PMP Questions people knowledge

You are a project manager for SubZero Delights, a company that offers extraordinary experiences to travelers. You have been working hard at developing your own personal leadership skills and have recruited a mentor to help you. During a mentoring session, you ask your mentor to talk about the characteristics that good leaders exhibit. What characteristics are they likely to call out?

Select three

Leaders use referent power.

Leaders impart vision.

Leaders are concerned with strategic plans.

Leaders are concerned with satisfying stakeholder needs.

Select one

Legitimate

Expert

Referent

Punishment

Robert is a practicing project manager who is studying for his PMP® exam. During a study session with a colleague, he insists that it is important for project managers to consider all 49 project management processes, while his colleague insists that it is not necessary and that project managers should carry out only the necessary processes. Who is correct?

Select one

Robert

Robert’s colleague

Both

Neither

Rachel is a project sponsor of a project that is developing a new innovative line of screen doors meant to attract budget-minded consumers. Most project managers cringe when assigned to a project sponsored by Rachel since she tends to hover for the details and be suspicious of every team member’s behavior, causing a flurry of issues for the project manager to resolve. According to Douglas McGregor’s leadership theory, what type of manager is Rachel?

Select one

Theory Y

Theory Z

Theory X

Theory Y/Z

Rianna is a developer who is interested in moving toward a career in project management. She takes on a small project that will implement a new security feature to protect her company’s internal network. To date, she has baselined the project’s scope, schedule, and budget, and she is now actively helping to resolve issues as they arise. What process is she currently performing?

Select one

Plan Resource Management

Develop Team

Manage Team

Control Resources

One of your project’s deliverables requires skills in business analysis. You have three resources working on the activities that need to be completed for this deliverable. Jim and John are making more in salary than Mary is. Jim tends to spend a large majority of his time on social networking sites, John is motivated by accomplishment and capability, and Mary is looking for a sense of belonging as part of the team. Which of the following statements is true?

Select one

Your resources are at various levels of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.

McClelland contends that salary is a self-esteem need.

The Expectancy Theory says that salary isn’t a motivator regardless of pay discrepancies.

The Achievement Theory contends that salary is tied to achievement, so large disparities in salary become a demotivator.

Roshoud is the VP of customer operations for Galactic Kidz and project sponsor of the latest project, called Project G. He sits down with Sally, the project manager, to discuss the current budget estimate. Roshoud expresses his concerns to Sally about the budget being far greater than originally anticipated and asks her to course-correct. What produces the greatest expense on most projects?

Select one

Vendors

Resources

Materials

Travel

You are a project manager for Fly Me to Miami travel services. You are in the process of documenting and distributing project information. You know all of the following statements are true regarding information exchange except for which one?

Select one

Encoding the information involves putting it in a format the listener will understand.

The receiver is responsible for understanding the information correctly.

Receivers, not senders, filter the information through their knowledge of the subject, cultural influences, language, emotions, attitudes, and geographic location.

The message is the actual information being sent and received.

Select one

The product owner coordinates the work of the sprint and runs interference between the team and distractions keeping them from their work.

The product owner has a vested interest in the project or the outcomes of the project and interfaces with stakeholders.

The product owner represents the stakeholders and is the liaison between the stakeholders, the Scrum master, and the development team.

The product owner is responsible for completing the backlog items and signing up for tasks based on priorities established.

10.

You are guiding your organization through the adoption of an Agile approach and are also teaching project managers about servant leadership. A tenured project manager approaches you and asks how this will change his role and approach to managing the team. How should you respond?

Select one

The emphasis will now be on allowing the team to make their own decisions and set their own goals by taking a more hands-off approach.

The emphasis will now be on fostering a collaborative environment and serving as an inspiration to the team that will be executing the work.

The emphasis will now be on reducing the impact of change by stressing the collection of requirements early on within the project’s life cycle.

The emphasis will now be on coaching team members, distributing responsibility to the team, and fostering a collaborative environment.

286 New PMP People Questions & Answers with explanation