Free PMP Practice Test Questions 2026

A financial company is developing a new application for mobile banking using a hybrid approach The project is delayed as the product concept has not yet been developed to the key stakeholder s satisfaction despite multiple design iterations. The key stakeholder has now started participating in all daily standups. The project manager has observed that the key stakeholder's presence has had a negative impact on the team's morale, while also impacting productivity
How should the project manager ensure that the stakeholder s issues are addressed effectively without impacting the team?

A. Set up a meeting with the stakeholder to address their concerns directly

B. Move to a predictive design-and-requirements gathering approach

C. Talk to the team separately to address the stakeholder's concerns

D. Schedule a team retrospective and invite the stakeholder

A business improvement opportunity to reduce energy usage has been identified. The project manager has assembled a team that includes site engineers to deliver this project. However, due to production imperatives, the site engineers may not be fully focused on the project.
How should the project manager manage the team?

A. Develop an approved responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) to confirm internal and external resource requirements.

B. Commit each team member's time and deliverables and aim for overall project completion.

C. Continue the project implementation without the site engineers to ensure the schedule is maintained.

D. Contract external resources to fulfill the role of the site engineers who cannot support the project.

A new sales software development project is underway The customer is still finalizing the requirements for the system when a new CEO is introduced. The new CEO is expected to make changes to the organization, which most likely will impact development. However, the most important criterion for the project is that the software must provide correct sales results. No intermediate results are required.
Which project approach should the project manager take?

A. Incremental

B. Predictive

C. Hybrid

D. iterative

A project manager for an iterative project received feedback from an on-site team member that the virtual team was not meeting the deliverables on time. The project manager gathered details on what the status report should contain m order to track deliverables
What is the remedial action the project manager should take?

A. Perform stakeholder engagement with the virtual team

B. Add status reports to the communications management plan

C. Convene an on-site meeting for both of the teams

D. Add status report creation as a product backlog item

A project manager is assigned to an automotive product development project in me middle of the pilot phase. According to the test lab. a durability test was completed with good results 6 weeks ago but there were no reports left behind by the test engineer who left the organization the previous month. What should the previous project manager have done to prevent this issue?

A. Built a pair-engineering environment so that experienced engineers always work with junior engineers to assist in knowledge transfer

B. Contracted with a third-party test lab to outsource all testing processes and required that they produce all test reports

C. Led a technical benchmark workshop every month to share state-of-the-art technology trends and ask all team members to attend the workshop

D. Built a shared repository for the project in the internal server and asked the team to create record and save all project deliverables to the server

A project manager who is working with a virtual team needs to mentor an entry-level colleague. This team member informs the project manager that they feel demotivated and excluded from the team
What should the project manager do first to solve the situation?

A. Speak with the team member about their engagement and contributions

B. Perform an assessment of each member of the project team

C. Assign the team member to a team where they can contribute more

D. Conduct a team building event to involve the team member

A team is the first team m the company to use agile methods for a traditional project. The team's manager is concerned that the risks are not being managed. What should the team do to assess and manage risks regularly?

A. Identify and escalate any identified risks to the facilitator to handle

B. Update the risk register during every iteration with any open concerns

C. Use regular feedback loops through daily standups iteration demos and retrospectives

D. Focus on developing a working deliverable instead of documenting risks

An engineer working on a project team has tasks that require an additional skill that the engineer does not have a designer on the team is experienced with this skill from previous jobs and is willing to teach this skill even though it is not part of the current work
What should the project manager do?

A. Escalate the situation to the engineer's manager

B. Request external training for the engineer

C. Request external training for the engineer and designer

D. Allow the engineer and designer to cross-train with each other

A project manager entered into a contract with a vendor to build a new system. During the acceptance test stage, the project manager noticed that the system quality was not satisfactory-How should the project manager support their claim to the vendor?

A. Share unsuccessful results from previous projects with a similar scope

B. Provide the failed test results along with the agreed-upon acceptance criteria

C. Show that the acceptance criteria were changed by the vendor without approval.

D. Document in the risk log that the issues in the system were already identified

A regulatory branch of an environmental government agency has recently placed a ban on the manufacturing of a specified thickness of plastic packaging products. This ban will take effect in 12 months. The project manager for a startup firm working in alternative packaging has been monitoring the progress of this law for a while and. as part of the risk management, has identified new products that can support a growing customer base. What should the project manager do next?

A. Continue production processes and plan to discuss changes at the next annual target review meeting.

B. Begin a marketing campaign to sell alternative packaging after the 12-month period ends.

C. Inform management of the new law as an opportunity to expand market share and share the proposed products

D. Organize a meeting with all stakeholders and review the stakeholder engagement plan

A project manager is working with a team that is new to agile. One of the more influential stakeholders struggles with the nature of agile. The project manager knows that this stakeholder is needed as an advocate and wants to do everything possible to make the stakeholder comfortable with the project.
What should the project manager include in the status report to illustrate the project's performance?

A. Results of the MoSCoW assessment

B. Cost-benefit analysis

C. Return on investment (ROI) analysis

D. Earned value analysis (EVA)

A project manager is leading an automation project. The project team is colocated and includes people from both the technical and business units. The project manager discovers that personal differences and work styles are affecting the project negatively. How should the project manager address this?

A. Develop a schedule that ensures people with personal differences work separately.

B. Use an approach to the project that does not involve colocation.

C. Meet with the team and agree on expectations from team members.

D. Invite the functional managers of the different units to address their personal differences.