Practice for the PMP exam with 22 multiple-choice questions. Answer each question before the reveal, then review the explanation to understand the reasoning.
This is Part 6/8 in the CertPunch PMP practice exam series.
Topics covered: scope, schedule, risk, stakeholders, agile delivery, change control, team leadership, and project governance.
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What you will practice
- The agile project team has decided to do one of the features from the product backlog. The single feature wil…
- While building an agile space, the project manager would like to implement a tool that will allow the team to…
- Your company has decided to roll out a new Wi-Fi network for the staff. The sponsor has informed you that enc…
- The product owner has informed the project manager that all items in the product backlog are valuable and the…
- The project team is currently working on an advertising project. They have completed a few of the activities…
- The project team is working with the customers to write the user stories. The customers have refused as they…
Answers and explanations
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Q1. The agile project team has decided to do one of the features from the product backlog. The single feature will take six weeks to complete and will be reviewed by the customer. What actions should the agile project manager take next?
Answer: B. Informed the team six weeks is too long and they will need to decomposed that feature into smaller increments
The correct answer proves that agile iterations must be decomposed into smaller increments. The trap is the duration, which signals the need to break down the work into sprints.
Q2. While building an agile space, the project manager would like to implement a tool that will allow the team to keep track of the flow of work while limiting the work in progress. What tool best meets these requirements?
Answer: B. Kanban development
The correct answer proves that Kanban is designed to visualize workflow and limit work in progress. The other tools serve different purposes, like tracking progress or managing time.
Q3. Your company has decided to roll out a new Wi-Fi network for the staff. The sponsor has informed you that encryption on the network is mandatory. Where will the project manager document that the encryption was mandated by the sponsor?
Answer: D. Requirements traceability Matrix
The correct answer proves that the requirements traceability matrix links requirements to their sources. The other options contain requirements but not their origins.
Q4. The product owner has informed the project manager that all items in the product backlog are valuable and they should all get done. How should the agile project manager respond?
Answer: D. Educate the product owner on the benefits of prioritizing the product backlog
The correct answer proves that the agile project manager must educate stakeholders on prioritization. The distractors misrepresent agile roles, as the product owner owns prioritization.
Q5. The project team is currently working on an advertising project. They have completed a few of the activities, which includes writing the script for the commercial. Once the team completes an activity, what should they do next?
Answer: A. Update work performance data
The correct answer proves the immediate step after work completion is to document progress in work performance data. The trap distractor suggests premature project closure before all work is done.
Q6. The project team is working with the customers to write the user stories. The customers have refused as they claim this would add no value to the project. What would be the best step to resolve this?
Answer: B. Educate the users why the user stories are valuable
The correct answer proves the agile principle of educating stakeholders on value. The trap distractor suggests deferring to a role or discontinuing a core agile practice.
Q7. While working on an agile project, the team receives a request from the customer to deploy the software as soon as the iteration is done. The customer has already checked the completed part of the software and has accepted it. The team has…
Answer: B. The iteration is part of a release
The correct answer proves the distinction between iterations and releases in agile. The elimination cue is that the customer's acceptance implies no errors, invalidating the distractors.
Q8. Team members Mark and Bill are currently experiencing conflict in the office move project. Mark believes that it would be best if they moved the furniture first and then the computers, whereas Bill believes it's best to move the computers…
Answer: A. Withdrawal
This question tests the 'Withdrawal' conflict resolution technique. The act of postponing the decision to a later date is a direct match for withdrawal, whereas 'compromise' would require immediate agreement.
Q9. The project manager has met with the project team and has informed them that his team performance assessments are done, and he would like to speak with each of them individually about the results. What process group is this?
Answer: D. Executing
This question tests the 'Executing' process group. Performance assessments and one-on-one coaching are direct activities associated with managing the team during the execution phase.
Q10. While working on the network upgrade project, the project manager receives many ideas about what to include in the project. The ideas seem to be very scattered and not logically grouped. What tool can best help the project manager group th…
Answer: B. Affinity diagrams
This question tests the 'Affinity diagrams' tool. The specific purpose of an affinity diagram is to organize a large number of unstructured ideas into logical groupings for analysis.
Q11. A project manager has just taken over an agile project that is about 50% complete. The project manager is currently reviewing the product backlog and notices the requirements are not in an order he understands. How is the product backlog p…
Answer: D. By value
This question tests Agile product backlog prioritization. The fundamental principle is prioritization based on value to the customer or business, not secondary factors like cost or schedule.
Q12. Senior management would like your project to have as few risks as possible. Which of the following contracts best meets their criteria?
Answer: A. Fixed price
The correct answer, fixed price, demonstrates the lowest risk for the buyer. A contract's risk distribution is a key consideration for stakeholders prioritizing budget certainty.
Q13. During a new workstation rollout project, a stakeholder asked for a change to some of the software being installed. The change was submitted to the Change Control Board but was rejected due to the high increase in cost of the software bein…
Answer: B. Update the change log
The correct answer confirms documentation is required for all change decisions. Updating the change log provides a formal record of the rejection, which is a core project management task.
Q14. After a project manager is assigned to the project with the project charter, he continues to identify the stakeholders on the project. In this process, he creates the stakeholder register. Which of the following statements about the stakeh…
Answer: B. It's only updated in the initiating phase of the project
The correct answer identifies a key project management principle. The stakeholder register is a living document, updated continuously as new stakeholders are identified.
Q15. The project manager decided to assign each team member on a project to no more than one activity at a time. This way, the team doesn't get burned out and can work at a steady pace. The schedule may increase due to this policy, which is oka…
Answer: D. Resource leveling
The correct answer defines the purpose of a common scheduling technique. Resource leveling smooths resource allocation to eliminate over-allocation, at the cost of extending the schedule.
Q16. As an agile project manager, you have encountered many issues with the product owner. The product owner has refused to prioritize the product backlog, stating that all items are equally important. After educating the product owner about th…
Answer: C. Continue to educate the product owner
The correct answer shows coaching as a primary responsibility of an agile leader. The project manager's role is to guide and educate stakeholders on agile principles until they are adopted.
Q17. Project manager Mark is currently working on a new office automation project and is consistently being asked for updates and meetings with the project sponsor. Mark informs the sponsor that the constant meetings disrupt his work, and his p…
Answer: A. Theory X
The correct answer proves Theory X, a micromanagement style based on distrust. The distractors are eliminated by recognizing Theory Y's trust-based approach and the other concepts' unrelated focus.
Q18. While building the agile space for new agile team, which of the following tools should the project manager ensure is available to all of them?
Answer: C. A whiteboard
The correct answer proves Whiteboard, a key low-tech tool for collaboration. The trap is distractors with high-tech solutions that hinder face-to-face engagement.
Q19. The project manager is conducting a presentation with a few of the senior stakeholders, and they are not happy with the progress of the project. The project manager has informed them that the delay is due to a contractor that was affected…
Answer: A. Manage communication
The correct answer proves that this is about actively engaging stakeholders with project updates. Options C and D are distractors that name non-existent processes.
Q20. After many years of following the agile principles the project team has implemented a few new methods in addition to the agile methods in order to increase the efficiency of the project. This will be known as?
Answer: A. Process tailoring
The correct answer defines the process of customizing a methodology. Option B is a distractor that labels the new methods incorrectly.
Q21. The project manager has just identified a new regulation that can possibly delay the project significantly. The project manager has added this new regulation to the risk register. What should the project manager do next with this risk?
Answer: D. Conduct a qualitative and quantitative assessment
The correct answer proves the process of analyzing risks before developing a response. Option A is a distractor that jumps to a response without analysis.
Q22. While working on the workstation upgrade project, the project sponsor informs the team that they have to stop the project immediately and start working on a router upgrade project. The sponsor wants the router upgrade project to start in a…
Answer: D. Conduct the close project or phase process for the current project and write the final report.
The correct answer proves the required procedure for project termination. Option C is a distractor that addresses the new project instead of closing the old one.
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