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A project plan included budgeted funding to set up only a specified number of workstations. A department manager asked a project manager to set up additional workstations just in case the workstations are needed in the future. Which of the following should the project manager do?

A Ask the sponsor for additional funding to accommodate the request.
B Escalate the request to the senior management team.
C Advise that a change request would need to be approved.
D Instruct the project team to set up the additional workstations.

Question 4

During a demonstration, the product owner asked the team to add new scope to the backlog. Which of the following should the Scrum master do NEXT?

A Create a change request for the change advisory board.
B Work with the business analyst to document the new epic.
C Reject the change to prevent scope creep.
D Update the risk register and the work in the mitigation plan.

Question 5

Project A and Project B share a team member. The team member is falling behind on a task for Project B. Which of the following is the BEST action to take to get the task for Project B back on track?

A Negotiate to get more of the team member's available time.
B Assign the team member to work overtime to finish the task.
C Speed up completion of the task by assisting the team member.
D Have the project manager complete the task.

Question 6

A portfolio manager needs to provide the senior management team with a dynamic, high-level, monthly status update on all active projects in the portfolio. Which of the following should the manager use to accomplish this task?

A Dashboard
B Status report
C Gantt chart
D Email

Question 7

A project manager has been assigned to a project that involves replacing key operational equipment. The project manager is new to the industry and has learned that compliance requirements must be met. Which of the following should the project manager do FIRST?

A Trust that the project requirements fully document the necessary compliances.
B Meet with the end users to learn more about the compliance requirements.
C Research the compliance requirements related to the project to understand the implications.
D Make the QA specialist responsible for ensuring that the compliance requirements are met.

Question 8

Two team members have a minor disagreement on how a task should be performed. The project manager plans to meet with the team members to discuss the matter. Which of the following techniques should the project manager use to emphasize the areas of agreement and downplay the opposing views?

A Compromising
B Forcing
C Smoothing
D Collaborating

Question 9

A project manager is assigned to a large, complex project that is very new to the organization. Because of huge expenditures, the project cannot be cancelled after it starts. Which of the following is most important for the project manager to do FIRST?

A Carefully select the vendor.
B Identify and evaluate risks.
C Establish change management procedures.
D Evaluate the resource pool.

Question 10

As a result of an approved change request, the project manager updates the project plan to reflect the new feature addition and the revised production release date. Which of the following change control processes should the project manager do NEXT?

A Validate the change implementation.
B Implement the change.
C Conduct an impact assessment.
D Communicate the change deployment.

Question 11

A project manager is discussing with team members sensitive project information that should not be disclosed outside of the office. Which of the following BEST describes this type of information?

A Intellectual property
B Marketing
C Trade secret
D Top secret

Question 12

Which of the following would be the MOST beneficial to determine whether a project has met the defined objectives?

A Schedule variance
B Cost variance
C Work breakdown structure
D Key performance indicators

Question 13

By developing a project schedule, a PM has already validated the constraints, outlined the duration of the tasks and the phases, and confirmed the proper sequence and flow of the project. Which of the following activities still needs to be performed to complete the schedule?

A Allocate resources.
B Determine the project budget.
C Develop a communication plan.
D Establish baselines.

Question 14

A project manager is working on a project charter and has successfully documented the project objectives and the success criteria. Which of the following should the project manager define NEXT to complete the project charter?

A Proposed solution design
B Preliminary scope statement
C Responsibility assignment matrix
D Initial budget baseline

Question 15

A project has been initiated to provide insurance forms for a company. A constraint for this project is that the insurance commission in each state where the company underwrites has to approve each form. Which of the following compliance considerations BEST describes this scenario?

A Regulatory impacts
B Environmental impacts
C Organizational impacts
D Sensitive data types

Question 16

During the execution of production for a bike, a PM was hired. One month later, the PM has been receiving multiple project report requests from stakeholders. Which of the following should the PM do FIRST?

A Discuss the requests with the sponsor.
B Prepare and send the information.
C Assign this task to the project team.
D Review the communication plan.

Question 17

A team member finds a malfunctioning procedure in the system that will take a considerable amount of time to fix. Which of the following should be done FIRST?

A Update the risk register
B Document the finding in the change log.
C Create a record in the issue log
D Detail a proposed solution.

Question 18

A project team has identified a bug during user acceptance testing. Which of the following is the BEST method for communicating that bug to the development team?

A Call the development lead to discuss the fixes for the bug.
B Include the bug issue as part of the status update for stakeholders.
C Issue a change request.
D Add the bug issue to the project's risk register.

Question 19

Internal project team members and a subject matter expert had a heated discussion about the client's needs. The deliverable is now at risk of being delayed. Which of the following should be notified LAST?

A Program manager
B End user
C Steering committee
D Project sponsor

Question 20

Which of the following methodologies/frameworks should be used when incremental value is expected in a timeboxed period?

A PRINCE2
B Waterfall
C Scrum
D SLDC

Question 21

A project manager has just finished overseeing the implementation of a new, self-service benefits enrollment system. Many employees, however, are calling the human resources team for assistance instead of using the self-service system. Which of the following should the project manager have done as part of the execution plan?

A Establish a minimally viable product.
B Prepare new knowledge base documentation.
C Update the project baseline and schedule.
D Periodically review vendor performance.

Question 22

Which of the following methods frequently delivers new code in an automatic way for development projects?

A Automated testing
B CI/CD process
C Validation checks
D Deploy sprint

Question 23

When trying to calculate the expected monetary value for using a particular vendor, which of the following charts would be BEST to use?

A Decision tree
B Fishbone
C Histogram
D Pareto

Question 24

A PM has identified all the resources involved in a project. The next step is to identify which resources are responsible for which tasks. Which of the following should be used to document this information?

A RFI
B RACI
C WBS
D SOW

Question 25

Two projects share resources. The mobile application project cannot start if the database renewal project has not started. Which of the following relationships describes this situation?

A Start-to-finish
B Start-to-start
C Finish-to-start
D Finish-to-finish

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DRAG DROP -
During a gate review meeting, the deliverable was rejected by the customer.
Review the dashboard.
Part 1: Drag and drop each task, placing them in the correct order based on the project change control process.
Part 2: Select the proper document(s) to be updated.

A project manager realizes that a project will not be completed on time due to resource constraints. Which of the following actions should the project manager take NEXT?

A Trigger the contingency plan and communicate with the stakeholders.
B Work with the functional managers to create a work-around.
C Submit a change request to the change control board.
D Transfer the risk by hiring a new vendor who was successful on a previous project.
E Set up an escalation meeting with the sponsor.

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