Free PMP Practice Test Questions 2026

Vendor A submitted a bid for US$500,000. There is a 65% probability that the vendor will deliver behind schedule with a cost overrun of US$ 100,000. The vendor will come in ahead of schedule for a savings of US$50,000.
What should the project manager determine as the value of the vendor's bid?

A. US$650,000

B. US$452,500

C. US$547,500

D. US$582,500

A project manager has been assigned to complete a worksite project that was started by a different project manager. The project is now in the execution stage. Upon careful review, the project manager realizes that the local community was not included in the stakeholder register, which has resulted in extreme opposition from the community.

How should the project manager handle this issue?

A. Disregard these stakeholders since the relevant documents have been secured to execute this project.

B. Update the stakeholder register and risk management plan.

C. Update the stakeholder register and revise the stakeholder engagement plan.

D. Explain to the community members why they were not included as stakeholders for the project.

A key project team member has exhibited high interest in a project. The input from this person has been very useful, and the project is steadily progressing. Suddenly, this individual's participation decreases, and activities that they were responsible for are not being completed within the planned period.
What should the project manager do?

A. Reallocate tasks for the team member of concern so that work is handled by another team member.

B. Schedule a meeting to discuss recent observations with the team member.

C. Organize a team-building session with all of the team members.

D. Consult the resource allocation matrix to see if the team member is still required for the project.

A project manager assigned to an engineering construction project is receiving questions from the site engineers. Several questions are related to carrying out activities to meet timelines that compromise the work crew's safety. When reviewing these questions, the project manager realizes that the engineers do not (eel empowered to make decisions. How should the project manager address this?

A. Consult the previous project manager to discuss how they managed these questions.

B. Ensure all engineers are aware that questions should only be submitted in their weekly reports.

C. Email the company vision to the engineers and tell them they need to meet deadlines

D. Reinforce to all engineers the company vision of a safety-first approach to project activities.

The operations director complains to the CEO about the outcome of a project's first sprint The operations department will not be able to support a new product due to poor performance indicators The project team facilitator asks for feedback from the project team and is informed that performance information is available in the application server log.

How should this complaint be addressed?

A. Request that the issue be included in the next board of directors meeting to explain all of the needs

B. Add the complaint to the product backlog to be addressed in the next sprint

C. Ask the operations director to define the acceptance criteria to make clear the delivery is correct

D. Invite a member of the operations team to be part of the validation and sprint meetings

A leader from project B consistently reaches out to a team member in project A for assistance. What should project A's project manager do?

A. Allow project B's leader to continue building relationships.

B. Talk with project B's leader to discuss possible impacts to both projects.

C. Tell project A's team member to ignore project B's leader.

D. Ensure project A's team member can finish the work committed to project A.

A project sponsor asks the project manager to explore a hybrid approach for a new project. The product manager for this project has already prepared a detailed specification for the product. What should the project manager do to proceed with the project management plan?

A. Ask the team to assess whether the product specification can be expressed in user stories to enable a Scrum or Kanban approach.

B. Explore with the product manager to determine if there are viable opportunities to deliver value incrementally and increase business value.

C. Recommend to the project sponsor that a predictive approach is appropriate for the project due to the stable product requirements.

D. Ask the product manager whether they are prepared to act as product owner for the project in order to participate in iterative planning and reviews.

An important email from a project sponsor states that a backlog item should be immediately prioritized. What should the project manager do with many tasks still open on the Kanban board?

A. Decompose the item immediately and begin work.

B. Discuss the impact of starting the item with the team.

C. Finish the small tasks in progress before decomposing the item.

D. Communicate the impact with the project sponsor.

A new building project is in the middle of its life cycle. The municipality informs the project manager that due to new regulations, the parking lot around the project has to accommodate twice the number of cars than was initially planned. What should the project manager do next?

A. Request the project sponsor to fund this change as it is a new regulation, then order the materials in order to start working.

B. Assess the impact of the required change and consult with the executive sponsors to determine the best course of action.

C. Ask the designers to start designing a solution for this new requirement while the project is running and determine the funding for this change.

D. Have the company's lawyers write to the municipality and reject the change as it was not part of the scope approved by the municipality.

A project team member reads in a financial newspaper that the main project supplier is facing some financial difficulties and communicates this to the project manager. What should the project manager do?

A. Add the situation to the project risk register to be managed

B. Identify competitors that are qualified to replace the current supplier

C. Inform the purchasing department that manages the supplier relationship

D. Use the issue log to record the situation immediately

A team is assembled for a new project that will be using a predictive approach through requirements gathering and an agile approach for development and testing Not everyone on the team has experience working in agile. The schedule has started slipping due to the unclear structure of the agile development approach.

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

A. Established daily standup meetings to track and report on team progress and escalated delays to stakeholders as they occurred

B. Set up weekly status meetings to review team progress, prepared weekly status reports to track progress and regularly escalated delays

C. Met with the team, allowed team members to make decisions about what to do and established performance goals

D. Conducted routine meetings and identified team members who are under performing

Organizational downsizing has resulted in the key subject matter expert (SME) resource leaving a multiyear project. What should the project manager do?

A. Update the stakeholder register.

B. Refer to the resource management plan.

C. Consult the project sponsor.

D. Modify the statement of work (SOV).