PMP PMP 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A project manager notices that a key stakeholder is consistently missing status meetings. What is the BEST first step?
- Escalate to the sponsor immediately
- Update the communications management plan and reach out to understand their preferred communication method (Correct answer)
- Remove them from the distribution list
- Continue sending meeting invites without any changes
Correct answer: Update the communications management plan and reach out to understand their preferred communication method
Adapting communication approaches to stakeholder preferences increases engagement and aligns with the communications management plan.
Question 2: Which process group involves defining project scope, creating the WBS, and establishing the project baseline?
- Initiating
- Planning (Correct answer)
- Executing
- Monitoring and Controlling
Correct answer: Planning
The Planning process group is where scope is defined, the WBS is created, and baselines are established.
Question 3: A project is 60% complete and has a CPI of 0.85. What does this indicate?
- The project is ahead of schedule
- The project is under budget
- The project is over budget — spending more than planned per unit of work (Correct answer)
- The project will finish early
Correct answer: The project is over budget — spending more than planned per unit of work
A CPI below 1.0 means costs are running higher than planned for the work accomplished.
Question 4: What is the PRIMARY purpose of a Risk Register?
- To document all project issues for closure
- To record identified risks, their analysis, and planned responses (Correct answer)
- To track project change requests
- To list all project stakeholders
Correct answer: To record identified risks, their analysis, and planned responses
The Risk Register captures identified risks, probability/impact assessments, and response strategies.
Question 5: A team member identifies a workaround during project execution. When is a workaround MOST appropriate?
- When risks are identified during planning
- When an unplanned risk event occurs and no response plan exists (Correct answer)
- When a change request is approved
- When the project schedule is ahead of plan
Correct answer: When an unplanned risk event occurs and no response plan exists
Workarounds are unplanned responses developed to deal with risk events that had no prior response plan.
Question 6: In an agile project, the team's velocity is used primarily to:
- Measure team member performance for appraisals
- Forecast how much work can be completed in future sprints (Correct answer)
- Determine the project budget
- Assign story points to backlog items
Correct answer: Forecast how much work can be completed in future sprints
Velocity measures the average amount of work (story points) completed per sprint and is used for release planning forecasts.
Question 7: Which conflict resolution technique results in a temporary solution and often leads to recurring conflict?
- Collaborate/Problem Solve
- Compromise/Reconcile
- Smooth/Accommodate
- Withdraw/Avoid (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Withdraw/Avoid
Withdraw/Avoid postpones conflict rather than resolving it, often allowing it to resurface later.
PMP PMP 2
A project manager notices that a key stakeholder is consistently missing status meetings.
What is the BEST first step?