Free PMP Practice Test Questions 2026

A project manager acquired information from the market that would reduce the business value being delivered by an ongoing protect Based on that information, the project manager believes the project should be stopped
How should the project manager handle the situation?

A. Remove the items no longer applicable from the backlog and present the backlog to the project team

B. Continue working on the defined scope and review the risk matrix

C. Have a discussion with the project sponsor and cancel the project

D. Have a discussion with the sponsor and recommend the project business value be reassessed

A project manager is leading a project that is in the execution phase. During a team meeting, the project manager realizes that there are two team members who lack the technical skills required for some of the upcoming tasks.
What should the servant leader project manager do next?

A. Recommend to the team members to upskill themselves on the requirements for the project.

B. Discuss with the human resource (HR) manager about the possibility of changing team members.

C. Inform the sponsor about a possible delay due to the lack of skills in the team.

D. Explore a training program that is within the project budget for the team members.

A project needs to purchase a specific piece of equipment, as stated in the project documents and approved by the project sponsor. The procurement division is questioning the need to buy the specific brand of equipment and has suggested buying a cheaper alternative instead.

What should the project manager have done earlier in the project to ensure the purchase of the specific equipment?

A. Communicated the project charter to the procurement division

B. Included a procurement division member on the project team

C. Reminded the project sponsor about the procurement division's reputation

D. Communicated the project management plan to the procurement division

A project manager is in the process of creating a strengths-based team and is organizing a series of workshops to identify and document the strengths of each project team member. During this session, there are multiple team members who are not actively participating. These meetings are becoming futile due to a lack of participation.
What should the project manager do?

A. Have a one-on-one discussion with each team member to emphasize their individual talents.

B. Document the behavior of the team members and highlight it during their performance reviews.

C. Identify the team members who are not participating and reprimand them.

D. Explain the benefits of the approach and the effects of positive psychology.

Two learn members are consistently having misunderstandings and find it difficult to work together. How should the project manager handle this situation?

A. Remove one of the team members

B. Identify the issues between the team members and guide them toward a resolution

C. Warn the team members about their behavior

D. Train the team members on communication techniques and interpersonal behavior

A team is given an agile project to build a conceptual product for a new customer. While planning, the project manager is trying to determine the best way to show value to the customer, as the technical requirements are not very detailed. What should the project manager do to help the client understand the value delivered during project execution?

A. Include a planned value (PV) calculation in the sprint report for each build cycle.

B. Conduct a customer demonstration at the end of each build cycle.

C. Provide the customer with the refined specification during each build cycle.

D. Show the customer a sprint burndown chart for each build cycle.

A company is transitioning from a predictive to agile delivery of projects. Based on the requirements, the project team estimates the budget and decides to use a fixed-price contract with its vendor. However, during the execution of the project, the requirements evolve and priorities start to change constantly, which puts the project and the estimate at completion (EAC) off by 40%.

What should the project manager do next?

A. Send a detailed status report highlighting the issue with funding to all of the stakeholders.

B. Submit a change request to the financial manager to increase the funding and continue as is.

C. Meet with the stakeholders to recommend the use of a time and materials (T&M) contract to address the problem.

D. Wait until the next gate review meeting to highlight the risk of low funds to the stakeholders.

A large company is transitioning its projects to an agile approach After the transition executive management requests the information that was previously available in old reports and dashboards Many of the old reports and dashboards are no longer relevant after the shift to agile practices. What should the project manager do in this situation?

A. Explain to the management team that reporting and management dashboards are not effective agile practices

B. Ask the management team to review the endorsed agile concepts to prove that the old information s not relevant

C. Help the management team understand how the change to an agile approach impacts the relevance of certain reports and key performance indicators (KPls)

D. Remind the management team that an agile approach empowers teams to be selfdirected and therefore there is no need for reporting

A team member is hosting an event and invites several colleagues through their work calendars Another team member, who was not invited to the event, is noticeably distracted during several standup meetings

What should the project manager do?

A. Ask the individual who is hosting the event to use private communication methods.

B. Set up a meeting with the distracted team member to discuss any issues

C. Add a social events section to the charter to handle these situations

D. Ask the individual who is hosting the event to mark it as private

In a hybrid project a stakeholder requests some feature modifications directly to one of the team members. When investigating further the project manager finds this to be a common practice m the business, which is different from what is stated in the project management plan
What should the project manager do?

A. Update the risk register including noncompliance with the change process as a probable cause for scope creep

B. Make sure that all stakeholders are aware and in agreement with the project governance structure m place

C. Advise the team not to engage in modifications unless it follows the proper change approval process

D. Escalate to the project management office (PMO) and request that the team member who accepted the request be replaced

A project manager is leading a major water pipeline project and realizes midway into the project that the project completion date is not achievable. Local farmers who rely on the water for irrigation may be affected due to the delay. The project manager is afraid of their displeasure and reaction, which will affect the project.
How should the project manager plan the communication to the stakeholders?

A. Document and accept this risk and communicate this decision to the project sponsor.

B. Collect feedback from the farmers and keep the information within the project team.

C. Deliver the information to the stakeholders with the project management office's (PMO) assistance.

D. Propose a solution to the stakeholders and communicate it to the local farmers.

A company Is helping their client launch an Innovative product. During the sprint review, the product owner identifies that the product does not include key features that were previously prioritized as part of the product backlog.

What should the project manager do next?

A. Extend the sprint timeline so the learn can work on the missing feature.

B. Inform the product owner that this issue needs to be escalated to the executive level.

C. Collaborate with the product owner and the team to plan the following sprint

D. Initiate the change request process to include these missing features.