A supplier delivers most of a project's functional requirements, but a few minor, latent defects require correction before the contracted payment can be made. Since the company's financial year end is approaching, what should the project manager do?


A. Claim penalties for the value of the outstanding payment.
B. Arrange an extended financial project close until contract closure is completed.
C. Reduce the contract value, and convert the outstanding amount to a service order.
D. Pay the supplier in return for a written commitment to complete the work.

As an automation project nears completion, the engineering team leader proposes adding a function that will make the production line more efficient without impacting the schedule. What should the project manager do next?


A. Keep the original scope to meet project requirements.
B. Change the scope to meet business requirements.
C. Follow the change management plan.
D. Review the cost management plan.

While preparing for project hand-over to the operations team, the project manager discovers that an audit report from an early project phase is missing. What should the project manager do?


A. Update the project documents.
B. Ask the operations team to accept the project without the audit report.
C. Inform the operations team about the missing audit report.
D. Update the project management plan to remove the audit report from the required project documents list.

A team receives outsourced deliverables and determines that they do not meet the agreed-upon acceptance criteria. What should the project manager reference to verify this within the vendor?


A. Procurement management plan
B. Request for proposal (RFP)
C. Statement of work (SOW)
D. Inspections

A project manager meets with the project sponsor and customer, both of whom declare the project a success and agree to accept project deliverables. The sponsor is impressed that the project was completed on schedule and within budget, and wants the project
manager to immediately assume a new, larger, and critically important project.

What should the project manager do next?


A. Ask the current project team to immediately begin work on the new project.
B. Verify that project deliverables conform to quality standards.
C. Organize a team celebration for the current project.
D. Archive all project documents for the current project.

During a final product demonstration, a stakeholder requests a change that is not included in the sign-off requirements. What should the project manager do?


A. Assess the impact, and discuss it with the project sponsor.
B. Have the project team add this change to their workload.
C. Reject the stakeholders request because it is out of scope.
D. Ask the project management office (PMO) for additional funding.

After preparing the final project report, the project manager realizes that the stakeholder distribution list is incomplete. What should the project manager do?


A. Refer to the stakeholder list created during the development of the project charter.
B. Refer to the communications management plan.
C. Gather inputs from the team to develop the list of stakeholders.
D. Ask the project sponsors for a list of stakeholders.

A project manager invites stakeholders to a lessons learned meeting. The stakeholders have different opinions and have previously raised issues.
What tool or technique can the project manager use to constructively engage the stakeholders?


A. Affinity diagram
B. Questionnaires and surveys
C. Brainstorming
D. Facilitation

During a projects final phase, the project manager evaluates project deliverables by comparing them to a similar, completed project. The project manager notices that previous mistakes are being repeated.
What should the project manager improve to avoid future mistakes?


A. Implementation of lessons learned management techniques
B. Definition of the project scope statement
C. Creation of the work breakdown structure (WBS)
D. Application of quality control measures

A company runs multiple projects simultaneously. During a project to deliver a new product, the project manager conducted final review meetings with the project team and stakeholders to document lessons learned.
What should the project manager do next?


A. Obtain agreement from the stakeholders to validate the scope and accept the deliverables.
B. Validate compliance with the product specifications.
C. Update the organizational process assets.
D. Document the results from multiple projects and update the business case.