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| Exam | Project Management Professional |
| Number | PMP |
| File Name | PMI.PMP.VCEplus.2024-08-16.372q.vcex |
| Size | 1 MB |
| Posted | Aug 16, 2024 |
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Demo Questions
Question 1
A project manager has been asked for performance feedback regarding one of the team members. The project manager would like to gather additional input from the project team because there are no metrics in place for evaluating employee performance.
What should the project manager do next?
- Identify levels of decision-making authority
- Evaluate demonstrated task accountability
- Determine the appropriate approach
- Analyze team member influence
Correct answer: C
Question 2
A new major road project is starting, and the contractor has contractually committed to submitting regular status reports and participating in integration meetings.
Halfway through the project life cycle, the contractor stops participating in meetings and submitting reports, stating these items consume too much time.
What should the project manager do first?
- Assess the risk of the contractor not attending meetings and submitting reports for the rest of the project and escalate it to the project sponsor
- Remind the contractor that they committed to attending meetings and submitting reports per the contract
- Submit a claim for not fulfilling the contract terms and handle the claim in accordance with the alternative dispute resolution
- Speak with the company's lawyer and request that they demand the contractor fulfill their contractual commitments
Correct answer: B
Question 3
While finalizing project management plans, a customer provides the project manager with a new set of quality standards to which the final product must adhere.
What should the project manager do to ensure a smooth delivery of the product?
- Involve the client in risk identification
- Agree with the client on a new project charter
- Involve the client in a performance gap analysis
- Agree with the client on acceptance criteria
Correct answer: C
Question 4
A project manager has been given a critical, 5-day window and is allocated a maximum of US$100,000 as a contingency reserve. Subsequently, the project manager drafted a course of action based upon the best available information.
Overall, five actions were required to be completed at a cost of US$20,000 and a duration of 1 day each. After 3 days of work, the project manager completed two actions and spent US$80,000.
What should the project manager do next?
- Complete all actions and then inform the client of the additional cost and schedule overrun needed to complete the project
- Stop the work and raise a project change request to the change control board (CCB) for additional funds and a project schedule extension
- As the CPI and SPI are greater than 1.0, reevaluate and prioritize the remaining actions
- As the cost performance index (CPI) and schedule performance index (SPI) are less than 1.0, reevaluate and prioritize the remaining actions
Correct answer: A
Question 5
A project manager wants to make sure that similar projects in the future use the project's performance data as a reference. However, the project manager is not sure how to accomplish this.
What should the project manager do?
- Keep project artifacts up-to-date and accessible to all stakeholders
- Share project documentation in a repository with exclusive access
- Schedule weekly knowledge-sharing sessions with key stakeholders
- Send periodic emails to senior management with the latest project updates
Correct answer: B
Question 6
During a system demo, a project stakeholder rejects the features completed from the most recent user stories. According to the stakeholder, the product does not meet the quality standards required by regulations.
What should the project manager have done to avoid this?
- Ensured that the project sponsor understood the scope of the project to avoid any future complaints
- Ensured the stakeholder concerns were properly addressed in the iteration to avoid future setbacks
- Reviewed with the product owner that all acceptance criteria were met for the stories worked on in the iteration
- Reviewed with the product owner that all the stories worked on in the iteration were in the project backlog
Correct answer: B
Question 7
A project is 70% complete when the project sponsor requests an additional deliverable.
What should the project manager do first?
- Negotiate with the project sponsor on the possible alternatives
- Determine the possible impact of this change on all aspects of the project
- Reject the request as being too late and leading to major scope creep
- Submit the request to the change control board (CCB) for a decision
Correct answer: B
Question 8
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?
- Asked the sponsor to identify all required skills during the planning of the project
- Identified all required skills after the kick-off of the project
- Planned all required training for the team during the onboarding process
- Identified all required skills during the planning of the project
Correct answer: D
Question 9
A project manager is beginning a new project with very diverse team members. The project manager chose to use consensus building so the team can agree on and be engaged in how the project will be executed.
How should the project manager proceed?
- Create an environment where the agreement is reached by a majority vote
- Create an environment where the agreement is reached through discussion
- Establish recurring brainstorming sessions to discuss project issues
- Allow team members to contribute ideas in a stream-of-consciousness mode
Correct answer: B
Question 10
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?
- Request a teleconference meeting with the sponsor to submit a change request to allow the development team to conduct testing
- Engage with the functional manager to discuss details to obtain the required support
- Discuss testing requirements at the weekly project meeting to negotiate the best approach to test software
- Send an email to the procurement specialist to negotiate with a company that specializes in software testing
Correct answer: B
