Free PMP Practice Test Questions 2026

During the planning stage of a project the project manager realizes that a standard stakeholder engagement approach will not suffice One of the client representatives, who is not a key decision maker, is extremely opinionated This client representative could become a roadblock to progress due to their perceived level of authority during meetings

How should the project manager handle this moving forward?

A. Ask that only key decision makers attend the project meetings.

B. Update the project schedule to cater to this particular stakeholder

C. Allocate time to gain buy-in from the stakeholder prior to key decision meetings.

D. Update the risk register to consider the possible project impacts

Due to delays on some activities one of the project team members has increased the scope without any approval What should the project manager do next?

A. Remove the changes to match the original requirements.

B. Add team members to the project to avoid more schedule delays.

C. Evaluate the impacts of the changes that were made to the project

D. Update project documentation with the new scope

An experienced project manager is managing a multi-million dollar agile project The project manager communicates the ground rules to the team but after 12 iterations, the project manager starts noticing that some team members are not following the ground rules.

What should the project manager do first to ensure team adherence to the ground rules?

A. Schedule a meeting with the project team to reinforce the ground rules.

B. Notify the project sponsor about this behavior and ask the sponsor to take disciplinary action

C. Contact human resources to request a written warning letter be sent to team members not following the ground rules.

D. Ask the functional manager to replace team members not following the ground rules

A client is structured as a matrix organization for an agile project The project manager is working on-site with key stakeholders from different parts of the organization

How should the project manager handle the different stakeholders?

A. All stakeholders are important, so the project manager should follow directions provided by management and key stakeholders

B. Because there are different perspectives perform a stakeholder analysis and act based on the outcome.

C. The project manager is working on the client's premises, so follow the directions of all the key stakeholders

D. This is an agile project, so listen only to the directions of the project manager's supervisor and the functional managers of the organization

A project manager for a large multiyear industrial project has a project with diversified stakeholders from various geographical areas. Recently, the project manager encountered an issue with stakeholder engagement

Which two tools should the project manager use to determine the underlying reason for why engagement is not having the planned effect? (Choose two)

A. Five whys

B. Communications management plan

C. Ishikawa diagrams

D. Issue log

E. Open-space meetings

A project manager joins a team that is providing a customized enterprise resource planning (ERP) system to a client A potential design problem is identified by the development team After reviewing this issue with the project owner and team members, all agreed to revise the design to avoid a system defect when deployed The design is already approved.

What should be the project manager's next steps?

A. Conduct a proof of concept to make sure there are no problems in the revised design

B. Amend the design specifications and pass them to the development team for reprogramming

C. Make a change request and get format approval from the project owner

D. Inform the client of the problem and follow the change request process

A new project manager for an agile project is reviewing with an established team, some of the roles to avoid confusion on what to expect. Drag the description on the left to the role on the right

A company starts implementing Scrum About halfway through the first sprint, communication issues develop Some project team members are not in sync with other team members

What is the cause for this communication gap?

A. The project sprint board has not been updated

B. Daily standup meetings were not held or enforced

C. The project status dashboard has not been updated

D. The communications management plan has not been developed

As part of the strategic plan, a company decides to implement a new software platform to manage a centralized document repository. Some requirements are clear and some need more detail.

What should the project manager do first to decide how to manage this project?

A. Select a predictive development life cycle based on the team's experience

B. Determine the most appropriate life cycle approach for the project

C. Register all requirements into a backlog for further detailed analysis.

D. Split the requirements, put them into two separate projects, and apply different approaches

The project schedule is falling behind and the project manager observes that the project team seems to be spending the majority of their time writing documentation instead of performing project tasks What should the project manager do to help ensure that the team focuses on project tasks?

A. Assign a team member to handle the documentation activities.

B. Coach the project team to complete the project documentation activities

C. Review and adapt the appropriate project artifacts.

D. Save all documentation activities until tire end of the project

A project team is engaging a development team in another country to develop software. During progress reviews, the project manager identified completion date delays due to rework because there were different interpretations of the client's needs.

What should the project manager do?

A. Set up a meeting with key stakeholders to clarify requirements

B. Escalate to the project steering committee and request additional time

C. Travel to the development team's office to push the schedule

D. Create prototypes with the development team to confirm requirements

A project manager is acting as a scrum master in a hybrid project and is dealing with a conflict between team members What strategy should be used to handle this conflict?

A. Sort conflicts into two groups: positive and negative

B. Place conflicts into categories: structural and interpersonal.

C. Place conflicts on a shared conflict list and ensure it is visible

D. Review conflicts during daily Scrum so they are handled in a timely manner