Free PMP Practice Test Questions 2026

The project charter was just approved and the project sponsor has given permission to proceed with the project The program manager has confirmed that one of the requested key resources is also needed on another project at the same time This will affect project delivery

What should the project manager do?

A. Pay overtime to key resource to get the work done outside of working hours

B. Have a meeting with project manager of the other project to find a resource optimization solution that works for both projects

C. Speak with the client to see if the project delivery deadline can be delayed due to resource availability

D. Talk to the program manager and about prioritizing this project over other projects so the key resources are available

A project is in the knowledge transfer phase, and a few subject matter experts (SMEs) went to the client site for knowledge transfer The SMEs captured various process deviations without sharing with the project team

How can the project manager ensure knowledge transfer across the team?

A. Ask the project team to run a deviation log review meeting with the client, highlighting that the project may not be able to go live as scheduled

B. Ask the project management office (PMO) to provide team members with real-time visibility for deviations and facilitate team members to resolve issues

C. Ask the SMEs to share the knowledge transfer documents with all other members by placing the documents in the project management information system (PMIS)

D. Ask the project team to facilitate a lessons learned session during the projectclosure phase to incorporate this issue

A large project is affecting the neighborhood in which it is located The neighbors are not satisfied with the project and their resistance to the project may affect the project deadline

What two actions should the project manager take'? (Choose two)

A. Send letters to the neighbors and ask them kindly not to disturb the project.

B. Set up a meeting with neighborhood representatives to win their cooperation

C. Analyze the situation and find out what is causing the neighborhood's negative attitude.

D. Ask the customer to extend the project deadline to allow time for conflict resolution

E. Ask the mayor of the city to use their authority to stop neighborhood resistance

A company has been following a predictive approach and always waits for the preceding phase to be completed before evaluating the quality of their products A new project manager with experience in hybrid approaches has been assigned to help increase the efficiency of the company's quality management process.

What should the new project manager do to address the process improvements?

A. Understand the context and interdependencies of the process from the team members and then define improvements

B. Continue with the process as is. and wait until the next phase to suggest any improvements

C. Discuss the process improvement with the project management office (PMO) lead to update the project delivery framework

D. Define a ground rule to comply with the quality standard and ask the team members to apply it.

A marketing team is planning for a multiyear initiative that will include a lot of cross- functional stakeholders The project manager has been assigned and is now in the project planning phase

What item(s) should the project manager develop first?

A. A product backlog and identification of the features to be delivered

B. A business case and scope document

C. A communications management plan that addresses the team's needs

D. A risk management plan to incorporate known risks

A project for Company A was successfully delivered within scope schedule, and budget by the end of the last iteration However during the project celebration ceremony, one of the business stakeholders says they perceive the project as a failure as it did not add any business value.

What should the project manager have done to avoid this perception?

A. Involved the business stakeholders in the sprint review

B. Defined product backlog priorities with the sponsor and key stakeholders to deliver business benefits

C. Implemented a closing survey for key stakeholders

D. Confirmed that there is a communications management plan in place to make business stakeholders aware of the success

A project manager is in a learn meeting and the project team requires a decision to be made about a new suggested timeline due to an impact from a potential scope change What should the project manager do?

A. Make the decision on behalf of the organization

B. Review the stakeholder map along with the organizational chart and delegate the most senior person to make the decision

C. Schedule a project decision meeting with all stakeholders to discuss the decision.

D. Follow the stakeholder engagement plan

Due to a company merger and acquisition process, the main stakeholder of a critical project has been changed This new stakeholder complains that they were unaware of a delay on the project of which the rest of the stakeholders were aware. All the communications about the project are shared via email at the start of every week.

How should the project manager address this situation?

A. Send evidence to the new stakeholder that the project's status was sent according to the schedule

B. Suggest that the new stakeholder review the project status before the next board meeting

C. Share the communications management plan with the new stakeholder

D. Discuss project requirements with the new stakeholder, and update the communications management plan.

During project execution, the project manager discovered that a key deliverable was missing from the scope of work After investigation, the project manager and the team discovered that the missing deliverable will impact the critical path

What should the project manager do to avoid future delays?

A. Submit a change request.

B. Add additional resources to the project

C. Update the scope of work

D. Review the risk management plan

A project manager is assigned to a project that is in development As the project manager reviews the projects progress, they find a few tasks that are behind schedule After investigating the project manager discovers that a few team members were pulled to work on other assignments, which impacted their ability to focus on the project manager’s project

Which two actions can the project manager take to bring the team back on track? (Choose two)

A. Establish daily standups to review project progress and track the completion of deliverables

B. Allow the team members to catch up at their own pace

C. Alert the business stakeholders immediately of the schedule delay.

D. Discuss the risk of project delay and work priorities with the respective functional managers

E. Work with the team to identify options to accelerate project delivery.

The project manager started a new project and must ensure that the team members and stakeholders are adequately trained. After an interview with the team, the project manager discovers that all resources have experience in different agile methodologies

What should the project manager do?

A. Make sure the project team is aware of all agile techniques

B. Skip the training because the team already understands agile

C. Ensure the team has a common understanding of agile

D. Teach one agile methodology fully and completely

During initiation of a new product improvement project, a project manager finds historical data showing that a similar project resulted in customers complaining of an even worse user experience compared to the previous product version

How can the project manager prevent this outcome in the new project?

A. Hire a team of external users to perform acceptance testing on the product.

B. Define a user focus group as external stakeholders with a high influence on outcomes

C. Hire a consultant to perform a benefit analysis as an input to the project charter.

D. Define a high-level risk and plan mitigation after completing the work breakdown structure (WBS