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| Exam | Project Management Professional |
| Number | PMP |
| File Name | PMI.PMP.VCEplus.2024-11-30.265q.tqb |
| Size | 8 MB |
| Posted | Nov 30, 2024 |
| Download | PMI.PMP.VCEplus.2024-11-30.265q.tqb |
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Question 1
A project manager is leading an automation project. The project team is colocated and includes people from both the technical and business units. The project manager discovers that personal differences and work styles are affecting the project negatively.
How should the project manager address this?
- Develop a schedule that ensures people with personal differences work separately.
- Invite the functional managers of the different units to address their personal differences.
- Use an approach to the project that does not involve colocation.
- Meet with the team and agree on expectations from team members.
Correct answer: D
Question 2
A facility extension project is in the execution stage. There is a project activity to connect the power of all new equipment to an existing facility, Point A, which requires a significant cable length. The construction team found that the power could be connected to Point B and save money.
What should the project manager do next?
- Perform a cost-benefit analysis to evaluate using the Point B option.
- Add the issue to the change log and request additional budget through the change control board (CCB).
- Seek a decision from the construction team after explaining the project budget and schedule constraint.
- Use the Point B option because it will save the project cost and time.
Correct answer: A
Question 3
A project manager is working on multiple building construction projects using a predictive project management approach. Senior leadership within the organization is promoting the inclusion of more agile practices into the current project methodologies. The project sponsor now wants the projects to use more agile methodologies.
Before mandating any agile methods to be used in a project, what should the project manager do first?
- Provide agile training to those who will be part of the project team.
- Shift all existing projects to agile methodologies with a strict timeline.
- Pause the current projects to align them to the new agile cadence.
- Assess the organizational culture and readiness for the transformation.
Correct answer: A
Question 4
A local company is developing a new product and, for the first time, using a remote team for the programming tasks of features. The design for the product comes from the local team. During the third sprint review, the product owner has concerns about the project's outcomes. The remote development team is complaining that they do not clearly understand the requirements conveyed in the daily standup meetings.
How should the project manager address this situation?
- Determine the communication needs, environment, and tools to get the message across.
- Document the risk in the risk management plan and use contingency reserves to hire a local vendor.
- Evaluate and reassign the developing tasks to a local vendor who has worked on previous projects.
- Review lessons learned from previous projects and organizational process assets (OPAs).
Correct answer: A
Question 5
A project team created user stories after understanding the customer requirements. As the project progresses, the project manager observes that there are too many change requests. The team feels that the outcomes they are working on are not aligned with the customer requirements.
What should the project manager do?
- Refer to the configuration management knowledge base for similar projects delivered in the past.
- Arrange for a workshop with the customer to understand the business values expected from the outcomes.
- Include a representative from the customer to work collaboratively with the team.
- Acknowledge that the current team needs improvement and hire more qualified team members.
Correct answer: C
Question 6
A project manager is managing a project with team members who are working all over the globe.
The project manager notices that each team member's deliverables do not meet the requirements.
What should the project manager do first?
- Assemble the project team via conference call to tell them that disciplinary action will be taken if any more noncompliant deliverables are submitted.
- Discuss the process used to create the noncompliant deliverables with the project team to see if there was a potential misunderstanding.
- Schedule time with the project sponsor to inform them that the project schedule is slipping due to the time it will take to rework the deliverables.
- Meet with the project team to explain that noncompliant deliverables must be reworked and submitted immediately to avoid project delays.
Correct answer: B
Question 7
A project manager is leading a project to develop accounting software for a trading firm. As the outcomes are being delivered, a new risk is identified regarding an indirect tax regulation that is being changed by the government in the next 6 months. This risk will have a significant impact on the project outcomes.
What should the project manager do next?
- Determine the impact of the risk and prioritize outcomes that do not affect the tax module.
- Delay developing the indirect tax module until the tax regulation comes into effect.
- Assess the impact of the risk with an expert and prioritize further outcomes with the client.
- Analyze the impact of the risk and discuss with the team to determine how to separate the tax module.
Correct answer: C
Question 8
An oil and gas project started without having acquired full funding for the project. The remaining funds were to be acquired during project execution. The acquisition of the remaining funds was delayed several months, resulting in a suspension of work by all contractors.
What should the project manager have done to prevent this from happening?
- Ensured the stakeholder anticipated obstacles to achieving financial closure on the remaining funds.
- Ensured the risk was adequately assessed and mitigated by the appropriate stakeholders.
- Ensured the stakeholder who was providing additional funds remained interested in the project.
- Ensured the project team monitored and reviewed the project risk register periodically.
Correct answer: B
Question 9
A project manager entered into a contract with a vendor to build a new system. During the acceptance test stage, the project manager noticed that the system quality was not satisfactory.
How should the project manager support their claim to the vendor?
- Provide the failed test results along with the agreed-upon acceptance criteria.
- Share unsuccessful results from previous projects with a similar scope.
- Document in the risk log that the issues in the system were already identified.
- Show that the acceptance criteria were changed by the vendor without approval.
Correct answer: A
Question 10
A project manager agreed to a team member's request to have an alternative working schedule whereby they begin working at 12:00 p.m. each day. This arrangement has worked well for the project, but has recently been scrutinized by members from other project teams because the company's core working hours begin at 9:00 a.m.
What should the project manager have done to prevent this situation?
- Broken down the situation to identify the root cause
- Determined communication methods and channels
- Analyzed the boundaries of the negotiations for agreement
- Managed and rectified the ground rule violations
Correct answer: C
