Question 1

A company 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.

Answer: B

Question 2

A project manager is working on a project to transform the service delivery model in the organization. As part of the scope, this project includes diverse elements that have been well defined by the product owner. The team has expressed that the scope is not clearly defined. How should the project manager address this situation?

Options :

A : Distribute the release plan among the team members.

B : Ask the team members to focus only on their assignments.

C : Ask the product owner to clarify the project's vision with the team.

D : Meet with the product owner to validate the backlog prioritization.

Answer: C

Question 3

A project is nearing completion when a critical resource can no longer work on the project. A temporary replacement is brought in from an external company to take over the role; however, complaints are soon received from other team members about this person's unprofessional conduct and behavior. What should the project manager do first?

Options :

A : Discuss the team charter with the new team member to align them with the agreed-upon conduct within the team.

B : Report the new team member to human resources (HR) for disciplinary actions.

C : Hold one-on-one meetings with the new team member and the rest of the team members to align the team charter.

D : Ask the contracting agency to replace the temporary team member.

Answer: A

Question 4

During the implementation phase of a project, functional managers are adding new requirements, which may impact cost and schedule baselines. The project manager notices that some of the team members are communicating with their managers directly to fulfill their requests. This will lead the project to go beyond the agreed baselines. How should the project manager handle this situation?

Options :

A : Set up a proper governance structure to ensure functional managers’ requests are processed correctly.

B : Modify the communications management plan to enable functional managers to add changes to the project.

C : Follow the project constraints and move forward with the agreed schedule baseline and the cost baseline.

D : Ask the functional managers to communicate with their peers and emphasize the impact of their requirements.

Answer: A

Question 5

A project manager is managing a project which has a very complex and long execution period Although the project is mostly predictive, the team was able to break the design and execution into smaller packages using a hybrid framework The business wants to keep track of the value delivered by this framework application but there is no defined set of measurable items for the framework. What should the project manager do first?

Options :

A : Work with the stakeholders to determine which measurable benefits can be tracked and assign an accountable person to monitor and report them

B : Create a report based on the work breakdown structure (WBS) and update it on a regular basis.

C : Use the same benefits tracking process from the last predictive project and add this to the monthly status report

D : Research which templates of reports were used the most for this framework and incorporate them into the project

Answer: A

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