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Question 1

Question 1

A project manager leads a software development project in a hybrid environment. During project planning, the project manager identified a risk where a technical resource for a critical path item may not be available when needed. One week before the resource is needed, the technical engineer had a personal emergency and had to take a leave.
What should the project manager do next?

A. Consult the risk register for an appropriate planned risk response and implement.
B. Revise the project management plan and move the task to a time when the technical resource will be available.
C. Review the business requirement with stakeholders and exclude the task assigned to the technical resource.
D. Update the lessons learned report and the risk log to reflect that this risk has materialized.

Answer 1

A. Consult the risk register for an appropriate planned risk response and implement.

Question 2

Question 2

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 product owner 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 fewer features or low quality.
What should the project leader have done to ensure success?

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

Answer 2

D. Empowered the team to improve their processes, tools, and interactions to be more effective in delivery and removing impediments

Question 3

Question 3

A team is delivering features to a customer at every iteration. After completing each iteration, the customer is invited for a review. However, the customer is frequently not available and the review is often delayed, which results in increased rework for the team.
What should the project manager do?

A. Include the customer in daily project activities to gain the required guidance
B. Plan ahead and define the best way to review the deliverables with the customer
C. Request the customer to clarify all requirements at the start of each iteration
D. Ask the customer to review the deliverables in each iteration based on their availability

Answer 3

B. Plan ahead and define the best way to review the deliverables with the customer Most Voted

Question 4

Question #4

A project manager is part of a team that is launching a series of features to comply with a new regulation. The team has only 6 weeks to release the features to the legacy applications. During the standup meeting, a software engineer indicated that the development of an important feature is on hold until the assigned designer completes a specific task. This delay is a serious road block to meeting the release date.
What should the project manager do?

A. Meet with the design team manager to inform them of the current status and request an additional designer
B. Ask the software engineer to move forward without completing the important feature
C. Contact the design team manager and ask to reconsider the priority list based on the latest situation
D. Meet with the designer to share the current status and develop a solution to complete the task

Answer 4

D. Meet with the designer to share the current status and develop a solution to complete the task

Question 5

Question #5

A project manager is working with a customer’s team on a new project. Some product definitions and requirements are still not clear, but the customer wants to start activities as soon as possible. The organization is also expecting product delivery for a specific date due to a regulatory requirement. Due to the nature of the project, the project manager has decided to use a hybrid approach.
Why did the project manager choose a hybrid approach?

A. A hybrid approach will enable project activities to start immediately and allow for a plan for the requirements definitions
B. A hybrid approach will allow the project manager to revise the product specifications
C. A hybrid approach will allow for management of the requirement uncertainties as well as the date restriction
D. A hybrid approach will ensure the delivery date is accomplished and will eliminate product uncertainties

Answer 5

C. A hybrid approach will allow for management of the requirement uncertainties as well as the date restriction

2 problems are listed:
1. The uncertainty of unclear requirements
2. fixed date restriction

Hybrid answers both.

Question 6

Question #6

A project team has expressed concern that certain remote team members are not able to collaborate with the larger project team due to their work schedule. The project manager is confused since the entire team is located in the same time zone and believes there are other factors at play.
What should the project manager do next?

A. Implement new options
B. Examine the team’s virtual needs
C. Rectify ground rule violations
D. Review performance formally

Answer 6

B. Examine the team’s virtual needs

Start with examine before making new options or punishments

Question 7

Question #7

A company is implementing a project with team members located in different countries and time zones. Individual performance is satisfactory, but the team’s performance as a whole is low, especially in terms of group activities.
What should the project manager do?

A. Review and reassign team assignments
B. Facilitate communication and team building
C. Negotiate for new team members
D. Review and update the communications management plan

Answer 7

B. Facilitate communication and team building Most Voted

Question 8

Question #8

During the third iteration of a project, the product owner requests another mandatory feature. This also happened in the previous two sprints, which resulted in failure and caused frustration within the team.
What should the project manager do next?

A. Request the scrum team to prioritize the product backlog
B. Ask the product owner to prioritize the backlog with the project team
C. Call for an internal meeting to discuss the changes and their value
D. Incorporate the changes in the last sprint before the first release

Answer 8

C. Call for an internal meeting to discuss the changes and their value

Question 9

Question #9

Five agile teams working together on a product recently performed release planning. Midway through the project, each team showed that their progress was on track. When all of the teams integrated at the product level, many integration issues were observed. The overall product release progress declined with predictions showing the committed content will not be able to be accomplished.
What should the project manager have done differently?
A. Performed a Scrum of Scrums on a regular basis to help the teams remove impediments
B. Formed a separate quality assurance team to test all items coming from each team at the end of each sprint
C. Arranged an online session on the integration concept and suggested tools to the teams
D. Ensured frequent and continuous integration of work to obtain early feedback and continuous learning

Answer 9

D. Ensured frequent and continuous integration of work to obtain early feedback and continuous learning Most Voted

Question 10

Question #10

Topic 1
A project team member is having difficulty delivering assigned tasks for a project that is at risk of being delayed. The main issue is that the team member does not understand a new system that was recently implemented.
What should the project manager do?

A. Ask the team member to learn the new system as on-the-job training.
B. Issue a change request to extend the project schedule.
C. Escalate the team member’s performance to the project sponsor.
D. Assign an experienced resource to support the team member.

Answer 10

D. Assign an experienced resource to support the team member.

Question 11

Question #11

A project team consisting of four team members will be rolling out a company-wide application to both staff and contractors in a country. To deliver within strict the time lines, a local company skilled in application deployment and change management will need to be contracted.
What should the project manager do to empower the local company?

A. Manage expectations and agree on the requirements that the contractor will deliver under the supervision of the project manager
B. Begin to roll out the application by micromanaging the contractor
C. Set expectations and agree on the requirements that the contractor will deliver with periodic progress reports
D. Deploy the contractor’s staff under the supervision of the project manager

Interloc is the contracted company

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Answer 11

C. Set expectations and agree on the requirements that the contractor will deliver with periodic progress reports

Question 12

Question #12

A project manager is managing a construction project that is facing challenges. There is schedule overrun, cost overrun, and the client is unhappy with the specific scope progress.
What should the project manager do first?

A. Review the scope and project objectives.
B. Enforce the penalty clause on the supplier.
C. Take action to reduce the cost overrun.
D. Work with the client on the scope completion.

This is about the project manager.

Answer 12

A. Review the scope and project objectives.

Question 13

Question #13

In a geographically distributed project team, the project team members continue to email status reports and update schedules after their weekly meeting discussions. However, the team is having difficulty tracking the changes and progress made.
What should the project manager do?

A. Facilitate training on version control and project artifacts.
B. Maintain separate document control via regions to avoid discrepancies.
C. Maintain a central repository of artifacts with a version control system.
D. Develop a document management software for version control.

If this is the problem, what isn’t being done?

Answer 13

C. Maintain a central repository of artifacts with a version control system.

Question 14

Question #14

A project manager has been assigned to a project where collaboration with the business is a critical key factor. The project manager is not sure about which approach to use. A senior project manager has been assigned to help the project manager.
What advice should the senior project manager provide?

A. Work with the project manager to develop a new approach that will bring benefits to the project
B. Suggest using an agile approach since customer and team collaboration is critical for project success
C. Establish a project management methodology that requires the customer to provide daily updates to the team
D. Provide a project management template for the project manager to follow as a guide

Collaboratoin is a critical key factor

Answer 14

B. Suggest using an agile approach since customer and team collaboration is critical for project success

While A and B emphasize the importance of collaboration with the busiens

Question 15

Question #15

A project manager is managing a large project. A stakeholder has just discovered a new risk that has not been identified in earlier stages.
What should the project manager do?

A. Confirm to the stakeholder that the risk register has been completed and validated by all stakeholders
B. Perform a risk analysis directly with the stakeholder who raised the risk and update the risk register
C. Communicate the risk to the steering committee and request a mitigation plan from senior management
D. Add the risk to the risk register and reevaluate the register with help from the project team and stakeholders

What do you do every time a new risk is identified?

Answer 15

B. Perform a risk analysis directly with the stakeholder who raised the risk and update the risk register

Updating the risk register and communicating the the stakeholders does n

Question 16

Question #16

A Scrum team is analyzing the burndown chart on day four of a 15-day sprint. The burndown chart is shown below.
What should the team do next?

A. Ask the product owner if some low-priority stories could be cut from the sprint
B. Continue with the sprint as the progress shows buffers for potential interruptions
C. Ask the project team to select any additional stories as they have additional capacity than planned
D. Continue with the sprint work as planned and keep monitoring

Answer 16

D. Continue with the sprint work as planned and keep monitoring

The actual line is below the planned line. So we are ahead of schedule.

Question 16

Question #17

A project manager is closing a project and preparing to hand it over to the operations team. During handover, a delayed invoice was submitted with a higher-than- planned cost against the project work. Consequently, project handover was delayed and the project’s reported completion costs were increased.
What should the project manager have done to avoid this situation?

A. Notified all vendors about the invoicing and nonpayment deadlines
B. Reviewed the total committed cost against the cost invoiced at project closing
C. Involved the finance team and discussed the issue with the vendor
D. Captured and reviewed all of the project work and related costs regularly

Answer 16

D. Captured and reviewed all of the project work and related costs regularly

Question 17

Question #18

A project manager is assigned to a critical software development project. The team is using a hybrid approach and has divided development into four sprints. At the end of sprint three, the project manager discovers that the earned value (EV) is US$500,000 and the planned value (PV) is US$550,000.
What should the project manager do?

A. Fast track the project
B. Adjust the budget
C. Introduce a float
D. Adjust the project time line

Answer 17

A. Fast track the project

Project is behind schedule so this question considers techniques to compress project schedule which is either Fast Tracking (increases risks) or Crashing (increases cost).

D could be an option, however timeline adjustment must go through Change Control.

Another point, the question mentions “critical project”, it might (not explicitly though) mean a tight deadline.

We can fast track projects in software agile. Because the impact of the risk is not that high in software environments. It’s easily fixed.

Question 18

Question #19

A project manager is working with a co-located agile project team that has worked together long enough to be in the performing phase of team development. An unforeseen event has caused the team to be dispersed and they are now unable to co-locate.
What should the project manager do to keep the team performing as effectively as possible?

A. Ask the project sponsor and executive stakeholders to encourage the team to maintain their performance
B. Provide the team with virtual collaboration software and training on the software to minimize disruption
C. Transition the team from an agile approach to a predictive approach for better performance control
D. Evaluate project performance and step in if performance decreases to an unacceptable level

Answer 18

D. Evaluate project performance and step in if performance decreases to an unacceptable level

Dear professors in the field of project management, please pay attention to the question! There have been no problems yet and no communication requirements have been raised that we need to teach them about the software. We monitor the process and if there is a problem, we take action.

Question 19

Question #21

You have created a control chart for a repeatable process in your program. You have discovered that the seven most recent measurements are all on the positive side of the mean in your control chart. What is this phenomenon called?
A. Rule of Improvement
B. Mean Improvement
C. Rule of Seven
D. Low-Riding Mean

Answer 19

C Rule of Seven

Question 20

Question #20

A project manager is reviewing the requirements of a large program.
Which requirements should the project team prioritize to avoid getting fines?

A. Certifying sustainable products
B. Establishing company processes
C. Complying with new regulations
D. Developing new product lines

Answer 20

C. Complying with new regulations

When reviewing requirements for a project, especially in the context of avoiding fines, the team should prioritize complying with new regulations. This is because failing to adhere to regulatory requirements can lead to legal consequences, including fines and penalties.

While all the options might have their own importance, complying with new regulations takes precedence when considering potential financial and legal risks. Sustainable products (Option A), company processes (Option B), and developing new product lines (Option D) are valuable aspects to consider, but they might not carry the same immediate legal implications as failing to meet new regulatory requirements.

Question 21

Question #22

What component of the change management system is responsible for evaluating, testing, and documenting changes created to the project scope?
A. Project Management Information System
B. Integrated Change Control
C. Scope Verification
D. Configuration Management System

Answer 21

D Configuration Management System

Comment: one person voted C. Verify this answer.

Question 22

Question #23

Donna is the project manager for her organization. She is preparing a plan to manage changes to the project should changes be requested. Her change management plan defines the process for documenting, tracking, and determining if the changes should be approved or declined. What system is considered the parent of the change control system documented in Donna’s plan?
A. Quality Management System
B. Change Control System
C. Project Management Information System
D. Integrated Change Control System

Answer 22

C Change Control System

Question 23

Qustion #24

You are a program manager for your organization. You have proposed a program to the management that will last four years and will cost $35 million to create.
Management has asked to see the program charter and the proposed costs and benefits of the program.
Management agrees to your program charter and proposed to fund the program in increments at the completion of each milestone. What type of funding does management proposed for this program?
A. Tentative
B. Step funding
C. Milestone approval
D. Phase gate estimating

Answer 23

B Step Funding

Question 24

Question #25

You are program manager for the HYH Program. Your program governance is requiring you to use earned value management to predict how closely your program is tracking to the cost and schedule baselines and to predict overall program performance. Which earned value management formula can you use to predict how much more will need to be invested in the program based on current program performance?
A. EV/AC
B. EV/PV
C. BAC/CPI
D. EAC-AC

Answer 24

D EAC-AC

Research and work this out

Question 24

Question #26

You are the program manager for your organization. When a project in your program is completed, who will need to sign the certificate of completion?
A. The project manager
B. The program customer
C. The program stakeholders
D. The project management team

Answer 24

B. The program customer

Question 25

Question #27

You are the program manager for your organization. Part of your role as the program manager is to train John, a new program manager, on the program processes within a program. John is confused as to when the program team can be acquired in the program management lifecycle. When will the program team be acquired for a program?
A. Planning
B. Execution
C. Monitoring and controlling
D. Initiation

Answer 25

B. Execution

voted as A. Planning. Verify

Question 25

Question #28

You are the program manager for your organization. You’re currently working with the program director, Nancy Holmes, to define a new program and the benefits the program should create. Of the following, which is the best definition of a benefit a program creates?
A. A benefit is an outcome of the constituent projects within a program.
B. A benefit is a project and program deliverables that the organization may use immediately.
C. A benefit is a deliverable of a program or project that is worth more than the cost to create the deliverable.
D. A benefit is an outcome of actions and behaviors that provides utility to stakeholders.

Answer 25

D. A beneift is an outcome of the action and behaviors that provides utility to stakeholders

Discuss/Verify

Question 26

Question #29

You are the program manager for your organization and you need to define all of the program resources you’ll need for your program. All of the following can be considered a program resource except for which one?
A. A forklift
B. Materials for the installation of a new server
C. A positive risk response
D. Gary, an application developer

Answer 26

C. A postiive Risk Response

Question 27

Question #30

Your program has been selected and its program charter is now being created. The program charter defines all of the following characteristics except for which one?
A. Program constraints
B. Program scope
C. High-level objectives for the program
D. Project scope statement for all projects within the program

Answer 27

D. Project scope statement for all proejcts withing the program

Discuss/Verify

Question 28

Question #31

Terri is the program manager for her organization and she’s working with Alice, a project manager in her program. Alice calls Terri and insists that she add a change to program scope. Terri agrees that the change should be entertained. What must Alice do to move forward with her change request?
A. Add the change to the program scope herself, as she is a project manager
B. Add the change request to the scope and complete integrated change control
C. Document the change request in a change request form.
D. Create a change request charter justifying the change request

Answer 28

C Document the change request in a change request form.

Question 29

Question #32

You are the program manager for the NHQ Program. Your program has a budget of
$4,500,000 and has lasted for two years. Your program has just completed its final deliverable and you’re completing the final program closure processes. What document must the program customer must now sign as part of program closure?
A. The customer must now sign the program scope.
B. The customer must now sign the payment for the program work.
C. The customer must now sign the certificate of program closure.
D. The customer must now sign the operational transfer agreement.

Answer 29

C. The customer must now sign the certificate of program closure.

Question 30

Question #33

You are the program manager of the YGH Program. A vendor has recently completed his contracted work for your program. You agree that the vendor has completed the procured work so what document should you and the vendors now sign?
A. Certificate of completion
B. Proposal agreement
C. Invoice
D. Contract

Answer 30

A Certificate of completion

Question 31

Question #35

Molly is the program manager for her organization. She is creating a document that defines the benefits the program will create for her organization once the program has been completed. What document is Molly writing?
A. Program charter
B. Program benefits realization plan
C. Program benefits statement
D. Program scope statement

Answer 31

C. Program benefits statement
voted A Program Charter

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Question 32

Question #34

You are the program manager for your organization. Management has asked that you determine when resources, such as leased equipment, are no longer needed so that you may release the resources to save time, money, and utilization of resources within your program. What program management process is management asking you to perform?
A. Contract administration
B. Resource management
C. Resource control
D. Procurement management

Answer 32

C. Resource Control
Voted: B Resource Management

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Question 33

Question #36

You are the program manager for your organization. Management is considering a new program but they are worried about the program risks that may affect the program success. You know that there are three positive risks responses and three negative risk responses that each risk can have. Management asks you which risk response would be most appropriate for a large risk event if they wanted to hire a third-party to own the risk event for the program. What risk event is most appropriate?
A. Transference
B. Mitigation
C. Avoidance
D. Sharing

Answer 33

A. Transference

Question 34

Question #37

You are the program manager for your organization. You have created a statement of work, request for proposal, and an invitation to a bidder’s conference for 17 possible vendors. During the conference there were questions about your request for proposal and statement of work that led to clarifications. After the vendor conference you should update what information to send back to the vendors?
A. Request for bid documents
B. Proposals
C. Statement of work
D. Program management plan

Answer 34

C. Statement of Work

Question 35

Question #38

You are the project manager for your organization and are working with the project stakeholders and the business analyst to define all of the deliverables the project is to create. The stakeholders would like the option of adding more deliverables later in the project and keeping the requirements somewhat open for changes. You explain to the business analyst that you need a set of requirements that define exactly what needs to be delivered for the project. What document are you trying to create in this early stage of the project?
A. Requirements technical documentation
B. Project scope statement
C. Project charter
D. Detail design document

Answer 35

B. Project scope statement

Question 36

Question #39

A new program is being initiated for the HNQ Organization. The program manager is working with the business analyst and management to define several attributes of the program. All of the following are identified during program initiation except for which one?
A. Program risk
B. Program benefits
C. Program scope
D. Link to organizational strategy

Answer 36

A. Program Risk

Question 37

Question #40

As a program manager you must also understand the project management lifecycle and the project lifecycle. What is the difference between the two?
A. The project management lifecycle and the project lifecycle are the same thing.
B. The project management lifecycle is comprised of the phases initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing. The project lifecycle is comprised of phases that are unique to the project work.
C. The project management lifecycle is unique to each project while the project lifecycle is universal to all projects.
D. The project management lifecycle is universal to all projects and the project lifecycle is unique to each project.

Answer 37

D. The project management lifecyce is unveral to all projects and the project lifecyce is unique to each project.