Free PMP Practice Test Questions 2026

During a project kick-off meeting the project manager tells team members that they can attend a weekly progress meeting either from home or the office. Which intangible stakeholder engagement quality is the project manager embracing to manage relationships?

A. Asking and listening

B. Being collaborative

C. Managing expectations

D. Building trust

During the first project meeting with a new project manager, a stakeholder complains about not receiving periodic reports. What should the project manager do first?

A. Add the stakeholder details into the periodic reports and update the project management plan

B. Invite the stakeholder to all future project review meetings and update the project management plan

C. Update the project management plan with the new information and inform all of the relevant stakeholders

D. Meet with the stakeholder to better understand their expectations and update the stakeholder engagement plan

A product company is transforming the way it develops and releases products in the market Executives believe that this is a high-risk initiative, and this initiative must be successful What should the project manager do in this scenario?

A. A. Develop a business case with assumptions for the new model

B. Develop a communications management plan to inform the employees about the new business model

C. Adopt an iterative rollout approach that delivers the highest business value earlier

D. Develop a detailed sprint plan with clear deliverables

The project manager has initiated the project and the team's roles and responsibilities have been assigned. In preparation for the development of the project management plan, the project manager reviews lessons learned from previous projects and discovers that the same team has been missing delivery dates.

What should the project manager do to ensure timely delivery?

A. Ask the team leader to assign other resource

B. Update the issue log.

C. Include this in the risk register.

D. Escalate the issue to the functional manager.

A project manager is assigned to lead a newly formed agile team. The functional manager has assigned tasks to team members, but the team members do not feel empowered. How can the project manager promote empowerment and accountability among the team?

A. Assign the tasks individually based on the role of the team member to ensure expertise on the subject.

B. Encourage and assign the team to perform demos of their products or software with the customers

C. Give the team autonomy to make their own decisions on how to perform the tasks.

D. Encourage the team to keep the product owner involved when choosing ways to resolve the given task

A project manager has been asked to lead a project. The performing organization does not have a project management office (PMO) or formal governance policies procedures, and guidelines for this type of project What should the project manager do first to determine a governance approach for the project?

A. Consult a subject matter expert (SME) as to the best governance policies, procedures, and guidelines to be used by the project

B. Consult with team members and stakeholders to determine whether the organization has any informal governance policies procedures, and guidelines

C. Choose either a predictive or agile framework best suited to the nature of the project, and use this framework as the basis for project governance policies, procedures, and guidelines

D. Coach the self-managing team to produce tailored governance policies, procedures and guidelines for the project

In a construction project for a new building, the project manager decides to apply agile principles for the building foundation phase While evaluating the project schedule with the team, the project manager believes that the estimates are inaccurate. How should the project manager address this issue?

A. Create a product backlog

B. Perform sprint reviews with the team

C. Assess the previous project velocity

D. Reduce the story size by splitting stories

A project manager is managing the scope of the project and creating a work breakdown structure (WBS) with the team members. How should the project manager organize the WBS?

A. Cost oriented

B. Deliverable oriented

C. Customer oriented

D. Team oriented

A new team member is hired and the training is taking longer than expected. This impacts the overall project performance.

What immediate action should the project manager take to improve the situation?

A. Communicate this issue to the human resources department.

B. Provide additional training to the new hire.

C. Increase team cohesiveness by sharing information and experiences openly.

D. Update the issue log and define the mitigation strategy.

In the beginning of project execution, the project manager finds out that a key resource will be unavailable for two weeks which could cause a delay to the schedule What should the project manager do first?

A. Assign the tasks to another resource, and ask the resource to work double shifts

B. Update the schedule to reflect the project's changes in duration

C. Ask human resources (HR) for a replacement, and update the nsk register

D. Update the resource management plan and resource allocation chart accordingly

The project sponsor requested technical specifications for a project-related component. The project sponsor does not have the authorization to see the specifications, but insists on seeing them.

What should the project manager do first in this situation?

A. Meet with the project sponsor as soon as possible to discuss the matter further

B. Update the issue log to make the project team aware and to develop a strategy

C. Create a stakeholder engagement plan to help the team formulate a response

D. Provide the specifications to the project sponsor with some information removed

us graph describes the current performance of a protect in relation to cost and schedule.
What should the project manager do to bring the project back on track?

A. Review project cost because the project is over budget and ahead of schedule

B. Review project schedule and cost because the project is over budget and behind schedule

C. Review project schedule because the project is under budget and behind schedule

D. Review project scope because the project is under budget and ahead of schedule