Free PMP Practice Test Questions 2026

During the implementation phase of a construction project the customer asked a key subcontractor to deliver a work package ahead of time The subcontractor was not prepared for it and asked the project manager for additional budget What should the project manager do first?

A. Ask upper management for more funds and update the project budget

B. Revise the project scope accordingly to cope with the budget changes

C. Update the risk register and project log. and manage the budget closely.

D. Submit a change request to accelerate the project as requested

A company's project management office (PMO) has started to implement iterative tools A project manager is starting a new project and has identified an opportunity to use the iterative tools One of the senior managers is concerned about this modified framework as it is fairly new to the company

What should the project manager do first?

A. Organize individual sessions with the stakeholders to build awareness and trust in the new framework

B. Look for external training on the new framework to eliminate the risk of low engagement from stakeholders.

C. Send documentation to the senior manager about the advantages of the new framework

D. Escalate the senior manager's concern to the project sponsor and distribute the status to the team

A company is using a predictive approach for the development of a particular component as defined in the scope management plan Due to regularly changing regulatory requirements, the development team has requested to utilize agile approaches

What should the project manager do about the development team's request"?

A. Escalate the request for additional financial resources

B. Forward the request to the project management office (PMO) to amend the organizational process assets

C. Ask the project sponsor to obtain approval for implementation of the new approach

D. Analyze the requirements that will need to be addressed under the requested method

A team has been struggling with various issues during the course of an iteration. The project lead facilitates a discussion of the issues and the team forms new team agreements. During the next iteration, some of the same issues appear again

What should the project lead do next?

A. Notify senior management of the issues and have them review the importance of agreements with the team

B. Challenge the team to determine if the issues surfaced again because agreements were not followed

C. Post the agreements in a conspicuous place where all of the team members can see them.

D. Let the team self-organize and determine the best means to prevent the issues from occurring again

A team member shares with their functional manager some negative details about the performance of another team member that was discussed during the retrospective. The project manager finds out about this discussion

What two actions should the project manager take? (Choose two)

A. Contact the team member's functional manager and invite them to the next retrospective

B. Meet with the entire team to review the ground rules about safe environments

C. Meet with the product owner to talk about the situation.

D. Contact the team member to explain what information can be shared outside the team

E. Meet with the sponsor to review the situation.

During a documentation audit of an international company it was identified that the last version of the project schedule was from one month ago even though the project manager knew it was recently updated How should the project manager have handled documentation for the project?

A. Updated the project management plan regularly and had it securely shared with all stakeholders

B. Assigned a project team member to ensure all project documentation was updated

C. Reviewed the risk register to identify a response plan for the audit

D. Kept documentation in the project management information system (PMIS), and shared it with appropriate stakeholders

A project team with members from many different countries is struggling to cooperate The project manager accepted these difficulties during the storming phase of team development, but the team has not moved to the next phase The project is beginning to fall behind schedule

What can the project manager do to move the team to the norming phase?

A. Plan social activities to help foster stronger interpersonal relationships and identify shared goals.

B. Speak with the project sponsor about changing the team composition

C. Figure out who is behind the issues and apply progressive disciplinary techniques.

D. Show the team the schedule impact of their communication issues and encourage them to put their differences aside

A company wants to increase the commercial value of one of its products in a highly competitive market In order to do this, the company commissions a project to create a prototype The team constructs the prototype incrementally Which action should the project manager take as a priority?

A. Emphasize the use of Kanban methodology.

B. Ensure the project sponsor is aware of the go-to market date

C. Deliver business value as soon as possible

D. Implement a plan-do-check-act (PDCA) cycle

A stakeholder on a project has a reputation for being easily angered and unreasonably difficult on projects The project manager would like to minimize the impact of the stakeholder’s behavior on the development team.

What training should the project manager choose for their team to help with this situation?

A. Communication training

B. Negotiation training

C. Emotional intelligence training

D. Agile training.

A company's new communication system will include online dashboard reporting. The executive board might receive bi-weekly performance reports through the online dashboard What should the project manager do?

A. Review the project management plan

B. Update the stakeholder engagement plan.

C. Update the communications management plan

D. Review the configuration management plan.

A project manager who is managing a critical project in a multinational company is conducting a progress meeting with all team members. During the meeting, one of the team members states that they are facing a critical problem that will prevent them from completing their assigned task

What should the project manager do?

A. Ask the team member to follow the approved communications management plan to communicate their issue

B. Schedule a meeting with the concerned team member to review and update the issue log together

C. Review the risk register with the team member to find the proper response action for this issue.

D. Ask the team member to raise a change request to assess the issue in detail

Project A is critical for the company and must be completed within nine months. The project charter has been signed but the project scope statement has not been prepared Management asks the project manager to move forward with the project without an approved project scope statement

What should the project manager do next?

A. Escalate the issue to the project sponsor and add it to the risk register

B. Refuse to work on the project because management is not following standard project management practices

C. Meet with management to explain the potential problems with running a project without a project scope statement

D. Start the project with inputs from the project charter to save time