PMI PMP Real Exam Questions
The questions for PMP were last updated at May 17,2024.
- Exam Code: PMP
- Exam Name: Project Management Professional
- Certification Provider: PMI
- Latest update: May 17,2024
A project manager is using an agile approach. During the sprint planning meeting, the product owner flagged a backlog item as high business value and easy to implement. However, the other team members identified a high dependency between this item and another item that is flagged as low business value and high complexity.
What should the project manager do to support the backlog prioritization?
- A . Prioritize the item flagged as high business value and low complexity for this sprint.
- B . Support the team to move both items to the next sprint when the team will know more.
- C . Facilitate the discussion until the team reaches an agreement about the two items.
- D . Prioritize the item flagged as a dependency with low business value and high complexity.
At the end of a project, the project manager was asked to provide a performance rating of the project team members.
What should the project manager mainly make reference to?
- A . Feedback from the project sponsor
- B . Agreed-upon key performance indicators (KPIs)
- C . Input from project stakeholders
- D . Competencies of team members
A multicultural team is working on a project. After a few months of observation, the project manager realizes that two team members are not responding to the construction manager properly. The project manager spoke to the team members individually and found that both had cultural differences with the construction manager.
What should the project manager do to improve the situation?
- A . Ask the team members to tolerate the cultural differences as they have a different cultural background.
- B . Ask the construction manager to meet with the two team members to resolve the situation.
- C . Provide the construction manager with instructions on how to resolve the situation.
- D . Discuss the team members’ concern with the construction manager and seek solutions.
A project manager has just received communication from an operational functional manager to complete an additional scope item for a project that was formally closed a few weeks ago. The scope looks relatively small and simple to handle as part of the daily operations activity.
How should the project manager deal with this request?
- A . Submit a change request and allocate the budget and resources needed for execution.
- B . Confirm that the budget and resources are available to execute the work request.
- C . Check the alternative resources available in the organization for the request.
- D . Evaluate the nature of the request and plan communication accordingly.
A member of the project team always extends discussion topics, taking more time than necessary during project team meetings. Other team members feel this member is not being considerate of their time.
What should the project manager do?
- A . Explain to the team that open discussions are needed but remind the team to follow the ground rules.
- B . Ask this member to only discuss the current topic to achieve team efficiency.
- C . Ask the team to accept the input from this particular member as their input may be useful.
- D . Allow the self-organized team to discuss the situation among themselves and come to a resolution.
A project manager is working on a unique project that is dissimilar to the project nature of the organization. The project manager is tailoring the artifacts for this new project.
Who should determine which artifacts should be used in the project?
- A . The project sponsor should select the project artifacts that the project manager and project management team should use in the project.
- B . The project manager and project management team should use the standard project artifacts from the database.
- C . The project stakeholders should meet and determine the project artifacts to be used by the project manager and the project management team.
- D . The project manager and the project management team should select the appropriate artifacts for use in the specific project.
A project is being executed. The project’s life cycle is defined as predictive; however, a major deliverable will be handed over incrementally to the customer. The assigned resources are experienced and reliable and are willing to make decisions that the project manager used to make after each incremental delivery on other projects.
What should the project manager do?
- A . Support the decisions of the team and transfer the decision making responsibility to them.
- B . Consult the product owner about letting the resources make decisions.
- C . Schedule a steering committee meeting and obtain their approval on the request.
- D . Inform the team that although this is a hybrid environment, the project manager must still be responsible for making decisions.
An agile project has a broad set of product features intended for different user profiles and usages. It is difficult to define common acceptance criteria that can apply to all the features.
How can the project manager ensure that the appropriate acceptance criteria are applied to the features?
- A . Define the acceptance criteria and specific functional test cases only after analyzing the user feedback from testing the early feature release.
- B . Integrate the acceptance criteria review into the definition of ready (DoR) for each feature and associated tests into the feature’s definition of done (DoD).
- C . Use the broadest set of acceptance criteria to ensure that all features have a common quality baseline and associated functional test cases.
- D . Integrate the specific tests into the definition of ready (DoR) for each feature and the acceptance criteria into the feature’s definition of done (DoD).
A project requires the procurement of a large amount of equipment that needs to be on-site before any other activity can begin. The procurement department has a lengthy approval process.
What should the project manager do?
- A . Ask the project sponsor to expedite the vendor selection process.
- B . Contact the vendor that supplied similar equipment for a previous project.
- C . Use the existing equipment and replace it later with the new equipment.
- D . Work with the procurement team to find alternative options.
A project team has been working together for about 2 years. One of the team members has consistently shown high performance and stood out among their peers during the execution of the project.
How should the project manager recognize high performance?
- A . Thank the team member privately to avoid conflict among the team members.
- B . Acknowledge the high-performing team member in the next team meeting.
- C . Choose a reward for the team member that aligns with their personal goals.
- D . Ask the sponsor to approve a bonus for the high-performing team member.