Test your knowledge on PMP principles, take a mini exam! Free PMP Practice Exams, Mini Exam 2: 1. A project is completed with all deliverables meeting requirements; but testing revealed a high number of errors. What should the project manager have done earlier? Log errors in the risk register for future monitoring. Meet with the testing team for clarification. Implement mitigation strategies for future projects. Conduct Monte Carlo analysis to anticipate risks. 2. A project team developing credit card software discovers during testing that foreign cards are not accepted; making the system nearly unusable. What should have been done to prevent this? Implement the user story in the next sprint. Continuously refine the backlog. Ensure a detailed user story is provided. Document requirements from stakeholders. 3. A company is launching a major production overhaul project. Given its high-risk nature; executives emphasize its critical success. What should the project manager prioritize first? Prioritize high-value components during rollout. Collaborate with marketing to align customer communication. Ensure stakeholder agreement on scope and deliverables. Develop a communication management plan. 4. A multinational project’s sponsors have implemented an automated reporting system at the end of each phase to unify efforts. They intend to apply this model to future projects. What should the project manager do? Update the stakeholder engagement plan to maintain commitment. Hold status meetings to gather input from sponsors. Update the communications management plan to include details about the emails and reports. Include a formal sign-off at each phase. 5. A high-risk project has faced multiple realized risks; however; despite implementing responses; issues persist. What should the project manager do to identify weaknesses in the risk management process? Update the risk register. Analyze the risks. Request a risk audit. Transfer the risks. 6. An agile project includes 100 user stories across ten iterations; each worth $100. After five iterations; 50 user stories are completed; actual spending is $4500. What is the status? On schedule and under budget. On schedule and on budget. Behind schedule and over budget. Behind schedule and under budget. 7. A key stakeholder in an agile project was engaged initially but became less involved after receiving a promotion. Later; they rejected a deliverable; leading to major rework. What should the project manager have done to prevent this? Monitor stakeholder attributes and actively engage them. Update the risk management plan to document the stakeholder’s promotion. Seek sponsor support to manage stakeholder engagement. Remove the stakeholder from the decision-making process. 8. A complex project across four countries is near completion. Functional managers are preparing closeout documents. Why should the sponsor sign off on deliverables? Functional managers approve objectives but not final deliverables. Managers are geographically dispersed. Sponsor secures funding and commits resources. Sponsor communicates directly with the customer. 9. During a team meeting; the project manager notices a conflict among three key team members with different personalities. What should be done first? Remind the team to remain professional. Plan a team-building event to address personality differences. Identify root cause and support resolution. Reassign tasks to minimize interaction. 10. A government regulation change affects a project already in execution. The law takes effect soon and will impact the budget and schedule. What should the project manager do? Continue as planned until the impact is known. Immediately halt the project. Seek expert judgment to assess the impact. Delegate assessment to a team member. 11. A project manager joins an organization and is assigned a project with a vague scope and unclear deliverables. How should the project manager proceed? Escalate to the PMO to clarify the unclear scope. Develop the project plan based on the established scope by breaking down the deliverables. Schedule a meeting with the project team and the sponsor to clarify the scope. Submit a request to the PMO for guidance from an experienced colleague. 12. A project manager joins an ongoing industrial project. The latest performance indices show CPI=0.42 and SPI=0.20. What does this indicate? Behind schedule and over budget. Behind schedule and under budget. Ahead of schedule and over budget. Ahead of schedule and under budget. 13. A hospital CEO requests a 30% reduction in implementation time for a project involving three MRI units. Who should the project manager consult for realistic adjustments? Hospital procurement officer. Hospital radiology team. Project team. Project sponsor. 14. Stakeholders express dissatisfaction with a project deliverable. What should the project manager do next? Schedule a meeting with the stakeholders. Review the documented project requirements. Review the final scope statement. Update the risk management plan. 15. A project manager leads a software development project that is significantly behind schedule. Despite motivation efforts; the team has not improved. What should be done first? Meet with the sponsor to revise the project plan. Enforce overtime through the forcing method. Request an extension and continue motivation. Escalate for additional resources. Loading …
