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You are the PM. During review of project charter with sponsor you
both determine additional training is required. There are 12 people
on your team and the finance department only has enough to fund
training for half of the team. How should you proceed?

Train key members and have them

mentor others
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You are the PM. During review of project charter with sponsor you both determine additional
training is required. There are 12 people on your team and the finance department only has
enough to fund training for half of the team. How should you proceed?
Train key members and have them mentor others
A previously identified issue has been resolved and the project is moving forward. The PM
has been warned that the same issue will probably arise on similar projects in the future.
What should be done first when responding to this warning?
Ensure that the issue log is updated
When completing your schedule model maintenance a team member informs you a
stakeholder from another department has stopped sending updates, showing up to
meetings, and has begun speaking negatively about the project openly. Based on the
stakeholder's position and responsibilities, it is beginning to take a heavy tool on the project.
What could the PM have done to prevent this?
Conducted a stakeholder analysis and monitored stakeholder engagement more closely
As the PM, you are familiar with agile but most of your team is now. Management wants the
project completed in 3 weeks, and you have 6 weeks between now and the project deadline.
What should you do next?
Arrange for formal agile training for all team members
Your team has been together for a few years and is known as a highly efficient team. A team
member who is new to the team lacks the tactic knowledge required to create some of the
features. It is late in the work day and you notice the employee struggling with some work.
How should you proceed?
Offer your assistance with the creation of the feature
A project is in the planning stage, a key stakeholder will be unavailable for 2.5 weeks during
the project. The PM must decide what to do first, after learning about the key stakeholder's
unavailability. What is the correct step to take?
Plan a database development specification, then occasionally check to ensure the developer
aligns with the specification
According to agile principle #4, how often should business people and agile teams work
together?
Daily
As with predictive project teams, agile teams may work in a collocated or geographically
distributed fashion. Which of the following least helps a virtual team work effecitvely?
Elimination of chairs in daily standup conference areas
In agile, which of the following is not considered essential when negotiating agreements?
Locking in contractual positions as quickly as possible
A PM needs to ensure that all data security requirements are covered during a data
warehouse development project's execution stage. Each of the databases created during
project phases will have a specific data security polity to comply with govt data security laws.
How should the PM plan to meet these requirements?
Arrange for review of the data security status on a quarterly basis, and recommend remedial
steps if noncompliance is found
One of your vendors has not completed the work required on the project and you have
exhausted all other options to resolve the dispute. Which of the following is not an
appropriate option?
Procurement audit
Agile is built upon communications, including feedback loops. What would least be
considered a feedback loop?
Spring
When protecting one's own group becomes a primary focus, what level of conflict do you
need to navigate through?
Level 4 - Crusade
After a project delay, the PM determines that a change is needed to the product deliverables
in order to ensure quality. the PM takes the following steps 1. formal change request is
issued 2. The PM communicates the change to all stakeholders 3. the PM receives feedback
that the communications approach did not meet the stakeholder expectations. What should
the PM do next?
Use the communications management and stakeholder engagement plans
Project team members are spending a lot of time helping maintenance and operations staff
with a recently commissioned project component. The PM needs to validate that the
component was signed off and ownership transferred. Which 3 docs should the PM use for
this decision?
Final report, project document updates and OPA updates
When an organization is considering which project life cycle methodology is appropriate to
use for a given project, a suitability filter spider web diagram or model is useful. Which is not
considered when using this type of model?
Sponsorship
When building an agile team, which concept should be least considered
Ensure a strong project manager is assigned for decisions and coordination
A project is being planned in a remote area with limited access to vehicles and equipment.
The PM proposes that the company deliver all heavy equipment themselves despite the
significant expense. The PM will take full responsibility for this activity. What type of risk
response is the PM demonstrating?
Accept
You are the PM, you are supposed to be producing 2 units per month worth $250,000 per
unit. After 3 months you have only produced an average of 1.2 units per month. You use a
formula to determine what the difference is between what you planned to do and what you
actually got done. What is the formula used?
Schedule variance (SV)
A project is in the development stage. During this stage, there will be sensitive client data to
handle. The compliance manager raises an issue of project non-compliance. What is the first
document the project manager should review to check what current items are of concern?
Issue log
A PM is creating an agenda and presentation materials for a kick-off meeting that will involve
stakeholders across multiple geographic regions who will be working on a global project.
Which would be the MOST important step for the PM to ensure that the stakeholders are
engaged?
Verify that all required participants or their delegates will be available to attend
In which meeting(s) would issues be typically reviewed
daily stand ups and retrospectives
McCelland's Theory of Needs states that people fit into categories and are motivated by 3
types of needs. Which is not one of McClelland's 3 needs?
Money
On your project, a deliverable was recently created but had to be reworked due to a defect.
You traced the root cause to an employee who was operating off an old version of the
project management plan. As a PM, how should you proceed?
Show the employee where to find the most up-to-date copy of the plan and verify they are
receiving updates
What is considered agile's highest priority?
satisfying the customer
During user testing, a client agrees to the final product. One day later the client indicates that
the final product may not be acceptable. What should be the first step taken by the PM for
resolving this issue?
Consult the project acceptance criteria
Who is responsible for orchestrating and integrating all planning activities for agile project?
project team
Which is not included in configuration management
automatic change request approvals
You are PM, you have taken over a project that is 50% complete, but you notice that work
being done does not match what is written in the scope baseline. The sponsor informs you
that many changes have occurred and to just roll with it. What most likely is the cause of
this?
Scope creep has most likely happened due to the lack of formal change control procedures
A PM is faced with 2 team members who have conflicting view of how the work on the
project should be done. The PM sits down the 2 team members and calmly discusses the
options and benefits of each method. At the end of the meeting, they come up with a solution
that both agree to. This is an example of what?
Collaborating
What is not considered a servant leader responsibility?
creating the project development approach and process
What project life cycle method is most suitable for delivering business value in the shortest
timeframe?
Scrum
In what team-building stage does the team begin to work together and build good working
relationships?
Norming
During which stage of team development is it crucial for team members to work on tolerance
and patience with one another?
Storming
Your company is new to agile. You've been assigned to an agile project that will consist of
multiple 2-week sprints to deploy a functionality for a new project benefit tracking system.
Your team has been trained, but most of the key stakeholders have never heard of agile.
What would be the least helpful in this situation?
Update the stakeholder register to indicate which stakeholders have agile experience
Where are requirements captured and documented in agile projects
product backlog
You are an agile coach in an organization that is starting to implement agile. What can be
done to ease the transition to agile while beginning to satisfy certain aspects of the
organization's current project management governance model?
Alter your project reporting to fit governance expectations
Shipments of steel are sent monthly based on a firm fixed-price contract with economic price
adjustments (EPA). The end of the fiscal year is approaching and a new contract has just
been negotiated to account for EPA. You later find out new tariffs are placed against steel
and the cost to manufacture and ship steel skyrocket. Your customers will most like do what
is most cost-effective for them and leave your organization. What is the best way this could
have been avoided?
Monitor EEFs and develop solutions ahead of time which you can quickly execute
You recently took over a team from a PM who submitted their 2 week resignation in lieu of
being terminated. You notice the team lacks trust and commitment as well as harboring
resentment issues. As the PM, what is the first think you should do?
Hold a collaboration meeting with the team to discuss the team vision
What are the primary benefits of the spring review meeting?
Elicit feedback on the work that has been completed and The evaluation and delivery of
project value
During a challenging shareholder meeting, the customer indicates that they will reject an
iteration's deliverable. What should the PM do?
Work with stakeholders to create a shared approach that will address the issues of concern
Story point is defined as what?
Story points are a measurement of capacity
While communicating an issue with the project with one of the stakeholders, they begin
crossing their arms and becoming very defensive with you. You require their support on this
project and they are known to be passive aggressive. How should you proceed?
They think you are blaming them for the issue and you should adjust your approach
immediately and focus on how much they have done for the project
The procurement department has been negotiating the terms of a new contract with a
customer who is unsure of what the final product should look like. They only know what the
product should do once complete. The procurement department is having difficult y choosing
between a fixed price contract or a cost reimbursable contract and they decide to call you,
the PM, to assist with negotiations. As the PM, how should you proceed?
Work with the customer to determine the objectives and clarify requirements
When the PM is out of the office she doesn't trust her employees to get work done and when
she is in the office, she is always looking over her shoulder. What type of manager is Grace?
Theory X
After six iterations, significant variations have occurred to the project scope and schedule.
These are due to the customer's technology regulations and security policies, which are
regularly reviewed. The PM wants to suggest a new approach to the next iteration to avoid
possible delays. What should the PM do first?
Rank the importance of each improvement item, then implement actions identified during the
last retrospective
When working in a highly regulated industry, what can be done to ensure any changes in
regulatory compliance are met during agile project?
Continuously groom the product backlog
A PM realizes that sponsor expectations are not being met, specifically regarding project
deliverables. To address this issue, what action should the PM take?
Develop a stakeholder engagement plan
You have two key stakeholders on your project that are always arguing. If one makes a
suggestion, the other disagrees even if it's a good idea. Which technique might help them be
more receptive to the other person's ideas when the ideas are being reviewed in a group
discussion?
Facilitation
Your team is on sprint 4 of an estimated 10 sprints. A stakeholder has been holding on to
information that is required to complete each sprint and it is starting to delay the progress of
work and completion of sprints. As the product owner, how should you proceed?
Report the issue to the team facilitator and have them speak to the stakeholder
A company is expanding into a market they do not have previous experience in that market.
A PM needs to collect requirements. What tool and technique should be used?
Prototypes
A customer indicates that they would like to add functionalist. Although this request is made
during the execution stage of this waterfall project, the PM finds that the cost for the addition
would be small. The additional functionality, if successful would increase the opportunity for
profit. What should the PM do next?
Schedule a meeting with the company's management team, and present the customer's
request for additional functionality as a good opportunity
An example of individuals and interactions over processes and tools
An agile coach working with stakeholders to remove agile impediments
While reviewing the issues log, the project manager notices that tasks assigned to two team
members are quite a bit behind schedule. What should be done?
Work with the relevant team members to review the delayed tasks and decide on strategies
for resolution.
The previous project had cost overruns because the project team underestimated the winds
and harsh weather conditions of the bay. What should you derive historical information?
OPA
XP practice that best assists with change affecting project scope
On-site customer
Not typically included in a team charter for an agile project
Project vision and Corporate mission
Used to improve the accuracy and reliability of release planning
velocity
Not a servant leader characteristic
Allowing team members to solve their own problems without intervention and keeping tally of
each team members errors to weed out the lowest performers
Vendor is behind on key project deliverable. There is a 21% buffer in the budget for cost
overruns. The PM needs to mitigate the issue. What action should the PM take next?
Evaluate alternative software vendors that can help project deliverables despite resource
contraints
A planned task for a project odes not get completed due to an issue that appeared 3 days
ago but did not get resolved. the PM wants to prevent this type of situation in the future.
What should the PM do?
During the retrospective, examine the issue
A PM has been asked to conduct a risk analysis that is based on a high-level scope. As part
of the analysis, the PM must use expert judgement to prepare a document. What document-
based action is being performed?
Creating a project charter
Customer is not satisfied with the delivered product, saying that it was not what they
expected. The PM is surprised because the agile development team delivered the product
several iterations early. What is one way that the PM could have avoided this result?
Made sure that the customer was aware of the value of demos
Best describes your ability to understand and/or perceive the emotions of others
Social Awareness
For organizations that are new to agile concepts and are working to adopt and utilize them,
which of the following would be a potential roadblock to successfully achieve this?
Employees are specialized contributors
Management by objectives definition
MBO - emphasizes importance of participative goal-setting, self-control and self-evaluation.
The supervisor and employee jointly establish performance objectives
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