PMP CERTIFICATION STUDY PAPER EXPERT
VERIFIED ANSWERS GUARANTEED TO PASS
‣ A company is losing market share to disruptive competitors with
new business models. A cross-functional agile team has been formed
to recommend ways to recover market share. How can the team
increase its chance of producing successful recommendations?.
Answer: Focus on understanding the value consumers seek and the
value competitors offer.
‣ A PMO in a large manufacturing company has been working
diligently to retrain project managers and standardize software and
templates across all projects so that every project in the company
will produce compliant artifacts. Which type of PMO is being
described?. Answer: Controlling
‣ A project manager in an organization that uses traditional project
management is assigned to an ongoing project. Recently, the
organization has started to use agile methodologies for projects. The
project manager hears that some team members think key subject
matter expertise is missing and that the team does NOT collaborate
enough. How should the project manager respond to these team
members' concerns?. Answer: Add cross-functional internal
resources and explain their value to the team.
,‣ A government is ready to announce a new tax on sugary products
to fund a healthcare program. The team is working on the first set of
goals to secure buy-in from the industry stakeholders and launch a
strong public campaign to support the mandate.In which three ways
can the project build a shared understanding of the project goals
with public stakeholders? (Choose three). Answer: A. Create
partnerships between the government and industry stakeholders so
that the industry is prepared to support the change.
C. Announce the tax along with an advertising campaign to educate
the country and individuals about the benefit.
E. Use an incremental approach by taxing products with the highest
sugar content only and explain how this will improve health results
over a period of time.
‣ A project manager joins an organization with departments to
manage donations, construction, marketing, volunteers, and finance.
The company also has a manager of project management to oversee
all of the ongoing projects. The project manager reports directly to
the project management department but shares staff with other
departments.What type of organizational structure does this
describe?. Answer: Matrix
‣ A project to upgrade a local bridge while removing some of the
protected environment has been approved by the county
municipality. The project sponsor met the project manager and
wanted specifically to identify, monitor, and correct based on
,PESTLE factors.What impacts should the project manager consider
as a result of this decision? Choose two:. Answer: A. Political
C. Economic
‣ A product owner has created a lot of epics and has started breaking
them down into user stories. These high-priority user stories fulfill
the definition of ready. At the iteration planning meeting, the
product owner leaves after 2 hours.What should happen next?.
Answer: The team should decompose the user stories into tasks.
‣ A project manager is interviewing to join a company that is
complex with all organization structure included. What
organizational structure should the project manager expect?.
Answer: Composite
‣ A project manager leading a diesel engine development project has
been asked to join the PMO. The PMO is supportive in nature. Several
junior and new project managers are struggling with how to
implement stakeholder engagement and how to structure the
project management plan document. How should the project
manager approach this situation?. Answer: Supply templates, best
practices, and train the new project managers.
‣ Company P's IT transformation project has three (3) deliverables,
and they have the following characteristics, according to the project
team:- Deliverable 2 has strictly scheduled milestones, with no
, expected variation in the timeline.- Requirements for deliverables 1
and 3 will change quickly during development. Which project life
cycle should the project manager use for this project?. Answer:
Select a hybrid project model; position deliverable 2 as a single
waterfall phase embedded in an overall agile project.
‣ A company is struggling to define the scope of a new project that
has multiple phases with a high level of dependency between the
phases. How should the project manager approach this challenge?.
Answer: Work with project stakeholders to recommend an iterative
approach that will then help to define the project's scope.
‣ Which of the following is not a PESTLE factor?. Answer:
Effectiveness
‣ An emergency vaccine roll-out project should be deployed to
vaccination centers as soon as confirmed locations are booked.
Factors such as delayed batch shipments, safety protocols, and
target age groups may block the deployment at the last minute.
However, the deployment process does NOT vary after passing the
tollgate to begin setup at a new location.Which project approach
would best support the goal of maximizing the number of centers
deployed?. Answer: A set of predictive deployment sequences
embedded in a set of agile processes.
‣ Early in the establishment of the project, the project manager
spends time looking for historical data that might be helpful in
VERIFIED ANSWERS GUARANTEED TO PASS
‣ A company is losing market share to disruptive competitors with
new business models. A cross-functional agile team has been formed
to recommend ways to recover market share. How can the team
increase its chance of producing successful recommendations?.
Answer: Focus on understanding the value consumers seek and the
value competitors offer.
‣ A PMO in a large manufacturing company has been working
diligently to retrain project managers and standardize software and
templates across all projects so that every project in the company
will produce compliant artifacts. Which type of PMO is being
described?. Answer: Controlling
‣ A project manager in an organization that uses traditional project
management is assigned to an ongoing project. Recently, the
organization has started to use agile methodologies for projects. The
project manager hears that some team members think key subject
matter expertise is missing and that the team does NOT collaborate
enough. How should the project manager respond to these team
members' concerns?. Answer: Add cross-functional internal
resources and explain their value to the team.
,‣ A government is ready to announce a new tax on sugary products
to fund a healthcare program. The team is working on the first set of
goals to secure buy-in from the industry stakeholders and launch a
strong public campaign to support the mandate.In which three ways
can the project build a shared understanding of the project goals
with public stakeholders? (Choose three). Answer: A. Create
partnerships between the government and industry stakeholders so
that the industry is prepared to support the change.
C. Announce the tax along with an advertising campaign to educate
the country and individuals about the benefit.
E. Use an incremental approach by taxing products with the highest
sugar content only and explain how this will improve health results
over a period of time.
‣ A project manager joins an organization with departments to
manage donations, construction, marketing, volunteers, and finance.
The company also has a manager of project management to oversee
all of the ongoing projects. The project manager reports directly to
the project management department but shares staff with other
departments.What type of organizational structure does this
describe?. Answer: Matrix
‣ A project to upgrade a local bridge while removing some of the
protected environment has been approved by the county
municipality. The project sponsor met the project manager and
wanted specifically to identify, monitor, and correct based on
,PESTLE factors.What impacts should the project manager consider
as a result of this decision? Choose two:. Answer: A. Political
C. Economic
‣ A product owner has created a lot of epics and has started breaking
them down into user stories. These high-priority user stories fulfill
the definition of ready. At the iteration planning meeting, the
product owner leaves after 2 hours.What should happen next?.
Answer: The team should decompose the user stories into tasks.
‣ A project manager is interviewing to join a company that is
complex with all organization structure included. What
organizational structure should the project manager expect?.
Answer: Composite
‣ A project manager leading a diesel engine development project has
been asked to join the PMO. The PMO is supportive in nature. Several
junior and new project managers are struggling with how to
implement stakeholder engagement and how to structure the
project management plan document. How should the project
manager approach this situation?. Answer: Supply templates, best
practices, and train the new project managers.
‣ Company P's IT transformation project has three (3) deliverables,
and they have the following characteristics, according to the project
team:- Deliverable 2 has strictly scheduled milestones, with no
, expected variation in the timeline.- Requirements for deliverables 1
and 3 will change quickly during development. Which project life
cycle should the project manager use for this project?. Answer:
Select a hybrid project model; position deliverable 2 as a single
waterfall phase embedded in an overall agile project.
‣ A company is struggling to define the scope of a new project that
has multiple phases with a high level of dependency between the
phases. How should the project manager approach this challenge?.
Answer: Work with project stakeholders to recommend an iterative
approach that will then help to define the project's scope.
‣ Which of the following is not a PESTLE factor?. Answer:
Effectiveness
‣ An emergency vaccine roll-out project should be deployed to
vaccination centers as soon as confirmed locations are booked.
Factors such as delayed batch shipments, safety protocols, and
target age groups may block the deployment at the last minute.
However, the deployment process does NOT vary after passing the
tollgate to begin setup at a new location.Which project approach
would best support the goal of maximizing the number of centers
deployed?. Answer: A set of predictive deployment sequences
embedded in a set of agile processes.
‣ Early in the establishment of the project, the project manager
spends time looking for historical data that might be helpful in
