PMP Questions business environment knowledge page 11

101.

One of your team members, a fellow PMP credential holder, is under investigation for violation of the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct. What action should you take?

Select one

Cooperate fully with the investigation.

Tell the PMI investigator it would be a conflict of interest for you to cooperate in the investigation because this person is your team member.

Tell the PMI investigator it would be a conflict of interest for you to cooperate because they might uncover information about you during the investigation that could cause them to investigate you.

Cooperate with the PMI investigator by truthfully answering all their questions, but refuse to give them any written documentation.

102.

Quincy and Michael are two executives of Widgets for Life, a company providing the latest cool lifestyle gadgets. They’ve learned that a new federal law will be passed that regulates how personal data may be collected and used. Many of Widgets for Life’s gadgets collect data, which has been made possible by advancements in technology. As a result, they decide to launch a new project that will address the requirements of the new law. This project came about as a result of what need?

Select one

Federal request

Legal requirement

Technological advance

Organizational need

103.

Robert is a new executive hired to lead the marketing department of a telecommunications company. He sits down with his most senior project manager to review a project that he will now take sponsorship for. He asks the project manager to review the business value that the project is expected to deliver and how that value is to be measured. What document is the project manager likely to share with Robert?

Select one

The project management plan

The product backlog

The requirements traceability matrix

The benefits management plan

104.

As part of project integration management activities, a project manager reports on value achieved to date against the plan. What does the project manager hope to accomplish by carrying out this activity?

Select one

Appraise stakeholders of the project’s progress against the project management plan

Appraise stakeholders of the project’s progress against the program management plan

Appraise stakeholders of the project’s progress against the benefits management plan

Appraise stakeholders of the project’s progress against the product backlog

Select one

Phase gates are also referred to as phase reviews, stage gates, or kill points.

A phase gate is held at the end of a phase to compare a project’s performance against the plan.

At the end of a phase gate, a go/no-go decision is made to determine whether the project should continue.

Phase gates serve as audit functions that ensure regulatory compliance.

106.

A project manager is managing a project working to produce a fitness tracking device. Using an adaptive approach to managing the schedule, the project manager works with the team to update and prepare stories for the upcoming iteration, accounting for any recent changes that may have occurred. This is an example of:

Select one

Backlog refinement

Schedule management

Project management

Sprint planning

Select one

It addresses responsibility, honesty, respect, and fairness.

It contains core values that project management practitioners are highly advised to uphold.

Values identified in the code stem from practitioners from the global project management community.

Adhering to the code is mandatory for PMI members.

108.

A project manager has been reassigned to another project after her previous project evolved to ongoing operations. What type of project ending did she experience?

Select one

Addition

Extinction

Starvation

Integration

109.

You’ve recently begun to suspect your friend, a fellow PMP credential holder, might be accepting gifts from hardware vendors who are bidding on an upcoming multimillion-dollar project that she’s going to manage. She has a new LED flat-screen computer monitor at her desk, she showed off her new electronic tablet at a meeting two days ago, and today she unpacked a new ultra-thin laptop while you were in her office. Which of the following should you do?

Select one

You tell your friend these gifts probably aren’t appropriate and leave it at that.

You and your friend have a long conversation about the items she’s received, and she decides to return them and not accept any more items from vendors in the future.

You tell your friend you’re concerned about the appearance of impropriety because of all the new things she’s purchased lately, so you ask her directly whether these items were gifts from the vendor or whether she purchased them herself.

You know this is a conflict-of-interest situation, and it violates the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct. You report your friend so that an investigation can take place.

110.

Sue is the head of an enterprise PMO. She has been given a high degree of authority within the company, and project managers report directly to the PMO. What type of PMO does Sue lead?

175 New PMP Business environment Questions & Answers with explanation