Exam PMP All Questions

View all questions & answers for the PMP exam

Exam PMP topic 1 question 656 discussion

Actual exam question from PMI's PMP

Question #: 656
Topic #: 1

A project manager works in a matrix organization and is managing an internal software development project that is intended to reduce conflicts in the company's internal tracking system. During development, the project manager is informed that the software has to account for an unexpected change to government accounting requirements. The development team was able to make the change with no additional cost; however, the project manager notices that the testing costs are beginning to exceed the testing budget.

What should the project manager do?

A. Ask the project sponsor to allocate funds from the contingency reserve to fund the additional testing.
B. Conduct a cost-benefit analysis to determine if the funds can be reallocated from the development team.
C. Submit a change request to the cost baseline through the governance process to fund the additional testing.
D. Update the basis of estimates and the cost management plan to track the additional funding required for testing.

Show Suggested Answer

Suggested Answer: C 🗳️

by JYKL88 at April 4, 2023, 6:53 a.m.

Comments

Submit Cancel

JYKL88

Highly Voted 1 year, 8 months ago

C. Submit a change request to the cost baseline through the governance process to fund the additional testing.

upvoted 6 times

...

cb4a6c4

Most Recent 11 months, 4 weeks ago

Selected Answer: C

Not budgeted requires to go through Change Management Process. Contingency Reserve is reserved for unforeseen risks and not unplanned changes.

upvoted 2 times

...

odylec

12 months ago

Selected Answer: B

B is the answer. first analyze and after that make a change request

upvoted 1 times

...

loscoe

1 year ago

Selected Answer: B

Why not B? Would the PM not look to see if the change can be accomodated first? C would be the next logical action based on findings from B.

upvoted 2 times

...

Only12go

1 year, 1 month ago

Selected Answer: C

The correct action in this scenario would be: C. Submit a change request to the cost baseline through the governance process to fund the additional testing. When there are deviations from the approved baselines in a project, a change request should be submitted to adjust the baseline. In this scenario, since the testing costs are exceeding the budget, the project manager needs to submit a change request to adjust the cost baseline to account for the additional testing costs.

upvoted 2 times

...

victory108

1 year, 2 months ago

Selected Answer: C

C. Submit a change request to the cost baseline through the governance process to fund the additional testing

upvoted 1 times

...

miggykurkova

1 year, 3 months ago

Directly Submit a change request, because government issues are legal

upvoted 1 times

...

khaleghi

1 year, 3 months ago

Selected Answer: C

C. Submit a change request to the cost baseline through the governance process to fund the additional testing.

upvoted 1 times

...

Aish_

1 year, 4 months ago

Since the unexpected change in government accounting requirements has led to increased testing costs that exceed the testing budget, it is necessary to formally request additional funding. This should be done through a change request to the cost baseline, which will go through the governance process for approval. By doing so, the project manager can ensure that the project stays on track and has the necessary resources to complete the testing phase successfully.

upvoted 2 times

...

[Removed]

1 year, 6 months ago

Selected Answer: B

Why not B?

upvoted 1 times

...

emelba

1 year, 8 months ago

Why not A?

upvoted 1 times

cwilson91

1 year, 5 months ago

Page 62 of PMBOK (7th): "Contingency reserves are set aside to implement a risk response or to respond to risk events should they occur." This was an unexpected event, which means it's not in the risk register and no contingency fund was set aside for it.

upvoted 1 times

...