Free Practice Questions for PMI PMP Exam

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?

• Time-boxed iterations to allow the testing team to thoroughly test the product increments
• Incremental delivery and frequent backlog refinement based on user feedback
• Iterative development and collection of frequent feedback from project team members
• Frequent retrospectives to ensure that lessons learned and improvement actions are implemented

A team has just adopted an agile approach. During daily standup meetings, the team expressed concerns about task delays. The project leader worked with the productowner to get clarity on the features. The project leader asked the team to fast-track all product features to ensure delivery. Sprints are being completed but with either fewerfeatures or low quality.What should the project leader have done to ensure success?

• Directed teams to possible solutions that help in removing the impediments and contribute to a timely delivery
• Suggested to the team to add impediments as work items in the product backlog to be fixed in the next sprints
• Asked the team to create an impediment log and keep it updated for use in the next sprint planning
• Empowered the team to improve their processes, tools, and interactions to be more effective in delivery and removing impediments

A project is on its fourth iteration out of six. During iteration planning, a team member informs the project manager that their computer is not working.What should the project manager do next?

• Suggest that the team member contact the IT department.
• Facilitate a priority resolution of the issue with the IT department.
• Update the issue log and escalate the problem to the product owner.
• Ask the other team members to step in and do the work.

A project is approaching successful completion, and all stakeholders are really proud of the achieved results. The project management office(PMO) recommends the project manager to lead the next similar project.What should the project manager do next?

• Engage key stakeholders to complete and deliver lessons learned.
• Select the same stakeholders for the next project to avoid doing knowledge transfer.
• Present the project achievements and delegate knowledge transfer to the steering committee.
• Request the PMO to manage the lessons learned repository.

A major national company known for quality products has just selected a small subcontracting firm to assist with a project. The project manager from the subcontracting firm is meeting with the project team to ensure that the project is delivered according to the customer's standardsin order to ensure this, what should the project manager define and document?

• Quality
• Estimates
• Objectives
• Requirements

A project manager is leading the development of a mobile banking application using a hybrid approach. The team has been holding daily standup meetings each workdaymorning. Due to an unexpected issue, 50% of the team has to work from home. The bank's management directed the team not to have in-person daily standups. Various team members are complaining about this, stating that there is a lack of information sharing among the teamWhat should the project manager do?

• Postpone the daily standups and ask the team members to update the project manager daily via messaging.
• Hold virtual daily standups each workday morning and use collaboration tools to manage project updates.
• Delegate authority to the team members and ask them to submit weekly status reports instead.
• Ask senior management for permission to hold in-person team meetings once each week.

A project manager has been assigned to a hybrid project that must receive approval from a government regulator. During the daily standups, onemember reported an impediment that requires collaboration from an expert who is assigned to another project.What should the project manager do first in this situation?

• Review the project's key performance indicators (KPIs) to determine the impact of this assignment.
• Check the expert's availability within the organization on an as-needed basis.
• Develop the team member's capacities through mentoring and training.
• Ask the project sponsor to assign a new resource with the necessary expertise to the team.

A project manager finds out that the required project status reports have not beenfilled out by most team members. These status reports are urgently needed to compile acomprehensive status report for the project sponsor.What should the project manager do to address this situation?

• Reprimand the team members who did not fill out the status reports.
• Justify the team members' behavior to the project sponsor.
• Quickly put together a report that will satisfy the project sponsor.
• Discuss the issue with the team members at fault.

A project team is executing a large regulatory project comprised of a multitude of internal and external stakeholders. An initial impact analysis revealed several systems, including an enhancement to existing modules as well as new builds. After completion of the initial design workshop, the team conducted a brainstorming session to better understand the types of likely users.Which technique will best serve this purpose?

• Personas
• Power influence grid
• Power user grid
• Salience model

A project manager is made aware that there are defects in the parts provided by a supplier, which are causing delays in the testing phase. The supplier claims that all parts have been delivered as per the contract. If the defects are not fixed by the supplier within one week, the product release will be impacted.What should the project manager do?

• scalate this issue to senior management, as the supplier is not following the procurement contract.
• Request a revision of the procurement contract to include specifications for the parts.
• Request a cancellation of the procurement contract with the supplier and impose a penalty.
• Review the procurement contract and ask the supplier to negotiate a solution.