M1Q1 A company is implementing agile methods. After a few sprints, communication problems develop. Some project team members are not getting along with others and this has led to the project being delayed by more than three weeks? What would have caused this issue? The PM plan is outdated Daily standup meeting is not being held The project sprint backlog has not been updated d._ The project performance reports are not being created Daily standup meetings will ensure all team members are aligned and understand the purpose of ‘the project. It will also allow them to communicate any issues they face on a day-to-day basis. ‘The correct answer is: Daily standup meeting is not being held SHAT ols esrrenraryMIQ2A Project Manager realizes a major stakeholder's, expectations are NOT being met, specifically regarding the project's budget. This may also cause a delay to the project. To resolve do? issue, what should the project manager Update the risk register. Update the communications management plan, Update the scope baseline, d, Update the stakeholder engagement plan, ay | ‘s se The risk register will contain risks that may affect the project. The best resolution here would be to add this risk to the risk register with the corresponding response. The correct answer is: Update the risk register. aside Ere Ve sinall kp m adselM1Q3 A team is working on a hybrid software development project. Stakeholder's understandings of the project requirements are not aligned to the expectations from the team. ‘What steps should the project manager have taken toy allowing the team and customers to conduct a prevent this? sprint review meeting, it will allow the customers to give feedback on the development of the deliverable. Have the team meet with the customers to The correct answer is: Have the team conduct a sprint help develop the scope statement review meeting with the customers Alter the project scope to meet the requirements Have the team conduct a sprint review meeting with the customers Update the scope statementM1Q4 A senior manager would like to add a few new features to the project deliverables. Before a project team member starts working on these new features, what should be done first? a. Gain approval from the Project Manager. b. Ensure the change control board (CCB) approves. Gain approval from the senior manager. d._ Ensure key subject matter experts (SMEs) approve. The Change control board is responsible for reviewing, evaluating, approving, or rejecting changes to the project. The correct answer is: Ensure the change control board (CCB) approves.M1Q5 The project team is starting a new phase of a project. Based on the previous phase, they have compiled a list of issues that were solved What should the project manager do with ths list in the new phase? a. Have the team add the appropriate reserves to the new project plan b, Add all the issues as a risk in this phase Update the risk management plan with the list of issues d._ Update the organization process assets ‘Once a phase or project is done, the PM should update the OPA's with the organization so it can be used by other projects or phases in that project The correct answer is: Update the organization process assets ¥M1Q6 A project is at the planning stage of the project. The Project Manager realizes that producing complex CRM software is not feasible with the current number of resources and hire more resources for code development. The Project Manager identifies and contracts temporary resources. Which risk response strategy does this scenario demonstrate? a. Mitigate b. Transfer Accept d. Avoid The risk to the project was posed by insufficient resources. The risk was Avoided by hiring additional resources. ‘The correct answer is: AvoidMIQ7 An agile team with members from different, countries is having difficulties resolving issues. This has led to the project falling behind schedule. What should the project manager do to resolve this? a. Meet with the product owner and inform him of these issues and slow down b. Implement new methods to ensure the team has better communication methods and technologies. Remove the members who are causing the issues 4. Speak with the HR department about what can be done with this issue The action to take here would be to ensure that all team members have the technology to ensure communications are being done correctly. Poor ‘communications generally lead to conflict. The correct answer is: Implement new methods to ensure the team has better communication methods and technologies.M1Q8 Project Manager has completed the following steps: Finished a major software project. -Confirmed with the release manager that all the software works. -Confirmed that functionality has been verified by the quality assurance team. -Gained formal acceptance from the sponsor. ‘What is the next step the Project Manager should take? Update the risk register. b. Conduct the lessons learned with the team. c._ Ensure that the procurement management plan is complete. d._ Review the closing management plan. During project close out, lessons learned should be done with the team, The correct answer is: Conduct the lessons learned with the team,M1Q9 A project manager is reviewing a deliverable that is 80% completed and has presented it to a key stakeholder. The stakeholder is not happy with the way ‘the project manager is showing the deliverable and says he really doesn’t understand it’s purpose. ‘What tool or technique should the project manager use? a b, « d. Bottom-up estimating Prototyping Decision making Expert judgment (One of the best ways to show stakeholders a product is to use a prototype. This will alow for more interaction with the stakeholder and gain feedback. The correct answer is: PrototypingM1Q10 A project manager and a new agile team have started a new project. The PM notices members are not doing agile meetings. Team members often don't hold standup meetings or sprint review meetings. How should the project manager handle this situation? a. Conduct the standup meeting yourself on a daily basis b._ Inform the team itis okay to hold meetings as necessary c. Meet with the product owner to remove team members who don't value agile methods d. Work with the team and explain the benefits of these meetings ‘Ona project, itis important for the project manager to ‘educate the team on the benefits of using agile processes. The more the team understands the benefits, the more likely they will follow the processes. The correct answer is: Work with the team and explain the benefits of these meetingsM1Q11 After realizing that there are insufficient resources for a hybrid project, the PMO outsources some development tasks to keep the project on schedule. What should the Project Manager do first in this situation? a. Review the RACI chart, b. Review the Communication management plan. ¢._ Revise the procurement management plan. d. Meet with the project sponsor. The Procurement Management Plan is the project procurement decisions, specifying the approach and identifying potential sellers is captured. The correct answer is: Revise the procurement management plan.M1Q12 The project manager is hesitant to work with a new customer on a hybrid project. Previously the project manager had a very difficult time getting sign-offs and approvals from this particular customer. The sponsor has initiated the project and the customer is ready to start planning the project. How should the project manager handle the situation? Ask the client if they have a dedicated resource to complete sign-off Meet with the client and review the project ground rules ‘Add a risk to the risk management plan about potential delays Inform the client, itis not acceptable to delay sign-offs o ao In this situation, it would be best to meet with the client and informed them of the project ground rules and how you would like documents to be signed off. The correct answer is: Meet with the client and review the project ground rulesM1Q13 A project has the following need: -300 resource hours must be outsourced. ~All sellers must be given the same information about, the requirements. Which should the Project Manager do to ensure to meet these requirements? Send the procurement management plan to each provider. b. Conduct a bidder conference. . Add the provider to the stakeholder register. d. Meet and negotiate with each provider. Abidder conference is a meeting between the buyer and sellers. Itis used when you want to give out similar information to all sellers. This way, no seller has more info than another. The correct answer is: Conduct a bidder conference.M1Q14 Team members are having a major issue with the method to develop a software module on a hybrid project. One member claims method A is better than method B. This issue could delay the project by over two weeks. What should the project manager do to resolve this ‘issue? a. Ask a third team member to select one of the methods b, Tell the two members to resolve the issue right away and move on Select one method for them to resolve the issue immediately d. Have team members meet in a face-to-face meeting and facilitate which method would be best. In this scenario, it would be best to have the two team members meet in a face-to-face meeting and for you to facilitate this meeting to come up with a consensus. ‘The correct answer is: Have team members meet in a face-to-face meeting and facilitate which method would be best.MiQ15 A company has a goal of releasing a new product to increase market share within five months. A projects initiated to meet this goal, The Project Manager needs to understand how customers will use the product once itis made available to the public. What should the Project Manager utilize to accomplish this? a. Focus groups b. Affinity diagram Benchmarking d. Facilitation Focus Groups should be used to gather feedback from actual customers, This ensures that any decisions are made off of real data rather than assumptions. The correct answer is: Focus groupsMI1Q16 After the project management plan had been approved, a major stakeholder informed the project manager that the project management plan would not be sufficient for the completion of the project deliverables. The stakeholder is not willing to cooperate and meet with the project manager. What should a project manager do first? ‘a. Meet with the project sponsor and ask for guidance b. Proceed with the project as planned since the stakeholder is not willing to meet with you. c. Review the project management plan d. Meet with the project management office and ask them to speak with the stakeholder Since this is a conflict on the project, the project manager should review the communications ‘management and stakeholder engagement plan to see how to resolve stakeholder issues on a project The correct answer is: Review the project management planM1Q17 A new product is released, When a customer identifies performance issues with this, product, the Project Manager realizes the wrong tool was used to collect the customer requirements. ‘Which tool should the Project Manager have used? a. Benchmarks. b. Cost-benefit analysis. Appraisal costs. d. Cost of quality Benchmarks are used to assess a product against industry standards The correct answer is: Benchmarks.M1Q18 Team members working on a software development project are questioning whether they could meet the deadlines for the project. Their concern is that the project will not be able to complete on time. The team members feel that their concerns are not being taken seriously on the project. What should the project manager do in this situation? ‘a. Inform them that deadlines are to be taken seriously and they must be met b._ Inform them to submit their concems to the project sponsor c. Meet with the project management office to understand why the team members would feel this way d, Meet with the project team and listen to their concetns and assure them that they will be taken seriously In this scenario, it would be best to meet with the team and assure them that their concems will be heard and taken seriously. The correct answer is: Meet with the project team and listen to their concems and assure them that they will be taken seriouslyM1Q19 A Project Manager is doing the following: -conducting a cost analysis based on a high-level scope -using expert judgment to make a document What is the Project Manager doing, based on the description above? Create a project management plan Developing a scope statement Create a risk management plan d. Create a project charter The project charter is a high-level document with a high-level scope and budget The correct answer is: Create a project charterM1Q20 A recently executed project has team members that are growing frustrated with each other. This is due to the lack of expectations between team members. This is beginning to affect the entire team and may cause delays to the project. What document should the project manager review to address this issue? a b. © d. ‘Communications management plan ‘Team charter Stakeholder Engagement plan Project charter The best course of action here would be to review the team charter. The team charter will outline expected behaviors and project expectations The correct answer is: Team charterM1Q21 A project has been executed with an approved, plan. A team member says the project might fail to meet the requirement. Correcting the issue may cause an increase in scope and costs. ‘The Risk Register is there for the project team to Understand potential problems with the project. It is What should the Project Manager do? necessary to first perform a full risk analysis and update the project sponsor before making any ‘a Contact the customer and negotiate forrisk decisions acceptance. ‘The correct answer is: Conduct a risk analysis. b. Resolve the issue to satisfy the customer. c._ Implement a change request. d. Conduct a risk analysis.M1Q22 The project manager is working with the sponsor to gain acceptance of the project scope. During this process, the project manager realizes that some of the project work was not included in the original project scope. This work will be essential to getting the project accepted by the sponsor. What should the project manager do in this situation? ‘a. Implement a change requests to include the additional work to the scope b. Update the risk register with these new potential risks ‘c Complete the scope validation and inform operations about the issue d._ Inform the project sponsor of the issue and ask for guidance The best course of action would be to implement the change requests to add the additional work. This will censure that the scope is accepted when the project is done. The correct answer is: Implement a change requests to include the additional work to the scopeM1023 A Project Manager decides to utilize a stakeholder engagement assessment matrix. The matrix identifies an influential stakeholder who is resistant to the project. The Project Manager needs to have this person be active on the project. What should the Project Manager do in this situation? a. Create the stakeholder engagement plan. b. Ensure that the stakeholder register is completely updated. Meet with the sponsor. dd. Create the communications management plan, Plan Stakeholder Engagement is the process of creating an approach to involve project stakeholders based on their needs. Its a plan to interact effectively with stakeholders. The correct answer is: Create the stakeholder engagement plan.M1Q24 A key stakeholder on an agile project wants the functionality of the product to be delivered mediately within the next three months as one iteration. The project team has informed the project ‘manager that it will take five iterations for a total of seven months. What should the project manager do next? a. Meet with the key stakeholder to understand why he wants it done in three months and ‘educate him on the benefits of incremental delivery b. Speak with the product owner about this issue © Schedule a meeting with the stakeholder and inform him this cannot be done d. Meet with the project team informed to inform them they will need to complete the work as one iteration and three months In this situation it would be best to meet with key stakeholders to understand why he wants this and didn't educate them on the benefits of incremental delivery The correct answer is: Meet with the key stakeholder to understand why he wants it done in three months and educate him on the benefits of incremental deliveryM1Q25 An organization is creating a new product. However, the company has never made a product like this before, The Project Manager needs to collect requirements. Which two tools or techniques should the Project Manager use? (Choose 2) pans Decomposition Prototypes. Expert judgment. Product analysis. Create requirements traceability matrix. Experts and Prototypes are tools used in collect requirements. The correct answers are: Prototypes., Expert judgment.