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1. An agile project is running activities to define the minimum viable product (MVP) During the session, the project manager identifies some mandatory regulations but there is no consensus to include these regulations in the MVP because it may extend the duration of the project

What should the project manager do?

2. During the daily meetings with the team the project manager notices that a new team member is not making the expected progress on an assigned task.

What should the project manager do?

3. A research and development team is finishing up a two year initiative. The project manager is focused on the closing activities for the project.

Which activity should be considered as a priority?

4. A company has decided to implement a new archiving system A data breach occurred during the implementation of the project

What should the project manager do first?

5. A project team has recently completed the initial sprint for developing an automated payroll system for a company. The project manager has scheduled a sprint planning meeting with the product owner and team members to discuss which features should be worked on next

Which two pieces of information does the project manager need in order to make this meeting productive and effective? (Choose two)

6. A team is ready to start working on a project with a customer who was very difficult to work with in the past because the customer was unable to describe exactly what they wanted.

What approach should the project manager take to remove this impediment?

7. An agile project is running its fifth iteration out of eight After the last iteration planning the team was informed that there is a new competitor in the market and it is necessary to move faster to ensure market share is not missed.

What should the project manager do?

8. A project manager is working on the implementation of new phases in the production process of a regulated industry .

Which two stakeholders can help the project manager determine and address compliance requirements? (Choose two)

9. The team is working on a critical project deliverable and the project manager is concerned about meeting the deadline There have been complaints from some stakeholders about some of the team members' performance. The project manager wants to understand the situation and provide feedback to the team as soon as possible

What three actions should the project manager take to address this situation? (Choose three)

10. A geographically distributed project team has development issues between the collocated and virtual teams causing productivity to decrease .

What should the project manager do to address this issue?

11. A team member shares with their functional manager some negative details about the performance of another team member that was discussed during the retrospective. The project manager finds out about this discussion

What two actions should the project manager take? (Choose two)

12. A project manager is leading an in-house company project in its very early stages This current project is similar to another project that ended a year ago

What should the project manager do to analyze the involved stakeholders?

13. The project manager is reviewing the program risks and issues with key stakeholders One of the stakeholders wants to understand when the risk may potentially become an issue .

What artifact should the project manager share with the stakeholder?

14. A new project manager is planning an information security project for a company that resides in different countries .

What is the first step the project manager should take to gather customer requirements?

15. A project manager is in a learn meeting and the project team requires a decision to be made about a new suggested timeline due to an impact from a potential scope change.

What should the project manager do?

16. During the course of a project, a junior team member approaches the project manager for some direction and advice on risk mitigation.

How should the project manager respond?

17. After gathering all the requirements for a project with dependencies on external stakeholders, the project team is finishing the second iteration At this point, the project manager learns about a possible change in regulations that would prevent the product launch

What should the project manager do to realize benefits?

18. For the purposes of quality assurance a quality audit was conducted on the processes being used in the project execution plan. One of the nonconformance issues raised by the auditor was that attendance lists for the project risk review meetings were not available

Why is an attendance list important?

19. During a project’s third iteration, two of the existing team members were replaced As the project entered the next iteration, the team velocity dropped and the performance started to slip.

What should the project manager do?

20. A project team with members from many different countries is struggling to cooperate. The project manager accepted these difficulties during the storming phase of team development, but the team has not moved to the next phase. The project is beginning to fall behind schedule

What can the project manager do to move the team to the norming phase?

21. A project manager has been managing a project for several months when an issue that had not been registered as a risk appeared. This issue may have a big impact on the project.

What should the project manager do?

22. Two weeks after the approval of the project management plan for a global project, the project manager noticed that it was approved based on a different level of understanding by international stakeholders and is not what the project manager presented for approval.

What should the project manager have done to prevent this from happening?

23. DRAG DROP

A project manager is worried that a key stakeholder is not participating in the project and has concluded that the final product is not as good as it could have been if the stakeholder had been more involved

Drag the scenario on the left to the correct risk response strategy on the right

24. A project manager has been moved to a new division and is in charge of an existing project in an unfamiliar domain.

When attempting to gain an understanding of the risks for this agile project what is the primary tool the project manager should employ?

25. DRAG DROP

A hospital is running a project for one of their internal critical systems to manage billing patient data and record management along with consultation reports and input from physicians. The project manager now needs to categorize the identified risks

Drag each risk type on the left to its correct example on the right

26. A project manager is assigned to lead a newly formed agile team. The functional manager has assigned tasks to team members, but the team members do not feel empowered.

How can the project manager promote empowerment and accountability among the team?

27. A team has been struggling with various issues during the course of an iteration. The project lead facilitates a discussion of the issues and the team forms new team agreements. During the next iteration, some of the same issues appear again

What should the project lead do next?

28. After the second iteration of a component development project, the project team conducts a retrospective It shows that in the initial phase the project has failed to comply with a product functionality. The planning for this product has a predominantly predictive approach.

Which technique will help the project manager to accelerate the deliverable?

29. During the implementation of a project the project team discovered a new opportunity After an internal review the project team agreed that the opportunity is outside of the project scope. The project manager decided to update the risk register and escalate the opportunity to a higher level

What should the project manager do next with this opportunity?

30. A large project is affecting the neighborhood in which it is located. The neighbors are not satisfied with the project and their resistance to the project may affect the project deadline

What two actions should the project manager take'? (Choose two)

31. The project manager has learned that the project sponsor is unhappy with the development of the project requirements In order to realign the project with the sponsor's expectations, what should the project manager do?

32. A project manager is starting a project using a hybrid approach and notices some team members only have knowledge of predictive approaches.

What does the project manager need to do first in order to have good project performance?

33. Team members are having a discussion with the project manager In the last retrospective meeting, the team realized that the obsolete equipment could affect the next iteration of the project. The team recommends buying new equipment because it is critical to the success of the final deliverable

What should the project manager do next?

34. DRAG DROP

Drag the items on left side to the matching term within the correct project.

35. A company was awarded a project in a dangerous location that poses several high-level risks for employees Help is needed to tram the employees on major safety and health factors. The project is ongoing and uses a hybrid approach. The project will be conducted in multiple sites, with several development iterations running in parallel

How should the project manager handle this situation?

36. A project manager presented the project schedule to the mam stakeholders They have requested that the project be completed two months earlier than the scheduled date

What should the project manager do?

37. An agile team member received certification on a new tool: however, this learn member is complaining that the rest of the team is not using the tool due to lack of knowledge.

How should the servant leader apply emotional intelligence to leverage this situation to benefit the project?

38. The project manager of an agile project has been asked to reduce the budget by 30% Since this is a small project team, the budget is primarily allocated to resources

What strategy should the project manager use in order to keep delivering value in a restricted environment?

39. A newly formed team has become accustomed to agile practices. The project lead has noticed that while they are performing according to expectations, there is boredom with daily team practices among many of the team members.

What should the project lead do in this situation?

40. The project sponsor on an agile project informed the project lead that an executive would like an update on the project’s progress.

What should the project lead do?

41. DRAG DROP

An agile team is geographically separated across multiple continents, and the project manager of identifying the tools to manage the communication among the virtual teams.

Drag the appropriate tool on the left to each project task on the right

42. A new project manager learns the work assigned to the team has already been decomposed to its lowest level. The project manager reviews the work and feels some additional useful information is missing.

What should the project manager review?

43. How should the project manager develop the project management plan to ensure that the project continually delivers the expected benefits?

44. A project manager is assigned to a project in a company that is transitioning to agile Not all stakeholders believe in the project, and some stakeholders would like the entire project defined and planned out early in the project However the project sponsor needs a quick win to ensure the continuation of the project.

What approach should the project manager use?

45. A company is implementing a new system. The project manager has identified that it is best to complete this project using a mix of Scrum and Kanban methodologies. The product owner is confused as to how to start delivering the functionalities required

How should the project manager assist the product owner?

46. During the closing process, the project manager learns that one deliverable is not meeting customer expectations.

How should the project manager proceed?

47. A project manager realizes that a project is becoming delayed because some key decisions are affected by contradicting views between the organization's senior management and external stakeholders .

What should the project manager do?

48. The project manager is having difficulty obtaining approval of the project requirements because there is disagreement among the project stakeholders This issue is putting the project schedule at risk

What should the project manager do first to facilitate the approval of project requirements'?

49. The customer's project manager changes during the final stage of a project.

How can the project manager avoid a project closure delay’

50. A team member misses a project meeting without it being approved and has been penalized as defined in the ground rules. This team member, as well as other team members, insist that it is the first time they have seen this rule regarding the project and they do not agree with the penalty

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

51. During a daily standup meeting, a roadblock was raised that is preventing one of the team members from proceeding with work. The project manager figures out that it is due to a technical issue.

What should the project manager do to prioritize this critical impediment?

52. A project manager is appointed to simultaneously deploy a new solution to branches located in different countries Deployment teams in each country will integrate and deploy the solution. The project manager discovers that the deployment teams each encounter similar issues However, each team addresses the issues separately

What should the project manager do to help ensure more collaboration between the teams?

53. The product owner decides to launch a product after a couple of releases knowing that the minimum viable product (MVP) lacks some features One of the key stakeholders the marketing vice president is not happy with the results and questioned the release decision.

What should the project manager do?

54. A new team member has joined an agile project, replacing a team member who recently left. The project team needs the new team member to speed up their ability to contribute effectively to the project

What should the project manager do to help in this situation?

55. During the review of a project's list of deliverables, one of the stakeholders expressed concern that one of the requirements will not be addressed .

What should the project manager do?

56. A project manager is struggling to figure out the performance of the project teams in an agile environment for the same scope of work, team A has calculated 100 story points and team B has calculated 125 story points

Which team is performing better?

57. A company that is heavily focused on delivering projects using predictive approaches on-boards a new project manager who uses hybrid approaches. The scope of the project contains a number of unclear requirements.

How should the project manager plan the delivery of the project?

58. A company has been following a predictive approach and always waits for the preceding phase to be completed before evaluating the quality of their products A new project manager with experience in hybrid approaches has been assigned to help increase the efficiency of the company's quality management process.

What should the new project manager do to address the process improvements?

59. The sponsor is supportive in leveraging agile approaches. The project manager is contemplating how to roll out the agile approach and gam buy-in from both project team members and stakeholders

What should the project manager do first?

60. A project manager is acting as a scrum master in a hybrid project and is dealing with a conflict between team members.

What strategy should be used to handle this conflict?

61. After reviewing the project management plan with key stakeholders, the project manager was told that an 18-month release plan was unacceptable and the product should launch in six months.

Based on the new timeline, what should the project manager do?

62. A project manager is m the middle of a project when one of the key project team members needs to take an unexpected and prolonged leave of absence. The project is ahead of schedule and running under budget

Which two actions should the project manager take initially to resolve this problem? (Choose two)

63. A key stakeholder for a construction project has been spending a lot of time at the site and interrupting the team's efforts.

What should the project manager do in this situation?

64. In the beginning of project execution, the project manager finds out that a key resource will be unavailable for two weeks which could cause a delay to the schedule.

What should the project manager do first?

65. During the implementation stage of a project. a newly appointed team leader approaches the project manager to verify the team's tasks and schedule. The work did not go as planned due to the team leader's lack of management experience. This could cause delays for the project.

What should the project manager do?

66. During the development of a product, the project manager observes conflicts between project stakeholders, resulting in deliverable and output approval delays On which area should the project manager focus?

67. At the end of a meeting a functional manager takes the project manager aside to raise some concerns on behalf of a project team member who is unclear about their role and responsibilities for the project.

What should the project manager do in this situation?

68. A technical subject matter expert (SME) identifies an occurrence that should be captured in the project's lessons learned. The SME asks the project manager to write, document and include it in the lessons learned register

What should the project manager do?

69. An experienced project manager is managing a multi-million dollar agile project. The project manager communicates the ground rules to the team but after 12 iterations, the project manager starts noticing that some team members are not following the ground rules.

What should the project manager do first to ensure team adherence to the ground rules?

70. A project manager has been selected to deliver one of an organization's key flagship solutions Critical success factors include agility, market adaptation, and a quick response to market offerings

What is one of the key activities that the project manager should undertake to ensure company success?

71. A company starts implementing Scrum About halfway through the first sprint, communication issues develop Some project team members are not in sync with other team members

What is the cause for this communication gap?

72. In a newly formed project team one experienced team member is overwhelmed by the complexity of the tasks and is not happy with the project team .

What should the project manager do?

73. A large multi-year project requires highly skilled staff for successful deployment. The management team and the project sponsor have analyzed the resource requirements and agreed to have permanent staff hired for the project to avoid potential budget overrun However there is a risk of staff turnover during the course of the project, which may have an impact on the delivery

Which two actions should the project manager take to mitigate this risk? (Choose two)

74. The customer is reviewing the new reporting system and informs the project manager that one of the components in the printing module is not complete. The project manager reviews the work breakdown structure (WBS) and confirms that the component Is included.

What does the project manager need to do first?

75. A project manager is managing a project which has a very complex and long execution period Although the project is mostly predictive, the team was able to break the design and execution into smaller packages using a hybrid framework. The business wants to keep track of the value delivered by this framework application but there is no defined set of measurable items for the framework.

What should the project manager do first?

76. During project execution, a conflict occurs between the project manager and one of the team members at every project team meeting. The ongoing conflict is preventing tasks and deliverables from being completed. The project manager contemplates changing their leadership style

What should the project manager do?

77. One of a project manager’s team members is continuously improving This team member has been a role model and mentor to others in the organization

How should the project manager acknowledge this team member’s commitment?

78. From previous lessons learned working with a client, a project manager notes that the client's turn-around times on documents sent for approval were very slow and well outside of the agreed timelines.

At the initial kick-off meeting with the same client, how should the project manager approach this issue for the new project?

79. The programming activities of a project were planned to last 35 days per module but the programming of the first module has taken 45 days.

What should the project manager do?

80. During the execution phase of a healthcare IT project, stakeholders made a change request regarding user requirements There is no remaining budget available to cover that change request.

What should the project manager do next?

81. During the execution of a maintenance project the contractor submits an offer for additional work. The project manager realizes that the activities billed are included in the initial scope of work.

What should the project manager do next in this situation?

82. An executive sponsor of a predictive project asked a project manager experienced in agile to assess if a project could be executed using an agile approach.

What factor should the project manager consider when determining if the project is suitable for an agile approach?

83. A senior business stakeholder with many years of experience is pressuring an agile team to deliver most of the promised functionality to the customer 18 months in the future as opposed to multiple, incremental deliveries over the course of the 18 months.

What should the project lead do next?

84. Some of the mote experienced members of a project team have complained about the project manager. The senior project team members feel that the project manager is micromanaging them and preventing them from completing their work.

What should the project manager do when made aware of these issues?

85. A research and development department is planning to develop a product that will introduce a new line of business for the organization.

What should the project manager do to increase the project's chances of success?

86. A project manager is leading a project with several stakeholders in other functional areas of the company One of these stakeholders has just been promoted to lead another functional area, and remains a stakeholder for this project

What should the project manager have the project team update to ensure proper communications to stakeholders?

87. A project manager has just finished initiating a project. While planning the project manager notes that several essential team members do not have the required skills for key tasks later in the project.

What should the project manager do first?

88. A project manager is leading a meeting with key stakeholders, the project sponsor and the product owner to define the features that will be released after the next iteration. The purpose of the meeting is to review the product backlog prioritization, considering that during the past iteration some deliverables were not completed.

Which two items should be taken into account first to review and update the product backlog priorities during the meeting? (Choose two)

89. The resource management plan is already done, and the team is located in different countries around the world Team members are in multiple time zones and they use different languages for communication. The project manager needs to keep the team organized and avoid misunderstandings and miscommunication that may produce a negative impact to the project

What should the project manager do to reduce negative impacts to the project?

90. An organization is embarking on the deployment of a new digital solution that will revolutionize purchasing services. The project manager has created all the necessary plans and activities to ensure a successful integration and solution launch There is a risk of a partner’s system being unavailable which could impact the project negatively

What key activity is needed to ensure the project's success?

91. A project manager works with a global virtual team. The team is facing difficulty in communicating with each other and often misses important messages. This difficulty leads to missed deadlines.

What should the project manager do to enhance project team effectiveness?

92. While reviewing prototypes, the quality team found some deviations that do not affect the mam functionality but have the potential to be an issue in the future To avoid major problems in the future, the team recommends corrective actions that will require additional funds. The project is already struggling to stay on budget and has even used some of the contingency reserves

What should the project manager do?

93. HOTSPOT

A project manager receives an update that the development flow is not going well. Some team members cannot start their work because the delivery is late. Looking at the Kanban board and the work in progress (WIP) lines, the project manager observes a bottleneck.

Click the title of the queue in the Kanban board below that requires additional resources to relieve the bottleneck

94. A project manager created a contingency plan associated with a risk. The risk was realized, but the client insists on using a new workaround instead. The requested workaround will introduce delays and require additional budget

What should the project manager do?

95. A project for Company A was successfully delivered within scope schedule, and budget by the end of the last iteration However during the project celebration ceremony, one of the business stakeholders says they perceive the project as a failure as it did not add any business value.

What should the project manager have done to avoid this perception?

96. A company's CEO has just returned from a conference on the use of artificial intelligence (Al) and would like the project manager to implement this technology in the organization.

What should the project manager do first?

97. The project velocity has recently slipped, and a decision was made to skip testing to increase the momentum and bong the project back on track.

What will the project manager need to focus on as a result of this decision?

98. DRAG DROP

A project manager of a large company needs to categorize the stakeholders' involvement at the beginning of a project initiated by the board of directors. The sales and delivery teams are internal teams.

Drag each stakeholder scenario on the left to the correct engagement level on the right.

99. A project manager is managing a project to develop a new tool Because of the nature of the project, the project manager decides to use an agile approach One of the identified risks becomes an issue when the project manager finds out that another company patented a very similar tool.

What should the project manager do to address this issued

100. A project for a new product launch is in a very initial stage and the requirements are evolving Due to stiff competition in the market, the customer would like to launch the product keeping the scope flexible. The project team intends to start the work based on the forecast of a similar project delivered last year

Which project approach suits the scenario?