PMI Practice Exam II Questions and Answers-Latest
Update 2024.
A new project has a project team that is divided between onsite and offshore locations.
Project manager observed a rising conflict between the two parts of the team during
project initiation. What should project manager do? - ANS Organize a face-to-face
meeting during project kick-off.
During a progress meeting, the project team learns that an identified risk materialized.
The project manager decides to execute the risk response plan, but the contingency
reserve does not cover the total budget for that plan. What should the project manager
do? - ANS Issue a change request to modify the scope, cost, and schedule baselines to
support the new plan.
A project manager is beginning a new project and is starting to form the project team. The
project manager has not worked with anyone from this team previously, and most of the
team members do not know each other. Some of the team members are located in
different countries. Which two actions should the project manager take to help the team
work more closely together? (Choose two) - ANS Identify the cultural differences and
potential conflict areas to mitigate these going forward.
Allocate a budget for the team members to temporarily colocate for the duration of the
project.
Arrange virtual team-building sessions that allow team members to get to know each
other.
Select team members who have previously worked together 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 retrospective, which often end early for this team, a new member of the team
interrupts and asks everyone to explain their roles and what they are planning on working
on for the next sprint. What should the project manager do? - ANS Inform the team
member that this would be best handled in another meeting.
,During a standup meeting, team members of a software development team discovered
that one of the developers 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 testing
experience and becomes aware of the problem but is busy preparing a presentation to
new employees. What action would increase the chances of achieving the sprint goal? -
ANS Ask the engineer to shift their work to support the developer as soon as possible.
A project manager does not attend the daily stand-up meetings frequently. After attending
one particular meeting, the project manager noticed that the meeting was not productive.
What should the project manager do to improve the situation? - ANS Analyze the
dynamics of these meetings, remove impediments, and provide feedback.
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 expected
worsening trend. What should be the project manager's first step? - ANS Perform a root
cause analysis.
A project manager is required to obtain approval for requirements before proceeding to
the delivery stage. The project manager realizes that the initial estimates were unrealistic
and the project will take much longer to complete. What should the project manager do to
mitigate the problem? - ANS Break down and re-prioritize the project deliverables to allow
delivery in incremental releases.
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, which could
have been avoided by closer attention to detail.
What should the project manager do next? - ANS Ask the team to attend a virtual meeting
and discuss the email as a group.
While closing a project, the client finds some defects in the deliverable. What should the
project manager do next? - ANS Review the output against the acceptance criteria.
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? - ANS Confirm team
capabilities before introducing adaptive tools and artifacts to the project.
, 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 created conflict within the team. What should
the project manager do to prevent this situation from occurring again? - ANS Invite the
client to the team planning meeting.
During a kick-off 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,
one required expert was not aware of the meeting and was not present at the meeting.
What should the project manager have done to prevent this from happening? - ANS
Managed stakeholder engagement by involving the stakeholders in the appropriate
phases of the project.
A project manager conducted an analysis with relevant stakeholders to validate project
alignment with organizational strategy and expected business value. Some of the 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? - ANS Conflict in subsequent
phases of the project may result.
A project manager has been engaged by a managing director to transform the project
management office (PMO) from a waterfall structure focused on software development 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 front of their team of project managers
and thus will not support the transformation. How should the project manager proceed? -
ANS Implement a training program on agile for all staff to ensure there is congruency of
learning for everyone.
While gathering requirements for the project scope, the project manager realizes that
some of the stakeholder requirements have a conflict.
What should the project manager do to define a clear scope? - ANS Assist affected
stakeholders in reaching consensus.
On an agile project, a team member has been taking smaller, easier user stories from the
backlog, and not necessarily those with the highest priority. How should this be
addressed? - ANS Meet with the team member to understand the reason and tailor the
workload approach, if required.
A project manager has just received news that a new regulation has been adopted and the
expectation is that that the project will be delivered compliant with this new regulation.
Update 2024.
A new project has a project team that is divided between onsite and offshore locations.
Project manager observed a rising conflict between the two parts of the team during
project initiation. What should project manager do? - ANS Organize a face-to-face
meeting during project kick-off.
During a progress meeting, the project team learns that an identified risk materialized.
The project manager decides to execute the risk response plan, but the contingency
reserve does not cover the total budget for that plan. What should the project manager
do? - ANS Issue a change request to modify the scope, cost, and schedule baselines to
support the new plan.
A project manager is beginning a new project and is starting to form the project team. The
project manager has not worked with anyone from this team previously, and most of the
team members do not know each other. Some of the team members are located in
different countries. Which two actions should the project manager take to help the team
work more closely together? (Choose two) - ANS Identify the cultural differences and
potential conflict areas to mitigate these going forward.
Allocate a budget for the team members to temporarily colocate for the duration of the
project.
Arrange virtual team-building sessions that allow team members to get to know each
other.
Select team members who have previously worked together 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 retrospective, which often end early for this team, a new member of the team
interrupts and asks everyone to explain their roles and what they are planning on working
on for the next sprint. What should the project manager do? - ANS Inform the team
member that this would be best handled in another meeting.
,During a standup meeting, team members of a software development team discovered
that one of the developers 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 testing
experience and becomes aware of the problem but is busy preparing a presentation to
new employees. What action would increase the chances of achieving the sprint goal? -
ANS Ask the engineer to shift their work to support the developer as soon as possible.
A project manager does not attend the daily stand-up meetings frequently. After attending
one particular meeting, the project manager noticed that the meeting was not productive.
What should the project manager do to improve the situation? - ANS Analyze the
dynamics of these meetings, remove impediments, and provide feedback.
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 expected
worsening trend. What should be the project manager's first step? - ANS Perform a root
cause analysis.
A project manager is required to obtain approval for requirements before proceeding to
the delivery stage. The project manager realizes that the initial estimates were unrealistic
and the project will take much longer to complete. What should the project manager do to
mitigate the problem? - ANS Break down and re-prioritize the project deliverables to allow
delivery in incremental releases.
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, which could
have been avoided by closer attention to detail.
What should the project manager do next? - ANS Ask the team to attend a virtual meeting
and discuss the email as a group.
While closing a project, the client finds some defects in the deliverable. What should the
project manager do next? - ANS Review the output against the acceptance criteria.
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? - ANS Confirm team
capabilities before introducing adaptive tools and artifacts to the project.
, 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 created conflict within the team. What should
the project manager do to prevent this situation from occurring again? - ANS Invite the
client to the team planning meeting.
During a kick-off 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,
one required expert was not aware of the meeting and was not present at the meeting.
What should the project manager have done to prevent this from happening? - ANS
Managed stakeholder engagement by involving the stakeholders in the appropriate
phases of the project.
A project manager conducted an analysis with relevant stakeholders to validate project
alignment with organizational strategy and expected business value. Some of the 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? - ANS Conflict in subsequent
phases of the project may result.
A project manager has been engaged by a managing director to transform the project
management office (PMO) from a waterfall structure focused on software development 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 front of their team of project managers
and thus will not support the transformation. How should the project manager proceed? -
ANS Implement a training program on agile for all staff to ensure there is congruency of
learning for everyone.
While gathering requirements for the project scope, the project manager realizes that
some of the stakeholder requirements have a conflict.
What should the project manager do to define a clear scope? - ANS Assist affected
stakeholders in reaching consensus.
On an agile project, a team member has been taking smaller, easier user stories from the
backlog, and not necessarily those with the highest priority. How should this be
addressed? - ANS Meet with the team member to understand the reason and tailor the
workload approach, if required.
A project manager has just received news that a new regulation has been adopted and the
expectation is that that the project will be delivered compliant with this new regulation.
