Free PMP Practice Test Questions 2026

A project is successfully delivering its product outcomes, and the customer satisfaction rating is high. However, during an internal audit, it is discovered that certain essential process documents and approvals are missing, and the project is evaluated as being noncompliant.

What should the project manager do next?

A. Review the latest project management standards with the project management office (PMO) and make changes to the quality management plan.

B. Perform quality assurance to review the processes against the quality management plan and identify gaps.

C. Review and update the project document repository with the missing documents and approvals.

D. Change the quality management processes to align with the project objective.

A project manager was just assigned to a project as the leader of an experienced agile team. How should the project manager influence the team to accomplish the project objectives?

A. Express trust in the team's ability to fulfill the necessary deliverables.

B. Assert judgment over the team.

C. Use a plan-driven approach in order to demonstrate control over the project.

D. Increase the amount of subject matter experts (SMEs) to get better results.

A project manager is worried that a key stakeholder is not participating in the project and has concluded that the final product is not as good as it could have been if the stakeholder had been more involved Drag the scenario on the left to the correct risk response strategy on the right

The project manager has recently received funding approval for a training program for the entire project team but has not yet defined the most effective training course. One team member submitted a request for specialized training that is required for the project.

How should the project manager handle this request?

A. Send this change request to the change control board (CCB) for approval.

B. Approve the request for the specialized training.

C. Reject the request as it does not impact the project deliverables.

D. Validate if the training is within scope and budget

A project manager is assigned to a technical research project. The project team has already been assigned, and the main subject matter expert (SME) sends the project manager a list of the technical skills required for the execution of this project.

What should the project manager do next?

A. Send the list to the project team and ask them to get training on the required skills.

B. Ask the functional manager to review the resource pool and recommend the right individuals to join the team.

C. Discuss the list with the project sponsor to confirm that the resources have the required skills.

D. Meet with the project team to understand their skills and identify potential gaps and training requirements.

Drag the items on left side to the matching term within the correct project.

A company that is introducing a new product into the market by the end of the year requires a storage and distribution facility to be built. During the monthly stakeholder meeting, it is discovered that the location for implementation is a government-owned area.

What should the project manager do first?

A. Identify an alternative site.

B. Update the issue log

C. Issue a change request

D. Update the risk register.

The project schedule is falling behind and the project manager observes that the project team seems to be spending the majority of their time writing documentation instead of performing project tasks What should the project manager do to help ensure that the team focuses on project tasks?

A. Assign a team member to handle the documentation activities.

B. Coach the project team to complete the project documentation activities

C. Review and adapt the appropriate project artifacts.

D. Save all documentation activities until tire end of the project

A project manager for an agile project wants to have a highly engaged team. How should the project manager achieve this objective?

A. Be clear with directions and assignments so people stay focused and engaged with their work.

B. Promote an environment where everybody knows what their contribution means to the project as a whole.

C. Design a reward system to get people motivated by recognizing significant individual contributions from the last sprint

D. Encourage continuous rotation of roles among team members to keep people motivated throughout project delivery.

A project manager is assigned to a global project where, during the planning process, team members from different regions are not agreeing to collaborate with each other What should the project manager do?

A. Review lessons learned from previous projects that used the same team

B. Review the organizational culture, structure, and governance

C. Coordinate a meeting to understand the situation and resolve any conflicts.

D. Coordinate a meeting with regional managers to ask for support

A project manager has two projects that are being executed at the same time. The duration of the critical project must be reduced, but the project manager does not have enough resources to achieve this goal. In addition, the schedule does not have activities that can be overlapped.

What should the project manager do?

A. Apply fast-tracking techniques to compress the schedule of the critical project

B. Analyze both projects to determine the most effective use of common resources

C. Use resource optimization to justify requesting more resources for the critical project.

D. Provide schedule optimization training to the project teams to improve their skills.

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.