PMP Exam Questions
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- Question #51People
A project manager has been assigned to manage multiple agile project teams. The project manager wants to empower the teams and make them self-organizing. What should the project ma...
Agile TeamsSelf-Organizing TeamsTeam EmpowermentWorking Agreements - Question #52People
An agile coach and technical writer for a globally distributed agile team are in a country with a 9- hour time zone difference from the agile team. The agile coach and project lead...
Distributed TeamsDaily StandupTeam CollaborationAgile Principles - Question #53Process
A project manager receives a suggestion from a team member for improving the product attributes without impacting the schedule or cost. This will add value to the project and the c...
Change managementIntegrated change controlScope managementValue delivery - Question #54People
During the third iteration of a project, the main sponsor retired from the company, and a new sponsor was appointed. The new sponsor is not familiar with the agile approach for pro...
Stakeholder engagementAgile mindsetCommunication managementSponsor management - Question #55Process
A medium-sized company has been exploring new marketing tactics with regard to launching a new product. New product creation is no small task. In the end, it was too big of an expe...
Minimum Viable Product (MVP)Value DeliveryCost ManagementAgile Product Development - Question #56Process
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 is...
Adaptive Life CyclesAgile MethodologiesChange ManagementUncertainty Management - Question #57People
A project manager is starting a new project, and the project team is located in different countries. The team was going to use a specific tool to hold virtual meetings. However, th...
Virtual TeamsCommunication ToolsProblem SolvingTeam Collaboration - Question #58People
Halfway through a project, the project sponsor is replaced by another peer who was not previously engaged in the project. The new project sponsor has rejected most of the project a...
Stakeholder AnalysisStakeholder EngagementPreventive ActionsProject Sponsor Management - Question #59Business Environment
A regulatory branch of an environmental government agency has recently placed a ban on the manufacturing of a specified thickness of plastic packaging products. This ban will take...
Opportunity managementBusiness environment analysisStakeholder communicationStrategic planning - Question #60People
A project manager is part of a balanced matrix project organization. The project manager will receive all work performance updates directly from the new sourcing department head wh...
Stakeholder ManagementCommunication ManagementConflict ResolutionOrganizational Structures - Question #61Business Environment
A project manager has just been hired by a company without a project management governance structure. During the kick-off meeting, a key stakeholder emphasizes the importance of th...
Project GovernanceStrategic AlignmentStakeholder RequirementsProject Initiation - Question #62People
A third-party supplier demands payment for the services provided for a project. The agreement was that payment would be made after the organization receives payment from the client...
Stakeholder CommunicationRisk MitigationVendor ManagementContract Management - Question #63People
A project manager is developing the stakeholder register and is having trouble understanding the motivation of some of the stakeholders. What should the project manager do to get t...
Stakeholder AnalysisStakeholder EngagementStakeholder RegisterCommunication - Question #64Process
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...
Risk ManagementLessons LearnedRisk RegisterMitigation Planning - Question #65People
A project manager is managing a mobile application development project when one of the experienced team members starts missing deadlines. The delays will impact project implementat...
Team performanceConflict resolutionCommunicationTeam management - Question #66People
A project manager is leading a hybrid project. The only available resources that have experience with agile are not at the project manager's location. The project has a strict sche...
Hybrid projectsDistributed teamsCommunicationAgile practices - Question #67People
An agile facilitator has gathered a team for a new project. This team and facilitator have not yet worked on a project together. How should the facilitator proceed?
Agile FacilitationTeam CharterTeam FormationProject Start-up - Question #68Process
A project manager has been assigned to lead a software project to generate savings at an important financial institution. Initially, the duration of the project was 13 months, but...
Stakeholder CommunicationProgress ReportingBenefit RealizationExpectation Management - Question #69Process
A project manager is working on the delivery of a solution that needs to be deployed to the public quickly. The project team is experienced, the stakeholders are supporting the del...
AgileIncremental DeliveryCustomer FeedbackDelivery Strategy - Question #70People
There is frequent conflict between two project team members working on a project. This has caused a negative impact on the project. How should the project manager handle this situa...
Conflict managementTeam performanceEmotional intelligence (EI)Interpersonal skills - Question #71People
A few virtual team members are located in a region that generally has good internet connectivity. However, they frequently experience connectivity issues joining team calls during...
Virtual TeamsProblem SolvingCommunication ManagementTeam Management - Question #72Process
A company's CEO complains about the frequency of project communications. The CEO receives five project reports each week by email but does not have enough time to review them. In a...
Communications ManagementCommunications Management PlanStakeholder CommunicationProcess Improvement - Question #73Process
A project manager finds it challenging to comply with standardized processes for knowledge transfer. The project teams and stakeholders are scattered around field sites, the office...
Knowledge TransferCommunication PlanningStakeholder EngagementAdaptive Approaches - Question #74Process
During iteration planning, team A identifies that an important deliverable is dependent upon a deliverable from team B. What should the project manager do?
Cross-team dependenciesInter-team coordinationCommunicationAgile planning - Question #75Process
A large construction project is progressing well as per the project objectives. The project manager would like to report the project's value to the project sponsor and seek the nex...
Earned Value Management (EVM)Performance MeasurementProject ReportingFinancial Reporting - Question #76Process
A project manager is planning a project with multiple work packages. Each work package has its own defined scope, but funding will be at the project level. How should the project m...
Cost EstimationBottom-up EstimatingProject BudgetingWork Packages - Question #77Process
A project manager is managing a project that is halfway through its execution phase, and the quality standards of the deliverables were formally accepted. However, a government age...
Change ManagementIntegrated Change ControlRegulatory ComplianceImpact Assessment - Question #78People
A project team's performance is being impacted by impeding internal procedures that are affecting the progress of activities and team autonomy. What should the project manager do f...
Impediment removalTeam empowermentProject manager roleAgile principles - Question #79People
A self-organizing team for a critical project is consistently delivering value according to their commitments. During a retrospective, the project manager observed that most of the...
Agile PlanningSustainable PaceServant LeadershipTeam Well-being - Question #80Process
A project manager received the project charter for a new product. The project is expected to have two main deliveries: the hardware part that has detailed specifications already de...
Project Management ApproachesHybrid ApproachAgile MethodologiesPredictive Methodologies - Question #81People
An agile team member received certification on a new tool; however, this team member is complaining that the rest of the team is not using the tool due to lack of knowledge. How sh...
Servant LeadershipEmotional IntelligenceTeam DevelopmentProblem Solving - Question #82Process
A project manager has been assigned to a project after the charter has been approved. While reviewing the charter with the team, the project manager finds that some major budget it...
Project CharterBudget ManagementStakeholder ManagementIssue Resolution - Question #83People
A project schedule risk has turned into an issue. The project manager foresees delays in project execution. What should the project manager do to resolve the issue?
Issue ManagementStakeholder EngagementProblem Solving - Question #84Process
A project manager is assigned to a project where a vendor has been engaged to build a new system. One week before user acceptance testing (UAT) is scheduled, the vendor informs the...
Issue ManagementStakeholder CommunicationProcurement ManagementProblem Solving - Question #85People
In a time-critical construction project, a misunderstanding occurred between the supervisor and the technician. The misunderstanding turned into a major conflict and the technician...
Conflict ResolutionTeam ManagementInterpersonal SkillsProject Manager Role - Question #86People
A project is comprised of team members who are not engaged and committed to project success. What should the project manager do to address this situation?
Team engagementTeam motivationCommunicationIssue resolution - Question #87Business Environment
A project manager has been assigned a project to build a new solar farm that will provide clean energy to a new housing complex. The government has decided to reduce the tax on ren...
Risk ManagementOpportunity ManagementBusiness ValueExternal Factors - Question #88Process
A project manager is assigned to manage a project for a previous client of the company. The project manager was warned that this client will likely try to add extra scope to the pr...
Scope ManagementChange ManagementRisk ManagementProject Charter - Question #89People
A project manager is managing a project with a hybrid approach and has requested a senior team member to perform a quantitative risk analysis. The team member responds that they do...
Risk ManagementTeam DevelopmentCoaching and MentoringSkill Gaps - Question #90People
A senior developer working on a large artificial intelligence (AI) project has worked hard and shown excellent results. The project manager is very happy with the developer's contr...
MotivationRecognitionIndividualized RewardsPerformance Management - Question #91People
A global program is being kicked off, and various distributed teams are involved in delivering the initiative. Besides planning and executing the scope for the initiative, team int...
Distributed TeamsCommunication MethodsTeam CollaborationVirtual Meetings - Question #92Process
A project manager is part of a global project team and is in charge of managing the scope defined by their country. There is a clear division regarding which pieces of the scope sh...
Scope ManagementResource ManagementWorkload ManagementProject Execution - Question #93People
A company is transitioning projects from a predictive to an agile approach. The CFO is concerned that one of the agile projects has an important feature for the financial departmen...
Agile PrioritizationStakeholder CommunicationBusiness ValueAgile Transformation - Question #94Process
A project manager for a technologically complex engagement reviews the key project indicators with the main stakeholders on a regular basis. During one of the meetings, the project...
Risk ManagementRisk RegisterProject ExecutionMonitoring Risks - Question #95People
A project manager recently finished a project and started managing a new project with a different supervisor. As part of the early project activities, the supervisor from the origi...
Conflict managementTeam managementRoles and responsibilitiesCommunication - Question #96People
A project manager sent the first communication about the project management plan to the team. The next day, two field engineers were asking about their roles and the project schedu...
Communication ManagementEnsuring UnderstandingTeam RolesFeedback - Question #97Process
A solution designer in an agile team often passes the design information to team members without any documentation. This has resulted in misunderstandings within the team. What sho...
Agile leadershipProcess improvementCommunicationTeam collaboration - Question #98Process
A software system is being built for a company. Once the system is in production, the team would like to collect usage data to evaluate the delivered value. Which evaluation practi...
Value deliveryMetrics and measurementBenefits realizationData collection - Question #99Process
A software project using an agile approach is facing quality issues with every release, generating many production problems. What should the project manager do to fix the problem a...
Agile QualityRetrospective MeetingsContinuous ImprovementRoot Cause Analysis - Question #100Process
A project manager is managing a national rollout for an innovative product in a regulated environment that is expected to change. The project management office (PMO) needs visibili...
Product BacklogAgile ToolsRequirements ManagementChange Management