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Project Management Professional (2021 Version) Questions and Answers

Question 1

A project team is working on an agile software development project. The project manager is concerned that the virtual team may not be as effective as a colocated team at headquarters.

Which two actions should the project manager leverage to ensure the team is meeting performance expectations?

(Choose two)

Options:

A.

Hold daily virtual meetings to review progress.

B.

Implement time-keeping software for team members.

C.

Task functional managers to drive accountability.

D.

Utilize a web-based kanban board.

E.

Require a monthly individual status report.

Question 2

A project scope statement has been approved, and the project manager and core team have been assigned to the project. Suddenly, the project

manager takes a temporary leave of absence due to a medical emergency. While the project manager is on leave, the team develops the project

schedule. When the project manager returns, a detailed schedule is almost complete.

What should the project manager do?

Options:

A.

Ensure that the schedule is aligned with the vision and objectives.

B.

Escalate the compliance issue to the project management office (PMO).

C.

Congratulate the team and move on to the execution phase.

D.

Develop a new detailed schedule with the team and project sponsor.

Question 3

A company is about to start a complex research project. Due to the level of uncertainty, the project manager

recommends the use of a hybrid approach; however, the organization only has experience with predictive projects.

How can the project manager strategize the use of a hybrid approach to the organization?

Options:

A.

Present the benefits of a hybrid approach to key stakeholders to get their support.

B.

Create a project change request to execute the project using a hybrid approach.

C.

Send a letter to the project management office (PMO) requesting to use a hybrid approach.

D.

Submit a notification to the project team confirming they will be using a hybrid approach on the project.

Question 4

An agile project has a broad set of product features intended for different user profiles and usages. It is difficult to define common acceptance criteria that can apply to

all the features.

How can the project manager ensure that the appropriate acceptance criteria are applied to the features?

Options:

A.

Define the acceptance criteria and specific functional test cases only after analyzing the user feedback from testing the early feature release.

B.

Integrate the acceptance criteria review into the definition of ready (DoR) for each feature and associated tests into the feature's definition of done (DoD).

C.

Use the broadest set of acceptance criteria to ensure that all features have a common quality baseline and associated functional test cases.

D.

Integrate the specific tests into the definition of ready (DoR) for each feature and the acceptance criteria into the feature's definition of done (DoD).

Question 5

An experienced project manager is leading an enthusiastic team but realizes the team lacks the experience to complete the job successfully. What should the project manager do to reduce the risk of project failure?

Options:

A.

Ask the sponsor to add experienced professionals to the team.

B.

Assign a dedicated resource to check the quality of each deliverable.

C.

Approve the appropriate training program for team members.

D.

Provide team members with the necessary coaching and mentoring.

Question 6

Acompany recently adopted agile to develop innovation projects. The project manager is experiencing problems with some team members who consider some agile

ceremonies to be unnecessary.

What should the project manager have done before the beginning of the project?

Options:

A.

Conducted a survey to determine if the team was willing to adopt agile ceremonies on the current project.

B.

Prepared an inception deck and clearly explained the purpose of agile ceremonies and their benefits to the project.

C.

Discussed with the product owner and requested assistance by requiring the adoption of agile ceremonies.

D.

Discussed with the project sponsor about convincing the team to adopt the agile ceremonies as part of their routine.

Question 7

A project team has established contracts for purchasing vehicles and construction services. In the middle of project execution, the team learns

that the vehicle supplier cannot deliver the vehicles. There is not enough time to find a new supplier without delaying the project.

Which action should the project manager take to procure the vehicles?

Options:

A.

Ask the technical team to revise the requirements, even if it requires extra budget.

B.

Arrange a meeting with the client to request additional time to find a new supplier.

C.

Review the existing service contracts to find an option to help procure the vehicles.

D.

Procure the vehicles from another supplier and report the change to the change control board (CCB) later.

Question 8

A healthcare company is in the process of deploying an innovative healthcare solution globally. The project team has completed a limited release.

The stakeholders have raised concerns about global healthcare guidelines and risks.

What should the project manager do next?

Options:

A.

Evaluate lessons learned from similar projects prior to deployment.

B.

Perform a qualitative risk analysis on the identified project risks.

C.

Review compliance and regulatory requirements with stakeholders.

D.

Conduct a feasibility analysis of deploying the solution globally.

Question 9

A project manager is leading a project when a key stakeholder requests additional work that is not in the scope. The stakeholder is also concerned that the project sponsors may not approve and fund the additional change in scope.

What should the project manager do first?

Options:

A.

Evaluate the cost of the additional requested work.

B.

Evaluate the impact and submit a change request.

C.

Discuss the requested change with the sponsor.

D.

Discuss the requested change with the team.

Question 10

A project manager leads a project that implements a new process throughout the organization. The rollout is done in stages and the project manager planned a demonstration for the pilot business units. A manager from a business unit that is scheduled for a later date asks to be invited to the sprint review.

What should the project manager do?

Options:

A.

Refer the sprint review request to the project sponsor.

B.

Ask the manager to get an approval from the product owner.

C.

Invite the manager to the scheduled sprint review.

D.

Organize a special demonstration for the manager only.

Question 11

At the end of a project, the project manager was asked to provide a performance rating of the project team members. What should the project manager mainly make reference to?

Options:

A.

Feedback from the project sponsor

B.

Agreed-upon key performance indicators (KPIs)

C.

Input from project stakeholders

D.

Competencies of team members

Question 12

A human resource (HR) acquisition process for a large project has recently changed. One major process change includes the approval of the financial manager and the recruitment manager. This change to the process implies longer processing. The project urgently needs new resources.

What should the project manager do?

Options:

A.

Adapt the resource management plan and ask for financial approval before sending it to the customer.

B.

Assess the impact of the change and review the project management plan for next steps.

C.

Ask the financial manager to delay implementation due to potential project delays and penalties.

D.

Review the project schedule to determine which technique will reduce impact on project duration.

Question 13

A subject matter expert (SME) external to the project team provides a suggestion that will save the project delivery time. This SME has available

time to support the project, but was not planned to be involved in the current agile iteration.

What should the project manager do?

Options:

A.

Bring the SME on board immediately and discuss the implications later.

B.

Ask the existing team members to collaborate with the SME and complete the activity.

C.

Ask the SME to complete all of the necessary changes, which will save time.

D.

Direct the team member to ignore the SME's changes as they were not planned.

Question 14

An organization is transitioning to agile delivery, and a new team has been assembled. A project is not going well because the variation of the team velocity is very high and every sprint delivers less than committed. A new project lead with a strong technical background has been assigned to the project.

What should the project lead do?

Options:

A.

Ask that estimations be provided only by senior developers.

B.

Allocate more time for estimation in the sprint planning.

C.

Review and update the estimations in the daily standup.

D.

Recommend a different estimation method in the retrospective.

Question 15

An agile team is geographically separated across multiple continents, and the project manager of identifying the tools to manage the communication among the virtual teams Drag the appropriate tool on the left to each project task on the right

Options:

Question 16

A project manager agreed to a team member's request to have an alternative working schedule whereby they begin working at 12:00 p.m. each

day. This arrangement has worked well for the project, but has recently been scrutinized by members from other project teams because the

company's core working hours begin at 9:00 a.m.

What should the project manager have done to prevent this situation?

Options:

A.

Broken down the situation to identify the root cause

B.

Determined communication methods and channels

C.

Analyzed the boundaries of the negotiations for agreement

D.

Managed and rectified the ground rule violations

Question 17

Acompany's key product is evolving and requires the use of a new technology. No one on the team is familiar with this technology; however, experienced developers

on the team volunteered to study the concepts and application and believe they will be able to take full responsibility for the new technology.

What should the project manager do?

Options:

A.

Descope this requirement as the developers have more important tasks.

B.

Support the developers with their intention to learn the new technology.

C.

Hire externally since the internal developers already have assigned work.

D.

Outsource the technology work to a third party so as not to delay work.

Question 18

A senior project manager has included a junior project manager as part of the project team. During a coaching session, the junior project manager

asks the senior project manager how to be efficient and reduce rework.

How should the senior project manager respond?

Options:

A.

Use a work breakdown structure (WBS) to create a project schedule based on the project and resource requirements.

B.

Monitor resource allocation to ensure that team members work 8 hours per day.

C.

Assign project tasks to the team regardless of their skills to accomplish the project schedule.

D.

Schedule daily meetings with key stakeholders to assess the effectiveness of the project management plan.

Question 19

A project is 70% complete when the project sponsor requests an additional deliverable. What should the project manager do first?

Options:

A.

Reject the request as being too late and leading to major scope creep.

B.

Submit the request to the change control board (CCB) for a decision.

C.

Negotiate with the project sponsor on the possible alternatives.

D.

Determine the possible impact of this change on all aspects of the project.

Question 20

A steering committee member is complaining about the weekly report. They stated that the report is too long and has unnecessary details. As a result, they are unable to obtain the main message and take action.

What should the project manager do to avoid similar complaints?

Options:

A.

Present the status at a weekly meeting with the steering committee.

B.

Verify the information needed for steering committee members.

C.

Send a shorter daily report to this steering committee member.

D.

Demonstrate the weekly reports in a presentation for the steering committee member.

Question 21

A project team member just informed the project manager that the license for the software that the team uses to perform calculations has just expired. As a result, the team cannot continue with their project tasks.

What should the project manager do first?

Options:

A.

Issue a formal complaint to the project sponsor claiming a lack of proper tools.

B.

Meet with the IT team to evaluate how fast the software license can be renewed.

C.

Ask the team to fast-track the project and perform tasks that do not require calculations.

D.

Ask the team members to find an alternative way to perform calculations.

Question 22

A company that uses a predictive approach and operates in a highly regulated market is losing profitability because its product life cycle is taking longer than those of its

competitors. A new project manager has been hired to change this scenario.

What approach should the project manager propose?

Options:

A.

Change to an agile model, focusing primarily on the incremental life cycle, leaving the iterative approach as a next step.

B.

Maintain a predictive approach, but increase the focus on better planning and tracking to anticipate problems and avoid delays.

C.

Migrate to an agile model, focusing primarily on an iterative approach, leaving the incremental life cycle as a next step.

D.

Propose a hybrid approach, leveraging the benefits of an agile approach while respecting some aspects of the company’s industry.

Question 23

A project manager is working as a servant leader for a pilot project to adopt agile practices. After three sprints, the team demos the product to the

main stakeholders, but receives negative feedback about the product's features. The team feels that all the features met the acceptance criteria

defined by the product owner and does not understand what went wrong.

How should the project manager mitigate the product rejection?

Options:

A.

Share the product backlog for the main stakeholders to review in advance.

B.

Engage the main stakeholders in the upcoming sprint review sessions.

C.

Create dedicated sprints to implement feature fixes for the rejected ones.

D.

Ask the project sponsor to evaluate the assignment of a new product owner.

Question 24

A project manager is working on a software development project for an oil and gas client using an agile approach. The project manager is having difficulty preparing the schedule because the project has various unknowns.

Which scheduling method should the project manager use to develop the schedule?

Options:

A.

Iterative scheduling

B.

Three-point scheduling

C.

Parametric scheduling

D.

Analogous scheduling

Question 25

Travel restrictions are suddenly imposed during a project's execution. The team members reside in different geographic locations.

What should the project manager do next to address this issue?

Options:

A.

Halt all processes until procurement and implementation of solutions are completed.

B.

Place a hold on activities until the team can resume the work on-site.

C.

Ask the team members to proceed independently while examining needs and alternatives.

D.

Obtain and implement the sponsor's recommendations for a solution.

Question 26

A project manager is performing the scrum master role for a project team of developers. At the daily standup, a couple of developers complain about the noise from a neighboring team, the performance of their laptops, and the difficulty in booking meeting rooms.

What should the project manager do?

Options:

A.

Acknowledge the impediments and facilitate their resolutions.

B.

Note the impediments and escalate them to the product owner.

C.

Note the impediments and work on addressing them later.

D.

Assign actions to all stakeholders and oversee their implementation.

Question 27

A project stakeholder complained that they did not receive an important delivery that was stated in the schedule. The

team member responsible for this deliverable explained that they sent an email to the stakeholder, advising them

that the deliverable would not be delivered on time.

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

Options:

A.

Ensured that the team member did not communicate directly with the project stakeholder.

B.

Confirmed that the stakeholder was made aware of the delivery delay.

C.

Told the team member to send the unfinished deliverable to the stakeholder and finalize it later.

D.

Communicated with the stakeholder directly regarding the delivery delay.

Question 28

A vendor has manufactured a complex product. During a factory acceptance test, several deficiencies were identified. Product delivery is on the

critical path, and any delay would impact project completion.

What should the project manager do?

Options:

A.

Initiate regular conference calls with the vendor for status updates to keep this item in focus.

B.

Hold the shipment until the rework is completed at the vendor's facility to eliminate extra work on-site.

C.

Assess the schedule impact and evaluate the most feasible solution to keep the project on track.

D.

Ship the package as is, complete carryover work on-site, and back charge the vendor for the rework.

Question 29

A project manager is managing a project that requires specialized architecture services. This project was identified as a high risk for the

organization. The project manager works with an external architect who is highly specialized. However, the architect will soon resign because they

accepted an offer from another firm.

What should the project manager do next?

Options:

A.

Discuss this with the project team, assess the impact, and decide on the appropriate actions to follow.

B.

Ask the architect for the contact details for their new employer and call their account manager.

C.

Call the account manager and ask them to retain the expert by offering them an incentive.

D.

Escalate the issue to the procurement department and ask them to discuss this with the vendor firm.

Question 30

A protect team is working remotely on a solution The client wants the solution as soon as possible and is uncomfortable because the team members are not colocated In addition the client expressed concerns about the understanding of the project context and the team's decision-making process

What should the project manager do?

Options:

A.

Update the communications management plan to satisfy the client's request

B.

Request the client to attend the daily meetings with the project team

C.

Encourage the client to interact with the protect collaboration platform

D.

Ask the product owner to frequently communicate with the stakeholders

Question 31

A project manager is assigned to a multiyear project. During project execution, the customer delegates a new representative who contacts the project manager directly with a concern about their participation in status meetings. The representative wants to contact team members directly.

What should the project manager do next?

Options:

A.

Send the new representative the approved project management and communications management plans.

B.

Reach out to the customer directly for assistance in incorporating the new representative into the project management plan.

C.

Meet with the project sponsor to discuss how to incorporate the new representative in the project.

D.

Meet with the new representative to determine their understanding of the project and address their concerns.

Question 32

A construction company is executing a building contract that includes firm milestones for replacing certain components of the building. During execution, the client complains that the new components do not meet the requirements.

What should the project manager have done to prevent this from happening?

Options:

A.

Defined acceptance criteria in a quality checklist agreed upon before starting the build phase

B.

Approved a detailed change management process before starting the build phase

C.

Provided compensation for issues due to the variance in the agreed-upon requirements

D.

Continuously communicated the changes in the work plan and the agreement to the client

Question 33

A project team is completing a design, while another team in a different country is performing implementation. How should the project manager communicate the design to the implementation team?

Options:

A.

Send a detailed email with the completed design document.

B.

Conduct a workshop with all of the stakeholders.

C.

Conduct a workshop with both of the teams.

D.

Upload the design documents into the project repository.

Question 34

Several components of an expensive manufacturing project have been returned by the customer. The customer is complaining that the quality of

the components is poor and is concerned that, as a result, their products will be returned due to quality issues. The project manager is certain that

quality has been maintained.

How should the project manager communicate with the customer to help assure them that the project has produced quality products?

Options:

A.

Show the customer the tolerance and control limits.

B.

Show the customer sample results from the current batch.

C.

Show the customer a sample history of quality.

D.

Show the customer the quality control measurements.

Question 35

A project manager noticed that the functional manager is not cooperating with staff assignment schedules and is always finding excuses not fo release the requested staff.

What should the project manager do first?

Options:

A.

Ask the leadership team for help obtaining the needed staff.

B.

Check with human resources (HR) regarding the availability of staff.

C.

Have a direct talk with the functional manager to understand the reasons behind their attitude.

D.

Evaluate the impact caused by the delay of forming the team and confront the functional manager.

Question 36

A team has developed and tested new software to control airplanes during flights. There are several regulatory requirements that must be met. What should the project manager do to meet these requirements?

Options:

A.

Determine potential threats regarding compliance with the regulations.

B.

Ask human resources (HR) to assign a compliance specialist to the team.

C.

Validate that the software is compliant with standards and regulations.

D.

Measure the extent to which the project complies with the regulations.

Question 37

A project is implementing an agile strategy, and a minimum viable product (MVP) was agreed upon. After the first iteration review, the customer explained that the first deliverable is not of great value.

What should the project manager have done differently?

Options:

A.

Invited the customer to the daily meetings

B.

Helped the team redefine the MVP

C.

Changed the duration of iterations to deliver more value

D.

Validated the iteration goals with the customer

Question 38

While finalizing project management plans, a customer provides the project manager with a new set of quality standards to which the final product must adhere. What

should the project manager do to ensure a smooth delivery of the product?

Options:

A.

Involve the client in risk identification.

B.

Agree with the client on acceptance criteria.

C.

Involve the client in a performance gap analysis.

D.

Agree with the client on a new project charter.

Question 39

A project management office (PMO) director finds that the project managers leading software development projects are not consistently seeking approval from other division leaders in cybersecurity and operations before deploying code into production. The PMO director asks the project manager to develop a solution for this issue.

What should the project manager do to fix this problem?

Options:

A.

Establish a daily scrum meeting and invite division leaders to attend so they can be aware of upcoming code releases.

B.

Provide division leaders with a teleconference phone number to call if they have concerns after code is deployed into production.

C.

Create a new policy requiring project managers to email division leaders before deploying code into production.

D.

Launch an enterprise governance structure comprised of division leaders to establish policies for code releases.

Question 40

A project charter has been approved and the project manager has been assigned to the project. The project manager is currently working with the project team to subdivide the project work packages.

What is the project manager doing?

Options:

A.

Network diagram

B.

Decomposition

C.

Work breakdown structure (WBS)

D.

Resource leveling

Question 41

A project is ready to deliver the first batch of the product when a quality control check rejects the product as unfit for delivery. The root cause

analysis (RCA) shows that a component added as part of the latest change request was not tested throughout the development cycle.

What should the project manager do next?

Options:

A.

Review the change control process to ensure quality management artifacts are updated as part of the change.

B.

Review the quality management process and perform a process audit as part of ongoing quality assurance.

C.

Review the communications management plan to ensure change requests are communicated to the affected team members.

D.

Review the quality management process with the project management office (PMO) to ensure compliance with best practices.

Question 42

A project is comprised of team members who are not engaged and committed to project success. What should the project manager do to address this situation?

Options:

A.

Accept the situation knowing there is schedule slack available to release on an incremental basis when necessary.

B.

Call each team member to gain their perspective on the problem, then bring the whole team together to discuss a solution.

C.

Send each team member a direct email indicating that disciplinary action is likely if they do not change their attitude.

D.

Contact the project sponsor to request approval to release the current team and hire replacement personnel.

Question 43

An agile project manager notices that one of the team members is developing extensive knowledge in a specific matter. Other team members are

likely to require this knowledge in the future.

What should the agile project manager do?

Options:

A.

Ask the team member to develop more expertise and become a subject matter expert (SME).

B.

Ask the team member to provide a training session for the rest of the team.

C.

Ask the team member to produce a lessons learned document and share it with the team.

D.

Ask the team member to record highlights the team may want to know.

Question 44

A self-organizing team for a critical project is consistently delivering value according to their commitments. During a retrospective, the project manager observed that most of

the team members were stressed due to over commitments.

What should the project manager do?

Options:

A.

Help the team members by organizing regular stress-relieving and team- building sessions.

B.

Request additional resources to continue delivering value while reducing team stress.

C.

Support the team during the planning phase to only commit to what they are able to deliver.

D.

Ask individual team members to plan staggered leave to avoid becoming stressed.

Question 45

A project manager is assigned to a critical software development project. The team is using a hybrid approach and has divided development into four sprints. At the end of

sprint three, the project manager discovers that the earned value (EV) is US$500,000 and the planned value (PV) is US$550,000.

What should the project manager do?

Options:

A.

Introduce a float.

B.

Adjust the budget.

C.

Adjust the project time line.

D.

Fast track the project.

Question 46

Two members of a new project team disagree on the best approach to solve a problem. The conflict has been going on for 1 week. The two

members are tense around each other and are taking everything personally.

What should the project manager do?

Options:

A.

Help the team members to resolve the conflict in a way that results in the best team performance.

B.

Offer a compromise that is acceptable to both team members, even if it may not be the best solution.

C.

Understand each team member's argument and select the one that results in less risk to the project.

D.

Send both team members to the human resources (HR) department for an acceptable resolution.

Question 47

Anew project manager was assigned to a project during implementation. The project manager realized that new tax policies are creating a risk for a cost overrun by 25%. The project manager updated the risk register and kept the project running as normal. The CEO has announced that the project could be cancelled since the acceptable cost overrun is only 20%. The project manager was quite surprised as this was new information.

What should the project manager have done to avoid this?

Options:

A.

Implemented the communications management plan properly.

B.

Ensured the risk tolerance of the company was properly updated.

C.

Provided a proper risk response.

D.

Implemented the stakeholder engagement plan correctly.

Question 48

A project lead is working on an agile project to build the team's vision, including the decision-making process. It was decided that the team will

vote on items, and if 90% of the team agrees on a decision, then it will be carried forward. At the very first technical design meeting, the team

makes a decision that the project lead strongly disagrees with.

How should the project lead proceed?

Options:

A.

Refuse to let the team proceed with the work based on their decision.

B.

Take the technical team lead aside and try to persuade them to change their vote.

C.

Note the reasons for the disagreement and let the team proceed.

D.

Set up a meeting with the project champion and ask them to intervene.

Question 49

Eight highly qualified experts have been assembled to work for a 6-month period on an a specific aspect of an organization's product development process. How should the

project manager support this team to succeed?

Options:

A.

Hand over control of specific aspects of their roles as experts and let them agree on their own timelines and targets.

B.

Bring in a senior colleague who is also an expert to ensure the team is on track to achieve the goals and objectives.

C.

Define roles and targets for all team members and regularly follow up with one-to-one meetings to review progress.

D.

Work with the team members to define the overall objective and support them to engage around the goal.

Question 50

There is frequent conflict between two project team members working on a project. This has caused a negative impact on the project.

How should the project manager handle this situation?

Options:

A.

Counsel both team members and caution them with a final warning.

B.

Escalate the issue to the human resources (HR) manager before a larger problem develops.

C.

Help cultivate self-awareness between the two team members through emotional intelligence (El).

D.

Relocate the two project team members into different project teams.

Question 51

A team realizes that there is no access to data that the project depends on to complete the current iteration. This

dependency was known; however, the team is unsure of the available options to remove this obstacle.

What should the project manager do next?

Options:

A.

Guide the team to determine alternatives.

B.

Move the dependent task to the next iteration.

C.

Escalate the issue to the company's IT manager.

D.

Escalate the issue to the project sponsor.

Question 52

An agile project for a database migration impacts nearly all business units of the corporation. Every effort has been made to complete the migration before the end-ofsupport date for the database platform. Anew impediment now implies the need to continue use of the old platform another year at a higher support price.

What should the product owner do about this situation?

Options:

A.

Reprioritize the backlog based on value and cost of delay divided by duration.

B.

Reprioritize the backlog based on story size and competence availability.

C.

Remove low-value items from the backlog to compensate for the higher cost.

D.

Switch to a predictive approach to prevent any further delays to completion.

Question 53

A project is ready to start, and resources are allocated. The development manager then informs the project manager that a critical resource is no

longer available due to a family emergency. The development manager indicates that all other developers have been assigned to other projects,

and there is no capacity for any developer to take on additional work.

What should the project manager do next to fulfill this resource need?

Options:

A.

Determine resource allocation options based on project priority.

B.

Apply changes to the existing resource allocations and inform the development manager.

C.

Meet with the sponsor to determine how to rebaseline the schedule.

D.

Inform the sponsor of the situation and request an extension of the target completion date.

Question 54

How can agile measurements improve upon predictive measurements in cases where the final 10% of a project takes longer than planned?

Options:

A.

By scheduling iterative meetings with the product owner to improve project tracking

B.

By focusing on the delivery of incremental working products lo the customer

C.

By reviewing burnup charts to determine the effort required against estimated earned value

D.

By conducting daily standups to more accurately track project deliverables

Question 55

A project is about to start with a global project team. Travel is not a viable option for project team members, so most will participate virtually.

What should the project manager do to engage the team?

Options:

A.

Have one-on-one meetings with team members to improve communication.

B.

Ask human resources (HR) for team-building recommendations.

C.

Schedule weekly team meetings to encourage collaboration.

D.

Invest in a virtual collaboration/colocation environment.

Question 56

Anew engineer was assigned to a project. Although the engineer has adequate skills for the job, they always wait for authorization from the

project manager before acting.

What should the project manager do?

Options:

A.

Obtain related training for the new team member.

B.

Determine the appropriate level of decision-making authority and empower the engineer.

C.

Make all of the decisions for the engineer in order to keep the workflow on track.

D.

Replace the resource with an experienced engineer.

Question 57

A project has met the agreed-upon product requirements and is closing. There is time remaining in the schedule and excess budget. The

resources are not yet scheduled to move to other projects. Several product champions want to continue adding functionality to the product.

What should the project manager do?

Options:

A.

Use the remaining time and resources to add additional scope to the project without spending the project budget.

B.

Ensure product quality by spending the remaining resources and time on additional quality checks for the product.

C.

Acknowledge the project closure criteria has been met and release the remaining budget and resources.

D.

Obtain approval from the sponsor to add additional functionality to the project deliverables with the leftover budget.

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