Test your knowledge on PMP principles, take a mini exam! Free PMP Practice Exams, Mini Exam 1: 1. A project’s steering committee is replaced by a single sponsor due to budget cuts. What should the project manager do? Modify the communications management plan to reflect the stakeholder change. Schedule a meeting with the sponsor to discuss budget changes. Draft a new project update for the sponsor. Submit a change request to the CCB. 2. A project manager invites stakeholders to daily standup meetings; but none attend. What should be done? Escalate the issue to management for intervention. Continue the meetings and wait for stakeholders to join. Individually engage stakeholders to understand non-attendance reasons. Cancel standup meetings and find alternative communication methods. 3. A project manager leading an agile project wants to enhance team motivation. What should be done? Coordinate financial bonuses for the team. Establish a benefits system to maintain engagement. Plan a celebration after project completion. Recognize accomplishments after the Go-Live stage. 4. A project manager identifies new risks that might impact critical tasks and needs to report them. Besides the risk report; which document should be referenced? Risk register. Risk management plan. Assumption log. Probability and impact matrix. 5. A market regulation change may impact a project nearing completion. What should the project manager do? Check the stakeholder register. Perform a cost-benefit analysis. Review the risk management plan. Update the cost baseline. 6. A project requires imported components; but the exchange rate may lead to a loss. The project manager decides not to act. What risk response was applied? Minimize. Accept. Transfer. Avoid. 7. A multinational company is implementing software that will impact multiple departments. What should be developed to align stakeholder expectations with the final product? Develop a risk breakdown structure. Develop a project statement of work. Use a stakeholder engagement assessment matrix. Create a stakeholder engagement plan. 8. A project is selected for a compliance audit; but the customer believes it is unnecessary and asks the team to avoid disruption. What should the project manager do? Meet with the customer to explain compliance requirements and proceed with the audit. Initiate the audit without informing the customer. Schedule a meeting with all stakeholders for alignment. Exclude the team from the audit as requested. 9. A project team is frequently missing milestones; and a stakeholder is concerned. The project manager also identifies team conflict and missing skills. What should be done? Meet with the team to identify root causes and develop a plan. Inform stakeholders the project will miss the deadline. Reassign the team member lacking skills. Replace the team member with someone new. 10. A project manager struggles to manage stakeholders due to unclear engagement levels. What should be done? Meet with the CCB to assess new stakeholder impact. Determine each stakeholder’s risk threshold. Update the stakeholder communication plan. Develop a stakeholder engagement assessment matrix. 11. A project team is waiting for a new server for end-user testing; but the delay is affecting the schedule. What should the project manager do? Perform testing on the existing server. Adjust the project timeline while waiting for the server. Request expedited delivery from the supplier. Bypass testing and move forward. 12. During iteration planning; some user stories with high value are also high risk. What should the project manager do? Include high-risk user stories in earlier sprints. Prioritize low-risk stories to boost team morale. Use Monte Carlo analysis to determine the best sequence. Schedule user stories based on stakeholder preferences. 13. A functional manager removes a technical specialist from a project to handle a critical customer issue; delaying a milestone. What should the project manager do first? Analyze the impact of the specialist’s absence. Speak with the functional manager to secure the specialist’s return. Ensure the specialist’s time is not charged to the project. Review the communications management plan with stakeholders. 14. Who has the authority to act as a key stakeholder and decision-maker throughout a project’s lifecycle to ensure business alignment? Project Sponsor. Project Manager. Customer. Project Management Office (PMO). 15. A project team is learning agile methods but is losing motivation during daily standups. What could be done in this scenario? Identify a budget to incentivize the team. Schedule team-building exercises focused on engagement. Have the sponsor attend the standup to address distractions. Work with the team to target higher levels of performance by providing more challenging goals. Loading …
