Practice Questions

A development team is producing high-quality work and completing tasks quickly in a project to update an app using a new third-party technology. The product owner is highly optimistic, and the project manager is forecasting on-time release because of very positive stakeholder feedback. The company that developed the new technology, however, is in the news for securities fraud. Company leadership initiates a full security and ethics investigation following the troubling news.

What should the project manager do?

A project manager is leading a large-scale infrastructure project with high risk and complexity. This project will require steering committee approvals during the design and procurement phases to determine approval for the next phase.

Which approach should the project manager take?

A project manager has been named to lead a project to develop a solution. The project manager is eliciting requirements before finalizing the project charter. During interviews, the project manager determines the project sponsor and key stakeholders have differing expectations about timelines and quality.

What should the project manager do to reconcile these differing expectations?

An airport authority authorizes a project to review arrival and departure schedules at a small airport. During preliminary engagements with stakeholders, the project manager learns they want to prioritize cargo planes, then sell the remaining slots using a transparent process.

Which action should the project manager take next?

Three months into a project, a project team member alerts the project manager to an incident involving one of the vendors using equipment that belongs to the project. The project manager investigates and discovers the vendor has a long-standing relationship with the project sponsor.

Which two actions should the project manager take? (Choose 2)

During a product review meeting, project team members argue about who was supposed to update test results from the previous week. To encourage the team to become more familiar with project management, the project manager advises team members to find the answer in a specific document.

Which document is the project manager referring to?

A company is in a country where the inflation rate has soared over the last decade. Most of the projects of this company are conducted in this country.

Which three options should the project manager consider when forming a comprehensive approach to managing future projects? (Choose 3)

In a large organization, a project manager is leading a strategic project that is critical to success of the organization and is experiencing a delay related to unresponsive stakeholders and outstanding sign-offs on reports. While reviewing the lessons learned repository, the project manager notices inconsistencies in project documentation and reporting standards across different projects.

What should the project manager do first?

A high-profile project to launch a global event is nearly complete, but the team has been experiencing significant stress for the last few weeks while working on-site and away from the office. Ahead of the final on-site visit, the project manager has heard reports of team members crying, arguing, and working very late into the night. During the airplane journey, the project manager reviews the latest project status, confirming all milestones have been met and the project is on track. Arriving on-site, the project manager notices the team seems to be working normally.

How should the project manager approach this situation?

Work on a civil engineering project has stopped temporarily because of soaring temperatures. Climate change is affecting workers and infrastructure stability, posing significant risks to continuing the project.

Which two actions should the project manager take to address these challenges? (Choose 2)

A construction project has many problems, including cost overruns, communication breakdowns, quality issues, contractor availability problems, and disgruntled stakeholders. What should the project manager do first?

A project team is completing a project. The team members have become experts in specific project skills. The project management office (PMO) wants the team to prepare a comprehensive record of their work to ensure future teams working on similar projects can benefit from their experience as part of the project deliverables.

What should the project team do?

A project team was disappointed to learn a project will be discontinued because of changing organizational priorities. As team members begin the project closure work, they realize the vendors may be owed money for work in progress.

Which two actions should the project manager take first? (Choose 2)

A project team has recently started work on a project. The project manager wants to ensure the team does a thorough job monitoring the work and processes of this project, because the company is being audited for quality practices.

What should the project manager do next?

An agile project team has just started work developing a script for a video game. Team members are very excited about the work but argue all the time due to clashing working styles and creative approaches.

What should the team lead do to ensure the project progresses smoothly?

During a daily coordination meeting for a project to retrofit infrastructure, a project team discusses a risk trigger that is imminent and identifies secondary risks. Installation of a heat pump is necessary to cool turbines, but the installation process is creating vibrations that are creating cracks and destabilizing scaffolding where workers are performing other work. As the project manager, you should oversee management of the initial risk and evaluate the impact of the secondary risks.

Which two actions would be most appropriate to ensure comprehensive risk management? (Choose 2)

A project manager has recently left an organization with a formal and highly regulated culture. In an upcoming role, the project manager will lead a virtual team of aeronautical engineers and designers. During the engagement interview, the project manager was informed these engineers and designers are accustomed to a great deal of freedom in their working styles and little supervision.

Which two actions should the project manager take to prepare for this transition? (Choose 2)

A project to insulate public buildings has a limited budget and strict financial constraints. Because of the many parties requiring oversight of project activities, the project has an established governance board comprising eight stakeholders. During the execution phase, the project manager notices the project is experiencing budget variations due to unforeseen expenses. \

What should the project manager do next?