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Free PMP Practice Exams, Waterfall Exam 2:

1. A project team is using a Waterfall methodology to develop a new software application. During the requirements gathering phase, a key stakeholder requests a significant change to the core functionality. This change would require substantial rework in the design and development phases.

What should be the first action for the project manager?

Immediately implement the change request to maintain stakeholder satisfaction.

Ask the team to develop a workaround to incorporate the change without impacting the original design and development phases.

Document the change request, analyze its impact on scope, schedule, and budget, and present the findings to the change control board for approval.

Inform the stakeholder that changes are not allowed in a Waterfall methodology.

2. A supplier reports that they are over capacity, which may delay their delivery.

Which document should the project manager update first?

Stakeholder register

Issue log

Risk register

Project schedule

3. A project manager who comes from a directive behavioral orientation, wants to build a high-performing team that is motivated and productive, the team will be working on a complex project with a tight deadline.

How should the project manager lead this team?

Influence team decisions and control the delivery process.

Implement communication channels to announce task completion.

Motivate team members with achievement awards.

Build rapport and develop strong relationships with team members.

4. After weeks of dealing with conflicts, compromising, and achieving the project goal, team members are focusing on documenting the lessons learned to be shared with stakeholders, sponsors, and future project teams.

In which Tuckman ladder stage are they?

Forming

Performing

Storming

Adjourning

5. The project manager is facing difficulties persuading stakeholders to adopt new technologies in the project.

What should the project manager have done to avoid this resistance?

Provide technical support to stakeholders

Engage stakeholders as early as possible

Invest in stakeholders’ communication

Propose an agreement to stakeholders

6. A project team often asks questions about the rationale for their work and how the client perceives their progress and deliverables.

What should the project manager do to build trust and get the team engaged?

Present the project plan and progress report to the team with regular updates when revised

Share feedback and invite team members to status meetings with the stakeholders.

Compare the pending tasks to the completed tasks so the team has a sense of accomplishment.

Assure the team that the client is happy and you are handling the expectations.

7. A large risk to a project is identified, and the risk management plan is executed.

What should the project manager do next?

Update the lessons learned.

Identify new risks, and monitor residual risks.

Update the risk management plan.

Revise the project schedule and the budget.

8. The team is offered 2 days of vacation if they deliver the project on time.

What theory is being applied?

Achievement theory

Contingency theory

Maslow’s theory

Expectancy theory

9. The supplier of electronic devices has indicated a high likelihood of schedule delays. In response, the project manager, with stakeholder approval, implemented a contingency plan to use temporary rented devices from another source until they receive the original shipment. However, there’s a residual risk that the temporary rented devices might also be delayed, which will impact the project’s regulatory timeline.

What type of risk is the project manager currently facing?

Residual risk

Compliance risk

Primary risk

Technical risk

10. The project manager recognizes that there is an opportunity to complete the project ahead of schedule after a vendor announces that the equipment can be delivered earlier than anticipated.

What should the project manager do next?

Request management approval.

Revise the project schedule.

Determine if there is a risk.

Use the equipment offered.

11. Which of the following combination of approaches should a team lead take to have a highly motivated and high-performing project team?

Emphasize on team dynamics, Plan and deliver regular training on team dynamics, Hold regular team building activities

Foster a competitive environment, Prioritize reward for team member excellence.

Build strong relationships, Provide context to work and the big picture, Implement customized incentives.

Ensure team peer review is done, Emphasize on team performance management.

12. Which is the process that the project manager performs to prioritize individual project risks for further analysis or action by assessing their probability of occurrence and impact, as well as other characteristics?

Plan Risk Management

Identify Risks

Quantitative Risk Analysis

Qualitative Risk Analysis

13. Due to increased price volatility, a vendor asks the project manager of a large development project to make a price change that will affect the project contract.

What should the project manager do?

Execute the price change requested by the vendor and update the project contract.

Comply with the vendor’s request and update the project management plan.

Request the change control board (CCB) to meet with the vendor to discuss the change.

Analyze the impact and submit a formal change request, if appropriate.

14. A project manager has finished the Qualitative Risk Analysis with their team.

Which project documents may require update based on this information?

Risk Register, Assumption Log, Issue Log, Risk Report

Plan Risk Management, Assumption Log

Risk Register, Risk Report, Lessons Learned

Risk Register, Risk Report

15. The project’s budget was planned using a conservative scenario with high exchange-rate variations, however, the project is highly sensitive to and dependent upon financial market activity. The project manager now wants to review this budget to update the probability and impact of a possible new scenario using current financial conditions.