QUESTION 181
The project team members are all working on their tasks but are not able to reach consensus on how to integrate their efforts to produce deliverables. What should the project manager do to help their team produce the deliverables more efficiently?

A. Share the work breakdown structure (WBS) with the project team so they understand their roles.
B. Share a responsible, accountable, consulted, and informed (RACI) chart with the project team.
C. Advise the project team to deliver the components to the manager.
D. Facilitate a project team meeting to determine an approach.

Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 182
A team member is openly criticized by others during a standup meeting for failing to complete yesterday’s tasks. What should the agile coach do first to address the situation?

A. Let the discussion go on as it is important that the team is clear on priorities for the day.
B. Avoid the discussion by referring to the team charter.
C. Emphasize the ground rules and then focus on today’s activities and impediments.
D. Address the team members involved during the next sprint retrospective.

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION 183
The project manager is working with resource managers to build the project team. What can the project manager expect as the team starts to work together?

A. The project team will function as a collective body.
B. The project team will become operationally efficient.
C. The project team will begin building relationships.
D. The project team will develop a synergy quickly.

Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 184
For the third day in a row during a daily standup, a team member discusses problem-solving for a critical stage in the project. As a result, the standup meeting runs over time. Though the conversation is useful, some team members’ body language has indicated that they are frustrated.
What should the project manager do to resolve this situation?

A. Schedule a brainstorming session to discuss how the team can agree upon a solution more efficiently.
B. Recommend the project team bring in external experts to help solve the problem more quickly.
C. Show empathy to the frustrated team members but let them know the conversation is important to the project.
D. Ask the frustrated team members to self-regulate their reaction as this will negatively impact the team dynamic.

Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 185
One-on-one interviews with members of an agile team reveal that they distrust an expert member. Their explanations seem to point to the expert’s communication style in daily coordination meetings, which team members interpret as avoiding accountability.
What two actions should the project manager take to address the situation? (Choose 2)

A. Instruct the expert member to avoid phrases that make the team uncomfortable.
B. Encourage the team to respectfully ask questions to promote clear communication.
C. Remind the team that all communications are valid and worthy of trust.
D. Help the team gain trust in the expert by describing the expert’s experience.
E. Help the expert member feel secure enough to communicate more freely.

Correct Answer: BE
QUESTION 186
During a project audit, several risks are identified. The auditors realize that the team is having trouble quantifying and qualifying these risks. What should the project manager do?

A. Invite the project stakeholders to participate in the process.
B. Ask the subject matter expert (SME) to support the team.
C. Ask the sponsor to contribute to the risk management process.
D. Facilitate risk management training for the team.

Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 187
A project manager takes over a project team and notices that the team members always wait for management to make decisions during team meetings. In previous work, the project manager discovered that a team is more committed to the deliverables if the team members decide. However, this team is not willing to be put on the spot. What should the project manager do?

A. Encourage the team to start making one decision in every meeting.

B. Develop decision-making behavior such as team key performance indicators (KPls).
C. Continue the current practice as long as the team members can still perform.
D. Understand the team members’ obstacles and discuss means of improvement.

Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 188
During a team’s daily meetings, the project manager notices that some team members are constantly experiencing blockers due to issues with communication and misunderstanding the process directions. How should the project manager proceed in this situation?

A. Request these team members improve their performance.
B. Take the current velocity into account for the next iteration planning.
C. Hold coaching sessions to further educate these team members.
D. Instruct the team members how to remove project obstacles.

Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 189
A company is working to deliver projects that make use of artificial intelligence (Al) while adopting an agile methodology. When creating a backlog, the project leader discovers that the team working on these activities is repeatedly experiencing delays, similar to past projects.
What should the project leader do next?

A. Ask the product owner to invite the sponsor to the next sprint planning session.
B. Hire new architects to lead the delayed, Al-deliverable tasks for the next sprint.
C. Ensure that knowledge transfer to the project team has been included as part of the project activities.
D. Allocate more resources to the project to configure the Al deliverables and recover the lost time.

Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 190
An ongoing project is facing a challenging situation where the customer is not satisfied. The team is new to agile development and frequently communicates with the customer and gives regular status reports.
What should the project lead do to satisfy the customer?

A. Schedule a meeting with the customer and let them know that the team is new to agile and the situation will improve.
B. Review the progress of the project with the customer and modify the frequency of sprint review.
C. Review the situation with the customer and make the required adjustments with the team.
D. Reduce the frequent communication with the customer and improve the format of the status reports to include the team’s progress.

Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 191
A complex project is being developed in phases as per the original plan. Half of the systems have been handed over to the customer for their operational use. There is no delay in the schedule. However, the customer is still not happy about the outcome as some of the systems that were handed over are no longer useful because the environment changed.
What should the project manager have done to avoid this?

A. Reviewed benefits realization with the customer regularly and constantly aligned expectations
B. Informed the project team to closely monitor the deliverables and keep the customer informed
C. Asked the customer to participate in project status meetings to better understand the progress
D. Explained to the customer that the project is in good shape as the system is operational

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION 192
A project manager is leading a contract for a new market that was awarded to their company. The client has the desire to jump-start the market with the informal sector traders.
What should the project manager do?

A. Plan the project in phases, starting with the informal sector, to deliver business value to the client quickly.
B. Divide the project team into groups to execute the project as small parallel projects, including the informal sector.
C. Execute the projects simultaneously following the project schedule and the communications management plan.
D. Gather requirements and convert them into backlog items to quickly deliver value to the client.

Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 193
A project lead conducted several coordination meetings to initiate an effort for estimating the budget and confirming the timeframe for a new project. Due to some resource challenges within the organization, the option of outsourcing some activities could be implemented during execution.
What should the project lead ensure before submitting this project for a stage gate review in order to receive the investments needed?

A. Add a percentage for the management reserve to have some buffer.
B. Conduct a retrospective meeting with all involved stakeholders.
C. Initiate a recruitment plan to explore the market situation.
D. Align with relevant stakeholders on the procurement strategy.

Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 194
A project manager is leading a team that is delivering new software to a finance team. The new software will streamline the finance team’s monthly closing activities and reporting.
What should the project manager use to promote knowledge transfer for the new solution?

A. User handbook
B. Support portal
C. Project documents
D. End-user training

Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 195
A project team member tells the project lead that expecting a similar delivery output for every day of the sprint is not realistic. The project lead reports this to the project management office (PMO)
What should the project lead do?

A. Discuss this with the project team in the next sprint planning meeting.
B. Discuss this with the project team in the next sprint retrospective meeting.
C. Discuss the issue with the product owner
D. Discuss this with the PMO manager.

Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 196
A project manager is working on a project. A few months after the project has launched, the project manager starts receiving complaints from the business unit managers about the lack of updated project information.
What should the project manager do?

A. Run Monte Carlo simulation to identify any flaws in the communication matrix.

B. Review the communications management plan and stakeholder register.
C. Check the organizational responsibility of functional managers in the project.
D. Request that the business unit managers attend weekly review meetings.

Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 197
A project manager has been assigned to a new agile project with a lot of rapidly changing knowledge areas. How should the project manager manage the knowledge transfers on this project?

A. Ask the project team to set up the initial sprints to transfer domain knowledge before focusing on the deliverables.
B. Request the stakeholders to completely document all the domain knowledge before starting the project.
C. Work with the quality assurance (QA) team to make sure all domain knowledge is being transferred properly among stakeholders.
D. Mentor the team and stakeholders to ensure domain knowledge is being exchanged properly among them during sprints.

Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 198
After finishing the planning session for a new project, the team agrees that the project duration needs to be 12 months. However, the project sponsor asks to release the product before the end of the project.
What should the project manager do first?

A. Assist the team in proposing a minimum viable product (MVP)
B. Update the risk register and escalate it to the sponsor.
C. Request the stakeholders to reduce the project backlog to finish on time.
D. Ask to increase the capacity of the team to deliver the project on time.

Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 199
During the project planning phase, the customer explained the importance of delivering the project results proposed in the scope as soon as possible. What should the project manager do first to address this issue?

A. Approve a change request to change the project approach to agile.
B. Assess the opportunities to deliver project value incrementally.
C. Gather all of the requirements’ details and schedule a refinement meeting.
D. Prepare a project management plan for the full scope using an agile approach.

Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 200
A project manager has been informed by a vendor that a shipment with supplies needed for the project will be delayed by 6 weeks. What should the project manager do first?

A. Treat the risk as an issue and launch the risk response plan.
B. Find another vendor to deliver the required supplies on time.
C. Document this as a risk and define a risk response plan.
D. Ask the procurement manager to resolve the issue with the vendor.

Correct Answer: A