Latest PMP Questions from Nov 2023 -Exclusively Provided by PMI

Q1. An agile project team is using scrum methods. A previously

unidentified risk has occurred and threatens the current release.What
should the scrum master do?

Options:

1.Stop project work until the risk is assessed and analyzed.

2.Bring the issue up during the next standup meeting.

3.Engage the team to facilitate a workaround.

4.Cresponse.

Q2. A project team is reviewing a budget early in a project and is surprised

at the great cost variances. At the next retrospective, the team focuses on
the budget problem and determines the current funding will be insufficient
because all vendors have significantly increased their prices. What should
the project team do next?

Options:

1.Activate and spend the contingency amount in the overall budget.

2.Approach management for the release of management reserves.

3.Determine estimate at completion (EAC) and seek approval.

4.Issue a new request for proposal (RFP) that includes a cost limitation.

5.Collaborate with stakeholders and the project team to develop a risk

Q3. A project to upgrade a company’s human resources (HR) application is

being planned. Since the work is a custom-designed application, the
project team wants to use an agile approach. The product owner selects a
go-live date which the project team believes is unreasonable without
overtime work. What should the project team do?

Options:

1.Assess how they can motivate themselves to perform the extra work to
meet project goals.

2.Agree to the go-live date but insist that management allow exception-
based team rewards in return.

3.Collaborate with the product owner to decide on a go-live date based on

realistic estimates and available resources.

4.Seek approval for an increase to the project cost baseline that will
include budget for estimated overtime work.
Q4. Tragedy strikes on a project to restore a bus terminal and modernize
the service. An unexpected natural disaster has damaged the site and
surrounding city. The project team, watching from a safe location 250
kilometers away, is in emergency response mode. What should the project
team do next?

Options:

1.Use the contingency budget.

2.Activate the management reserve.

3.Update the risk register.

4.Engage stakeholders to develop a risk response.

Q5.A company that manufactures and sells plastic containers is working

on their latest product catalog. To comply with European laws, the
photographs in the children's products sections should not consist of more
than 20% images of candy and processed foods and should consist of at
least 80% images of fruits and vegetables. As the project team reviews
the photographs before the final printing, they identify one photograph
that clearly does not comply with the law. Which activity was the project
team performing during the catalog review and which activities should
they perform in the future to avoid this issue from repeating?

Options:

1.Should servant leaders prioritize strategic thinking instead of daily

work?

2.Decision-making and voting; testing

3.Problem-solving and troubleshooting; inspection

4.Inspection and auditing; quality improvement methods

Q6. An agile coach is facilitating a discussion about servant leadership in

the retrospective. During the session, the team members ask many
questions.Which one of these questions will the agile coach answer with
"yes"?

Options:

1.Should servant leaders prioritize strategic thinking instead of daily

work?

2.Can anyone be a servant leader?

3.Are there fixed guidelines for being a servant leader?

4.Will my performance as a servant leader be assessed?

Q7.A project team is moving a large sculpture from one part of a city to
another. Since this is the first time the team has performed this kind of
work, hazard specialists were contracted to oversee risk and compliance
planning and advise the project team during the project. Which three
actions should the project manager take to lead this combined team
successfully? (Choose 3)

Options:

1.Create a detailed roles chart with clear reporting guidelines.

2.Create ground rules for the specialists.

3.Hold separate retrospectives with the internal project team.

4.Provide specialists with access to organizational resources.

5.Hold daily standup meetings.

Q8. A project team has deprioritized capturing lessons learned for two
sprints now and just continues working. What should the project manager
do first?

Options:

1.Remind the project team about the importance of lessons learned.

2.Engage the project team to understand the reasons lessons learned

were deprioritized.

3.Ensure lessons learned are discussed at the next iteration retrospective.

4.Update the next iteration retrospective.

Q9. A project stakeholder thinks they are being helpful by sharing a lot of
negative customer feedback emails. This feedback is often difficult to
understand and written in raw, verbatim form or without any context.
After 2 weeks of receiving these emails almost every day, one project
team member is frustrated and becomes angry and vocal at work.Which
three actions should the project team take? (Choose 3)

Options:

1.The project team should tell the stakeholder to stop sharing this kind of
feedback.

2.At the next retrospective, the project team should discuss and circulate
guidelines for receiving and processing customer feedback.

3.The project team member should be referred to human resources (HR)

for stress management.
4.The project team should communicate any frustration with the product
owner, who can coach the stakeholder towards a better solution.

5.The project team should process any relevant team lessons or

improvement opportunities.

Q10. A project is undergoing major restructuring, which includes recruiting

a new project manager. Halfway through the restructuring, the project
sponsor has approves the assessment report and confirmed the short-
term actions and scope of changes required to address the many project
issues. What should the new project manager do next?

Options:

1.Update the project organization chart, risks, communications, and

stakeholder engagement plans.

2.Present the details of the project assessment report and key action
items to the project team and stakeholders to ensure their support.

3.Do nothing, because the team members were part of the project
assessment report and should be aware of the upcoming changes.

4.Wait for the project sponsor to decide how to communicate the actions
and project key changes.

Q11. A large utility company is using a hybrid approach to update their

customer service software platform. The project has entered the testing
phase, and the project team has identified several defects in the system.
An expert joins the project to troubleshoot the defects. An investigation
finds that incomplete requirements gathering and poor communication
between project team members and stakeholders have caused the
defects. What should this project team record as lessons learned from this
situation?

Options:

1.Ensure all requirements are gathered before beginning the project.

2.Assigning a dedicated team for requirements gathering will help ensure

requirements are complete.

3.Regular communication with stakeholders throughout the project

ensures that requirements and scope are valid.

4.Hold stakeholders accountable for incomplete requirements.

Q12. A large construction project to renovate a landmark building in a

highly populated area has received significant media attention due to its
potential impact on the local community. Several stakeholders, including
community leaders, local politicians, and environmental groups, have
expressed concerns about the project's potential impact. Which approach
should the project manager take to complete this project successfully?

Options:

1.Focus on meeting the project goals to the highest quality standards so

stakeholders will be reassured.

2.Develop a stakeholder engagement plan and communicate regularly

with stakeholders.

3.Follow stakeholders’ social media, attend all their meetings, be

respectful and empathetic, and use active listening.

4.Track stakeholder concerns but address them only when they become
an obstacle to the project's progress.

Q13. A project manager has subcontracted some technically challenging

work to a vendor. The vendor has delivered the subcontracted work as per
the technical specifications mentioned in the contract. Still, the project
manager is not satisfied with the deliverables produced because they are
not exactly what was required. Which two actions should the project
manager take first? (Choose 2)

Options:

1.Withhold payment until the dispute is resolved.

2.Take legal action.

3.Accept the deliverables.

4.Negotiate a new or amended contract.

5.Terminate the contract.

Q14. A project manager is ready to kick off a new construction project.

The stakeholders are all enthusiastic about the project, but their varied
opinions about the project are causing some problems. Most stakeholders
want to use the reliable milestone-based predictive approach the
company has always used, whereas others want to try an agile approach
to move work along faster. What should the project manager do?

Options:

1.Escalate this to the project sponsor and let them decide on the
approach.

2.Discuss the options with the customer and let them decide.

3.Decide based on the value gained by each of the delivery options.

4.Recommend a hybrid approach as it would satisfy most stakeholders.

Q15. A project manager is responsible for a software development project,

and the project team has been using a predictive approach. However, due
to changing requirements and customer needs, the project team has
decided to adopt an agile approach. Which three actions should the
project manager take to ensure a smooth transition from a predictive to
an agile approach and that the team adapts well? (Choose 3)

Options:

1.Train the team on the agile mindset.

2.Create a detailed plan for the transition.

3.Engage the team in a discussion on the transition.

4.Implement agile practices and inform the team.

5.Request an agile coach to help the team.

Q16.An oil and gas company isredesigning their oil storage tanks to meet
updated international industry standards. A vendor is contracted to
perform the work. During the latest inspection, a critical flaw is detected
in the tank venting systems.The vendor states this is a design flaw and
they notified the team lead 3 weeks ago to inspect the tanks, but they did
not perform the inspection. The vendor kept working, using the designs
they were given, to meet the next milestone. The team lead says the
inspection was not on the schedule. What should the project manager do
first?

Options:

1.Consult the responsible, accountable, consulted, and informed (RACI)

chart to find out who is responsible and accountable for the inspections.

2.Consult the project schedule to verify the inspection dates.

3.Escalate to operations and log the problem in the issue log.

4.Schedule a quality assessment to fix the problem as soon as possible.

17.A project sponsor announces their retirement and informs the project
manager that they will be replaced by two company managers. The
project sponsor says: “These two managers work together closely, so the
transition should be seamless.” What should the project manager do next?

Options:

1.Continue working exactly as before.

2.Update the stakeholder engagement plan to accommodate the two new
managers.

3.Redo the whole communications strategy and communications

management plan.

4.Update the project management plan and the stakeholder engagement

assessment matrix.

Q18.Midway through a project in a large organization, a project sponsor

has left and been replaced by a senior department manager who is
already a project stakeholder. The project manager is concerned because
the department manager is not answering emails in atimely manner. How
should the project manager respond?

Options:

1.Consult with the former project sponsor about how to work better with
the new manager.

2.Increase the number of communication channels in the communications

strategy and communications management plan.

3.Engage the stakeholder properly and learn their communication needs.

4.Update the stakeholder’s status from “neutral” to “leading” in the

stakeholder engagement assessment matrix.

Q19.A business-critical project is in danger of missing a deadline in 15

days and failing. The team lead escalates the issue to management and is
given the option of adding an unknown resource for the next 2 weeks or
reprioritizing the backlog. The project team asks the product owner to
reprioritize the backlog. Why is this the best choice?

Options:

1.Adding a new resource at this point is too risky.

2.Shifting the resource might require many approvals.

3.The extra resource will cost too much money.

4.Delivering something inadequate is better than failing.

Q20. A new project manager begins work on a project started last year to
renovate a busy airport terminal. Even though the project uses a hybrid
development approach—making incremental updates to the terminal—it
has encountered many issues, especially creating conflicts with airport
operations. The new project manager asks the project team about how
they typically handle problems and risks, but no one has a clear answer.
What should the project manager do first?
Options:

1.Switch to a predictive approach for better risk management.

2.Modify the risk register.

3.Start to identify potential risks.

4.Update the risk management plan

Q21. During the risk management planning process for a software

development project, a project team identifies a high-risk item related to
the integration of a new third-party tool into the system. The team has
identified a contingency plan but it is expensive and may impact the
project budget. What should the project manager do next?

Options:

1.Implement the contingency plan immediately to avoid any potential

risks.

2.Evaluate the cost-benefit analysis of the contingency plan before

implementing it.

3.Wait and see if the risk materializes before taking any action.

4.Ignore the high-risk item since there is a contingency plan in place.

Q22.A company is considering a project to improve its IT infrastructure.

The project team wants to identify the assumptions, constraints, risks, and
issues. Categorize the assumption, constraint, risk, and issue correctly.

A.The unique server used by the team is out of service from 8:00 a.m. this
morning.

B.Negotiations conducted last week by the management team with our

partner resulted in an agreement to register a budget of US$50,000 in the
next quarter for IT infrastructure upgrades to avoid this type of server
failure.

C.The project may be delayed due to possible loss of data due to sudden
shutdown of the server during its failure.

D.Development work on the main project deliverable is struggling to move

forward due to the limited capacity of the current development
infrastructure.

Options:

1.A is an issue; B is a constraint; C is a risk; and D is an assumption.

2.A is a risk; B is an assumption; C is an issue; and D is a constraint.

3.A is an issue; B is an assumption; C is a risk; and D is a constraint.

4.A is a risk; B is a constraint; C is an issue; and D is an assumption

Q23. A project manager is replaced during the execution stage of a

project. During a handover meeting, the departing project manager
introduces the new project manager to the project sponsor and the project
team. The new project manager asks who the supportive stakeholders are,
but no one knows the answer. What should the new project manager do?

Options:

1.Interview the project sponsor again—they should have some idea.

2.Look through the project documents to find the names of the

stakeholders.

3.Prepare a questionnaire for the team about desired stakeholder

participation.

4.Consult the lessons learned repository, which has a lot of information.

Q24.Three project team members request long leaves of absence. Two

team members are studying for a major exam and the other has a family
emergency.Their project roles are very similar, and the project is critical to
the business. What should the project manager do?

Options:

1.Prioritize the leave requests based on seniority and company policy.

2.Approve all the requests because they will return to the project with
positive energy.

3.Assess how approving the leave requests could affect the project.

4.Compress the project schedule and approve shorter leave times for all.

Q25.Every year, from May to October, a ski resort closes to undertake a

project to inspect the surrounding mountain trails and repair the ski lifts
before reopening. The date is now 15 September. The project manager
wants to know how much more money to allocate to the project budget to
meet the completion date of 31 October. Which method or metric should
the project manager use?

Options:

1.Cost performance index (CPI)

2.Estimate to complete (ETC)

3.Estimate at completion (EAC)

4.Parabolic estimation

Q26.A project was discontinued because of severe resource limitations 3

years ago. Now the project sponsor insists that it should be restarted and
offers a budget but no staff. The other stakeholders agree the business
needs the work to be done but cannot allocate any of their staff members
to do the work. Despite this, a project manager has been assigned to the
project. The project manager is given 3 weeks to review the original
project artifacts and report on recommendations to the project
management office (PMO) so the project can be prioritized within the
business portfolio. In which two ways should the project manager
approach this situation? (Choose 2)

Options:

1.Propose using automation or artificial intelligence (AI) to assist in

completing the work

.2.Engage the stakeholders and force them to release the resources per
the project sponsor’s mandate.

3.Try to convince the project sponsor to wait until the needed staff
members are free to begin the project.

4.Circulate the project charter and discuss resource requirements with the
stakeholders.

Q27. A project to build a large resort-style swimming pool is in the

execution stage. The project manager notices that team members are
using different units of measurement to monitor project progress: some
report completion of work in hours, some in days,and others note the
percent complete. This is causing confusion. What should the project
manager do to prevent this from happening again?

Options:

1.Direct the team to use a single measurement unit.

2.Refer the team to the guidelines in the schedule management plan.

3.Design a unit conversion tool to convert different units to a common

unit.

4.Consult the project management office (PMO) to decide on actions.

Q28.A project team is developing a new e-commerce website for an IT

project. The project is facing several technical issues that are affecting
progress, including multiple code corrections caused by poor quality of
coding. The deliverables have been negatively impacted. In which three
ways should the project team address these issues? (Choose 3)
Options:

1.Escalate the issues to senior management for a solution.

2.Work with the product owner to create a new user story to address the
quality and technical issues.

3.Update the iteration backlog.

4.Collaborate with the stakeholders to resolve the issues.

5.Schedule an iteration H to solve the quality defects.

Q29.A software development project using a hybrid development

approach has a fixed budget of US$500,000. During the execution phase,
a project team lead has been tracking the costs and posting the actual
cost (AC) and planned cost (PC) amounts on an information radiator. The
project team notices that this trend has continued for the last 3 months,
with the variance growing steeper during the last month. They plan to
discuss the budget at the next retrospective. What should the project
team do?

Options:

1.Reduce quality to a minimum viable metric while maintaining scope.

2.Estimate the additional cost for the remaining scope and request a
budget increase.

3.Renegotiate project contracts with vendors to reduce costs.

4.Review the project scope and make necessary adjustments to align with
the remaining budget.

Q30. A project to catalog a knowledge base has been rejected several

times. The work is now unavoidable, but the company has limited
resources to complete it. A project manager has recorded a long list of
quality defects of varying degrees of importance and criticality, which
cause the stakeholders to be concerned. Which tool or technique should
the project manager use to approach the task of dealing with the defects?

Options:

1.Pareto chart

2.Control chart

3.Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis

4.Cause-and-effect diagram
Q31. A new project manager is asked to help a project sponsor create a
project charter for the first time. After looking through the project
documents provided by the project sponsor and the business
stakeholders, the project manager creates a draft and isnearly ready to
share it with the stakeholders and the project team. Which additional step
should the project manager take to ensure the project charter is ready?

Options:

1.Conduct a peer review of the document.

2.Ensure all talent and resource contracts are fully executed.

3.Provide a link to the project team’s virtual workspace.

4.Include the acceptance criteria for deliverables.

Q32. A newly appointed project manager is reviewing documents and

realizes the business case contains incomplete information. What should
the project manager do next?

Options:

1.Process a change request.

2.Ask the project sponsor to update the business case.

3.Update the business case.

4.Determine what information is needed.

Q33. Ten years ago, a family inherited a 140-acre estate but since then
have only argued about what to do with it. Now, they must act within 24
months to avoid financial penalties for dereliction. The estate lawyer
engages a development company with a project manager to find a
solution. The project manager hosts a discovery and fact-finding meeting
and hears the following viewpoints:

•Stakeholder F wants to restore the derelict building to preserve historical

value.

•Stakeholders P and Q want to demolish the building, then build and sell
houses. •Stakeholder B wants to split the property among the family.

•The lawyer reemphasizes the time line. Which two steps should the
project manager take first? (Choose 2)

Options:

1.Discuss the scope options with the development team and ask them to
develop a proof of concept (POC) for each.
2.Examine the value gained by each of the options.

3.Give the group a deadline to decide what they want among themselves
and then advise the project team.

4.Continue discussing the various options with the stakeholders and listen
actively to their concerns.5.Estimate the schedule and cost of each option.

Q34.A national beautification program is underway. One project—to

remove the “locks of love” (padlocks fastened by couples in love) from the
side of a 200-year-old bridge—is highly controversial. The locks are
speeding up the destruction of the bridge railings, which is a safety
concern, but thousands of people have been protesting the removal every
weekend, shutting down city streets and creating bad publicity. Protests
have become global, as a social media campaign shows thousands of
tourists visiting the city are also angry about the removal. What should
the project manager do?

Options:

1.End the project because of the bad publicity and suggest a new project
to address the problem.

2.Start a social media campaign about the benefits of beautification and

safety in public spaces.

3.Close the bridge, erect a scaffolding, and cut the locks off out of sight of
the protestors.

4.Delay this project until the publicity quiets down and restart it in the
future.

Q35. A project manager is assigned to lead an organization’s first project

using agile development approaches. To prepare, the project manager
sketches some initial plans and notes some concerns, which include
resource and talent management and who can help lead the effort. Which
team member or stakeholder should lead this project?

Options:

1.Product owner from the customer organization

2.Project sponsor

3.Project team’s most senior and experienced member

4.A recently hired project team member with agile experience

Q36. A project team has recently implemented a software system to

replace some of an organization’s internal manual processes. Although
training has already taken place, some end users are resistant to the
change and prefer the old manual methods. Which two actions should the
project manager take to ensure the new software is adopted by all users
and that the transition is smooth? (Choose 2)

Options:

1.Engage the benefits owner about further training on the new software
after implementation.

2.Work with internal stakeholders to offer incentives for using the new
software.

3.Work with the process owner on a plan to phase out the old manual
methods.

4.Ignore the resistance and continue with implementation.

5.Work with one business unit or functional department to implement the

change as a pilot.

Q37. A product development team composed of one product owner and

several global team members, all working virtually, has several projects in
progress. A team member finishes a project and, in an attempt to help the
team, they execute a product launch and closes a project on their own,
without notifying the product owner or any other team member. After
closure, the team member emails the whole team a list of lessons learned
and quality improvements to be implemented across the portfolio. Which
two actions should the project team take to improve team
communication? (Choose 2)

Options:

1.Archive the project artifacts and update the lessons learned register.

2.Revisit the correct project process roles and responsibilities at the next
retrospective.

3.Congratulate and thank the team member for their hard work.

4.Update the quality policy and project management plan.

5.Examine the project team-building or team-formation framework.

Q38.An agile project team is joined by a newly hired team member who is
highly skilled but has only worked on predictive project teams. After
working with the team for 1 month, the project team has scheduled a
product demo with the client, an external customer. The client gives direct
and passionate feedback: “This mechanism is overcomplicated.
Customers won’t like it. We can’t support it. Start over!” The new team
member begins crying and immediately exits the room. How should the
project team react?

Options:

1.Useemotional intelligence (EI) to coach the client on how to interact in

future situations.

2.Discuss expectations around communications and team ground rules at

the next retrospective.

3.Tell the new team member they must respect and listen to all client
feedback.

4.Move the new team member to a less critical project until they become
more comfortable using agile approaches.

Q39. A project manager in a software company is working on a highly

confidential project. One developer often works late and carries a large
bag to work daily. The project manager learns that the developer’s
brother-in-law works for a competitor company and they have been
meeting for lunch. What should the project manager do first?

Options:

1.Report the developer to the company's security department and let

them assess the threat.

2.Escalate these suspicions to the project sponsor and seek guidance.

3.Watch the developer closely for a week and ensure nothing is removed
from the office.

4.Check that the developer has signed the nondisclosure agreement

(NDA) and revisit the team charter with the team.

Q40. A large, valuable sculpture in a big city needs to be moved safely

from one location to another. This is project A, which must be done before
project B, the city’s largest infrastructure project, can begin. After a 2-
week delay, the project managers meet. Project manager A announces
another 6 months and US$900,000 will be needed to remove the sculpture
and success cannot be guaranteed. What should project manager B do?

Options:

1.Cancel the project and disband the team until the roadmap for project A
can be fixed.

2.Brainstorm an alternative solution with the stakeholders of both

projects.
3.Perform a Monte Carlo simulation on the possible outcomes.

4.Prepare a risk assessment on project A using a Stacey matrix.

Q41. The latest progress reports indicate that a software development

project is within tolerance and forecasted to be completed on time and on
budget. The product owner requests a change to the agreed specification,
which will require significant rework of completed work packages and the
introduction of new work. Although the reasons for the change are
justifiable, the project manager is concerned about schedule and budget
impacts. Which action should be taken first?

Options:

1.The project manager should approve the change request and work with
the product owner to figure out how best to complete the work in the
shortest amount of time.

2.The product owner should approve the change request and work with
the project manager to establish new cost and schedule baselines.

3.The project manager and product owner should meet with key
stakeholders to establish the budget and schedule impacts, agree on
rework, and determine the priority of the change.

4.The project manager and product owner should escalate the change
request to the project sponsor for approval as it affects the budget and
schedule.

Q42.Two weeks after taking on a leadership role in a project, a project

manager has completed the project team and key stakeholder analysis.
Now they want to show the team how to organize a project and learn
about project management. Training the team in project management is a
high priority for stakeholders, especially the CEO. Which action should the
project manager perform next?

Options:

1.Introduce the framework for the project and use servant leadership to
explain why the framework will help to structure their work.

2.Update the project management plan explaining the cost and schedule
baselines to the project team.

3.Create the team charter and ground rules including project management
coaching as part of the team culture.

4.Send the core team members to project management training in agile

and predictive approaches.
Q43. A company is contracted to manufacture oil storage tanks for a
construction project. According to the latest project report, the tanks are
missing a venting system, as required by international industry standards.
The project manager seeks advice fromthe company’s operations
supervisor, who states that this will have an adverse effect on the quality
of the product. What should the project manager do to correct the
situation?

Options:

1.Allow the vendor to complete the construction and the owner to fix the
issue after the product is delivered.

2.Empower the team to create a makeshift venting system that meets the
standards.

3.Initiate a change request with justification for the design of a venting

system for the tank.

4.Alert the vendor about the flawed design and insist they fix it as it was
in scope of their contract.

Q44.An oil and gas plant construction project had been progressing on
schedule and within budget. Six months into the project, the company
owner visits the site for a formal tour. After the tour, the owner asks the
project manager to replace the edifice of the office building with marble—
an expensive cosmetic change! Even though the project manager
explained to the owner that this work would escalate the cost of the
project and might delay completion, the owner insisted on using the
marble. What should the project manager do?

Options:

1.Refuse to do the work and ask for a transfer from the project.

2.Start the work immediately, using funds from the management

contingency reserves.

3.Write a formal change request and send it to the change control board
(CCB) for approval.

4.Discuss the matter with the program manager and convince them to
deny the change.

Q45. A project manager in a nonprofit organization is working with the

procurement department to identify new startup companies to bid for a
major new project. The organization is committed to working with startup
companies because of its public funding stream. However, in the past,
many of these bid applications have contained unrealistic budgets
because of the startups’ inexperience or higher costs because of the small
size of their operation. What should the project manager do?

Options:

1.Issue a request for quotation (RFQ) before the request for proposal
(RFP).

2.Advertise a request for proposal (RFP) in the usual way.

3.Obtain an independent estimate.

4.Host a bidder conference.

Q46. An agile team sometimes uses an open workspace inside an

otherwise quiet office. One afternoon, a giant screen is set up and
customers are invited to a presentation. Approximately 1 hour later, the
team is laughing and cheering so loudly that the entire office comes to
see what is going on. Which event is taking place here?

Options:

1.Retrospective

2.Daily standup

3.Product review

4.Scrum of scrums

Q47. The project sponsor, the CEO of a construction company, hires a

project manager to lead and establish project management best practices.
The company has a global project involving highly technically skilled
teams in different countries who tried to create a project charter, but the
document is not adequate. Which two actions should the project manager
take first? (Choose 2)

Options:

1.Invite the whole project team to a kickoff meeting and distribute

assignments.

2.Meet every team member and key stakeholder to better understand

their needs.

3.Review the project charter created by the global project team and revise
it.

4.Train all team members in project management principles and key

practices.
Q48. An agile team is prioritizing user stories for an app that helps people
adopt dogs. After considering the impact on the project's scope, budget,
and time line, the team decides to exclude one user story because it is too
complex to implement for the app's first release. The product owner
believes this specific user story will give the app an early competitive
advantage over the current market leader.How should this project team
and product owner work together to make the best decision?

Options:

1.Investigate whether the complexity of the user story creates a risk for
implementation in the first release.

2.Conduct a cost-benefit analysis, including competitive advantage,

market impact, and strategic alignment.

3.Revisit the project’s budget and time line to accommodate the

additional work and adjust the project schedule and resource allocation.

4.Present alternative solutions that could mitigate the negative impact if

the user story is excluded.

Q49. A project team needs to decide whether to retrofit a fleet of bicycles

as ebikes instead of buying brand new ones. The agile coach conducts a
group exercise. Review the notes on the whiteboard: Retrofit old bikes
•60% probability of success with a profit of US$50,000 •40% chance it will
lose US$50,000 Buy new bikes •50% chance of profit greater than
US$25,000 •50% chance of cost recovery What is this project team doing?

Options:

1.Performing cost-benefit analysis

2.Using decision tree analysis

3.Executing a cost performance formula

4.Weighing two options using Pareto analysis

Q50. An agile team has been performing at an extremely high level and
pace, receiving praise from stakeholders and customers. A portfolio
manager has asked the team to start a community of practice (COP) for
the organization. The team members vote unanimously against this
because of the intense time commitment. Instead, they offer an open
invitation to anyone to attend their retrospectives. Which two statements
describe this team’s reaction to the portfolio manager? (Choose 2)

Options:
1.The team is safeguarding its ability to sustain its high-performance level
by turning down the community of practice (COP) opportunity.

2.The team is protecting its intellectual property (IP).

3.The team is acting in accordance with an agile mindset and values.

4.The team is acting selfishly in their own interest.

5.This team is prioritizing their standard of work over the organization’s

continuous improvement.