PMI Practice Exam II Test Questions and Answers Graded A+
A new project has a project team that is divided between
onsite and ottshore locations. Project manager observed
Organize a face-to-face meeting during project kick-ott.
a rising conflict between the two parts of the team during
project initiation. What should project manager do?
During a progress meeting, the project team learns that
an identified risk materialized. The project manager de-
Issue a change request to modify the scope, cost, and
cides to execute the risk response plan, but the contin-
schedule baselines to support the new plan.
gency reserve does not cover the total budget for that
plan. What should the project manager do?
Identify the cultural ditterences and potential conflict ar-
eas to mitigate these going forward.
A project manager is beginning a new project and is Allocate a budget for the team members to temporarily
starting to form the project team. The project manager has colocate for the duration of the project.
not worked with anyone from this team previously, and
Arrange virtual team-building sessions that allow team
most of the team members do not know each other. Some
members to get to know each other.
of the team members are located in ditterent countries.
Which two actions should the project manager take to Select team members who have previously worked to-
help the team work more closely together? (Choose two) gether to be allocated to the project.
Identify experienced team members to provide mentoring
for the less experienced team members.
A non-colocated project team just finished a sprint with
complex tasks ahead of schedule. During the retrospec-
tive, which often end early for this team, a new member Inform the team member that this would be best handled
of the team interrupts and asks everyone to explain their in another meeting.
roles and what they are planning on working on for the
next sprint. What should the project manager do?
During a standup meeting, team members of a software
development team discovered that one of the developers
, PMI Practice Exam II Test Questions and Answers Graded A+
is struggling to complete work due to a lack of experience
with test automation. The team member is worried that
this might have an impact on achieving the sprint goal. A
quality assurance engineer on the team has automation Ask the engineer to shift their work to support the devel-
testing experience and becomes aware of the problem oper as soon as possible.
but is busy preparing a presentation to new employees.
What action would increase the chances of achieving the
sprint goal?
A project manager does not attend the daily stand-up
meetings frequently. After attending one particular meet-
Analyze the dynamics of these meetings, remove impedi-
ing, the project manager noticed that the meeting was
ments, and provide feedback.
not productive. What should the project manager do to
improve the situation?
A project manager is assigned to take over an ongoing
project. During the quality review, it is found that 40% of
the deliverables have defects and require rework, with an Perform a root cause analysis.
expected worsening trend. What should be the project
manager's first step?
A project manager is required to obtain approval for re-
quirements before proceeding to the delivery stage. The
project manager realizes that the initial estimates were Break down and re-prioritize the project deliverables to
unrealistic and the project will take much longer to com- allow delivery in incremental releases.
plete. What should the project manager do to mitigate the
problem?
An email from a project manager to a team member is
accidentally distributed to the entire global project team.
It contains harsh feedback on a recent quality incident, Ask the team to attend a virtual meeting and discuss the
which could have been avoided by closer attention to email as a group.
detail.
What should the project manager do next?
,While closing a project, the client finds some defects in the
Review the output against the acceptance criteria.
deliverable. What should the project manager do next?
During the design phase, a project manager realizes that
the project will benefit from using adaptive tools. The
Confirm team capabilities before introducing adaptive
ettectiveness of this approach has been proven in past
tools and artifacts to the project.
projects inside the organization. What should the project
manager do first?
A client has contracted a company to manage a large
project in an agile environment with many subcontractors.
The client is giving direct orders to the subcontractors,
rather than to the contractor's project manager. This has Invite the client to the team planning meeting.
created conflict within the team. What should the pro-
ject manager do to prevent this situation from occurring
again?
During a kick-ott meeting with the project sponsor and
various project members, it became clear that it was not
necessary for some participants to be present. In addition, Managed stakeholder engagement by involving the
one required expert was not aware of the meeting and stakeholders in the appropriate phases of the project.
was not present at the meeting. What should the project
manager have done to prevent this from happening?
A project manager conducted an analysis with relevant
stakeholders to validate project alignment with organiza-
tional strategy and expected business value. Some of the
Conflict in subsequent phases of the project may result.
key stakeholders missed the analysis session, and hence,
their input was not factored in. What is the main impact
of these absences on the project?
A project manager has been engaged by a managing di-
rector to transform the project management oflce (PMO)
from a waterfall structure focused on software develop-
ment to an agile PMO. The manager of the PMO has been
, particularly resistant to the change. Upon investigation,
the project manager realizes that the manager's lack of
agile knowledge may make them seem incompetent in Implement a training program on agile for all statt to
front of their team of project managers and thus will ensure there is congruency of learning for everyone.
not support the transformation. How should the project
manager proceed?
While gathering requirements for the project scope, the
project manager realizes that some of the stakeholder
requirements have a conflict. Assist attected stakeholders in reaching consensus.
What should the project manager do to define a clear
scope?
On an agile project, a team member has been taking
smaller, easier user stories from the backlog, and not Meet with the team member to understand the reason
necessarily those with the highest priority. How should and tailor the workload approach, if required.
this be addressed?
A project manager has just received news that a new reg-
ulation has been adopted and the expectation is that that
the project will be delivered compliant with this new regu- Revisit the risk register and update the rating and re-
lation. This was previously documented as a risk item with sponse.
a low probability and a moderate impact. What should the
project manager do to address the issue?
A project manager is working on a global project with
team members in several ditterent countries. To manage
Propose and establish a team charter with the rules and
communications, the project manager plans to hold virtu-
principles to be followed.
al meetings and on-site visits once a month. What should
the project manager do next while working with this team?
The leadership team of a company asked a project man-
ager about the status update of the latest iteration of
a project. The project manager directed the leadership
team to the project folder. The leadership team informed
A new project has a project team that is divided between
onsite and ottshore locations. Project manager observed
Organize a face-to-face meeting during project kick-ott.
a rising conflict between the two parts of the team during
project initiation. What should project manager do?
During a progress meeting, the project team learns that
an identified risk materialized. The project manager de-
Issue a change request to modify the scope, cost, and
cides to execute the risk response plan, but the contin-
schedule baselines to support the new plan.
gency reserve does not cover the total budget for that
plan. What should the project manager do?
Identify the cultural ditterences and potential conflict ar-
eas to mitigate these going forward.
A project manager is beginning a new project and is Allocate a budget for the team members to temporarily
starting to form the project team. The project manager has colocate for the duration of the project.
not worked with anyone from this team previously, and
Arrange virtual team-building sessions that allow team
most of the team members do not know each other. Some
members to get to know each other.
of the team members are located in ditterent countries.
Which two actions should the project manager take to Select team members who have previously worked to-
help the team work more closely together? (Choose two) gether to be allocated to the project.
Identify experienced team members to provide mentoring
for the less experienced team members.
A non-colocated project team just finished a sprint with
complex tasks ahead of schedule. During the retrospec-
tive, which often end early for this team, a new member Inform the team member that this would be best handled
of the team interrupts and asks everyone to explain their in another meeting.
roles and what they are planning on working on for the
next sprint. What should the project manager do?
During a standup meeting, team members of a software
development team discovered that one of the developers
, PMI Practice Exam II Test Questions and Answers Graded A+
is struggling to complete work due to a lack of experience
with test automation. The team member is worried that
this might have an impact on achieving the sprint goal. A
quality assurance engineer on the team has automation Ask the engineer to shift their work to support the devel-
testing experience and becomes aware of the problem oper as soon as possible.
but is busy preparing a presentation to new employees.
What action would increase the chances of achieving the
sprint goal?
A project manager does not attend the daily stand-up
meetings frequently. After attending one particular meet-
Analyze the dynamics of these meetings, remove impedi-
ing, the project manager noticed that the meeting was
ments, and provide feedback.
not productive. What should the project manager do to
improve the situation?
A project manager is assigned to take over an ongoing
project. During the quality review, it is found that 40% of
the deliverables have defects and require rework, with an Perform a root cause analysis.
expected worsening trend. What should be the project
manager's first step?
A project manager is required to obtain approval for re-
quirements before proceeding to the delivery stage. The
project manager realizes that the initial estimates were Break down and re-prioritize the project deliverables to
unrealistic and the project will take much longer to com- allow delivery in incremental releases.
plete. What should the project manager do to mitigate the
problem?
An email from a project manager to a team member is
accidentally distributed to the entire global project team.
It contains harsh feedback on a recent quality incident, Ask the team to attend a virtual meeting and discuss the
which could have been avoided by closer attention to email as a group.
detail.
What should the project manager do next?
,While closing a project, the client finds some defects in the
Review the output against the acceptance criteria.
deliverable. What should the project manager do next?
During the design phase, a project manager realizes that
the project will benefit from using adaptive tools. The
Confirm team capabilities before introducing adaptive
ettectiveness of this approach has been proven in past
tools and artifacts to the project.
projects inside the organization. What should the project
manager do first?
A client has contracted a company to manage a large
project in an agile environment with many subcontractors.
The client is giving direct orders to the subcontractors,
rather than to the contractor's project manager. This has Invite the client to the team planning meeting.
created conflict within the team. What should the pro-
ject manager do to prevent this situation from occurring
again?
During a kick-ott meeting with the project sponsor and
various project members, it became clear that it was not
necessary for some participants to be present. In addition, Managed stakeholder engagement by involving the
one required expert was not aware of the meeting and stakeholders in the appropriate phases of the project.
was not present at the meeting. What should the project
manager have done to prevent this from happening?
A project manager conducted an analysis with relevant
stakeholders to validate project alignment with organiza-
tional strategy and expected business value. Some of the
Conflict in subsequent phases of the project may result.
key stakeholders missed the analysis session, and hence,
their input was not factored in. What is the main impact
of these absences on the project?
A project manager has been engaged by a managing di-
rector to transform the project management oflce (PMO)
from a waterfall structure focused on software develop-
ment to an agile PMO. The manager of the PMO has been
, particularly resistant to the change. Upon investigation,
the project manager realizes that the manager's lack of
agile knowledge may make them seem incompetent in Implement a training program on agile for all statt to
front of their team of project managers and thus will ensure there is congruency of learning for everyone.
not support the transformation. How should the project
manager proceed?
While gathering requirements for the project scope, the
project manager realizes that some of the stakeholder
requirements have a conflict. Assist attected stakeholders in reaching consensus.
What should the project manager do to define a clear
scope?
On an agile project, a team member has been taking
smaller, easier user stories from the backlog, and not Meet with the team member to understand the reason
necessarily those with the highest priority. How should and tailor the workload approach, if required.
this be addressed?
A project manager has just received news that a new reg-
ulation has been adopted and the expectation is that that
the project will be delivered compliant with this new regu- Revisit the risk register and update the rating and re-
lation. This was previously documented as a risk item with sponse.
a low probability and a moderate impact. What should the
project manager do to address the issue?
A project manager is working on a global project with
team members in several ditterent countries. To manage
Propose and establish a team charter with the rules and
communications, the project manager plans to hold virtu-
principles to be followed.
al meetings and on-site visits once a month. What should
the project manager do next while working with this team?
The leadership team of a company asked a project man-
ager about the status update of the latest iteration of
a project. The project manager directed the leadership
team to the project folder. The leadership team informed
