QUESTION 21
A project manager is leading a project with a risk management plan detailing strategy and actions if any of the identified risks become an issue. One of the identified risks becomes an issue but the project manager acknowledges that the response considered in the risk management plan may not be the best. What should the project manager do?

A. Adopt the action prescribed in the risk management plan since it was agreed to beforehand.
B. Submit a change request to perform a different issue response than what is registered in the risk management plan.
C. Escalate the issue to the project sponsor and register the new risk response on the project documents.
D. Meet with the project team and sponsor to reevaluate all issue responses registered in the risk management plan.

Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 22
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. Document this as a risk and define a risk response plan.
C. Ask the procurement manager to resolve the issue with the vendor.
D. Find another vendor to deliver the required supplies on time.

Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 23
A new project manager has been hired at a company that has suffered many project failures. The project manager has been tasked with delivering a software product for the company’s biggest customer. The customer has not been able to articulate how a major piece of functionality should work. The project manager wants to deliver value immediately. How should the project manager approach the software development life cycle with this customer?

A. Assign a business analyst to build a detailed set of requirements with the customer so the project manager can properly estimate the project duration.
B. Add extra time to the estimating phase of the project as well as additional resources to accommodate for the lack of requirements.
C. Explain to the customer that the team will build a production prototyping model to help the customer visualize how the additional features should work.
D. Raise a risk that the scoping and estimating phase of the project will be delayed if the customer cannot deliver an approved set of requirements.

Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 24
A project team member finishes all their assigned tasks in the middle of a sprint. The team member wants to plan tasks for the next sprint to deliver business value earlier. The team member has the abilities and knowledge to execute tasks not yet started by other team members in the current sprint. What should the project manager do?

A. Encourage the team member to execute the next sprint tasks.
B. Increase team velocity to execute tasks for the next sprints.
C. Reassign the team member to other tasks in the current sprint.
D. Validate completeness of the tasks delivered in the current sprint.

Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 25
A project manager is working on an agile project. The organization does not have experience with agile delivery. During business case development, the new product owner asks when the project deliverables are considered complete. How should the project manager respond?

A. Backlog items are considered complete when the product owner approves the demo.
B. The scrum master will approve the user stories that are complete.
C. At the end of each sprint, the outcome is considered ready for production.
D. Items are considered complete when they satisfy the definition of done (DoD).

Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 26
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 retrospective meeting.
B. Discuss this with the PMO manager.
C. Discuss this with the project team in the next sprint planning meeting.
D. Discuss the issue with the product owner

Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 27
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. Mentor the team and stakeholders to ensure domain knowledge is being exchanged properly among them during sprints.
B. Request the stakeholders to completely document all the domain knowledge before starting the project.
C. Ask the project team to set up the initial sprints to transfer domain knowledge before focusing on the deliverables.
D. Work with the quality assurance (QA) team to make sure all domain knowledge is being transferred

properly among stakeholders.

Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 28
A project management plan needs to be updated due to recent product requirements changes, but the latest version of the document is missing. What should the project manager do to prevent this from happening again?

A. Review the quality assurance (QA) processes.
B. Register an issue for the missing documents.
C. Improve the configuration management process.
D. Ensure that the lessons learned register is up-to-date.

Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 29
There are several dependent work streams in a project. Some of the project stakeholders feel that coordination among project team members and progress visibility are lacking. What should the project manager do?

A. Discuss the concerns with the project sponsor.
B. Escalate the concerns to the project steering committee.
C. Organize a team meeting to review the project status.
D. Review and update the communications management plan.

Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 30
A project is in its fourth iteration out of eight with a delivery performance of 95%. A project stakeholder asks the project manager about the status of a specific deliverable not visible in the status report. What should the project manager do?

A. Include the deliverable in the status report and resend to the stakeholder.
B. Schedule a meeting with the stakeholder to review the status report.
C. Invite the stakeholder to the next iteration review.
D. Invite the stakeholder to the next daily meeting.

Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 31
Near the closing stage, a project is delayed due to staff shortages. In order to meet the mandatory deadline, additional resources are necessary but there is no additional budget. What should the project manager do first to obtain the funding to hire the needed resources?

A. Use management reserves.
B. Update baselines to accommodate the delay.
C. Ask sponsor for additional financial resources.
D. Introducechange request.

Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 32
It is taking several additional iterations for a project team to complete planned backlog items. The project manager is noticing that some of the features are not meeting the iteration-level definition and must be placed back into the backlog. What should the project manager do?

A. Put more emphasis on the definition of done (DoD).
B. Extend the iterations to complete the items.

C. Review and update the acceptance criteria.
D. Address the required changes in the next release.

Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 33
A new team member joins the project and fails to apply the project-specific quality assurance (QA) processes. What should the project manager have done to avoid this issue?

A. Obtained external training in quality assurance (QA) for the new team member
B. Made sure that the new team member understood all of the requirements
C. Ensured that the new team member had access to the quality management plan
D. Delegated the quality assurance (QA) tasks to the team lead

Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 34
Just as a team reaches a mutual consensus on a preferred design, a stakeholder submits a request to add new features that enhance the company’s competitive advantage. What should the project manager do?

A. Reject all requested changes and bypass the company’s change control process.
B. Start the process to include the new features of the product on the next iteration.
C. Allow all requested changes and bypass the company’s change control process.
D. Encourage the project team to add premium features to impress the client.

Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 35
A project manager has just started a new project for an organization that dislikes budget and schedule deviations. The project stakeholders are very engaged in the project and want to ensure that there is clear visibility of the project’s risks and progress. How should the project manager handle stakeholder expectations?

A. Add buffers to the schedule to accommodate unforeseen changes.
B. Ensure the risk register includes all identified risks.
C. Develop a communications management plan to share updates with stakeholders.
D. Discuss the risk response strategies with the stakeholders.

Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 36
Companies A and B are codeveloping a cutting-edge technology product. Based on customer feedback, the marketing department urgently requests a new feature in 2weeks. Company A’s front end is ready, but company B requires 4 weeks to deliver the complete back end and is busy with the current release. What should the project manager do to obtain agreement from both companies and acceptance from marketing?

A. Add the new feature to the list for the next release and continue working on the current release.
B. Plan the delivery of a minimum viable feature in 2 weeks to enable early showcasing of business value.
C. Create a special release 4 weeks after the current release to deliver the new feature in its entirety.
D. Stop the current release work for 4 weeks in order to work and deliver the new feature completely.

Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 37
A project manager is leading a project team entering a critical project phase. Anew team member is responsible for developing a core part of this phase. The team members have shown excellent performance since the beginning of the project. However, the project manager is concerned about the complexity of the task.
What should the project manager do?

A. Assign the task to a senior team member.
B. Ask the team members to upskill by themselves.
C. Provide mentoring and coaching to the team members.
D. Update the risk register and monitor the task.

Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 38
A project manager has taken over a project that has been without a project manager for the last couple of weeks. The team is feeling lost and there are a few team members who are confused about the next steps and the final outcome of the project.
What should the new project manager do?

A. Set short-term goals in order to create a winning culture internally and praise team members for achieving them.
B. Escalate the situation to the steering committee and request that more time be allotted to the project.
C. Ask the project sponsor to provide team members with a project direction regarding outcomes.
D. Avoid conflict and let the team self-organize on how they want to work on the project tasks.

Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 39
An agile project team is working on a large project involving multiple cross-functional teams in different geographical locations. Some team members are not clear on the next tasks.
Which strategy should the project lead implement to help the team?

A. Review the action items with the respective project team members.
B. Review the work scope with the functional managers and their teams.
C. Review the prioritized backlog with the project team.
D. Review the project objectives at the next team meeting.

Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 40
A software development project was recently initiated. One of the project team members is regularly questioning the project’s risk response strategy. The team member vocalizes their doubts during the daily standup meeting to share concerns regarding how the project should handle the risks.
What should the project manager do first?

A. Assign each concern to the appropriate team member.
B. Escalate the team member’s concerns to the project sponsor.
C. Meet with the individual to understand their concerns.
D. Utilize the daily meetings to respond to the concerns.

Correct Answer: C