Free PMP Practice Test Questions 2026

A company's CEO has just returned from a conference on the use of artificial intelligence (Al) and would like the project manager to implement this technology in the organization What should the project manager do first?

A. Start developing a business case.

B. Start a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT).

C. Engage stakeholders and allocate resources

D. Gather requirements from stakeholders

During the course of the project several obstacles are identified that are preventing the project from moving forward. What should the project manager do to remove the obstacles?

A. Have the project team work on other activities

B. Implement plans to remove the obstacles

C. Escalate to the project steering committee

D. Prioritize the obstacles for resolution

A food company is developing a new product using a predictive approach, and the product is currently in the testing phase Given the nature of the feedback of the tests, the project manager has decided to use an iterative approach At the end of one of the iterations, a new regulation related to the product is enacted.

What should the project manager do next?

A. Make a change request regarding the project's scope to ensure compliance.

B. Include an assessment to verfy compliance in the next iteration

C. Conduct an iteration review to address the new regulation

D. Start the tests over, adapting the trials to the new regulation

During the course of a project the project manager's immediate director is communicating directly with the client to approve changes without the project manager's knowledge This is causing confusion in the project team where the scope is changing in the background, but only being mentioned in project meetings

How should the project manager handle this?

A. Communicate directly with the director and inform them of the communications management plan

B. Communicate directly with the client stating that any scope changes must go through the project manager

C. Review the stakeholder engagement plan and put in place any existing actionsaccordingly

D. Discuss the issues with the project team and let them know that the project manager will handle scope changes

A team member misses a project meeting without it being approved and has been penalized as defined in the ground rules. This team member, as well as other team members, insist that it is the first time they have seen this rule regarding the project and they do not agree with the penalty

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

A. Ensured the team charter was developed by the team members

B. Ensured the team members are fully supportive of all decisions.

C. Distributed the project charter to all team members.

D. Used a charismatic leadership style

A team is working on implementing a communications system when the client says that they are considering closing the project. The project manager schedules an urgent meeting with the client to understand why the project is at risk Which two tools or techniques can the project manager use to influence the client’s decision to keep the project active?
(Choose two)

A. Alternatives analysis

B. Voting

C. Cost-benefit analysis

D. Multi-criteria decision making

E. Autocratic decision making

A project has a very tight delivery schedule. The project is approaching the delivery date, and the project sponsor often sends the project manager alerts to avoid any schedule slippage . The project team has performed at an acceptable level until new, but the project manager wants to ensure that team’s performance level is performance is maintained until the end.

What action should the project manager take to motivate the project team's performance?

A. Award certificates of appreciation to encourage the team

B. Inform the team about the delivery pressure from the project sponsor

C. Send a formal notice to team members instructing them to maintain performance

D. Hire a few temporary team members to help with the additional work.

A project manager is leading a project that is in an advanced stage. All high-level risks identified in the risk management plan have been resolved or are no longer a risk for the project. Only low-level risks remain

What should the project manager do now?

A. Reduce the priority of project risks as all remaining risks are low-level

B. Notify stakeholders that all high-level risks have been resolved

C. Reevaluate identified risks and update the risk register

D. Reclassify low-level risks as high-level risks

A project manager has been managing a highly complex project. The project manager has ensured that all of the required tasks have been completed. During a recent external audit. The project manager was informed of a heavy penalty being levied on the project for the latest module that was implemented

What should the project manager have done to ensure that there were no liabilities arising from the recent implementation?

A. Ensured that all defects identified during testing were resolved before implementation

B. Ensured that all of the required tasks identified in the scope were completed successfully

C. Ensured that all documentation was completed post implementation before closing the project

D. Ensured that all the required approvals were received per the organizational procedures

A project manager is responsible for building a bridge The high-level elements of the project are handled using a predictive approach The software responsible for retracting the bridge has been developed based on agile principles During software development, the workflow is often interrupted by various delays or impediments due to lack of information

How should the project manager handle this situation?

A. Apply lean manufacturing to limit the team’s work

B. Increase retrospectives to deliver results fast

C. Make work visible using kanban boards.

D. Incorporate small batches of work into the project

A team is ready to start working on a project with a customer who was very difficult to work with in the past because the customer was unable to describe exactly what they wanted What approach should the project manager take to remove this impediment?

A. Follow a predictive approach in order to obtain formal acceptance of each deliverable

B. Work with the product owner to define the minimum viable product(s)

C. Reinforce the negotiation and soft skills of the team through training

D. Develop and monitor a plan with due dates to reduce the time of completing the product

A vendor informed the project manager that a critical resource will be on a long leave of absence The project team reviewed the pending vendor deliverables and identified an alternative solution, but the solution will incur an additional cost The project is currently on schedule and slightly under budget

What should the project manager do next?

A. Request a replacement resource

B. Perform a cost-benefit analysis

C. Implement risk responses

D. Perform Integrated Change Control