During the testing phase of a project, the legal department rejected a deliverable due to compliance issues. The project manager reviewed the risk register and triggered the mitigation plan for this item. Which of the following documents should the project manager update NEXT?
A. Schedule
B. Status report
C. Issue log
D. Task board
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Correct Answer: C
Explanation: The compliance problem has already occurred—the deliverable was rejected—so the risk has materialized into an issue. After triggering the mitigation plan, the project manager should document and track the problem in the issue log. Other documents (schedule, status report, task board) may be updated later, but the immediate next update is the issue log.
Question 153
Project team members have questions regarding their responsibilities during the latest sprint. Which of the following personnel would MOST likely be able to assist?
A. Product owner
B. Team leader
C. Product manager
D. Scrum master
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Correct Answer: D
Explanation: In Scrum, the Scrum Master is responsible for coaching the team on Scrum roles, events, and rules and ensuring everyone understands their responsibilities during a sprint. The product owner focuses on backlog value, the product manager on broader product strategy, and a team leader role is not formally defined in Scrum.
Question 154
Although a project was successfully released into production a month ago, a project manager continues to receive project-related work. Which of the following is the reason for this issue?
A. The project manager did not release the resources.
B. The project is in the verification testing phase.
C. The project manager did not complete the project closure phase.
D. The project manager did not remove access.
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Correct Answer: C
Explanation: Even though the project was released into production, the continued flow of project-related work indicates that the project has not been formally closed. Without completing the project closure phase, activities such as administrative wrap-up, formal acceptance, and handoff remain open, causing ongoing work for the project manager.
Question 155
A project sponsor would like to develop a minimum viable product, but the requirements are not well defined. Which of the following should the project sponsor use?
A. Rational Unified Process
B. Waterfall
C. Agile
D. DevOps
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Correct Answer: C
Explanation: When requirements are not well defined and the goal is to deliver a minimum viable product, an iterative and flexible approach is needed. Agile supports incremental delivery, frequent feedback, and adaptation to changing requirements, making it ideal for MVP development. Waterfall and RUP require more upfront definition, and DevOps focuses on deployment/operations rather than requirements discovery.
Question 156
A project manager has been scheduling and facilitating project meetings, scribing the minutes, distributing the minutes, and sending agendas prior to upcoming meetings. However, the project manager is frustrated because action items are not being completed. Which of the following should the project manager do to alleviate these concerns?
A. Use a software tool during the meeting that can create a transcript of what is discussed.
B. Have a standing agenda that is vague enough so that it can be used again.
C. Delegate the roles and responsibilities to improve meeting management.
D. Reprimand project team members for not completing assigned action items.
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Correct Answer: C
Explanation: The core issue is not the lack of documentation but the lack of ownership and accountability for action items. By delegating meeting roles and responsibilities (such as note-taking, action-item ownership, and follow-up), the project manager distributes accountability to the team, improves engagement, and increases the likelihood that action items are completed. The other options do not address accountability or may worsen team dynamics.
Question 157
An IT infrastructure change request needs to be implemented in the production environment. Which of the following elements are the MOST important prerequisites? (Choose two.)
A. Rollback plans
B. Project management plan
C. Deployment plan
D. Asset management plan
E. Communication plan
F. Resource management plan
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Correct Answer: A, C
Explanation: Before implementing a change in the production environment, the most critical prerequisites are a clear deployment plan and a rollback plan. The deployment plan defines how, when, and by whom the change will be implemented, reducing the risk of errors during execution. The rollback plan ensures the organization can quickly restore the previous stable state if the change causes incidents or failures. Other plans are supportive but not as critical at the moment of production implementation.
Question 158
Which of the following communication tools would a project manager use to broadcast information without being assured the information will be received?
A. Telephone
B. Videoconference
C. Face-to-face
D. Email
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Correct Answer: D
Explanation: Email is a push communication method used to broadcast information to many recipients without assurance that the message has been received, read, or understood. In contrast, telephone, videoconference, and face-to-face communication provide immediate feedback and confirmation of receipt.
Question 159
A project manager has received different functional requests from three individual stakeholders. The project manager is able to have all parties concede somewhat in order to find a reasonable solution. Which of the following outcomes would most likely occur?
A. Too much time might be spent generating project delays.
B. The project manager might be seen as weak.
C. The number of change requests throughout the project might be reduced.
D. Some stakeholders might not be completely satisfied.
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Correct Answer: D
Explanation: The scenario describes the conflict resolution technique of compromising, where each stakeholder concedes something to reach an acceptable solution. Compromise typically results in partial satisfaction for all parties rather than full satisfaction for any one stakeholder. Therefore, the most likely outcome is that some stakeholders will not be completely satisfied.
Question 160
Project stakeholders have asked the team to use Scrum to run a software implementation project. Which of the following would most likely take place during a Scrum ceremony?
A. Reviewing project blockers
B. Defining roles and responsibilities
C. Establishing a project schedule
D. Determining a project budget
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Correct Answer: A
Explanation: Scrum ceremonies (events) include Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective. During these events—most notably the Daily Scrum—the team inspects progress and discusses impediments or blockers that are preventing work from moving forward. Defining roles, creating a full project schedule, or determining a project budget are not typical activities performed during Scrum ceremonies.
Question 161
A project manager notices a resource is overloaded and not completing tasks on time. After reviewing the Gantt chart, the project manager notices the resource has multiple simultaneous tasks that could be executed independently. Which of the following should the project manager do next?
A. Change the precedence of the tasks to “finish-to-start”.
B. Evaluate and modify the schedule with a burndown chart.
C. Assign additional resources to prevent overwork.
D. Perform critical path analysis.
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Correct Answer: A
Explanation: The overload is caused by one resource being scheduled to work on multiple tasks at the same time. The most appropriate next step is to correct the schedule logic so the work is sequenced rather than concurrent. Changing the task relationships to finish-to-start removes the simultaneous assignments and resolves the resource overallocation without adding cost or unnecessary resources. Other options either use the wrong tool (burndown chart), add cost prematurely (additional resources), or analyze rather than fix the issue (critical path analysis).
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