Question 1.

You are managing a project for a financial institution. You as a project manager, the
product owner, and the development team are reviewing the user stories that are of
highest priority that will be selected for the development team to take on during their
next sprint. What meeting is taking place in this scenario?
1. Sprint review
2. Sprint planning
3. Sprint retrospective
4. Product backlog prioritization
Answer Q1
The correct answer is B,Sprint planning. Explanation:
Spring planning is a collaborative event which the Agile team plans the work for
current sprint. Sprint planning is completed by the product owner, scrum master, and
the development team.

Question 2.
You have scheduled monthly skill-building meetings to support the continuous
development of your project team. Recently, you have noticed that the meetings
have become off-topic and controversial. How can you make the meetings more
productive?

A. Reviewing the team charter with the project team

B. Making the meetings shorter and more productive
C. Reviewing the organization policies with the project team
D. Scheduling one-on-one meetings with the project team
Answer Q2
The correct answer is A. Explanation: The team charter is a document that records
the team values, agreements, and operating guidelines, as well as establishing clear
expectations regarding acceptable behaviour by project team members.

Question 3.
Your IT project consist of nine sprints per release with four releases. The first release
will provide the minimum features required for a viable product with additional
features after each subsequent release. The sponsor wants to know which features
will be available at the end of each iteration. What is the best tool or technique to use
in this situation?

A. Iteration release meeting.

B. Agile release planning.
C. Cynefin framework.
D. Stacey matrix.

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 Answer Q3
The correct answer is B. Explanation: Agile release planning provides a high-level
summary timeline of the release schedule and defines which features will be
available at the end of each iteration.

Question 4.
A project manager is leading a team to develop an industrial product for the Navy.
The project has very strict quality requirements. It becomes apparent that the
product quality does not meet project requirements and the cause is unknown. What
should the project manager do next?

A. Develop a cause-and-effect diagram

B. Submit a change request to update the quality management plan
C. Conduct quality audits
D. Develop an affinity diagram

Answer Q4 The correct answer is A. Explanation:

Cause-and-effect diagrams breaks down the causes of the problem statement
identified into discrete branches, helping to identify the main or root cause of the
problem. Therefore, developing a cause-and-effect diagram is the best course of
action for the project manager to take to understand why the product quality does not
meet project requirements.

Question 5.
You are a project manager for a power plant construction. One of your project team
member is concerned with safety on the project site. You want to make sure safety
training is included in your project budget. The cost of safety training falls under
which category of costs?

A. Cost of nonconformance to quality

B. Appraisal costs
C. Prevention costs
D. Indirect costs

Answer Q5
The correct answer is C. Explanation: Prevention costs are costs related to the
prevention of poor quality in the product, deliverables, or services of the specific
project. The Prevention Costs falls under Cost of Conformance, which includes :
training, documentation processes, equipment and time to do right thing.

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 Question 6
You accepted a project to develop a product that has significant uncertainty
associated with the requirements. However, the deployment of the product has less
uncertainty and the scope, schedule, cost and resource can be well defined. What
project development approach would you use to develop the product?

A. Hybrid approach
B. Adaptive approach
C. Predictive approach
D. Incremental approach
Answer Q6
The correct answer is A. Explanation: In this scenario, the Hybrid approach is
combination of an adaptive and predictive approaches. An adaptive approach can be
used to develop a product that has significant uncertainty associated with the
requirements and the deployment of the product can be done using a predictive
approach.

Question 7
You are a project manager in construction and you are about to start the development of the
project charter. You plan to identify the project high-level assumptions and constraints. How
can you obtain this information?

A. Analyze the risk report

B. Review the assumption log
C. Review requirements traceability matrix
D. Interview the project sponsor and other relevant stakeholders

Answer Q7
The correct answer is D. Explanation: Interviewing with the project sponsor and other
relevant stakeholders will help you to gather information on high-level requirements,
assumptions, and constraints.

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 Question 8
You are a project manager leading a software development project within a centralized
organizational structure. One of the software engineers has left the organization and needs to
be replaced. The project manager has identified an employee within the organization that has
the necessary skill set to fill the position. What should the project manager do first?

A. Ask the identified employee to join the project team

B. Escalate the staffing situation to the change control board
C. Negotiate with the employee's functional manager
D. Try to complete the project with the current team

Answer 8

The correct answer is C. Within a centralized organization, the functional manager has control over
resources.

Question 8

You are a project manager leading a software development project within a centralized
organizational structure. One of the software engineers has left the organization and needs to
be replaced. The project manager has identified an employee within the organization that has
the necessary skill set to fill the position. What should the project manager do first?

A. Ask the identified employee to join the project team

B. Escalate the staffing situation to the change control board
C. Negotiate with the employee's functional manager
D. Try to complete the project with the current team

Answer Q8
The answer is C. As identified member is in within organisation, PM can negotiate with his
functional manager by explaining the need of identified member in his project.

Question 9

As part of project closure, you plan to identify the factors that let your project success. How
can you achieve to this goal?

A. Measure stakeholders' satisfaction.

B. Perform throughput analysis.
C. Review the Definition of Done (DoD) checklist.

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 D. Perform a regression analysis.

Answer 9
The correct answer is D. Explanation: The regression analysis is an analytical method where a series of
input variables are examined in relation to their corresponding output results in order to develop a
mathematical or statistical relationship. The relationship can be used to infer future performance.

Question 10

As a project manager, you have subcontracted majority of your onsite construction work. The
subcontractor informed you that they completed their onsite works. Your team confirmed that
the subcontracted work has been delivered as per the engineering specification in the
contract. However, one of your engineers is not satisfied with the deliverables because they
are not exactly as he expected. What should you do next?

A. Discuss the issue with the engineer and subcontractor

B. Accept the deliverables
C. Do not pay to the subcontractor until resolve the issue
D. Do not use this subcontractor on your future projects

Answer 10
The correct answer is B. You should accept the deliverables since the work has been completed as per the
engineering specification in the contract. The subcontractor has met the acceptance criteria as described in
the terms and conditions of the contract.

Question 11

You are halfway through your web development project and the sponsor requested to see your project
team velocity. The project sponsor stated that she wants to make sure the productivity rate which the
deliverables are produced, validated and accepted is within the predefined interval. What is the best
way to represent the requested information?

A. Task boards
B. Burn charts
C. Kanban boards
D. Cumulative flow diagram (CFD)

Answer 11

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 The correct answer is B. Burn charts can show project team velocity. Velocity measures the productivity
rate at which the deliverables are produced, validated, and accepted within a predefined interval.

Question 12

You are a project manager and performing multiple quantitative schedule risk analysis. You
want to evaluate the effects of individual project risk sources to determine a range of
probable outcomes and risks for your project. What analysis type will you use?

A. Sensitivity analysis
B. Data analysis techniques
C. Decision tree analysis
D. Monte Carlo analysis

Answer 12
The correct answer is D. Monte Carlo analysis (simulation) uses a computer model to
simulate the combined effect of individual project risks and other sources of uncertainty to
evaluate the potential impact on achieving project objectives. The simulation involves several
thousand iterations to produce a range of possible outcomes.

Question 13
You are managing a community-center construction project. Due to favorable weather
conditions, an equipment you have rented for your onsite work is no longer required.
Therefore you are returning the equipment earlier than originally planned. What should you
do first?

A. Update the physical resource assignments

B. Update the risk register by removing the weather risk
C. Update the resource management plan
D. Transfer the saved funds to contingency reserve

Answer 13
The correct answer is A. The physical resource assignments need to be updated. The physical
resource assignments records the equipment, material, supplies, locations, and other physical
resources that are used during the project.

Question 14
_______________ is a brief description of an outcome for a specific client, which is a
promise of a conversation to clarify details.
A. Metrics
B. User story.

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 C. Project team charter.
D. Activity list.
Answer 14
The correct answer is B, User story.

Question 15

The sponsor wants to review the cumulative costs over the pervious quarter. What is the best
way for the project manager to represent this information?

A. With a S-curve graph.

B. With a Cumulative Flow Diagram (CFD).
C. With a Scatter diagram.
D. With a Gantt chart.

Answer 15

The correct answer is A. A S-Curve graph can display cumulative costs over a specific period
of time.

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