Free PMP Practice Test Questions 2026

A project manager is managing a project with a hybrid approach and has requested a senior team member to perform a quantitative risk analysis The team member responds that they do not have the knowledge to perform such an analysis.

What should the project manager do?

A. Contact the project management office (PMO) and request them to assign another team member who has the knowledge to perform this task to the team

B. Escalate the issue to the functional manager

C. Help the team member to perform the quantitative risk analysis through coaching, mentoring and training

D. Perform the quantitative risk analysis for the team member.

A project needs to be outlined as a phased approach for multiple product lines with a review gate at the end of each phase. To ensure consistency for this hybrid delivery, what should the project manager do?

A. Ask subject matter experts (SMEs) to provide a detailed plan for each phase.

B. Commit to a detailed global plan from the initiation phase.

C. Get agreement from stakeholders on high-level deliverables and requirements.

D. Request the project management office (PMO) to review the initial plan

In a multinational project, stakeholders are in different time zones. The project manager has regular project update meetings with the stakeholders. However, a group of stakeholders who has never attended project update meetings is complaining to the project sponsor that they know very little about the project.

What should the project manager do?

A. Discuss the issue with all stakeholders and work on a communications management plan to meet all stakeholder requirements

B. Ensure that the stakeholders who are complaining are present for the next project update meetings.

C. Record the regular project update meeting and share it with all stakeholders after the meeting is completed.

D. Change the meeting time to the working time zones of the stakeholders who are complaining.

An agile senior project team member suddenly resigns from the organization. Following this departure, the remaining team members are having difficulty accessing information and are unable to complete a deliverable.

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

A. Ensured the project repository is up to date.

B. Updated the job descriptions for all team roles.

C. Provided specialist training for all team members.

D. Made an effort to reemploy the senior project team member.

For an ongoing project, match the key performance indicators (KPIs) on the left to the correct categories on the right.

A project team was established for a community impacted by oil and gas exploration activities. The team is required to interact with several external stakeholders. The local council authority has requested a meeting with the project team to discuss the impact of the project on the community. The project manager was not available at the time of the meeting, and the team was in disagreement regarding who should attend the meeting.

What should the project manager have done to prevent this conflict?

A. Provided copies of the stakeholder engagement plan to all team members.

B. Defined the roles and responsibilities of the team members.

C. Updated the communications management plan.

D. Established ground rules for the team

A project learn member identified a defect in the initial solution design for a project The stakeholders are not sure whether to deploy the system or not. What should the project manager do?

A. Propose a solution redesign for the project

B. Perform risk analysis against the issue.

C. Revise the project's quality control measurements

D. Develop a mitigation based on the solution design

In a project using a hybrid approach, the performance of the team was consistently excellent during the predictive stages. When the iterations began, however, the team members started to show signs of low commitment, conflicts, and confusion, resulting in low morale.

What should the project manager do to handle this situation?

A. Give team members more authority to make decisions.

B. Perform team-building activities and enhance collaboration.

C. Identify the team members who are impacting low morale.

D. Coach the team members on agile processes and knowledge.

At the end of the last iteration, the customer rejects the deliverables since they did not meet the customer's expectations. What should the project manager have been done to prevent this situation?

A. Involved the customer more in the planning process for the project, and ensured agreement on the proceedings.

B. Included all relevant criteria in the agreed upon definition of done (DoD), and crafted a shared product vision.

C. Provided the customer with the backlog and the specified user stories at the beginning of the iteration.

D. Developed the DoD in close cooperation with all stakeholders to ensure their expectations were included.

The project manager of a large construction project discovers that the blueprints received from the client appear incomplete. What should the project manager do first?

A. Reschedule the project execution date.

B. Continue project execution using the current blueprints from the client.

C. Escalate this issue to the project sponsor

D. Consult with the client to determine if project execution should be continued.

A senior management team member contacts an agile project lead and mentions that certain features the senior manager thought would be in the current release were not included. What should the agile project lead do?

A. Assure the senior manager that these features will be queued up in the next sprint.

B. Meet with the team to understand why the senior manager’s features were not included.

C. Invite the senior manager to the next planning meeting.

D. Send the product roadmap to the senior manager.

A project in aerospace design has run into a substantial technical issue, and the project team is uncertain on how to proceed. With whom should the project manager call a meeting to discuss the issue?

A. Project stakeholders and the team

B. External subject matter experts (SMEs) and the team

C. Project sponsor and the team

D. Project sponsor and the external SMEs