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A project manager was directed to complete a project sooner than previously planned. Which of the following is the MOST cost-effective step to take to ensure the project’s success?
A program manager informs a project manager that a new, high-priority project has been approved and will need the current project’s resources before the scheduled project close date. The project team meets and determines that the project should be fast-tracked.
Which of the following documents should the project team reference to fast-track the project? (Choose two.)
A company decides to give a large section of its development project to another firm to manage and complete because that firm has the appropriately skilled resources to execute the work. This approach is referred to as:
Which of the following charts is a graphical representation of the causes of a specific event?
Several team members report that meeting objectives are not being met.
Which of the following documents would a project manager create to make team meetings more effective? (Choose two.)
A change must be made to a project to comply with municipal code. The project manager updates the relevant shared project documents. The key stakeholders subsequently update the documents with new information. When the project deliverables are reinspected, they fail the inspection. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason for the failed inspection?
A project requires daily status updates.
Which of the following is the MOST effective method for providing these updates?
A vendor is unable to deliver an order by the specified date.
Which of the following should be the project manager’s NEXT steps? (Choose two.)
A company hires an outside vendor to provide 24/7 support.
Which of the following documents would determine the contractual obligations?
An industry leader may be joining the project team and can potentially provide additional expertise. Which of the following strategies should the project manager employ?
Which of the following Agile ceremonies is used to determine the backlog items that will be worked on the next weeks?
During a project, the project manager discovers there is insufficient time allotted for quality control. The project manager prepared to submit a revised schedule to the CCB.
Given the attached chart, which of the following is the critical path if one day is added to each task for quality control?
A project has activities on the critical path that must be completed before other activities can start.
Task A is dependent on Task C before Task D can be completed.
Task A requires task B to start.
Task B takes twice as long to complete as Task C.
Which of the following is the appropriate ordering of the critical path?
A carpenter on a project team reports there is insufficient time to accomplish tasks on schedule.
Which of the following is the FIRST step the project manager should take?
Team members have reported poor sound quality during critical, time-sensitive conference calls. Which of the following may be a more effective means of communication?
Which of the following documents does a vendor rely on MOST before committing funding and resources to a project?
A vendor has accepted a proposed project from a customer.
Which of the following is MOST likely to be the first document created by the project manager?
A project manager is trying to explain to a stakeholder why projects are progressively elaborated upon. Which of the following is the BEST explanation?
Which of the following describes how a project is related to a program?
A team member was assigned a new task during a meeting. The team member did not complete the task by the end of the phase, and the PM is looking for evidence to escalate the issue. Which of the following documents could help in this situation?
Which of the following is a definition of an RFP?
Which of the following documents should be used to provide high-level reporting to key stakeholders?
If a project sponsor wants to know the current status and progress of a project, which of the following is the BEST approach to find this information?
A WBS is being developed for a project.
Which of the following would be BEST suited to contribute cost and time estimates for the project activities?
Which of the following job roles is primarily tasked with communicating the project timeline changes?
A project team is overseeing the installation of a new reptile habitat at the local zoo. During execution, zoo personnel decides to house a different type of reptile that will require a different temperature range than the capacity of the installed system. The modification has been approved.
Which of the following constraints are MOST likely to be affected? (Choose two.)
Which of the following risk strategies is represented by the purchase of insurance?
А new stakeholder has been added to a project with a BAG of $850,000. The stakeholder has raised five change requests to the CCB; two of them have been approved, and three are awaiting initial review. Considering the project has a CPI of 0.89 and an SPI of 1.14, and the approved ones will be implemented, which of the following should the project manager do LAST?
A project is in the initiation phase. Which of the following tasks will take place during this phase?
A project manager has been asked to prepare and present a review of the execution phase. Which of the following is the BEST audience for this review?
A project manager does not have enough time to complete several tasks on a critical path. The budget is a low concern. Which of the following should be used to complete the tasks on time?
A new high-priority project is assigned to the project manager with a fully formed budget, deadline, and scope. The project manager is creating the project schedule.
Which of the following calculations accurately shows the critical path?
Which of the following documents need to be updated as events occur during a project? (Select TWO).
The business stakeholder has been engaged late and has just had a chance to review the approved requirements. Consequently, it has been identified that there are a number of gaps in the requirements which are critical to the stakeholders's business unit.
Which of the following actions should the project manager take?
A project manager has been assigned a project with a budget of $50,000. Three change requests are submitted during execution that will increase the overall project cost to $60,000. Which of the following steps should the project manager perform NEXT?
The PMO is responsible for: (Choose two.)
A software development project is struggling with a certain technology that is unknown to the project team. A project manager has received a third-party proposal to transfer the risk. Which of the following should the project manager do NEXT?
One deliverable failed during testing, and this has already happened several times.
Which of the following tools is MOST appropriate for the project team to use to determine the cause of the problem?
A project manager has contracted a third-party vendor to achieve milestones. Which of the following risk strategies is the project manager applying?
A project has been experiencing some difficulties due to third-party vendors. The project manager should request.
The supervisor asks an engineer to be a project manager within the department. Of which of the following types of organizational structures is this an example?
A project manager is collecting work package information from the project team for the first time.
Which of the following elements should the project manager have at the end of the meeting?
Language barriers will MOST likely influence a PM to:
In the postmortem analysis of a project filled with scope creep, the project manager would like to reference what was initially agreed upon and promised to the customer as deliverables. Which of the following documents would BEST outline this information?
Which of the following is the BEST method to provide quick status updates on project tasks without interrupting project activities?
At each project team meeting, the project team raises the same risk repeatedly. A mitigation plan has been developed since the risk was initially identified.
Which of the following risk activities is MOST likely missing since the identification?
Which of the following charts would indicate the cause and effect of tasks in a project, and for which of the following activities would the chart be used?
A project manager, who previously worked at a construction firm, has just joined an IT organization and has been assigned to handle a security project. Which of the following roles can provide technical direction during the course of the project?
A key stakeholder cannot identify within the resource management plan where the project manager has
authority to assign resources. Which of the following should the project manager use to answer the QUESTION NO:?
The project team is creating a schedule for an upcoming project and attempting to determine when each task should occur.
Which of the following will assist the project team with building the schedule?
A new project manager was hired to help transition projects from the waterfall style to an approach based on iterative refinement. This method has never been used by the organization and would mark a significant change in approach from previous projects. Which of the following should the project manager contact for guidance and approval for the new methodology?
Which of the following is a benefit of an Agile team?
Which of the following project team members is responsible for managing quality assurance?
A project manager is planning to hold a meeting to discuss what went well, what did not go well, and what
should be done differently. Which of the following meetings should the project manager hold?
Joe, a highly skilled consultant, has threatened to quit on several occasions. Although Joe is difficult to work with, he has the skills required to complete a critical project (or a high-profile client. To keep the project on task, which of the following steps would be BEST for the project manager to take? (Select TWO).
After accepting and assigning a positive risk, risk owners have a responsibility to:
A project manager is developing a risk management plan and has decided to score each risk based on composite score of impact and probability. In discussions with the project sponsor, they determined that all risks with a composite score lower than 1 will not receive further attention.
Which of the following risks should the project manager accept? (Choose two.)
At the midway point of execution, the project plan calls for a full review of the risk register. To which of the following is the appropriate party to communicate the official results of this review?
A project must be:
Which of the following is the BEST reason to use a burndown chart?
At the end of the fiscal year, the project manager of a well-performing project is notified the project budget may be increased. The project sponsor wants to use an incremental approach to complete more work. Which of the following is the BEST way for the project manager to respond?
A customer approaches a team member to report that old functionality is no longer valid due to technology restrictions. The team member has also noticed this during the execution of the project. The team member
agrees with the new functionality provided by the customer, implements the change, and notifies the project manager.
Which of the following actions should the project manager take NEXT?
During the quality review of a change request, a required feature is discovered to be missing from the build. The documentation the developer received does not mention the feature; however, it is mentioned in the quality assurance manager's copy. Which of the following would prevent this issue from occurring in the future?
A project stakeholder approaches the project manager and wishes to know how long the vendor will provide support for the application being developed for the project.
This information should be provided during the:
The upper management team does not agree with certain aspects of a project. Which of the following would be the BEST way for the project manager to handle this situation?
A project manager realizes there is a lot of variability in the estimates received for task duration, primarily because more than one estimating source was used. While sequencing the tasks, the project manager wants to ensure the variability is accounted for within the network diagram. Which of the following network diagramming methods/techniques should the project manager use?
Task ID 3 did not start on time, and no work has been accomplished yet. Evaluate the schedule below:
Which of the following is MOST likely the cause?
A team member has finalized a discussion with the board of directors, but the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is complaining about the large amount of money the project requires.
Which of the following is the BEST change control process to follow?
Which of the following is the BEST indicator of project failure?
Which of the following are major characteristics of sprint planning? (Choose two.)
An organization is divided into three separate entities based on geographical region. Which of the following
types of organizational change is this?
A company is under investigation for monopolization practices. Which of the following might result from this situation?
A project has been created, and the project team has been identified. Which of the following is the NEXT step?
A project manager realizes there is a significant risk event. Which of the following is the FIRST step the project manager should perform?
A project manager recently joined a projectized organization and is having many issues on five different projects. Which of the following risk activities should be performed FIRST? (Choose two.)
A project sponsor decides to cut the project budget and reduce the scope. As a mitigation plan, the team decides to promote the project internally to gain support from other areas.
Which of the following describes the BEST combination of communication methods that can be used to attract more people?
A senior developer abruptly resigned without notice. Because of the senior developer’s expertise, the active task workload was substantial.
This would MOST likely impact the project’s: (Choose two.)
A company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has asked the project manager to update upper management regarding the status of a project. The project manager sends weekly written reports to the CEO and upper management. The project manager receives feedback that several administrators are frustrated with the level of detail and the frequency of the updates.
Which of the following is the BEST step for the project manager to take to resolve this issue?
A project manager needs to determine resource availability to assign the resources to project tasks.
Which of the following will the project manager MOST likely use?
A project stakeholder is disappointed the team was not included in some key decisions. This resulted in extra discussions and rework. Which of the following documents should the project manager review and update to resolve this situation?
The PMO is confused by an entry in the risk register and would like the project manager to provide clarification regarding strategy. Based on the following entry:
Which of the following should be modified to BEST eliminate confusion?
A client has provided a list of deliverables to include in the project scope. Which of the following will allow the project team to ensure all deliverables are included in the final product while managing scope creep?
A daily standup Scrum meeting is BEST accomplished in a:
The following tasks are required to complete an IT project that is behind schedule:
Which of the following is the critical path?
Tasks B and D start after Task A is completed. Task C starts after Tasks B and D are completed. task E starts after Task D is completed. Task H starts after task B is completed. Task G starts after Tasks C and H are completed. Task F starts after Task E is completed.
Following are the durations of all tasks:
Task Duration
A) Four weeks
B) Two weeks
C) Six weeks
D) Three weeks
E) Seven weeks
F) One week
G) Two weeks
H) Nine weeks
Which of the following tasks are on the critical path?
A primary work location is unsafe due to a gas leak. The project manager has implemented the business continuity plan and authorized relocation to an alternate site.
Which of the following should be notified?
Task B is not planned to start until Task A is completed. Task A is delayed and will not be completed on time. Starting Task B prior to Task A completing is an example of:
Which of the following project phases occurs when requirements are detailed?
During a risk review session, the project team identified the percentage probability that a particular risk will
occur. This is known as:
During the storming stage of a project team’s development, it is common to experience confusion about tasks and responsibilities because:
Which of the following is a characteristic of a project?
Which of the following should a project manager consider as part of a make or buy analysis?
A project manager must create documentation before the project kickoff meeting. Which of the following documents will identify the project, introduce the project manager, and establish authority in the project?
Which of the following tools would a project manager use to determine the root cause of an issue?
Which of the following statements are correct regarding project management? (Select two.)
A PM receives notification that an issue will impact a deliverable on the critical path. The issue is logged with a unique ID and assigned to a team member; however, the team member has not addressed it after a week. Which of the following would be the BEST approach to resolving the issue?
A company engaged a third-party audit firm to provide regular financial oversight for regulatory compliance and
requested a project manager to work with the firm. The PMO declines to assign a project manager and refers
to another department within the company. Which of the following is MOST likely the reason for this?
A project sponsor wants to know when the plan changed to ship the deliverables to a new location. To determine the answer, the project manager should FIRST review the:
A project team has completed a major deliverable earlier than planned and wants to deliver it for testing. The team lead sends an email providing notice of task completion to the project manager.
Which of the following describes how the project manager can increase the likelihood that the deliverable moves to testing?
During an ad-hoc meeting, the OM notifies the sponsor that while the project is on schedule, material costs have increased and the project is over budget. To save the project, the PM request a material contract with a less expensive vendor. The sponsor approves the change, and project comes in within target tolerances. The company, however, receives numerous stakeholder complaints.
Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of these complaints?
A vendor was removed from a company due to non-performance but continues to submit invoices for work that was not completed. Which of the following should the project manager do to stop the vendor from sending invoices?
Which of the following charts is a mathematical diagram used to values for two variables for a set of data?
The project team is not comfortable moving an expensive material.
A third party is hired to move the material. This is an example of risk:
Based on the table below:
Which of the following is the float of Task B?
Two companies have merged. Which of the following may impact the project manager’s communication methods after the merger?
While developing a project schedule, the project manager is attempting to sequence the following tasks:
Which of the following is the correct sequence for the above tasks?
A key stakeholder asks the project manager for additional features. Which of the following documents should the project manager refer to before responding to this request?
A project can be defined as:
Which of the following defines the minimum level of engagement of a stakeholder?
Before a team can start on a sprint, they will need to:
A project manager is scheduling activities and determines one activity cannot be completed until another
activity is completed. Which of the following dependency relationships is represented?
Which of the following features describe a projectized organization? (Select two.)
An employee is assigned to a project and is developing a project charter. Which of the following are some of
the constraints the employee would typically face at this stage of the project?
The anticipated funding level for an approved project was reduced. The sponsor has met with the project
manager to identify several scope reductions. Which of the following is the NEXT step the project manager
should take?
A customer has stated that meeting the project schedule and milestones takes priority and is, therefore, willing to spend additional funds to sustain operations. The project team must ensure completion of the:
Which of the following will identify the MOST potential project risks?
A project manager procures additional resources from a local company. Which of the following-describes this event?
Due to a lack of adherence to the risk response plan, there are numerous safety concerns within the scope of a building project.
Which of the following MOST likely explains this issue?
A new project manager is working in an environment where resources report to another supervisor. The
project manager is having difficulty with a particular member and wants to escalate the issue. Which of the
following documents should the project manager consult?