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    Tips to solve situational questions in the
    New PMP Exam Format 2022!

    Situational questions will form about 70-80% of


    the total number of questions in your PMP exam
    (even in its new 2022 format) and will be one of
    the toughest type of questions to solve.
    Hence, mastering the art of solving these types
    of questions like a PRO is very important!
    This can be a MAKE or BREAK for your PMP
    exam guys…so read this e-book very
    thoroughly!
    In this e-book we will list down the 5 most
    important tips that you should know to solve
    situational questions in the PMP exam.
    Also, we will solve four PMP style situational
    questions (as per the new 2022 format) to give
    you an idea about the approach to solve these
    types of questions. Happy learning!

    - Nilotpal Ray, PMP


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    Here are the top tips which you need to
    remember while solving situational
    questions in the PMP exam

    Read each line of the question very carefully. Important


    pieces of information are often camouflaged within the
    question body within seeming irrelevant datapoints. Hence,
    don’t skim through a question in a hurry to look for the
    correct option

    Check the last line of the question very carefully. This is


    called the question STEM & will set the tone of the question

    Read every option very thoroughly and always have a


    very solid reason to reject an option. Don’t reject any option
    straightaway just because it does not ‘feel right’ or ‘seem
    right to me’ or ‘it’s not done like that in my company while
    doing projects’ or ‘I wouldn’t have done like that as a PM’

    Always analyze each option in the light of PMBOK® &


    AGILE PRACTICE GUIDE®. Don’t bring your own judgement
    or the way projects are done in your company while
    accepting/rejecting an option

    Memorize the sequence of steps from PMBOK Ed. 6 Pg.


    25, Table 1.4. This will help you to get a lot of questions
    correct during your PMP exam

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    Now let’s practice some New Format
    PMP Style situational questions!

    Q1: You are the Scrum Master for an agile managed


    project. During a sprint review meeting, you find out that
    there has been a major error in the coding process for a
    feature which has created a bug in the system. You reach
    out to the development team to find the root cause & plan
    resolution. What should be your best approach as a
    servant leader here?

    1. Identify the developer who made this error and do a


    performance review meeting with him
    2. Identify the developer who made this error and
    reassign him to another project
    3. Plan a review meeting with the development team,
    identify the developer who created the error and try to
    understand the root cause of the error. Arrange a
    training for the developer if it was a training gap for
    him
    4. Plan a review meeting with the development team,
    identify the developer who created the error and ask
    him to correct the error at the earliest before the
    client catches it

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    Q2: You are about to close an iteration cycle for an agile
    managed project to develop a food ordering app.
    Suddenly, one of your developers mention that a feature
    which would have enabled users to view the cooking
    time of the ordered food in HH:MM format was missed
    from this iteration. On investigation, it was found that the
    design team did not provide a necessary input to the
    development team to enable the feature. What should
    you do as a project manager to prevent this type of
    situation in future?

    1. Make sure that the issue is discussed in the next


    iteration meeting

    2. Discuss the issue during retrospective

    3. Review the issue in the next daily standup meeting

    4. Address the issue in prototyping

    Q3. During the initiation phase of a project, one of your


    key stakeholders raises a concern that the project may
    violate PII (Personally Identifiable Information) policy of
    the company and would be a breach of privacy. What
    should you review first as a project manager?

    A. Business Case
    B. Risk Register

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    C. Project Charter
    D. Statement of Work (SOW)

    Q4. You are the PM for a $2Mn construction and


    landscaping project in Mumbai, India. The project is
    nearing completion and your sponsor has told you to
    inspect the deliverables for completeness and
    correctness. You have completed this step. What is your
    next logical step?

    A. Start project closure process


    B. Handover the project to customer
    C. Perform cost reconciliation
    D. Have your customer inspect the deliverables for
    correctness

    Answers with explanations

    Question 1:

    Correct Answer: 3 Plan a review meeting with the


    development team, identify the developer who created
    the error and try to understand the root cause of the
    error. Arrange a training for the developer if it was a
    training gap for him. This is because this option rightly
    captures the traits of a servant leader who seeks to

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    understand and tries to solve every issue from the root
    cause. A good servant leader also enables the team by
    bridging any capability gap which one might have.

    Wrong Option 1: This is hinting at penalizing the


    developer in his career & for future for committing the
    mistake without understanding the root cause of the
    issue. This is not the trait of a servant leader

    Wrong Option 2: This also directs the PM to act NOT as


    a team player and be selfish without trying to
    understand the problem. This is not the trait of a
    servant leader

    Wrong Option 4: This options hints at ‘hiding’ something


    from the client, which is shady and should not be done
    by a good project manager. Also, even if the developer
    corrects the error, there is no guarantee that he will
    not commit the same mistake again. Hence, the option
    does not solve the issue from the root cause.

    Question 2:

    Correct Answer-2. Discuss the issue in retrospective.


    This is the right forum to highlight any improvement
    areas for a completed sprint and develop actions to fix
    it in a systemic way. Notice the phrase “prevent this
    type of situation in future” in the question STEM. This is

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    hinting at selecting an option which would solve the
    issue systematically and not just for this sprint.

    Wrong option 1: Iteration meetings are not the correct


    forums to discuss issues of a completed sprint and try
    fixing them systematically. Check the Agile Practice
    Guide ® for more details.

    Wrong option 3: Standup meetings are not the correct


    forums to discuss issues of a completed sprint and try
    fixing them systematically. Check the Agile Practice
    Guide ® for more details.

    Wrong option 4: Prototypes or proof-of-concepts are


    done in ‘iteration’ based projects and not in AGILE
    based projects. Hence, this option is wrong.

    Question 3:

    Correct Answer: C (Project Charter)

    A: Incorrect because as per Table 1.5 Business case is a


    documented economic feasibility study. It does not
    delineate any guideline, governance or assumptions.

    B. Incorrect because risk register is not generated


    during the ‘initiation’ stage of the project. This is why it
    is important to read the questions carefully

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    D: Incorrect because SOW is a part of procurements
    and hence is not related to the context of the question

    Question 4:
    Correct Answer: D (Have your customer inspect the
    deliverables for correctness)

    A. Incorrect because you cannot enter the closure


    phase without your customer accepting the
    deliverables
    B. Incorrect because for the same reason as A, you
    cannot perform this step
    C. Irrelevant to the context of the question

    Tutorial videos on Situational Questions

    I hope you got an idea how situational questions are


    designed and how you should approach solving them in the
    new format of the PMP Exam!
    If you are willing to learn more about my recommended
    framework for solving situational questions with 100%
    accuracy, check out the following videos from my YouTube
    channel for a deep dive into the art of solving situational
    questions!

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    https://youtu.be/6acSWefCyes

    https://youtu.be/RXbJ7wwTe1c

    https://youtu.be/wpgcIf2v4Ms

    https://youtu.be/UlPUTlzh9Do

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