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91.

Midway through a project, a key project team member requests two months leave for personal matters. What should the project manager do first?

Select one

Negotiate with the functional manager for a replacement.

Ask this key team member if the leave can be postponed.

Evaluate the impact on the project.

Review the resource management plan.

92.

A project is completed, and closeout activities are underway. The project manager discovers that a team member is performing operations activities unrelated to the project scope, but necessary for regular operations. Since the final deliverables must be handed over to operations, what should the project manager do?

Select one

Ask the team to assist in completing the operations work and close the project.

Issue a change request and obtain approval from the change control board (CCB).

Train a resource from operations to perform the activities.

Temporarily transfer the team member to operations.

93.

User acceptance tests on a project have been omitted since the technology is operational at other factories. However, after implementation, the technology is not working as expected. What should the project manager do?

Select one

Submit a change request.

Use test scripts to resolve the issue.

Review the defect report to identify and solve the issue.

Conduct a root cause analysis to identify corrective actions.

94.

A project team successfully achieved a key milestone. To do this, the team met critical technical requirements on a new process, and then used the process to develop the first of several similar deliverables. What should the project manager do next?

Select one

Document lessons learned.

Transition the project to the operations team.

Conduct performance appraisals.

Ensure final costs are recorded.

95.

A project manager needs to outsource 1,200 resource hours. Due to internal policies, each provider must understand the requirements. What should the project manager do to ensure this?

Select one

Send the procurement management plan to each provider.

Hold a bidder conference with the providers.

Conduct direct negotiations with each provider.

Add the providers to the stakeholder register.

96.

During project execution, a functional manager identifies a new internal risk about the outsourcing team. The functional manager asks the project manager for a fast solution that will not negatively impact the project. What should the project manager do?

Select one

Develop a risk breakdown structure (RBS).

Implement the risk strategy.

Assess the risk in terms of severity of impact.

Use the change management plan.

97.

A marketing team identifies the target audience for their new website. They want to know the preferred tastes of this target audience. What tool or technique should the project manager use?

Select one

Benchmarking

Focus groups

Expert judgment

Brainstorming

98.

A project manager is working with stakeholders to identify strategic and operational assumptions and constraints. However, not all stakeholders are consistently providing input. What should the project manager use to enhance stakeholder input?

Select one

Political awareness

Meeting management

Checklists

Facilitation

99.

An experienced project manager resigns, and a new project manager joins the team. During the initial assessment of project documentation, the new project manager discovers that the risk register has not been updated for the past month. What should the project manager do first?

Select one

Consult the risk management plan to determine how often the risk register must be updated.

Hold a meeting to identify and prioritize risks so that the risk register can be updated.

Update the risk register and inform the team of the changes.

Meet with the project team to monitor risks, then update the risk register.

100.

A project's workload is high and resources are overloaded. When management decides to outsource some services to keep the project on schedule, what document should the project manager revise?

Select one

Resource management plan

Communications management plan

Procurement management plan

Project organization chart

769 New PMP Process Questions & Answers with explanation