QUESTION 181
The project manager asks a member of the team to launch an RFP for a major deliverable. Which of the following best describes what information the project manager is requesting?
A. Whether the vendors can lower the price of their proposals
B. General information about the different vendors that can provide the product
C. How different vendors plan to develop the needed product
D. The resources needed to develop the product
Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 182
Project stakeholders are concerned that a project might not finish on time due to previous slippage. Which of the following is the best way for the project manager to determine how much longer the project will take, assuming the project team will continue to work at the current production rate?
A. Estimate by using the baseline divided by the schedule performance index for critical path tasks.
B. Report the budgeted cost of work scheduled and the budgeted cost of work performed.
C. Ask an external consultant for their projection based on experience and industry standards.
D. Assess the schedule reserves to determine if it is adequate for the remaining risk.
Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 183
A senior leadership team has requested a way to be informed about a project without having to look through emails or hold another meeting. Which of the following would best serve the needs of the senior leadership team?
A. Wiki knowledge base
B. Project dashboard
C. Gantt chart
D. Project status report
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 184
A company is designing a new ERP system. The SOW includes modules for different departments. During a meeting, a stakeholder requests an additional feature. Which of the following actions should the project manager should take next?
A. Document the change request in the change log.
B. Communicate the change request to stakeholders.
C. Determine the decision makers for the change request.
D. Validate the change request
Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 185
A project manager is consistently struggling to obtain a commitment date from a developer to deliver a major task. The developer tells the project manager that multiple tasks are already planned. Which of the following actions should the project manager take?
A. Escalate to human resources to terminate the developer due to lack of project interest.
B. Send a request to the functional manager to increase project allocation that prioritizes the developer.
C. Notify the developer that a specific deliverable date has been updated on the schedule.
D. Assign a new developer to be in charge of the critical task.
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 186
Participant attendance has been poor at the last few weekly meetings. The project manager wants to validate who the participants should be, how often the meetings should occur, and on which day and at which time the meeting should be held. Which of the following is the best place to validate this information?
A. Project communication plan
B. Project management plan
C. Project business case
D. Project schedule
Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 187
Employees in an organization store their files in one central system, and they work collaboratively in that system. Which of the following systems is the organization using?
A. Customer relationship management
B. Enterprise resource planning
C. Digital assets management
D. Electronic content management
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 188
An end user suggests additional features for a new program during beta testing. Which of the following should the PM do next?
A. Conduct an impact assessment.
B. Document the request in the change control log.
C. Update the project plan.
D. Ask the developer to make the change.
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 189
Which of the following would be considered a CapEx budget item?
A. Smoke testing
B. Adding new functionality
C. Writing code to fix a bug
D. Hiring a new developer
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 190
A project team is deciding how to break up a large project into smaller components so the project can be delivered without increasing the duration of the iteration cycles. Which of the following describes the grouping of the smaller components?
A. An issue
B. A goal
C. A backlog item
D. An epic
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 191
Which of the following best describes the reason a waterfall approach would be used for a project?
A. The executive team still has no clear requirements for the product.
B. The executive team is looking to review the product only once after the product is finalized.
C. The executive team is expecting constant delivery of components.
D. The executive team wants to reduce the budget for development.
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 192
During a project, a vendor mistakenly sent the wrong equipment to a site. Which of the following tools should be used to track this information?
A. Change log
B. Risk log
C. Issue log
D. Defect log
Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 193
A company has several conflicting proposed initiatives. Which of the following is the steering committee responsible for accomplishing?
A. Collecting customer feedback
B. Deciding which projects to pursue
C. Obtaining current deliverable status
D. Leading application development
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 194
The PMO wants to streamline the routing and approval of project activities to provide up-to-date visibility of the status. Which of the following collaboration tools would be most appropriate to use?
A. Real-time, multi-authoring tool
B. Wilki knowledge base and search engine
C. Workflow and e-signature platform
D. File-sharing platform and storage system
Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 195
A project manager is concerned the team members on a new project are not interacting smoothly. Which of the following should the project manager use to improve team communication?
A. Face-to-face meetings
B. Videoconferencing
C. Enterprise social media
D. Workflow platforms
Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 196
A PM is reviewing objectives for a project in a new industry. Which of the following items should the PM review first?
A. Applicable regulations and standards
B. Relevance to the global environment
C. Company vision, mission, and values
D. Impact to the corporate brand
Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 197
A project manager wants to keep track of and maintain the schedule for the project, as well as analyze whether work is progressing according to the deadline. Which of the following should the project manager use to accomplish this goal?
A. Burndown chart
B. Pareto chart
C. Velocity chart
D. Critical path diagram
Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 198
A project team had some issues accessing a shared folder in the office. Which of the following is the first step the project manager should take?
A. Escalate the issue to the head of the IT department.
B. Advise the team to work locally.
C. Log the case in a ticketing system.
D. Evaluate the impact on the project.
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 199
During a functional validation exercise, two end users request changes to the product that cannot be implemented without altering the already constrained project budget. The project manager convinces the end users to simplify the change request so it can be accomplished. Which of the following conflict resolution techniques did the project manager use?
A. Collaborating
B. Smoothing
C. Avoiding
D. Compromising
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 200
During the onboarding of a new hire, the senior project manager explains the different types and purposes of meetings. Which of the following best describes what the project manager is describing to the new hire?
A. Project stand-up
B. Project budgeting
C. Project report
D. Project cadence
Correct Answer: D