Tag: Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1682

The ability of stakeholders to influence a project is______________


A. Constant throughout the project life cycle as different stakeholders have different levels of interest in the project at different times
B. Highest during the closing stage since key stakeholder acceptance criteria must be met
C. Highest during planning as the team is still in the storming stage as various stakeholders' positions are being known and recognized
D. Highest in the very early stages as the project is being approved and initiated

Correct Answer: D

Explanation:

Explanation:
The stakeholders’ ability to influence the project is highest during the initial phases and gets progressively lower as the project progresses. Active management of stakeholders’ involvement decreases the risk of the project failing to meet its goals and objectives.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1681

Assume you have performed your stakeholder analysis and now are working to enhance it with a stakeholder engagement assessment matrix. Such a matrix shows the stakeholder's current engagement level. These data enable______________


A. The project manager to prepare the stakeholder management plan
B. The project manager to prepare the stakeholder management strategy
C. The project manager to prepare the stakeholder inventory
D. The project team to expand the stakeholder risk register

Correct Answer: A

Explanation:

Explanation:
The stakeholder engagement assessment matrix shows the stakeholders current engagement in the project, and the project manager and team then can use it to note the desired level of engagement. As a tool and technique in plan stakeholder management, the
project manager then uses it to help prepare the stakeholder management plan.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1680

Having prepared stakeholder management plans on previous projects, you know it is positive to review the project management plan because it______________


A. Provides information as to how to plan appropriate ways to engage stakeholders
B. Contains information useful to ensure the stakeholder management plan is aligned with the organization's culture
C. Helps to determine the best options to support an adaptive process for stakeholder management
D. Contains a change management plan and documents how changes will be monitored and controlled

Correct Answer: D

Explanation:

Explanation:
Among other key items useful in the project management plan to review while preparing the stakeholder management plan is the change management plan. All projects involve some type of change. Reviewing this plan can help the project manager work with
stakeholders who may be resistant to the project to help turn them into ones who are supportive or at least neutral to the resulting changes.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1679

Assume you are managing a project to implement an electronic medical record system in your ophthalmologist's office. You have been working to identify your stakeholders to then make sure everyone is committed to it as some people have been working in this
office for more than 20 years and are comfortable with the manual approach. At this point, you have documented assessment information, which includes______________


A. Role in the project
B. Whether the stakeholder is a supporter, is neutral, or is resistant
C. Potential influence in the project
D. Organization position

Correct Answer: C

Explanation:

Explanation:
The stakeholder register contains assessment information as a key component. The assessment information includes: major requirements, main expectations, potential influence in the project, and the phase in the project life cycle with the most interest.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1678

One way to develop an understanding of major project stakeholders to exchange and analyze project information about roles and interests is to______________


A. Conduct interviews
B. Hold profile analysis meetings
C. Use questionnaires and surveys
D. Conduct a stakeholder analysis and analyze the results with a focus group

Correct Answer: B

Explanation:

Explanation:
A profile analysis meeting is a tool and technique in the identify stakeholders process. Its purpose is to develop a deeper understanding of major project stakeholders. The meetings can be used to exchange and analyze information about roles, interests,
knowledge, and the overall position of each stakeholder about the project.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1677

Assume you are beginning your project to develop a series of residential condominiums in your city and are identifying possible stakeholders. A key organizational process asset you can review is______________


A. Organizational culture
B. Organizational standards

C. Lessons learned
D. Local trends

Correct Answer: C

Explanation:

Explanation:
Lessons learned, stakeholder register templates, and stakeholder registers from previous projects are examples of organizational process assets that can influence the identify stakeholders process.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1676

Recognizing operations management is different than project management, as the project manager for a new line of electrical tractors to avoid the need to use costly fuel, you realize a best practice is to______________


A. Document the operational managers' influence either positive or negative in the stakeholder register
B. Offer to include the operational managers in all project phases
C. Recognize that the operational managers are only involved once they have ongoing responsibility for the product, service, or result
D. Realize the operations managers have key responsibilities on the Portfolio Review Board

Correct Answer: B

Explanation:

Explanation:
The needs of operations managers who perform and conduct business operations are important considerations in projects that affect their future work and endeavors. They should be engaged, and their needs identified in the stakeholder register. By considering
them and appropriately including them in all project phases, the project manager can gain insight and avoid unnecessary issues that may arise if their input is overlooked.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1675

The sponsor is a key project stakeholder because he or she______________


A. Approves or manages the project's product, service, or result
B. Leads the project through initiating until it is formally authorized
C. Is the Chairperson of the project's Governance Board and makes the final go/no-go decision
D. Has a major management role within the administrative area of the business

Correct Answer: B

Explanation:

Explanation:
The sponsor is critical throughout the project. He or she provides resources for the project and is accountable for its success. From the beginning through closure, the sponsor promotes the project.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1674

Expert judgment is a best practice as a tool and technique in many project management processes, and the list of possible sources for experts varies by the organization and by its association with others. One way once you have identified experts who you feel
could be of assistance is to______________


A. Use a focus group
B. Review documentation
C. Hold one-on-one interviews
D. Conduct interviews

Correct Answer: A

Explanation:

Explanation:
The key word in the question was experts. Useful ways to obtain information from experts is to use a survey, such as a Delphi approach, or to use a focus group, an excellent approach to obtain insight into attitudes, useful to control stakeholder engagement.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1673

Stakeholder engagement must be controlled on a continuous basis for it to be effective. You realize a number of project documents can be useful for you as a project manager. An example is______________


A. Technical performance measures
B. Change log
C. Actual costs

D. Start and finish dates of schedule activities

Correct Answer: B

Explanation:

Explanation:
Projects involve change, and most everyone tends to resist it. A change log is useful to review in the control stakeholder engagement process. Other useful documents are the schedule, stakeholder register, issue log, and project communications.