200 Ultra Hard PMP Questions #41-50

welcome back to our series of 200 Ultra

hard PMP practice questions this is

going to be questions 41 to 50 let's get

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we left off now in this one once again

we're going from question 41 to 50 in

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question 41 at the beginning of a new

Environmental Conservation project a key

stakeholder Express concerns over a

Project's approach fearing it wouldn't

meet the intended environmental goals

and will exceed the initial forecast

what should the project manager do first

all right we got this keyword there

first

organize a meeting with the stakeholder

to understand the concerns and identify

potential involvements all right launch

a pilot phase to demonstrate the project

Effectiveness and adjust based on early

results C enhance communication with the

stakeholder by providing regular updates

and involving them more closely in

Project planning process outline the

long-term benefits and sustainability

impacts of the project emphasizing its

alignment with broader environmental

objectives all right the best answer

here is going to be a now let me you

know we went over this a lot in the

previous question but you notice there's

some kind of concern there's some kind

of a problem on this notice somebody's

expressing

concern and anytime you as a project

manager is faced with some stakeholder

having some kind of issue or they're

having some kind of concern or they

don't like something if the question

says what to do first don't take an

action against it is to review meet with

that stakeholder see what's going on

assess the situation just don't go out

and take an action until you really

understand you know what this concern is

about so that's this one organize a

meeting with the stakeholder because you

want to understand what that concern is

now why is the others wrong well launch

a pilot program without even

understanding what the concern is you're

taking an action don't take an action

without understanding the concern you're

enhancing communication it doesn't

really say there's a communication

problem the guy doesn't have a problem

with communication he has a problem with

the Project's approach so that's not it

outline the long-term benefit I'm not

sure what this is going to do it doesn't

really state that it doesn't do the

long-term benefit the problem here is

the the approach not really the

objectives which is what D is so D

doesn't even address this all right

pretty easy one I think that one it was

kind of easy if you have the mindset

down you're starting to get it I think

this is getting a little easy for

you

42 in the midst of implementing a new

Healthcare it system a project manager

faces a challenge the initial phase

involved in the upgrade of the existing

software is behind schedule impacting

the sub subsequent software

implementation phase due to Shared

technical uh teams what course of action

should the project manager take so in

this one you're facing a

challenge um you're behind schedule so

you got you got some problems

here negotiate with other project

managers with 10 resource share and to

expedite the hardware upgrade all right

initiate an assessment to evaluate the

impact of the delay of the overall

project timeline all right Implement

reward system for the technical team to

incentivize faster completion engage a

consultant to provide expert advice on

streamlining the hardware now in this

one here this is also one where you have

to be careful with your actions so you

notice the answer here is going to be

B you see before you go out and you

negotiate for other resources you

implement some reward system or you do

some kind of Consulting you really got

to understand well exactly how does this

really affect the project you just can't

say well okay it seems like we're behind

schedule right we're behind schedule and

it's impacting some things but how is it

affecting the budget how is this

whatever is happen how is it affecting

the budget in this one we're just

talking about time so do your assessment

before taking an action

43 at the midpoint of renew renewable

energy project the project manager is

faced with conflict between the design

team and the environmental Consultants

regarding the feasibility of the

proposed turbine placement the design

team believes the placement will

optimize energy Productions while the

environmental Consultants warned it

could lead to

significant eological

disruptions yeah a lot of big words in

this one what should the project manager

take to resolve this

conflict okay so you got some issues

here between two teams right between the

design team and the environmental

consultant so you got issues between

them what do you do well proceed with

the design recommendation okay to

maximize energy output organize a

collaborative session discuss the impact

find a compromise okay consult uh

commission independent review of the

turbine's placement postpone the

decision on the turbine until further

data okay the best thing here is when

you have a problem between people is to

try to help them resolve it because you

don't want to choose a side choosing the

side would be considered forcing that

means the answer here is bringing them

together and have them come up with a

good solution now compromising is not

the best solution here but I don't want

you to go out and take an action without

them being involved you

notice here you did something without

them being involved here you did

something without them you just made

your own decision the best thing to do

is to work with the teams and work with

the teams to come up with

Solutions 44 after a new project is

executed uh execute an executive suggest

incorporating new add-on to provide more

function to the product what should the

project manager do update the product

immediately to include the suggested

scenario without formal approval note

the suggestion for inclusion in a

separate risk assessment document

integrate this executive feedback into

an appendix of the current report

encourage the executive to formalize the

suggestions to a change request process

now in this one here you notice it says

that the the new project is executed the

best assumption here is to go with that

this is a traditional project and if

anybody wants to put on a new add-on

which is going to be a scope change the

best thing here is to have them go

through the Change Control process you

just can't add in add something to the

product which is basically a scope

change without going through that you

should never

just include a scope change or an add-on

to a product without a formal approval

that's not your job to approve things

your job is to manage the team building

the deliverable not approving or

disapproving just don't do nothing you

notice note the suggestion in the risk

analysis this these one here you're just

it seems like you're putting things in a

report but you're not actually dealing

with the add-on

itself 45

at the onset of an urban regeneration

project the project matter observes that

although te- moral is high meetings

often diverge into unrelated

conversations causing them to over

causing them to overrun and decisions to

be postponed what is the most effective

initial action for the PM to take

schedule shorter meeting to encourage

more Focus discussions okay designate a

timekeeper to ensure meeting ad he to

schedule time

adhere to schedule times C emphasize the

meeting objectives and agenda at the

beginning of each

session introduce a digital platform for

a team member to share non project

related discussions

now I wrote this question very

particularly I wrote it in a way for you

to understand that it says initial

action it's like what is the the initial

thing you try should never be the

hardest shouldn't take the most energy

you should try to solve problems the

easiest way

possible and that's C how about if you

get in front of the meeting and you

emphasize what the objectives are at the

beginning of each session this is what

we got to get done guys if this fails

maybe then you may want to go to B maybe

you may want to go to A and D then but

remember the keyword here is initial you

got to watch the wording of the question

the initial action is never to take a

drastic action a would literally cut the

meetings down D would make you get some

kind of whole new software B designate

the initial action is just to say hey

folks we need to stop this let's see how

this this is what we got to get done

let's stick to

it

46 Jour a routine progress update

sessions for multinational project a

project manager notes that one of the

key technical analysts although

exceptionally knowledgeable really

contributes to group discussions and

despite engaging despite engaging

actively in private conversations okay

so we have somebody that is very smart

technical analyst and they seem to be

good in private but they're not very

good in group discussions what should

you do schedule a dedicated dedicated

session where only the technical analyst

presents their finding to the

team I'm not sure if this is going to

work actively solicit the analyst input

during meetings emphasizing the

importance of the expertise to the

Project's success create an anonymous

feedback mechanism where the analyst can

can submit their insights without

speaking up in mediums wait for the

analysts to naturally become more

comfortable and decide to contribute to

discussions at their own pace okay let's

see how we can answer this this I

believe was a tough question unb believe

me the me and the gentleman that wrote

this one I wrote this one he got this

one wrong uh I I thought this was a

really good question because you really

got to address what the question is

asking okay we want what is it we want

out of this question we want the

analysts to contribute in the group

discussion that's the

problem all right what do we do about

this well the best thing here is to talk

to this person

you notice it seems like when people are

talking to this person they talk but it

seems like no one is talking to this

person so they're not actively engaging

in in these meetings so actively solicit

the analy input during the meeting

emphasize hey these are great things to

know now why isn't the other right

well this here takes no action if the

choice is to do nothing in other words

leave it until the analyst feels like

speaking uh or that's more comfortable

speaking this is not you might be

waiting forever if the if the option is

to do nothing it's probably not the

answer crate Anonymous feedback well is

that for everyone or just for the

analyst if it's just one person it's not

really I I had fun writing this one if

the analyst is the only one speaking

it's not really Anonymous anymore now is

it schedule a dedicated session where

the only presents their finding to the

team it's the same scenario and this one

here just they just take you out

completely but he's pretty presting to

the finding to the team it's better the

two choices were either A or B but

notice this one is presents their fining

to the team if you were saying well this

don't do B because he doesn't want the

analyst doesn't want to talk in front of

people well a he's talking in front of

people except you're not there that's

how you have to read that so tricky one

there b is the best

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47 just before the final review of new

software development project the project

manager is informed by the quality

assurance team that several key features

do not meet the predefined

specifications agreed upon the client

agreed agreed upon agreed upon with the

client correcting these issues will

delay the project deliverables by

several weeks what should you do next

remember the key word prioritize the

work to meet the agreed specifications

accepting the project timeline may need

to be extended all right suggest a

partial delivery of the project to the

client with non-client comp uh with

non-compliant features to be updated in

future release propose a compromise on a

specification to the client reducing the

scope to match your current state

consult with the development team to

find a faster solution that could delay

that could reduce the delay while to

meet the specification

now you got to be careful with this word

next it's like okay you realize we're

probably going to be late we're not

going to have everything what should you

do next like what are you going to do

right away and the best answer here is

going to be D meet with the team and ask

them hey is there can we find a faster

way can we get this

done right uh notice is informed by the

quality assurance team even if the

quality assurance team tells you this

you got to go to them and you got to say

to them hey can you do this any

quicker um and can we reduce is there

way to reduce this delay and maybe then

you can go back and tell the client but

the first thing you should do not the

quality insurance team calls you up and

says this and your only thing is okay

let me go tell the client and move on no

so consult with the team let's find a

faster way you cannot prioritize work

like that that's something the team or

the sponsorer should be doing suggest a

partial delivery you never want to just

deliver especially with non-compliant

features this is something the T the the

um first of all you would need your

sponsor or your customers to approve

that uh propose a compromise you should

never like this see was the throwout you

know I add this in here to kill this

every time we write questions there

always going to be a few choices called

throwaways or how you call them garbage

choices in other words you shouldn't

select that the moment it's says that

you reduce the scope you don't have that

power to just reduce scope agile and

their traditional projects the project

manager doesn't have the power to just

remove a remove scope parts that's

something the sponsor or the product

owner should be

doing tough

question 48 during a critical phase of

an Agile development project a

specialist responsible for designing a

key component is unexpectedly required

to take extensive Medical

the special task are now at risk of

delay as they were the sole individual

equipped with the necessary expertise H

sto individual what proactive measure

could a project man have taken to

mitigate the risk build a cross

functional

team distribute The Specialist task

amount several members from the project

onset okay establish a comprehensive

documentation practice for all project

task okay allocate additional funds to

hire temporary Specialists if needed now

notice it says here what proactive this

is the key word like what could you have

done to stop this or to reduce the blow

of this all of these choices are not too

bad except one of them all right like

allocate extra funds to hire a temporary

specialist maybe unless you would have

predicted this in the risk assessment

the best thing here if you know agile

you know you should build a team of

generalizing Specialists across fun fun

team what this does is that everybody is

able to help each other in this one you

built a specialist team you went against

the rules of agile you want a cross

functional team a team where everybody

is capable of helping everybody else

this

reduces all kind of bottlenecks with the

team I Do cover this in the course so

make sure you check out the agile team

section distribute this here was

something that you would have probably

done afterwards but then it would have

been hard to predict who's going to be

in and out right this one this is the

throwaway Choice here to me because how

could you predicted this you distribute

just this guy's task you have to done it

to everybody not just this person notice

does specialist tasks you would have

never noticed this because notice it's

unexpectedly comprehensive practice for

all project tasks that would have been

okay but it's not this is a specialist

task only this person is capable of

doing it although I like d it's best to

make sure that you have a good

generalizing

specialist uh cross functional team okay

two more to go in the plan and phase of

a large software implementation project

the project manager decides to conduct

an extensive analysis of potential risk

associated with the Project's timeline

and budget the goal is to understand the

likelihood of a project completion

within the defined perimeters and to

identify which variable most

significantly impact the project outcome

using many different perspectives what

technique should the project manager

apply to evaluate and address the risks

now so you're doing a risk assessment

basically you're looking at the

likelihood of the risk you're looking at

certain perimeters from different

perspectives

H what technique are you doing here well

are you developing a RIS breakdown

structure uh conducting a sensitivity

analysis utilize a cause and effect

diagram or Monte Carlo this is a

straightforward knowledge based question

that I wrote in a very difficult way

best answer here is going to be the this

is a Monti Carlo simulation a Monti car

simulation looks at many many many many

different scenarios

perspectives uh or different outcomes

that can affect projects for example if

this if you have this weather event how

is it going to affect this project like

what's goingon to happen if the if you

had a category four hurricane category

five

hurricane a blizzard so you're looking

at all different perspectives and how

it's going to affect the project and

that really is what this is describing a

cause and effect diagram will tell you

the reasons for risks or the cause of

failure this is a fishbone diagram

sensitivity analysis starts to rank them

up this looks at particular impacts of

positive and negative risk risk

breakdown structure just categorize risk

this is looking at different

perspectives question 50 on a project to

to develop a new CRM system

the project manager launched that that a

stakeholder

meeting launs during a stakeholder

meeting that UPC that upcoming

regulatory changes will affect data

handling processes within the system the

change are expected to be enforced

shortly after the Project's planned

completion date what is the most

appropriate action for the project man

ensure the projects remain compliant

with the new regulation okay incorporate

the regulations into the projects risk

log future

analysis plan to address the regulator

in the next CRM system uh development

integrate discussion of the regulatory

changes into the project phases request

immediate detail information during the

next product update meeting

okay best answer here now this one was

tricky because first of all it's not a

risk all right notice incorporate into

the Project's risk should say risk

register uh but it's not not a risk

because this

will affect the data handling this leg

just if it was like it might then you

may want to add it to the risk

register but it's not a might this is a

will this is something that will happen

it's guaranteed to happen so it's not a

risk risk has

probability now you don't want to wait

for the next system to be developed and

that's D also immediate detail

information change during the next

product update you got to do it right

now because you're going to you're going

to be pushing this thing out and then

that regulation is going to come in the

best thing here you can do is start

incorporating that regulation into what

you are

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