PMP Project Management Professional 2023 past questions and answers

1. Facilitate a team conversation about the sprint goal and invite each member to estimate and volunteer for work
2. Ask the functional manager to remove the senior developer from the team
3. Assign each task personally before the next planning meeting
4. Escalate the missed goals to the product sponsor

Answer: A. Facilitate a team conversation about the sprint goal and invite each member to estimate and volunteer for work

The project manager should foster collaboration and shared ownership, beginning with a facilitated discussion that gives the team a voice. Immediate escalation or unilateral assignment would not address the team dynamic or build self-management.

1. Direct the design lead to accept the construction lead's preferred solution
2. Bring both leads together to clarify interests, review requirements and constraints, and agree on a resolution
3. Defer the decision until the next steering committee
4. Ask each lead to submit a complaint and decide who is responsible

Answer: B. Bring both leads together to clarify interests, review requirements and constraints, and agree on a resolution

A collaborative, problem-solving approach is appropriate when parties are willing to work through a technical disagreement. Forcing a solution or delaying it avoids the underlying issue and risks schedule impact.

1. Require everyone to attend daily meetings at the same local time
2. Wait until the first major delivery before discussing team norms
3. Co-create working agreements, including response windows, collaboration tools, and inclusive meeting practices
4. Ask the sponsor to select a team leader in each time zone

Answer: C. Co-create working agreements, including response windows, collaboration tools, and inclusive meeting practices

Co-created working agreements clarify expectations while giving distributed team members a meaningful role. A rigid schedule can exclude participants, and waiting allows avoidable misunderstandings to become habits.

1. Document a formal performance warning immediately
2. Reassign all of the team member's work without discussion
3. Compare the team member's output with the highest performer and publish the comparison
4. Meet privately to understand obstacles, clarify expectations, and agree on support and a follow-up check

Answer: D. Meet privately to understand obstacles, clarify expectations, and agree on support and a follow-up check

A private, respectful conversation identifies whether the cause is unclear expectations, a blocker, capability, or capacity and allows a constructive improvement plan. Public comparison and immediate punishment are counterproductive.

1. Work with the product owner to establish timely decision access and refine acceptance criteria with the delivery team
2. Ask developers to approve their own work in place of the product owner
3. Freeze the backlog until the product owner can attend every meeting
4. Escalate all rejected stories to the sponsor for acceptance

Answer: A. Work with the product owner to establish timely decision access and refine acceptance criteria with the delivery team

Engaging the product owner in refinement and timely clarification empowers the stakeholder and reduces rework while retaining appropriate product decisions. Replacing the product owner's authority or freezing work does not solve the availability problem.