due to a lack of resources. What should the project manager do next?

Question44: A new project manager is assigned to an ongoing agile innovation project that started 2 weeks ago. After reviewing the project, the new project manager discovered that the previous project manager was planning to use a predictive approach. The previous project manager planned to present the first major deliverable to the client when the project was completely finished in 8 months.
What should the new project manager do?

Question45: A project manager for a software technology project works in a matrixed organization with virtual teams.
Unfortunately, the functional manager informs the project manager that there may not be any resources available to test the software.
What should the project manager do next?

Question46: A company initiated a departmental transformation project improving the processes for the organization using a predictive approach, This is a critical project for the organization and, in the middle of the project, the project manager noticed that one of the deliverables cannot be produced due to a missing technical skill.
What should the project manager have done to avoid this?

Question47: A project manager is in rapid development mode on a joint application development module The company wants delivery to occur in two weeks The module needs to be integrated with other modules on a similar timeline, but release management has a three-week backlog What should the project manager do?

Question48: 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?

Question49: Anew systems project requires feedback from the accounting manager at the beginning of solution discussions and before meeting with other functional managers. The project manager knows the accounting manager will not be available until a few days before the deadline for the solution document.
What should the project manager do to avoid a delay in the project?

Question50: 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.

Question51: A project manager for a digital transformation project has already received the business needs for the project.
When gathering requirements, the project manager discovers that not all of the requirements can be delivered with the available resources, but that some of the requirements will be enough to add business value.
With the project on a fixed budget, what should the project manager do next?

Question52: A company made several changes recently, which resulted in a positive change in the company culture. A project manager was just assigned to report to a new project supervisor whose leadership style is about getting things done quickly regardless of employee and operational impacts. Some employees are complaining about this.
What should the project manager do?

Question53: A servant leader is about to start a confidential agile research project. A high risk has been identified related to a team member disclosing details of the project with external people.
What should the servant leader do to address this risk?

Question54: A project manager is managing an internal software development project that is on schedule to complete in 1 month. The project should begin seeing value once the system is online, yet some stakeholders lack an understanding of how it will provide value to the organization.
What should the project manager do next?

Question55: A project is in the knowledge transfer phase, and a few subject matter experts (SMEs) went to the client site for knowledge transfer The SMEs captured various process deviations without sharing with the project team How can the project manager ensure knowledge transfer across the team?

Question56: A senior developer working on a large artificial intelligence (Al) project has worked hard and shown excellent results. The project manager is very happy with the developer's contribution and thinks that the developer deserves a reward.
What should the project manager do?

Question57: 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?

Question58: The current incremental revenue expected by a project deliverable is not fulfilling the business case requirement The deliverable was already closed and handed over to the operations team Which two actions should the project manager take? (Choose two)

Question59: During a project review meeting, several project team members expressed that they did not have an understanding of the benefits of certain features for the project What should the project manager do next?

Question60: A company's new communication system will include online dashboard reporting. The executive board might receive bi-weekly performance reports through the online dashboard What should the project manager do?

Question61: 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?

Question62: A project team is facing challenges understanding how to deliver a project's scope.
A senior subject matter expert (SME) from the organization's global office is in town for 1 week.
What should the project manager do to benefit from the SME's presence?

Question63: 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?

Question64: A company strictly uses an agile approach, and the backlogs are continuously updated. A new project lead is hired and feels uncomfortable sharing some of the product's vital information with the team and the product owner.
What does the project lead need to do to prevent a risky situation in the next iterations?

Question65: 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?

Question66: 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?

Question67: As a result of the first iteration review, the stakeholders' feedback indicated that they saw more technical features than business ones What should the project manager do?

Question68: A project is successfully delivering its product outcomes, and the customer satisfaction rating is high.
However, during an internal audit, it is discovered that certain essential process documents and approvals are missing, and the project is evaluated as being noncompliant.
What should the project manager do next?

Question69: 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?

Question70: 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?

Question71: 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?

Question72: 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?

Question73: 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?

Question74: A new project manager has been assigned to a project that is in danger of failing The stakeholders do not know the project status nor do they know what benefits will be delivered by the project.
How can the project manager convey these benefits to the stakeholders?

Question75: 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?

Question76: Which two actions should a project manager consider while launching a new virtual team? (Choose two)

Question77: A project manager has been appointed to a multimillion-dollar project The project is considered to be high risk since no similar projects have been undertaken before and there is no historical data Some external stakeholders are reluctant to provide support What approach should the project manager take?

Question78: 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?

Question79: A customer interacts directly with a Scrum team and continually requests changes in priorities. This causes confusion among the team members and they complain to the project manager.
What should the project manager do?

Question80: A company has always acquired very specialized services from local companies for its projects. During the planning stage for a regulatory project, the project manager is informed that local vendors would not be able to operate due to an unexpected major event. There is an option to hire the same services from companies in other countries.
What should the project manager do in this situation?

Question81: A project manager is managing a hybrid project A stakeholder has directly contacted a team member and has requested a change Due to the request, the team member was distracted from their work, which caused a loss in productivity.
What should the team member do?

Question82: A project manager is assigned to a digital transformation project for a bank. The company culture is conservative and resistant to transformation or innovation. What should the project manager do first to support the transformation''

Question83: An organization is transitioning to an agile environment. The project manager finds that most of the team members are not familiar with an agile environment.
What should the project manager do to address this concern?

Question84: A customer wants to launch a new product in the market and an agile team is set up to work on this project for
9 months After 1 month the customer feels that it would be better to release the product 2 months earlier than the planned date. The task is now assigned to the most talented resource in the organization to this project tor an early finish.
Which risk management strategy has been adopted in this scenario?

Question85: 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?

Question86: A few key stakeholders are concerned about how the prefect team is planning to develop some features tor a new product. They know that the requirements associated with these features are unstable but are also highly strategic for adding value to the product and the customer.
What should the project manager do?

Question87: During project execution of a new IT solution, the testing of one feature was unsuccessful. The go-live milestone is now impacted due to this delay. Extensive analyses were performed, and there is no way to resolve the defects before the go-live date.
What should the project manager do next?

Question88: During the setup of an agile project, the product owner expressed clear interest in having features released during product development over having the product completed in one year. What should the project manager do?

Question89: A project manager is evaluating a project and realizes that its earned value (EV) shows the cost spent is higher than the value delivered. The project manager then discovers that the team has been adding small features that are not part of the requirements.
What should the project manager do?

Question90: A project manager is acting as a scrum master in a hybrid project and is dealing with a conflict between team members What strategy should be used to handle this conflict?

Question91: 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?

Question92: A project manager has been assigned lo an important agile project During protect execution, a vendor was approved to produce the project deliverables. What should the project manager do to ensure project continuity between the vendor and the team?

Question93: A concerned project team member complains to the project manager that another team member is being disruptive and argumentative during team meetings. The project manager received some information that the team member recently overcame a difficult personal situation.
What should the project manager do to address the concem9

Question94: 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?

Question95: 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?

Question96: During a sprint planning meeting, a stakeholder is told that their requirement is in progress and on track for the final product to be ready in the next two sprints. The stakeholder is very satisfied with the timeline and gives their full support to the agile team. After the meeting, the project sponsor calls the project manager about a large requirement they want the team to work on right away as it has significant business value. What should the project manager do?

Question97: 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?

Question98: 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?

Question99: 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?

Question100: The project team follows a hybrid framework for its delivery. During the execution of a project, the team learns of a new compliance requirement that has to be delivered before any other requirements How should the project manager address this situation?

Question101: An agile project manager has just been given a sizeable software development project to implement. Early in the initiation stage, the project sponsor requests an indication of time lines for delivery of the initial release.
What tools should the agile project manager use to do these estimates?

Question102: 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 is 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?

Question103: 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?

Question104: A project using a hybrid approach to migrate from a current system to a new and enhanced system is underway. The plan is to migrate the system in stages. However, the operations team is complaining that they are not ready to start supporting the new system.
How should the project manager effectively approach this situation?

Question105: 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?

Question106: A project manager is working with a team that is new to agile. One of the more influential stakeholders struggles with the nature of agile. The project manager knows that this stakeholder is needed as an advocate and wants to do everything possible to make the stakeholder comfortable with the project.
What should the project manager include in the status report to illustrate the project's performance?

Question107: 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?

Question108: 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?

Question109: 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?

Question110: An agile project team is looking to develop quality standards for a project How should the project manager coach the team?

Question111: A project manager is leading a hybrid project. The self-organizing teams are continually late in delivering their demos, resulting in low morale. The steering committee is familiar with the reporting and planning associated with a predictive approach and is concerned about the project because it is unclear if the expected value will be delivered.
What should the project manager do?

Question112: 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?

Question113: A project manager has been assigned to a long-term project. The project manager came across a government debate over a new law that may affect the project.
What are the first two actions the project manager should perform? (Choose two)

Question114: The team is working on a critical project deliverable and the project manager is concerned about meeting the deadline There have been complaints from some stakeholders about some of the team members' performance The project manager wants to understand the situation and provide feedback to the team as soon as possible What three actions should the project manager take to address this situation? (Choose three)

Question115: A junior project manager with experience in predictive projects has joined a company that uses hybrid approaches for project delivery. A senior project manager with experience in hybrid approaches is assigned to be a coach. Match the activity descriptions on the left to the correct tools on the right.

Question116: 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?

Question117: A project manager is managing a hybrid project that is using a contractor for a few key deliverables. The contractor has been hired to perform an important delivery, but has not yet confirmed that they can meet the required schedule.
What should the project manager do?

Question118: A key import supply has suffered a delay of 6 months.
The delay affects a functionality that is needed to complete the project on time.
The project manager learns from the project that another team is working on a product that could work as a solution, but it is still a prototype.
What should the project manager do to accelerate this solution?

Question119: A project manager finds an unexpected issue halfway through a customer's protect After analysis the project team determines that the issue will affect the timeline unless more resources are allocated to the project.
What should the project manager do?

Question120: 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'?

Question121: A team lead has been highly engaged and involved in a project and is operating without a chain of command or authority levels What is the team lead dang1?

Question122: During a project review meeting, the project sponsor is worried that the protect may not be delivering results as planned Based on that the project manager is evaluating the project status. What information should the project manager use as an indicator that the project is actually delivering value?

Question123: The project schedule is falling behind and the project manager observes that the project team seems to be spending the majority of their time writing documentation instead of performing project tasks What should the project manager do to help ensure that the team focuses on project tasks?

Question124: A new project manager is assigned to a project that will deliver a new and optimized credit system. The project manager is allowed to use a hybrid approach which is new to the organization to manage the project and new tools In order to deliver the project successfully, what should the project manager focus on as part of the plan?

Question125: During the execution of a project, the finance team identified that they were not involved in building the business case for the project and will not approve the estimated return on investment (ROI). What should the project manager do?

Question126: 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?

Question127: A company is transitioning from a predictive to an agile approach. During the last two sprint reviews, the product owner complained about the development team, indicating that the increments do not meet the acceptance criteria defined in the user stories. The development team complained about the product owner, who is defining sprint backlog items, because the backlog items cannot be delivered during the 2-week sprints agreed to at the beginning of the project.
How should the project manager resolve this situation in their new role as servant leader?

Question128: 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?

Question129: An agile coach and technical writer for a globally distributed agile team are In a country with a 9-hour time zone difference from the agile team. The agile coach and project lead disagree on the timing for the daily standup. The project lead thinks the standup should be at 10:00 am local time, but the agile coach and technical writer feel that is an inconvenient time for them.
How does the project lead ensure adherence to agile practices?

Question130: A final iteration is underway and a project team is about to complete development Planning tot the product release is about to start. One stakeholder raised a concern about the product not being compatible with a new technology that has been adopted in the market How should the project manager address this issue?

Question131: 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?

Question132: The start of a 12-month project has been delayed by 2 months The project has a fixed budget, deadline and product specifications. What should the project manager do next?

Question133: A project manager realizes that a project is becoming delayed because some key decisions are affected by contradicting views between the organization's senior management and external stakeholders. What should the project manager do?

Question134: During the early phases of a project, mitigation actions were not executed in a timely manner; therefore, the project schedule was impacted. Several project stakeholders are now frustrated with the delays.
What should the project manager have done to manage the issue?

Question135: A project manager for a large software delivery project is in the process of finalizing the project governance, The project manager would like to implement procedures that do not align with several policies required by the organization's project management office (PMO). The project manager believes that the procedures outlined in the project governance will be necessary for this particular project due to the unique nature of the technology.
What should the project manager do?

Question136: An agile team recently started working on a project for a financial institution. The project sponsor is concerned that an agile approach will not provide enough support for the organization's compliance standards.
In order to mitigate this risk and avoid problems, what should the project manager do?

Question137: The marketing team is transitioning to using hybrid approaches for their projects. The marketing director is not knowledgeable about hybrid methodologies and the project manager needs the director's support as the marketing director is a key stakeholder.
What should the project manager do to obtain the support?

Question138: In a standup meeting a team member has been providing the same update for five consecutive days. The task which is on the critical path is now at risk tor delaying the schedule. What should the project manager do?

Question139: The project charter was just approved and the project sponsor has given permission to proceed with the project The program manager has confirmed that one of the requested key resources is also needed on another project at the same time This will affect project delivery What should the project manager do?

Question140: A project is scheduled to end in 2 weeks. The team is expected to continue working long hours and is showing signs of weariness and fatigue What should the project manager do to encourage the team?

Question141: During the implementation phase of a construction project, a key supplier went bankrupt and cannot supply the contracted material. This issue could affect the project schedule What should the project manager do first?

Question142: A project manager is appointed to manage an infrastructure project that spans across several countries, including different time zones within a subregion. It is likely that most of the project team members will never meet, but they will have to collaborate to ensure deliverables are met.
What should the project manager do to ensure good collaboration between the remote project team members?

Question143: A project sponsor asks the project manager to explore a hybrid approach for a new project. The product manager for this project has already prepared a detailed specification for the product.
What should the project manager do to proceed with the project management plan?

Question144: A project manager is assigned to a time-bound internal project on quality improvement During project execution the project manager observes that a specific team member is being isolated by other team members Which three actions should the project manager take? (Choose three)

Question145: 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?

Question146: A project manager is working on a project that has strict deadlines and budget restrictions. The project manager realizes that in order to win the bid the company submitted a significantly tower bid than their local competitors leaving a thin profit margin. The client is constantly submitting change requests and.
unfortunately, these change requests are stretching both the schedule and the budget What should the project manager do?

Question147: At the end of planning a new project, the project manager needs to schedule the kick-off meeting but is having difficulty finding a common time slot when all necessary stakeholders can be available onsite. How should the project manager proceed to schedule the kick-off meeting?

Question148: 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?

Question149: A project manager is leading a project with several stakeholders in other functional areas of the company One of these stakeholders has just been promoted to lead another functional area, and remains a stakeholder for this project What should the project manager have the project team update to ensure proper communications to stakeholders?

Question150: In the middle of a project, a business unit manager who regularly interacts with the project manager's team is promoted to a higher management position. The replacement manager is from the same unit and is somewhat familiar with the project.
After getting more information about the new manager, what is the project manager's next step?

Question151: 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?

Question152: An organization is adopting an agile mindset. On the first agile project, the project manager faced an issue because the team was unable to make decisions on time.
What should the project manager do to address the problem?

Question153: A third-party supplier demands payment for the services provided for a project. The agreement was that payment would be made after the organization receives payment from the client. The third-party supplier lacks the capital to meet their payroll and has informed the project manager that if they do not receive payment quickly, they will withdraw team members from the project.
What should the project manager do?

Question154: A project manager has been assigned to a new project. There is one team member who never says anything during meetings. After meetings, however, the team member sends detailed emails with very good suggestions that help with project execution.
How should the project manager guide the team members?

Question155: After assigning tasks to a project team, a project manager discovers that some team members are uncomfortable. Same team members are having 4 difficult time understanding their assigned tasks, whereas other team members are challenging the schedule based on that allocation to the project.
Which phase of the Tuckman ladder of team formation is occurring?

Question156: 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?

Question157: A new member was included on a project team in an ongoing software project. This team member was the only available resource but does not have the proper experience to accomplish the activities.
What should the project manager do to ensure this team member's lack of experience does not negatively impact the project?

Question158: 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?

Question159: A sponsor and project manager found out that a vendor in a different time zone has delayed the delivery of its products and needs close supervision until the project gets back on track. The only option is to relocate three key members of the project team to spend 6 months abroad What should the project manager do next?

Question160: A project involves exporting 150 packages to the customer. However, only 30 packages have been cleared by the customer for shipment. The logistics manager provided details to the customer 2 weeks ago and set up a weekly conference call to effectively communicate with them, but the customer has not been participating in the calls.
How should the project manager handle this situation?

Question161: During protect execution the project manager observes lower velocity and a high volume of tasks m the testing queue. The project is using a hybrid approach and there are only a few sprints remaining What should the project manager do?

Question162: A project manager is using a hybrid approach for a project. The project team created and reviewed the risk tog with the stakeholders at the beginning of the project However midway through the project, the project team and stakeholders became misaligned with the risks and mitigation strategies When should the risks be reviewed to ensure alignment between the project team and the stakeholders'?

Question163: 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?

Question164: A new project manager is assigned to lead an agile project The project manager wants to use motivation to encourage the team to perform well throughout the project What should the project manager do?

Question165: A project manager works at an organization that is transitioning to agile The development team has recommended using a burndown chart to provide visibility on project progress to all stakeholders.
What should the project manager do to ensure effective communication throughout the project?

Question166: 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?

Question167: 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?

Question168: During the design phase, a project manager realizes that the project will benefit from using adaptive tools The effectiveness of this approach has been proven in past projects inside the organization What should the project manager do first?

Question169: 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?

Question170: 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?

Question171: 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?

Question172: A project manager is leading a project in which key performance Indicators (KPls) are measured through earned value management (EVM). Match each measurement on the left with the correct category on the right.

Question173: A project engineer in country A is complaining about the sample received from the supplier in country B because the sample is not the correct length. During a telephone conference, the supplier checked the drawings and insisted that the measurement was accurate.
What should the project manager do next?

Question174: A project manager is working on a software product that will be installed across all levels of the client's organization. The client's executive sponsor insists that only stakeholders at the highest level of the company will be involved in the planning phase.
What should the project manager do?

Question175: For an agile pilot project, the sponsor arranged an early product demonstration for the customer. During the meeting, the customer realizes that a new feature will significantly improve the product After collecting the new requirements, what should the project manager do?

Question176: A project manager has received a new request to integrate more features to a product. The team is fully allocated, and there is no budget to acquire new resources.
What strategy should the project manager implement to deal with this situation?

Question177: 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?

Question178: 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?

Question179: A project is approaching its project closure phase, and the project manager receives an email from a key stakeholder who complains that the project documentation and artifacts have not been updated. The project manager assigns a project specialist to support the project management office's (PMO) effort to update the project documentation and artifacts.
Which three actions should the project manager ask the project specialist to take? (Choose three)

Question180: A new project manager has been assigned to a project that is in its second phase The product created in the first phase was transferred to operations During a meeting, the project sponsor complained that some of the reports contain conflicting data on the product value What should the new project manager do next?

Question181: A project manager is working with a colocated agile project team that has worked together long enough to be in the performing phase of team development. An unforeseen event has caused the team to be dispersed and they are now unable to colocate.
What should the project manager do to keep the team performing as effectively as possible?

Question182: 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'?

Question183: A project manager is leading a project that is in the execution phase. During a team meeting, the project manager realizes that there are two team members who lack the technical skills required for some of the upcoming tasks.
What should the servant leader project manager do next?

Question184: 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?

Question185: 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?

Question186: 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?

Question187: A project manager resigned from a recently approved project. A new project manager has been assigned to the project and needs to determine the delegated authority. What should the new project manager do next?

Question188: 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?

Question189: 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?

Question190: A project manager meets with external stakeholders to explain the objectives and outline expectations for a new project. A key stakeholder appears to support the project, with the condition that other unrelated projects will receive financial support Due to cultural sensitivities the project manager is reluctant to be direct with the key stakeholder on this matter The project cannot proceed without the support of this stakeholder.
What should the project manager do?

Question191: A project manager notices that a project participant seems frustrated and expresses themselves loudly at status meetings and later discovers that the participant is hearing impaired. Which process should the project manager have used at the start of the protect that would have identified this situation?

Question192: The sponsor approaches the project manager with new features they want added to the project. The project is 95% complete, but the sponsor insists that continued support for the project relies on the addition of the new features.
What should the project manager do?

Question193: A project manager is leading a project that is implementing an assembly line.
During the quality review meeting, a team member reports an issue stating that the product being developed has discrepancies with the one requested by the customer.
What should the project manager do?

Question194: After a performance review, a team member approaches the project manager and asks for feedback. The project manager mentions anecdotal information about this team member being a positive team player and generally getting their work done on time, even though they have been late with work once or twice. The team member expresses frustration at not having better information included in the annual performance review.
What should the project manager do to prevent this frustration going forward?

Question195: A hybrid project team is working on an upgraded version of software for their product owner. The team is also responsible for supporting the existing product and customers. For the last three sprints, the team had to stop their project work and focus on major support items for the product owner. The testers are struggling to cope with the constant changes to the plan, which has resulted in a number of emotional outbursts.
How should the project manager proceed?

Question196: 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?

Question197: After 1 year Into the life cycle of an ongoing residential project, an announcement was received from the municipality regarding a new regulation that will greatly impact the project's schedule and budget. What should the project manager do next?

Question198: A new sales software development project is underway The customer is still finalizing the requirements for the system when a new CEO is introduced. The new CEO is expected to make changes to the organization, which most likely will impact development. However, the most important criterion for the project is that the software must provide correct sales results. No intermediate results are required.
Which project approach should the project manager take?

Question199: A project manager is managing a megaproject. The project stakeholders are from different geographical areas and have diverse cultural and social backgrounds. The project manager wants to improve team productivity to realize more effective and efficient results.
Which action should the project manager take?

Question200: An agile team has been struggling to keep up with the planned pace, which is frequently resulting in sprint failures What should the project manager do to help avoid this situation in the future?

Question201: A project manager is working with an agile team. A key stakeholder who does not join the sprint planning session is very unhappy, as the delivery date for the final product has been pushed back three times. What should the project manager do?

Question202: 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?

Question203: 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?

Question204: A company is planning a digitization project. Which action should the project manager take first when defining the project scope?

Question205: 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

Question206: 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)

Question207: A project leader of an agile team realizes that one team member is unmotivated, which is affecting the whole team. What should the project leader do to improve the situation?

Question208: 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?

Question209: 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?

Question210: 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?

Question211: A project manager Is leading an agile software development project with strict deadlines The client complained that the last deployment did not meet the acceptance criteria The development team lead is arguing that the deployment met all specifications and has provided evidence of the client's specifications What should the project manager do?

Question212: A project manager is a part of the project management office (PMO) and Is tasked with finding a reputable vendor to provide on-site support for their project. The project sponsor stresses the urgency of the need and suggests using a vendor they know to provide the support.
What should the project manager do given the urgency?

Question213: A project manager is building a team that will be comprised of subject matter experts (SMEs) from two different divisions of the same company.
The project team will be virtual and will include members from different countries around the world.
What should the project manager do to ensure effective team building occurs?

Question214: 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?

Question215: A project manager decided to incorporate the latest technological advancement with the client's devices at no additional cost to the project.
Upon completion and submission of the project deliverables, the client rejected the devices, despite having the latest features.
What should the project manager have done?

Question216: A key project stakeholder showed interest in the beginning of a complex agile project but has become less involved as the sprint has progressed due to additional responsibilities A few sprints later, the key stakeholder rejected a feature deliverable The team is reworking the rejected deliverable for the next sprint What should the project manager have done to avoid this situation?

Question217: 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?

Question218: 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?

Question219: 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?

Question220: A project manager is working on the delivery of a solution that needs to be deployed to the public quickly. The project team is experienced, the stakeholders are supporting the delivery, and the customer is cooperating.
What strategy should the project manager use to ensure on-time delivery of the solution?

Question221: An information technology (IT) team is responsible for the validation and release of a product developed by the agile development team Due to other priorities for the IT team the releases are delayed What action should the project manager take?

Question222: A system migration project is in its closing stage. The project manager is being pressured to close the project The project manager communicated to all stakeholders; however, the last department to migrate indicated that they have not received the notification What should the project manager do?

Question223: A new agile team is forming and the project manager notices that the team is struggling in many areas The team is experiencing both the inability to meet iteration commitments and team member conflicts What should the project manager do next?

Question224: A project manager is leading a project to modemize the information technology of a bank. The project manager needs to determine how the project stakeholders should communicate, and has discussed the various options with the project team.
What should the project manager do to communicate with the stakeholders?

Question225: 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?

Question226: A project is nearing completion. The sponsor is already asking the project management office (PMO) when the project manager will be assigned to host a planning session for a new initiative.
What should the project manager do next?

Question227: After a meeting with the customer, the project manager receives special recognition because the project is always on schedule Later that day, the project manager attends a regular project team meeting to follow up on the status of the deliverables.
What should the project manager do in the project team meeting?

Question228: A learn has been working for two months and has consistently missed planned user stories How should the project manager address this issue?

Question229: One team member Is complaining about an agreement made during the last meeting. That team member was present at the meeting ana participated in the decisions registered in the meeting minutes.
What should the project manager do next?

Question230: A few virtual team members are located in a region that generally has good internet connectivity. However, they frequently experience connectivity issues joining team calls during the day.
What should the project manager do?

Question231: A project manager is leading a virtual team that is geographically dispersed. What should the project manager do to avoid uncertainty in the project due to different cultures?

Question232: In analyzing a project for monthly status reporting, the project manager notices that the schedule performance index (SPI) is 0 75 and the cost performance index (CPI) is 1 25 The project manager must provide the first project status review soon and wants to emphasize that the project is under control How should the project manager report the project status to key stakeholders?

Question233: In the middle of an iteration, the product owner tells the agile team that the government has updated legal requirements. This will result in some changes in the product definition.
How should the project manager handle this situation?

Question234: A project manager is managing a hybrid project. There is software in place to access the repository of project artifacts However a few stakeholders are reporting that they are unable to find the latest project schedule What should the project manager do?

Question235: 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?

Question236: A project manager has recently joined an organization and notices that the engineering manager shouts at the project manager during project meetings Also the procurement manager will not return calls and the accountant always insists the project manager clears approved budget line items with them personally before expensing Which three corrective actions should the project manager perform? (Choose three)

Question237: A project manager is working on a software development project. A team member complains that since the project tasks are very simple, there is no reason to perform quality control The project manager understands that removing the quality management plan from the project will also help to save money, which is important to the customer What should the project manager do?

Question238: 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?

Question239: 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?

Question240: 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?

Question241: 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?

Question242: 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?

Question243: A project manager for a factory construction project in a small town is evaluating the necessary actions to engage stakeholders The local community is speculating the impact of the facility. There are rumors of job opportunities and environmental impacts which are listed on the project risk matrix What should the project manager do with regard to community engagement in this situation''

Question244: A geographically distributed project team has development issues between the collocated and virtual teams causing productivity to decrease. What should the project manager do to address this issue?

Question245: A marketing team is planning for a multiyear initiative that will include a lot of cross-functional stakeholders The project manager has been assigned and is now in the project planning phase What item(s) should the project manager develop first?

Question246: 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''

Question247: A few months into a project, several schedule issues have emerged Drag the schedule problems on the left to the specific tools on the right that if implemented during schedule development could have prevented the issues.

Question248: 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?

Question249: A member of the board of directors is the sponsor of a project that is important to the organization This stakeholder has many other priorities and is not currently engaged in the project activities How should the stakeholder be engaged in the project?

Question250: 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?

Question251: 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?

Question252: An agile team has completed 9 out of 10 stones tor the sprint. During the retrospective a few team members pointed out that they finished a of their stories However one team member tailed to finish a story What should the agile leader do1?

Question253: During a project planning phase, the project manager realizes that project performance win be measured based on budget deviation and revenue, but without consideration for the overall project schedule What should the project manager do?

Question254: 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?

Question255: According to the project contract the delivery date is approaching However one important material is still not on site The construction work will have to stop and wait for this special material, delaying the project.
What should the project manager do?

Question256: Two weeks after the approval of the project management plan for a global project, the project manager noticed that it was approved based on a different level of understanding by international stakeholders and is not what the project manager presented for approval What should the project manager have done to prevent this from happening?

Question257: 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?

Question258: A project team with a tight schedule has succeeded in maintaining a schedule performance index (SPI) of the through regular daily standups and overtime, when required After a few months the project manager notices that some of the team members' performance has decreased but mat the overall project team performance is still ahead of schedule by a few days What should the project manager do first to maintain the project team's performance level?

Question259: A company is undergoing a digital transformation and is changing its project portfolio to an agile approach. As a result, the leadership is looking to update the performance measuring system for the workforce.
What should the project manager propose?

Question260: 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?

Question261: A project manager is managing a government project that targets the development of small businesses in remote towns. The project team is having difficulty conducting entrepreneurship training in some of the targeted towns because the local municipal governments will not authorize the training. As a result of the delay, project implementation is at risk.
What is a probable reason for this?

Question262: 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?

Question263: 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?

Question264: 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?

Question265: 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?

Question266: 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)

Question267: An important email from a project sponsor states that a backlog item should be immediately prioritized. What should the project manager do with many tasks still open on the Kanban board?

Question268: A project manager has been assigned to lead a major project in a government organization. There are no policies and procedures for project management since there is no project management office (PMO) The managers involved are unaware of their responsibilities for the project What should the project manager do?

Question269: 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?

Question270: A project manager notices that one of the marketing executives in the firm always appears stressed. The project manager observes that the executive's performance is gradually declining and is affecting the project deliverables.
What should the project manager do?

Question271: Five agile teams working together on a product recently performed release planning Midway through the project, each team showed that their progress was on track When all of the teams integrated at the product level, many integration issues were observed The overall product release progress declined with predictions showing the committed content will not be able to be accomplished What should the project manager have done differently?

Question272: 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?

Question273: A project manager became aware of misunderstandings between a key stakeholder and a team member with regard to some of the features defined in the project scope. What should the project manager do?

Question274: 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?

Question275: A project learn member identified a defect in the initial solution design for a project The stakeholders are not sure whether to deploy the system or not. What should the project manager do?

Question276: 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?

Question277: 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?

Question278: A project manager is working on a project to release a new version of a key product, The product strategy and marketing areas are still working on defining the final details for the products appearance, but the team is clear about the main features. During the last sprint review, the project sponser expressed concerns about the low quality of the product, What should the project manager, as a servant leader, do to address this situation?

Question279: A hybrid project manager has taken over a large-scale software development project m a highly regulated environment. During a handover session the outgoing project manager explains that they devised their own status reports which is different from the project management office's (PMO's) status report style. The project stakeholders are extremely particular about the information they receive in updates and do not believe the PMO's status reports have sufficient enough information How should the new project manager proceed*?

Question280: 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?

Question281: 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?

Question282: A project team is identifying project risks for a bridge to be built across a river. The team needs to send out invitations for a risk workshop to better understand the risks involved.
Which distribution list should the project manager use when sending out invitations?

Question283: 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?

Question284: 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"?

Question285: 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?

Question286: 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?

Question287: 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?

Question288: 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?

Question289: 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.

Question290: A project manager is leading a project with a predictive approach for a governmental body with strictly defined requirements. In the middle of the project, the sponsor requires a significant new feature to be included. This feature was not in the original plan, nor was it part of the planning process, What should the project manager do?

Question291: One of the team members is consistently absent in team meetings, but always completes their assigned tasks on time. Other team members think this member should attend the meetings.
What should the project manager do?

Question292: 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?

Question293: A project manager is managing a project that has a new sponsor who is cutting the budget As a servant leader how should the project manager handle the budget cuts with the team?

Question294: A research and development department is planning to develop a product that will introduce a new line of business for the organization What should the project manager do to increase the project's chances of success?

Question295: During the sprint planning of a project, the team members have a disagreement about the comparative size of the backlog items and if they would fit into the next sprint.
Considering a hybrid approach, what should the project manager do?

Question296: A project manager is leading an agile project in an organization that has not executed this type of project before. In order to ensure the project is following the compliance requirements, what should the project manager do?

Question297: A project manager is leading a new project that is in the initiation phase, The project will build a new type of software technology service that has never existed at the organization before and will reenginger the business process for several operations teams. The project manager needs to determine the project management approach to be used, and there are many team members and stakeholders who have contradictory opinions.
What should the project manager do?

Question298: A project manager is working to create a product that can be released to the market as soon as it passes rigorous quality standards.
Historically, the company has used a predictive methodology, but the company is exploring the implementation of agile methodologies.
The company asked the project manager to explain the value gained by using an agile process.
How should the project manager respond?

Question299: A project is delayed. The project manager added extra resources to some activities and approved overtime for several team members.
What technique is the project manager applying?

Question300: A project manager and project team developing a new product are discussing which work methods and tools to use to build the deliverable. What should the result of this discussion be?

Question301: 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?

Question302: An IT project manager for a project that is 50% complete teams that a critical team member plans to relocate to another country soon. The team member is needed for the remainder of the project.
How should the project manager improve team dynamics?

Question303: The customer's project manager changes during the final stage of a project How can the project manager avoid a project closure delay'

Question304: 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?

Question305: During a project gate review meeting, it is identified that one of the project deliverables will require corrective actions to meet the project quality requirements. What should the project manager do first?

Question306: A project manager recently joined the company. At the interview, the project manager demonstrated experience with agile delivery, and the project management office (PMO) manager asked for assistance in implementing agile.
What should the project manager do to initiate the adoption of agile within the company?

Question307: A technology project is delivering new functionality on a new platform. Several team resources are starting to train their teams, but they are asking questions about the training that the project will provide.
What should the project manager's first action be?

Question308: During a documentation audit of an international company it was identified that the last version of the protect schedule was from one month ago even though the project manager kr. it was recently updated How should the project manager have handled documentation for the project?

Question309: A project manager is assigned to lead a design for a new version of an existing product with the technology and operations teams. The project manager organizes a joint requirements session to determine the most practical ideas. The project manager was advised that the session may become chaotic.
What should the project manager do to ensure the session is interactive, productive, and efficient?

Question310: A project manager is leading a project that is on time and under budget. In the weekly meeting with the team, the project manager finds out that one of the tasks due next week does not have an assigned resource available for it. The resource is currently assigned to another project.
What should the project manager do to manage the situation?

Question311: On a recently completed prefect a project manager noticed that some of the subcontractors approached the client directly with questions. These subcontractors had a previous direct reporting relationship with the client.
The project manager is now in the initial stage of a new project with the same subcontractors and client.
How should the project manager set up communications?

Question312: A project, which has its execution phase planned m an iterative way has the following metrics for the first three iterations

One of the requirements for the project states that m order to get payment authorized fcx the project neither the SPI nor the CPl can be less than 0 95 What should the project manager do in iteration 4 to ensure the project is in compliance with the requirement?

Question313: During project execution for an innovative product, a project team has been working hard to meet the deadlines. However, one of the team members will be leaving in 3 weeks and will be replaced with a new team member.
How should the team share tacit knowledge?

Question314: A project manager has been assigned to manage multiple agile project teams. The project manager wants to empower the teams and make them self-organizing.
What should the project manager do to create a positive environment?

Question315: 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?

Question316: A project manager is leading a progress review meeting when some stakeholders who are new to the project express concerns about not having access to previously shared deliverables. What should the project manager do?

Question317: A project manager has heard about the large volume of emails the team receives each day which prevents them from doing project work. One team member has stated that they would like to be able to access project-related information when needed To what type of communication is the team member referring?

Question318: 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?

Question319: During the implementation of a project the project team discovered a new opportunity After an internal review the project team agreed that the opportunity is outside of the project scope The project manager decided to update the risk register and escalate the opportunity to a higher level What should the project manager do next with this opportunity?

Question320: A project manager is involved with a project to remodel a long-used product. There are no proper records for the original design and execution of the original product. The stakeholders doubt that the remodel can be accomplished without this information and are hesitant to provide support for the project.
What should the project manager do?

Question321: During a project meeting, the project manager asks risk owners to present issues that may affect the backlog.
During their presentation, the project manager realizes that some risk owners did not implement the already agreed-upon risk responses.
What should the project manager do to reduce exposure?

Question322: A project manager is assigned to an automotive product development project in me middle of the pilot phase.
According to the test lab. a durability test was completed with good results 6 weeks ago but there were no reports left behind by the test engineer who left the organization the previous month.
What should the previous project manager have done to prevent this issue?

Question323: A project manager is defining the sprint goals with the team, A team member who is responsible for acceptance testing starts criticizing the goals and cannot come to an agreement with the other team members.
How should the project manager handle this situation?

Question324: A project manager is working with an agile team to enhance a product. Due to a tight deadline, the team is trying to crash the schedule by engaging multiple resources to work on the project simultaneously. However, the technical environment is configured to allow only one resource to work on a feature at a time. The team plans to upgrade the technical environment but is unable to agree on a way forward.
What should the project manager do first?

Question325: A project team delivered a critical deliverable to the customer. The customer complained that the maintenance manual was not included.
What should the project manager do next?

Question326: During the course of a project, a junior team member approaches the project manager for some direction and advice on risk mitigation How should the project manager respond?

Question327: During project execution, a global project team was using a video conferencing tool to support the daily meetings. However, during these meetings, only a few team members were actively participating As a result lots of misunderstandings occurred What should the project manager do to address this issue?

Question328: A project manager is reviewing the requirements of a large program. Which requirements should the project team prioritize to avoid getting fines?

Question329: 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?

Question330: 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?

Question331: A project leader of an agile team realizes that one team member is unmotivated, which is affecting the whole team. What should the project leader do to improve the situation?

Question332: 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?

Question333: 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?

Question334: A project manager received the project charter for a new product. The project is expected to have two main deliveries: the hardware part that has detailed specifications already defined, including a sample machine, and the user interface software that has only a basic specification and a requirement for a user experience design approach.
Which project management approach should the project manager use?

Question335: 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)

Question336: 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?

Question337: One of the project manager's important assignments is to formally revise project compliance as it pertains to user data protection regulations. What should the project manager do to monitor compliance?

Question338: During the third iteration of a project, the main sponsor retired from the company, and a new sponsor was appointed. The new sponsor is not familiar with the agile approach for project delivery, which leads them to request more control over the project team.
What should the project manager do?

Question339: A company is conducting a digital transformation project that has a hard deadline.
The marketing team wants to combine this implementation with a new product, and the newly assigned project manager is not aware of all the dependencies.
Using a hybrid approach, what should the project manager do to ensure the dependencies are taken into consideration?

Question340: 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

Question341: A project manager is executing a project where an external vendor will provide some deliverables Alter awarding the contract to the vendor the project manager is informed that the vendor is running behind schedule on a separate project Finding another vendor will exceed the budget What should the project manager update first?

Question342: A project manager has been assigned a low-priority project that includes new team members with no previous formal project experience. The project team has requested deadline extensions for the first development increment twice already.
What should the project manager do to support the team?

Question343: A project manager is leading an integration project for a retail company. The project demands a lot of time from the stakeholders to make important business decisions. The project is critical and must be completed on time and within budget.
What should the project manager do to ensure that key stakeholders are available for this project?

Question344: A company's project management office (PMO) is incorporating more adaptive technologies and has hired a new project manager with hybrid project management experience The team is slow in adopting the new methodology and has not been updating project artifacts in a timely manner.
Which action should the project manager take to improve the team's performance?

Question345: 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

Question346: 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)

Question347: A project manager has experience working with a specific provider that has been requested for an upcoming project. This provider often fails to meet deliverable dates; however, it is the only company with the specific experience required for the project.
What should the project manager do during the planning phase?

Question348: At the end of a project, one of the suppliers is facing financial difficulties and is pushing the project manager to obtain financial, legal, and administrative approval in order to communicate formal project closure and ensure the transfer of liability. What should the project manager do next?

Question349: A project manager for a construction site realizes the importance of stakeholder relations, especially with the local community. The project manager and the project team strive to build effective relationships with these key stakeholders in order to prevent obstacles in the future.
What should the project manager do to customize the stakeholder engagement plan?

Question350: During the planning stage of a project the project manager realizes that a standard stakeholder engagement approach will not suffice One of the client representatives, who is not a key decision maker, is extremely opinionated This client representative could become a roadblock to progress due to their perceived level of authority during meetings How should the project manager handle this moving forward?

Question351: Eight people have been working on a project for an extended period of time. The scope has changed significantly and the product owner has been replaced multiple times. The team members are feeling disassociated from the project.
What should the project manager do to ensure team alignment with the goals?

Question352: 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?

Question353: An agile project to provide a material information system has started. During the kick-off meeting, the team realizes that the stakeholders require a solution in 2 months, but it will take at least 4 months to deliver the entire project.
Who should the project manager contact to help the team accelerate the delivery?

Question354: A company is launching a new product and decides to transition from a predictive to an agile approach. During the third sprint the project manager notices that the team is not working as a cohesive unit Which two rules are appropriate tor the project manager to instill in the team? (Choose two)

Question355: In the planning phase, a project manager receives identified risks from the sponsors and subject matter experts (SMEs) and wants to develop a risk response strategy for them.
What should the project manager do first?

Question356: 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?

Question357: An agile team completes a deliverable that is to be certified by another expert team The second team does not take the deliverable for many months What should the servant leader do?

Question358: A company has assigned a project manager to the initial task of determining the resources required for a new project What should the project manager consult?

Question359: A project manager is managing a project which is approaching the end of the execution phase. A high-level stakeholder informs the project manager that a very important requirement was not included in the scope of the project, and that without that requirement the project will deliver no value.
What is the first thing the project manager should do"?

Question360: 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?

Question361: An agile project is in its early iterations, but the project manager already realizes that more resources will be needed to achieve the expected time lines. There are no internal resources. available.
What vendor strategy should the project manager use to maximize project delivery?

Question362: 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?

Question363: A new relevant project stakeholder suggested a change to some of the project parameters midway through execution What should the project manager do next?

Question364: The project manager realizes that the product owner has a lot of potential but is lacking communication skills.
How should the project manager help the product owner to develop these skills while executing the project?

Question365: A project manage is in the middle of an angle project comprised of 100 user stories broken down into five iterations. Each user story is worth U$$50. The actual expenditure is U$$2,00 and 50 user stories have been delivered.
Which statement is true?