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PMP Exam Dumps - PMI Project-Management-Professional Questions and Answers

Question # 54

While managing a project using a hybrid approach, the project manager realizes that there is a high level of rework due to quality issues. Because

of that, each feature is taking longer than initially estimated.

What should the project manager do to address the issue?

Options:

A.

Escalate the issue to the project sponsor.

B.

Address the issue during the next sprint planning meeting.

C.

Initiate a change request to extend the project end date.

D.

Extend the dates for future project milestones.

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Question # 55

After assigning tasks to a project team, a project manager discovers that some team members are uncomfortable. Same team members are having 4 difficult time understanding their assigned tasks, whereas other team members are challenging the schedule based on that allocation to the project.

Which phase of the Tuckman ladder of team formation is occurring?

Options:

A.

Forming

B.

Mourning

C.

Storming

D.

Norming

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Question # 56

During the development of a project in a dynamic market environment, new unforeseen legal requirements have come into effect. The project

manager is not sure if some of the project deliverables will be fully compliant with the new requirements.

What should the project manager do?

Options:

A.

Stop the project until someone in the organization can identify all the new requirements and how they impact the project.

B.

Request the project management office (PMO) to assign a dedicated resource to monitor the external environment to enable more reactiontime.

C.

Agree with the project team that the new requirements will be applied to the next project, not the one already under development.

D.

Evaluate the consequences of noncompliance with relevant stakeholders and update the risk register with agreed actions.

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Question # 57

A project manager has been assigned as the servant leader for an ongoing project that historically has presented unexpected problems. The main stakeholder is hesitant to continue with the rest of the sprints even though there are no open issues or indications of risks at this stage.

What should the project manager do to address this problem?

Options:

A.

Increase the contingency reserves to cover unknown-unknowns.

B.

Implement short cycles for inspection and provide feedback.

C.

Increase the management reserves to convert the known-unknowns.

D.

Create a new risk entry to identify the stakeholder as a detractor.

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Question # 58

A project manager is overseeing a project as part of a program geared toward a major technology disruption. The team is comprised of brilliant young professionals who have worked on different projects for the organization in the past. However, the team complained that they previously experienced a lack of direction during project execution and are a traid of the same issue in this project.

Which two actions should the project manager take to ensure that this issue does not occur in this project? (Choose two)

Options:

A.

Keep the team engaged and focused on the project's direction.

B.

Encourage the team to do a brainstorming session and provide a mitigation plan.

C.

Focus on the resource management plan and track project progress,

D.

Set a clear vision for the project and ensure it is visible to all stakeholders.

E.

Organize a team-bonding activity and invite an external manager to speak to the team.

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Question # 59

A project manager who takes over halfway through a project determines that the cost performance index (CPI) is 0.65. A detailed audit identifies that the project cost was analogously estimated, and the audit team thinks that something was missing in the way the estimates were done.

What should have been done to avoid this problem?

Options:

A.

Included lessons learned from past projects

B.

Used bottom-up estimating

C.

Utilized three-point estimates

D.

Validated the schedule performance index (SPI) to evaluate deviation

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Question # 60

A product owner has returned from a meeting with a few key stakeholders, who expressed interest in learning more about the project progress. The product owner is

seeking the project manager's recommendation on how to approach this request.

What should the project manager do to help the product owner?

Options:

A.

Provide an overview of the completed functionalities and release plan, and capture expectations for future stakeholder involvement.

B.

Invite the product owner to future demonstrations where they can provide feedback.

C.

Provide access to the latest user acceptance test (UAT) environment so they can see the solution.

D.

Remind the product owner of stakeholder accountability, and ask the product owner to determine the appropriate next steps.

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Question # 61

A company's project management office (PMO) has started to implement iterative tools. The project manager is starting a new project and has

identified an opportunity to use the new tools. There is disagreement among stakeholders about the use of the adaptive tool.

What should the project manager do first?

Options:

A.

Investigate the reasons for the disagreement to understand the gap among the stakeholders and search for consensus.

B.

Discuss the situation with the stakeholders to evaluate other adaptive tools for the project.

C.

Schedule training sessions for the stakeholders on the benefits of the adaptive tools.

D.

Update the risk register and escalate the disagreement to the project sponsor and distribute the status to the team.

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Question # 62

A project manager is leading an agile team. The daily standups and iteration meetings are currently facilitated by the product owner. A team member contacts the project manager and mentions that they are looking to improve their facilitation skills.

How should the project manager respond to this request?

Options:

A.

Ask the team member to review the lessons learned on facilitation from previous projects.

B.

Suggest that the team member facilitate an upcoming iteration and review the outcomes in the iteration retrospective.

C.

Engage their functional manager to determine if there is alignment to their development plan before agreeing.

D.

Add new elements to the project backlog to account for the training needs of the team member.

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Question # 63

During an agile project a project manager lost one of the resources, and at the same lime, uncovered new requirements, which were added to the backlog What should the project manager do next?

Options:

A.

Reevaluate the project schedule as the velocity will be impacted by the loss of resources

B.

Reevaluate the backlog priority with the product owner since the velocity has been impacted

C.

Reevaluate the scope of the current iteration to keep the same velocity and timeline

D.

Reevaluate the velocity as the iteration duration will be impacted by new requirements

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Question # 64

A company has undertaken a large transformation project in preparation for the changing economy. During the planning of the transformation project, the key resource from human resources (HR) refuses to approve the proposed project plan.

What should the project manager do to gain an understanding of the cause for the resource's refusal?

Options:

A.

Speak directly with the resource.

B.

Communicate with their supervisor.

C.

Organize a team meeting.

D.

Speak with their colleague.

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Question # 65

At the end of a workshop to review project deliverables, a number of follow-up action items were generated. What should the project manager do next?

Options:

A.

Defer all actions until the next workshop to keep the team focused on other higher priorities

B.

Follow up on each item as soon as possible to ensure timely completion and report the status to management.

C.

Review the critical path and update the project schedule with the newly identified tasks.

D.

Prioritize the actions with the team, assign individuals who will be responsible for completion, and monitor progress.

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Question # 66

A project manage is in the middle of an angle project comprised of 100 user stories broken down into five iterations. Each user story is worth U$$50. The actual expenditure is U$$2,00 and 50 user stories have been delivered.

Which statement is true?

Options:

A.

The project is over budget and behind schedule.

B.

The project is under budget and on schedule.

C.

The project is under budget and behind schedule.

D.

The project is on budget and on schedule.

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Question # 67

A healthcare organization hired a new compliance specialist to ensure that the healthcare compliance needs are met. The feedback about the new compliance specialist

from the team was average.

What should the project manager do to help the new compliance specialist improve?

Options:

A.

Escalate this situation to the manager of the area for a possible solution.

B.

Provide time for the specialist to adjust to the pace of the project.

C.

Coordinate a one-to-one meeting with the specialist to assess the situation.

D.

Contact the human resources (HR) manager about the team's feedback.

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Question # 68

A project manager is managing a few innovation projects with a high level of uncertainty. The project manager is experiencing challenges with the large number of change

requests issued due to the nature of the project.

What should the project manager do?

Options:

A.

Add a fixed number of change requests allowed by the client on the project baseline.

B.

Request sponsor approval for all change requests to reduce the number of changes.

C.

Initiate the number of iterations to reduce the number of change requests.

D.

Reduce the number of approvers required to implement a change request.

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Question # 69

An experienced project team member always points out the issues of other team members during meetings. The other team members feel that

the experienced team member is deflecting their own issues in meetings.

What should the project manager do?

Options:

A.

Arrange separated group meetings to allow everyone to express their opinions.

B.

Review the communications management plan with the team and enforce its implementation.

C.

Prepare an agenda for all future team meetings and facilitate the discussion.

D.

Speak with the experienced team member to discuss the issues in a supportive way.

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Question # 70

A project manager's customer is new to agile approaches. When the customer found out that the project was going to use an agile approach, the customer became

concerned that the product quality will be sacrificed.

What should the project manager do?

Options:

A.

Ensure that the customer and the delivery team agree on the definition of done (DoD) in the beginning of the project.

B.

Invite the customer to join the daily standup meetings to better understand the product design and progress.

C.

Ensure the team demonstrates product features to this customer regularly to collect feedback and improve as needed.

D.

Invite the customer to join the regular sprint planning sessions to better understand the project's progress.

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Question # 71

Multidisciplinary teams will be needed for a project. The project manager asks the project planner to create a consolidated schedule. The project manager determines from the consolidated schedule that the project's finish date exceeds the requested finish date.

What should the project manager suggest to the planner to analyze this issue?

Options:

A.

Verify the total float of each activity of the consolidated project schedule.

B.

Verify the critical path of the consolidated project schedule.

C.

Verify successors and predecessors of each activity of the consolidated project schedule.

D.

Verify the free float of each activity of the consolidated project schedule.

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Question # 72

A project manager is working on a project to build a manufacturing complex. The project will run in three different phases: engineering, procurement, and construction. The

procurement phase is in the initiation stage. The project sponsor wants to pursue the project phases as they have been planned, but also wants to accommodate and adjust to new data, input from the customer, and changes during the various phases as the project progresses.

How should the project manager approach this project?

Options:

A.

Apply a predictive project management approach.

B.

Evaluate and decide on a phased project management approach.

C.

Implement an adaptive project management approach.

D.

Use a hybrid model to combine predictive and adaptive life cycles.

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Question # 73

A project manager brings in a new team member from an agile environment to work in a predictive environment The project manager expects to leverage the new team member's agile experience with the existing team members.

What should the project manager do to integrate the new team member effectively?

Options:

A.

Train the new team member in the predictive project management approach.

B.

Acknowledge that hiring this new employee is a risk to the existing team

C.

Set expectations with the new team member and explain what is needed

D.

Meet with all team members and explain the new employee's position.

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Question # 74

An IT project manager for a project that is 50% complete teams that a critical team member plans to relocate to another country soon. The team member is needed for the remainder of the project.

How should the project manager improve team dynamics?

Options:

A.

Require that all team members be physically present for the weekly project review.

B.

Offer the team member an incentive to stay until the end of the project.

C.

Replace the team member with someone who has similar qualifications and is located closer.

D.

Set up a weekly video conference to monitor the progress of the team member's work.

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Question # 75

A team member has very strong technical skills and is interested in a leadership role. A leadership position opens up outside of the team in the organization. The project manager has observed that the team member has a major gap in communicating in a professional manner.

What should the project manager do?

Options:

A.

Suggest the team member focus on positions with technical aspects and possible technical career opportunities.

B.

Recommend the team member for effective communication training and support their career development interests.

C.

Encourage the team member to stay in their current role as they are important to the project.

D.

Ask the team member to refrain from pursuing new opportunities as they are not a suitable fit for a leadership position.

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Question # 76

While preparing an earned value analysis (EVA) for the sponsor, the project manager provided this information in the latest project report:

    Approved Work Package Cost Estimates: US$9,500

    Contingency reserves: $500 %

    Management reserves: 10% of contingency reserves

    Percent complete of the project: 50%

    Planned percent of the project: 40%

    Actual costs of the project: US$4,500

What is accurate about the project status?

Options:

A.

The actual work is 25% more than the planned work.

B.

The project cost is 10% lower than planned.

C.

The actual work is 25% less than the planned work.

D.

The project cost is 10% higher than planned.

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Question # 77

A project team member informs the project manager that a stakeholder is contacting the team member to request status updates. The team member is being distracted by these repeated requests, which are interfering with the completion of assigned tasks.

What should the project manager do?

Options:

A.

Increase the frequency of updates given to this stakeholder.

B.

Inform the team member to stop sending any further updates to the stakeholder.

C.

Raise this issue to the project sponsor in the next project status review meeting.

D.

Review this stakeholder's communication requirements.

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Question # 78

The project lead is very concerned about the quality of a specific design feature and how the product will perform. What should the project lead focus on to ensure project success and customer satisfaction?

Options:

A.

Confirm that the deliverable will meet the defined acceptance criteria.

B.

Update acceptance criteria while the deliverable is being developed.

C.

Ask stakeholders to test against the defined acceptance criteria.

D.

Plan extra tests if acceptance criteria are not met.

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Question # 79

A project team needs to create artifacts for an upcoming steering committee.

What should the project manager do first?

Options:

A.

Use templates from an existing project.

B.

Ask the project management office (PMO) for guidance.

C.

Surveying peers to understand what templates they have used.

D.

Lead the project team in finding the best templates.

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Question # 80

A multinational company is launching a company-wide digital transformation project that covers all of its regions and business lines. The project is expected to go through five phases and finish in 2 years. The project manager schedules a kick-off meeting.

What should the project manager do next?

Options:

A.

Ensure there is enough budget to mandate all team members to fly to corporate headquarters for the kick-off meeting.

B.

Consider using digital or virtual tools to conduct the kick-off meeting to minimize geographic boundaries.

C.

Document the kick-off meeting and close out the planning phase after the meeting is held.

D.

Limit to one kick-off meeting in the project's first phase in order to control the budget.

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Question # 81

During the last iteration of a hybrid project, one of the key members of the team wants to leave the project. What should the project manager do to address this concern?

Options:

A.

Keep activities as planned regardless of the resource change.

B.

Update the burndown chart to reflect this resource's absence.

C.

Have a meeting with the resource to understand the issue.

D.

Request an additional resource to finish the project.

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Question # 82

A company is transitioning from a predictive to agile delivery of projects. Based on

the requirements, the project team estimates the budget and decides to use a fixed-price

contract with its vendor. However, during the execution of the project, the requirements

evolve and priorities start to change constantly, which puts the project and the estimate at completion (EAC) off by 40%.

What should the project manager do next?

Options:

A.

Send a detailed status report highlighting the issue with funding to all of the stakeholders.

B.

Submit a change request to the financial manager to increase the funding and continue as is.

C.

Meet with the stakeholders to recommend the use of a time and materials (T&M) contract to address the problem.

D.

Wait until the next gate review meeting to highlight the risk of low funds to the stakeholders.

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Question # 83

A CEO of a general contracting company urgently asks the project manager to sign up two project team members to participate in a specific training course. Halfway

through the training, both team members complain that the training is too difficult, above their experience level, and that the material does not align with their tasks.

What should the project manager have done to prevent this situation?

Options:

A.

Communicated with the two team members that the purpose of the training is to provide material that might be useful to them in the future

B.

Sent an immediate request to the human resources (HR) department to replace the current team members with higher skilled candidates

C.

Observed and assessed the competencies and skills of the team members and analyzed the training material beforehand

D.

Planned a training to follow the specific course to bring the two team members to the required experience level

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Question # 84

The project team completed a demonstration of the main deliverable of the project. Although the project sponsor is happy with the outcome and is ready to sign the release to production, one of the business unit managers who attended the demo believes that the deliverable is not complete.

Which document should the project manager use to resolve this situation?

Options:

A.

Requirements traceability matrix

B.

Risk management plan

C.

Project scope statement

D.

Requirements management plan

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Question # 85

A project manager is assigned to a long-term project. The project manager came across a government debate over a new law that may affect the project.

Which first two actions should the project manager perform? (Choose 2)

Options:

A.

Create a change request to discuss with the change control board (CCB).

B.

Perform a risk identification process with the project team.

C.

Ask the project sponsor for additional budget for contingency.

D.

Consult with the project stakeholders and evaluate the impact.

E.

Discuss the possible impacts with subject matter experts (SMEs).

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Question # 86

A telecommunications project consists of departments spread across several countries with different cultures. The project team rarely meets in person, and each team member works independently using online reporting tools.

What should the project manager do to ensure team members are committed to project success?

Options:

A.

Control and follow the project's mam goals, budget, and schedule

B.

Plan regular virtual meetings to motivate and support the team.

C.

Meet in small groups and share information by email with the rest of the team

D.

Create a monthly report so everyone will be informed of the current status.

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Question # 87

The project stakeholders represent diverse organizational functions and have differing opinions about project goals. The project has been approved, but change requests could result if the stakeholders do not align on the functionality needed and the minimum viable product (MVP).

What should the project manager do?

Options:

A.

Inform the stakeholders that the project goals are in the business case and change requests must be submitted.

B.

Secure approval from the most influential stakeholders on the project goals and the needed functionality.

C.

Host requirements gathering meetings where all of the stakeholders can identify their project goals until agreement is reached.

D.

Develop a list of project goals, secure sponsor approval, and then socialize them with the direct and indirect stakeholders.

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Question # 88

A project manager was appointed to lead an already approved project. While reviewing the benefits management plan, the project manager finds out that the information about the forecasted value of the project may not be accurate.

What should the project manager do?

Options:

A.

Meet with the project sponsor and key stakeholders to confirm that the information about the forecasted project value is accurate.

B.

Ask the organization to cancel the project because the project manager is unable to confirm that the project will deliver the forecasted value.

C.

Proceed with execution of the project whether the information about the forecasted value is right or not because the project is already approved.

D.

Develop scope alternatives to achieve the forecasted project value in the event that project benefits information is inaccurate.

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Question # 89

An organization is undergoing an agile transformation. The executive leadership team is concerned that they will lose control over the scope of the project.

What should the project manager, who is responsible for this project, do to mitigate this risk?

Options:

A.

Ensure that the executive leadership team approves all scope that is being proposed by the multiple agile teams to avoid misalignment.

B.

Propose a governance model that empowers the teams while providing the necessary oversight to the executive leadership team.

C.

Propose a multilayered gate system based on risks and financial expenditures, involving the executive leadership team as needed.

D.

Assure the executive leadership team that the current governance model will not be affected by the agile approach.

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Question # 90

A project manager is assigned to a multiyear enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution project. During planning, the business sponsor emphasizes the importance of demonstrating value along the way, while maintaining the integrity of the final product.

How should the project manager establish the delivery model for this project?

Options:

A.

Organize the project into multiple subsets based on business functions and deliver each subset as a component of the final product.

B.

Reestablish the project as a program with multiple small projects, as each project will be delivered as a product of its own.

C.

Communicate the latest status to the steering committee and provide a demo of the features completed.

D.

Schedule routine demos on features completed and deliver a single product once all features are completed.

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Question # 91

A project team began working on a complex project that involves new technology as a product. The team is new to the technology and the proposed approach. Additionally, the customer is apprehensive about how the product will be received in the market.

What should the project manager do to help the team and the customer?

Options:

A.

Manage the risks associated with the proposed approach.

B.

Assist the team with identifying the minimum viable product (MVP) to validate assumptions.

C.

Coordinate with the business unit to get detailed requirements.

D.

Work closely with the marketing team on market research and product segments

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Question # 92

In the execution phase of a project, the development team is informed by the IT security department that one of the external platforms that the team is using will be uninstalled for the whole organization.

What should the project manager do first?

Options:

A.

Escalate the issue to the change control board (CCB).

B.

Ask the project team to analyze the impact.

C.

Register the risk and document the contingency plan.

D.

Have the project team brainstorm alternatives.

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Question # 93

A few new team members working on a public housing project are unfamiliar with the system. They do not understand how to evaluate residents applying for a subsidy to build a house, including the rules and criteria for applicant approval.

What should the project manager do?

Options:

A.

Plan a training session for the new team members not familiar with the system.

B.

Communicate the rules and criteria to the team members through email.

C.

Work only with the team members familiar with the system

D.

Document which rules and criteria the new team members are not familiar wit

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Question # 94

At the closing phase of the project the project manager sends the completion reports to the client as a formal written document, indicating that the contract has been completed The client refuses to approve the document since the defect rate is 0.1%. The project manager insists that it is an acceptable rate as the standard defect rate of the industry is 0.15%.

What should have been done to avoid this situation?

Options:

A.

The acceptance criteria should have been properly defined in the contract

B.

The client requirements should have been clearly defined in the contract

C.

The Manage Quality process should have been appropriately conducted

D.

The project manager should have reviewed the standard industry defect rate

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Question # 95

A new team member is assigned to a team that consistently delivers each iteration. The new team member is does not understand many of the processes followed and begins to negatively impact the schedule.

What should the project manager do?

Options:

A.

Place the new team member on a performance improvement program.

B.

Ask another team member to take some of the new team member's work.

C.

Assign easier activities to the new team member.

D.

Allocate time within the iterations to mentor the new team member.

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Question # 96

While following up on a deliverable, a team member expresses concern to the project manager about working with another team member. This team member states that the other team member, who is a functional manager, is often defensive and aggressive during meetings.

How should the project manager handle this situation?

Options:

A.

Suggest that the team member ignore the disruptive team member and focus only on the work.

B.

Encourage both team members to meet as soon as possible and resolve the problem

C.

Monitor the situation for a few weeks to determine if the disruptive team member's attitude changes.

D.

Report the disruptive team member to the human resource (HR) department.

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Question # 97

A project manager was recently assigned to a project that is in the execution phase and is experiencing roadblocks. During a review of the

processes and procedures, the project manager notices similarities to a previous project that experienced similar roadblocks. The project manager

reviews the task schedule and finds that certain tasks are well behind expectations. In speaking with the project team, the project manager

confirms that the team is following the processes exactly.

What should the project manager do?

Options:

A.

Update the schedule to account for the unexpected delays in the project tasks.

B.

Review the resources allocated to the project and change accordingly.

C.

Review and amend the processes to ensure only value-adding activities are present.

D.

Update the variation register to account for the extended project time.

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Question # 98

A project manager collects various pieces of information and consolidates metrics in an agile project. The project manager finds that there is slack in the team in terms of productivity. The number of items sent to development per person has decreased by 10%, and the project manager used a root cause analysis (RCA) and discovered the reason is a lack of knowledge in one of the frameworks used for modeling.

What should the project manager do next?

Options:

A.

Foster knowledge sharing and coaching among team members.

B.

Arrange for external training amid the tight project schedules.

C.

Add new members for the underperforming team.

D.

Seek an external expert to review the framework.

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Question # 99

While sizing a user story in planning poker, one team member believes the user story should be 8 points. Another believes the story should be 2 points.

What should the scrum master do?

Options:

A.

Determine the average of the two estimates and assign that amount.

B.

Ask the product owner to rewrite the story so the final estimate can be agreed upon.

C.

Consult the lessons learned for insight into the correct estimate.

D.

Select the junior member's estimate since they will most likely be doing the work.

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Question # 100

A project team has experienced deliverable delays in the last few iterations. During the retrospective, the team realizes that the quality issues identified are because the quality process is outdated.

Who should the project manager ask to update the process?

Options:

A.

Project team

B.

Project management office (PMO)

C.

Quality lead

D.

Product owner

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Question # 101

A project manager is finalizing the project charter and has invited the project sponsor and key stakeholders to confirm the project estimates. The project manager suggests adding a budget reserve to meet unforeseen risks, but the project sponsor disagrees.

What should the project manager do?

Options:

A.

Demonstrate that risky projects are subject to change so adding reserves to the budget is a necessity.

B.

Explain to the project sponsor and key stakeholders the need to add the reserve and get their buy-in.

C.

Seek key stakeholders' approval and finalize the budget with the reserve.

D.

Agree with the project sponsor and finalize the budget without the reserve.

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Question # 102

During a project's initiation phase a lessons learned sharing session was held with the team from another project Low construction productivity was discussed as a potential delay to project completion

What should the project manager do next?

Options:

A.

Discuss this issue with the project sponsor to request additional funding to implement mitigation

B.

Hire a construction management consultant to develop a comprehensive site execution plan

C.

Prequalify contractors with proven track records to eliminate productivity concerns

D.

Add construction productivity to the risk register and develop a mitigation strategy for site execution

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Question # 103

In an organizational upper-level management meeting, the CEO shows interest in a project of which they were not previously aware. After the meeting, what should the project manager do to ensure the CEO's support?

Options:

A.

Update the stakeholder engagement plan to include the CEO.

B.

Meet with the CEO to review the current deliverables for the project.

C.

Identify the CEO's preferred method of communication.

D.

Send the updated project management plan and documents to the CEO.

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Exam Code: PMP
Exam Name: Project Management Professional (2025 Version)
Last Update: Nov 20, 2025
Questions: 2040
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