Free PMP Practice Test Questions 2026

Team members are having a discussion with the project manager In the last retrospective meeting, the team realized that the obsolete equipment could affect the next iteration of the project The team recommends buying new equipment because it is critical to the success of the final deliverable

What should the project manager do next?

A. Check the project budget to verify if there is enough contingency reserve

B. Review the cost management plan to determine how to address this issue

C. Tell the team members that more equipment is not part of the project's scope.

D. Submit a change request to increase the budget and buy new equipment

In a multinational multi location project with virtual teams a project manager has established a project baseline The project manager discovers that multiple risk elements have appeared. The project manager did not foresee these risks during the planning stage of the project.

What should the project manager calculate to address this critical budgetary situation? (Choose two)

A. Contingency control in the project and rebaseline

B. Mitigation control in the project

C. Benefits management control in the project

D. Integrated change control in the project

E. Currency exchange rate

During project execution, a project manager is informed that most of the project team members have enrolled in the newly implemented work-from-home company policy. How should the project manager reflect this change in the project?

A. Update the communication styles for enrolled team members in the communications management plan.

B. Update roles and responsibilities for enrolled team members in the responsibility assignment matrix (RAM)

C. Update the stakeholder engagement plan to include the emergency contact information for enrolled team members.

D. Update the resource calendar for enrolled team members in the resource management plan

While reviewing prototypes, the quality team found some deviations that do not affect the mam functionality but have the potential to be an issue in the future To avoid major problems in the future, the team recommends corrective actions that will require additional funds The project is already struggling to stay on budget and has even used some of the contingency reserves

What should the project manager do?

A. Ask the product designer why the deviation was not considered in the design phase

B. Report to the project sponsor that the product is working and the project is struggling with the budget.

C. Evaluate and initiate the change request process with the stakeholders

D. Ask the quality team to discard the sample and test again with a new sample

A project manager is managing a hybrid project After attending an iteration review, a stakeholder tells the project manager that they are very busy and asks why these reviews are held so frequently.

How should the project manager respond'?

A. Negotiate a reduced review attendance with the stakeholder and update the stakeholder engagement plan to reflect this reduced attendance

B. Discuss with the stakeholder the benefits of the hybrid project and how frequent reviews lead to greater value and less rework

C. Record the issue in the issue log and escalate the conflict to the project sponsor for assistance

D. Explain to the stakeholder that the stakeholder engagement plan requires theirattendance at all reviews

The team is working on a critical project deliverable and the project manager is concerned about meeting the deadline There have been complaints from some stakeholders about some of the team members' performance The project manager wants to understand the situation and provide feedback to the team as soon as possible

What three actions should the project manager take to address this situation? (Choose three)

A. Define team ground rules

B. Perform a retrospective session

C. Implement daily team meetings.

D. Request a manager performance review

E. Conduct an annual review.

A team is currently working on a mobile app solution. During sprint execution, one of the developers requires clarification about the acceptance criteria for a particular task

What should the project manager do to obtain the information required by the developer?

A. Request direction from the project sponsor

B. Write an email to the client requesting clarification

C. Seek support from the development manager.

D. Work with the product owner to clarify the requirement

A project manager is working on the implementation of new phases in the production process of a regulated industry. Which two stakeholders can help the project manager determine and address compliance requirements? (Choose two)

A. Risk steering committee

B. Functional managers

C. Board of directors

D. Advisory team panel

E. Chief executive officer

The change control board (CCB) rejects a change request submitted by a subject matter expert (SME) The SME refuses to accept this rejection and does not want to continue the project without the change

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

A. Requested that the sponsor approved the change request first.

B. Assessed the change's overall impact to the project before submission

C. Ensured that the change request was aligned with the project scope

D. Submitted the change request directly to the CCB

To estimate the costs of a new project that is similar to a project that was implemented last year, the project manager meets with a group of experts from the previous project The group uses a three-point estimating technique The project manager submits the estimated budget to the project sponsor for approval The project sponsor, who is new to the company, is concerned because the budget exceeded their expectations

What should the project manager do?

A. Review the organizational process assessment to determine if a contingency reserve was considered in the budget estimate

B. Review the historical information and lessons learned from last year’s project to justify the new budget estimate

C. Change the budgeting technique to a more accurate, bottom-up cost estimation.

D. Use soft skills to convince the project sponsor to approve the new budget estimate

In an advanced stage of a project a stakeholder who is not receiving the project status report communicates this to the project manager After checking, the project manager determines that the person is registered as a stakeholder but was not included in the communications management plan.

What should the project manager do next1?

A. Update the communications management plan to include the missed stakeholder, and send the current project status documentation to this stakeholder

B. Inform the project sponsor that there are stakeholders who are not included in the communications management plan

C. Inform the stakeholder that the project team cannot provide information to anyone who is not registered in the project's communications management plan

D. Ask the stakeholder to get the project status report from another stakeholder listed in the communications management plan.

An agile project is in its eighth iteration out of 16 After the last iteration review, the team members receive feedback from the security department about regulations with which the project must comply

Which two actions should the project manager take? (Choose two)

A. Ask the team members to analyze the impact of including this regulation

B. Ask the stakeholders about the priority of this regulation

C. Ask the product owner to include the requirements in the product backlog

D. Ask the security department for details about regulations

E. Ask the team members to include the requirements in the next iteration