Free PMP Practice Test Questions 2026

A newly hired team member just joined the project team and reports directly to the project manager. In the first week, this new member tells the project manager that there is a task priority conflict with hard, dependent tasks on the critical path.

What should the project manager do to handle the conflict?

A. Guide the team member on how to resolve the conflict.

B. Analyze the project schedule and look for alternatives.

C. Perform crashing and/or fast tracking of the schedule.

D. Meet the team member and try to plan a course of action together.

Eight people have been working on a project for an extended period of time. The scope has changed significantly and the product owner has been replaced multiple times. The team members are feeling disassociated from the project.
What should the project manager do to ensure team alignment with the goals?

A. Ask the new product owner to explain the importance of the project.

B. Email the team a detailed outline of the business requirements.

C. Review the project charter with the team.

D. Facilitate a discussion of the vision for the project.

A project manager is assigned to a new project and is allocated with virtual team members. Later, two more members from a recently acquired company join as additional resources to the project team.
In order to ensure that there are no potential misunderstandings, what should the project manager do?

A. Send an email update to existing team members about the addition of the new team members.

B. Set up a weekly meeting with the new team members for a couple of months.

C. Request the transfer of the new members to another project, citing a risk of confusion.

D. Update and share the guideline document dealing with team communication.

A large company has agreed on a business case for an environmental project. The project will cause some major changes in their operations, such as reduction in paper use, which will obviously affect all of the users.

What is the first thing the appointed project manager should do?

A. Evaluate the impact to the users and create a plan to address it.

B. Inform users about the new changes and ask for their collaboration.

C. Ask all managers to collaborate implementing this change to users.

D. Start implementing the change so that users will eventually get used to it.

A key resource is newly assigned to a project. The project manager and the resource did not get along well in a previous project. This resource is needed to ensure the completion of a major component for the project.
What should the project manager do?

A. Work on resolving the differences with the key resource and building a good working relationship to ensure project success.

B. Monitor the key resource closely throughout the project, but do not let the project sponsor know about the conflict.

C. Request that the key resource's functional manager work directly with the resource during the project.

D. Discuss this with the project sponsor and request that this key resource be replaced on the project.

A project manager is establishing a project management office (PMO) for a company-wide program to implement a software based on artificial intelligence (AI). As part of the PMO tasks, some stakeholders need help understanding how to deal with difficult situations.
Which activity should the project manager use to help train the stakeholders?

A. Contract negotiation

B. Team assessment

C. Mentoring and coaching

D. On-the-job training

A Scrum team is analyzing the burndown chart on day four of a 15-day sprint. The burndown chart is shown below. What should the team do next?

A. Continue with the sprint as the progress shows buffers for potential interruptions.

B. Ask the product owner if some low-priority stories could be cut from the sprint.

C. Continue with the sprint work as planned and keep monitoring.

D. Ask the project team to select any additional stories as they have additional capacity than planned.

A project manager is attending a progress meeting with a client The client requests a design change which might potentially add value to the project What action should the project manager take?

A. Accommodate the change request to serve the client's needs

B. Consult with team members and allow them to make a decision

C. Convince the client not to make changes to the project

D. Make transactional decisions focusing on the project goals

A project manager is working on a critical path activity and notices a delay in product delivery due to an anticipated event What should the project manager do first?

A. Follow the risk response plan

B. Use the contingency fund

C. Prepare a change request

D. Update the risk register

A key stakeholder is upset because the final product delivery has been postponed for the third time. The project manager meets with the stakeholder and discovers that there is a risk of revenue impact if a new feature is not released in 1 month.

What should the project manager do?

A. Inform the stakeholder that the new requirement will be considered in the next release planning session.

B. Inform the sponsor of the latest changes and ask the sponsor to prioritize the features.

C. Ask the product owner to determine if this requirement needs to be treated as a top priority.

D. Direct the development team to work on this requirement right away.

A project team with a tight schedule has succeeded in maintaining a schedule performance index (SPI) of the through regular daily standups and overtime, when required After a few months the project manager notices that some of the team members' performance has decreased but mat the overall project team performance is still ahead of schedule by a few days
What should the project manager do first to maintain the project team's performance level?

A. Initiate a performance-based bonus for the team members to provide them with a monetary incentive

B. Remind the team frequently that the project must be delivered on time and within budget

C. Invite the team to a team-building event to alleviate their stress while strengthening teamwork

D. Provide routine mentoring and coaching to the team members to identify any demotivating issues

The project manager has finished all the tasks of the project and immediately starts on a new project. A few months after beginning the new project, the accounting manager asks for confirmation of previous projects because the budget is still open with no further cash flows.

What should the project manager have done?

A. Conveyed task completion information to accounting

B. Closed the procurement process properly

C. Completed the transition process

D. Performed administrative closure of the project