Free PMP Practice Test Questions 2026

A project manager is appointed for the deployment of a new solution. The solution will be integrated into the environment by a third-party vendor. This vendor just announced a delay in delivering a key component, which will impact the project schedule.

What should the project manager do?

A. Ensure that relevant stakeholders and expectations are identified and assess the component delay.

B. Perform a detailed analysis of the release content for each component of the solution.

C. Propose a new design of the solution to replace the external component with an internal one.

D. Ask for expedited delivery of the component to mitigate the risk of schedule delays.

An organization uses a hybrid approach to project management. A project manager has been assigned to an external project, project A, where two of the three modules in the project require machine learning skills. The only machine learning expert in the project manager's organization is engaged in an internal project, project B, that is about to end.

What should the project manager do?

A. Prioritize project A over project B since A is an external project and B is an internal project.

B. Plan projectA in sprints, starting with the module that does not require machine learning skills.

C. Engage the human resource manager to employ a machine learning expert for project A.

D. Plan project A to start at the end of project B when the machine learning expert is available.

A project manager receives a serious complaint from a functional manager about a team member. What should the project manager do?

A. Replace the team member immediately to maintain a good relationship with the functional manager.

B. Discuss the issue with the functional manager to understand the reason for the complaint.

C. Support the team member and provide documentation to the functional manager proving their performance.

D. Protect the team member and ask the project sponsor to minimize any external interruptions.

During a sprint planning meeting, a stakeholder is told that their requirement is in progress and on track for the final product to be ready in the next two sprints. The stakeholder is very satisfied with the timeline and gives their full support to the agile team. After the meeting, the project sponsor calls the project manager about a large requirement they want the team to work on right away as it has significant business value. What should the project manager do?

A. Call the stakeholder to tell them that the final product schedule must be extended due to this last minute, urgent request.

B. Perform an impact analysis and share the overall schedule impact before deciding on a new priority.

C. Reject the new requirement from the sponsor as this is going to impact the delivery of the stakeholder's final product.

D. Ask the product owner to prioritize the new request from the sponsor and ask the team to work on it immediately.

A project manager submits several requests to purchase required hardware and knows from previous experience that this kind of procurement usually results in disputes between the company and its suppliers. How can the project manager mitigate this risk in the request for proposal (RFP) with suppliers?

A. Ask the legal team to review the RFP.

B. Ask the project team to submit the RFP.

C. Request approval of the RFP from the project sponsor.

D. Request approval of the RFP from management.

A project scope was developed with numerous assumptions. During the execution phase, the assumptions changed, which has jeopardized the planned business value of the project.

% What should the project manager do next?

A. Update the assumptions log and change log, and implement the change control process.

B. Report on the changed assumptions to the project sponsor and seek support to prioritize the change requests.

C. Inform the client that the project cannot meet the project timeline and additional costs will be incurred.

D. Deliver what was planned in the project management document according to the specifications.

A project manager for a large project's agile team is developing new workflows to meet changing business needs. As the second sprint is running, the product owner and agile team begin to receive more details that impact the scope change of running items. The agile team requests a change in the sprint goals and sprint backlog items.

What should the project manager do?

A. Create a parallel sprint to deliver the additional items.

B. Guide the agile team to add the new scope to the product backlog.

C. Pause the sprint to allow time to include the new items.

D. Moderate the expectations for sprint quality.

A project with multiple teams recently transitioned from a predictive approach to agile as requested by the product owner. Midway through implementation, a team member noticed there was no technical capability to support the current business requirement; therefore, the project will need to be reworked and the issue needs to be communicated to all stakeholders.
What should the agile project lead have done to avoid this situation?

A. Assessed the technical and organizational readiness for the project and identified risks at the beginning of the first iteration

B. Requested the product owner's approval to add an external expert to define the acceptance criteria

C. Defined a clear acceptance criteria at the initiation phase and continued with the project

D. Increased the communications between the team member and the product owner

A company is initiating a project to decommission inefficient sales channels. Several stakeholders argue that one channel that indicates a downturn in generating value is still more efficient than some of the channels that are planned to remain.

What should the project manager do?

A. Plan for incremental and iterative delivery based on feedback from the marketing and sales team.

B. Review and update the success criteria to ensure that the channel is not decommissioned.

C. Inform the stakeholders that the list of channels to be decommissioned was approved by the CEO.

D. Escalate the objection to the steering committee and human resources (HR) as a personal intimidation incident.

A project manager is appointed to manage an infrastructure project that spans across several countries, including different time zones within a subregion. It is likely that most of the project team members will never meet, but they will have to collaborate to ensure deliverables are met. What should the project manager do to ensure good collaboration between the remote project team members?

A. Discuss the concerns with the project sponsor and modify the project charter to include more budget for interactions.

B. Plan a communication method and allow the project team members to virtually interact.

C. Create a social media group platform for the team to create a supportive environment.

D. Set the ground rules and identify a contingency plan in the risk register.

During the execution phase, the project manager discovered that the deliverables are not meeting the quality specifications requested by the main stakeholder. This has caused the schedule performance index (SPI) to deteriorate from 0.98 to 0.72 and the cost performance index (CPI) from 1.5 to 1.1.

What action should the project manager take to mitigate the issue of the deliverables being rejected during the next iteration?

A. Submit a change request to prioritize resolutions for the quality issue to minimize the impact on the rest of the deliverables.

B. Reinforce the definition of done (DoD) during sprint planning so that the team has a common understanding of expectations.

C. Assure that the product backlog is properly prioritized to avoid dependencies that cause rejection.

D. Create a dedicated sprint to complete all of the pending specifications from previous sprints.

In an agile product development environment, work is distributed to Cities A, B, and C, which are geographically dispersed. The small teams work and collaborate to deliver the sprints.

• City A's team focuses on the features of data capture.
• City B's team focuses on the user experience and development pieces.
• City C's team coordinates testing.

What should the project manager do to ensure a successful rollout of sprints?

A. Ensure all three teams deliver independently without interactions so that they remain focused and meet customer requirements.

B. Implement communication techniques and ensure the teams follow a relay pattern of handing off work from one team to the other.

C. Use a fishbone analysis to resolve problems and iron out communication issues between the teams.

D. Maintain localized teams to circumvent the challenges of delay or any other unforeseen risks that might prevent progress.