PMP Free Practice Test

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?

1. A. Determine potential threats regarding compliance with the regulations.
2. B. Ask human resources (HR) to assign a compliance specialist to the team.
3. C. Validate that the software is compliant with standards and regulations.
4. D. Measure the extent to which the project complies with the regulations.

Correct Answer: A

A team has had issues with behavior on an ongoing project, which is causing conflicts. As a result, the team is losing momentum and falling behind in its sprints.
How should the project manager handle this situation?

1. A. Engage a counselor to reconcile the situation between the team members affected.
2. B. Control backlog assignments and reduce direct communications between team members.
3. C. Revisit the ground rules and team communication protocols, and discuss what is happening.
4. D. Require team members experiencing the conflicts to take a day off from work.

Correct Answer: C

A project manager leads a development project for a mobile chatting application. One of the experienced developers constantly creates conflicts with the other team members. As a result, the other team members are refusing to work with the developer.
Since the developer is a high
performer, the project goals may be negatively impacted if they leave the team. What should the project manager do in this situation?

1. A. Meet with the developer and ask them to be respectful with the other team members and work together as a team.
2. B. Meet with the team members and developer individually to understand the situation and build an action plan accordingly.
3. C. Collect the team's feedback and send it to human resources (HR) to resolve the conflict.
4. D. Arrange a team-building training session and require all of the team members to attend.

Correct Answer: B

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?

1. A. Define the acceptance criteria and specific functional test cases only after analyzing the user feedback from testing the early feature release.
2. 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).
3. C. Use the broadest set of acceptance criteria to ensure that all features have a common quality baseline and associated functional test cases.
4. 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).

Correct Answer: B

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?

1. A. Change to an agile model, focusing primarily on the incremental life cycle, leaving the iterative approach as a next step.
2. B. Maintain a predictive approach, but increase the focus on better planning and tracking to anticipate problems and avoid delays.
3. C. Migrate to an agile model, focusing primarily on an iterative approach, leaving the incremental life cycle as a next step.
4. D. Propose a hybrid approach, leveraging the benefits of an agile approach while respecting some aspects of the company’s industry.

Correct Answer: D