Free PMP Practice Test Questions 2026

During a team meeting the project manager asks the team to complete a personality assessment to help everyone understand themselves and one another better. The project manager analyzes the results and realizes that more than one-half of team members are introverts
What should the project manager do?

A. Present brainstorming topics a day before the session so the team can reflect and contribute more fully during the session

B. Adjust the lighting and ambient sounds in the work and common areas to create a relaxing work atmosphere

C. Ensure the team understands that their input needs to be fully articulated and explained to all team members during daily standups

D. Require everyone to share personal details at the start of each team meeting to allow learn members to get to know one another

A project manager has been assigned to a project that is in progress. The project manager is looking for information regarding why the project is being completed. What should the project manager do first?

A. Evaluate the project exit criteria in the project charter.

B. Reach out to the senior executive sponsor for the project.

C. Understand the project success criteria and objectives.

D. Review the project status reporting for the latest information.

In a hybrid project, 100 new base stations are being added to a 4G mobile network every month. At the end of the first month, the team is behind the target and the operator is losing money. The stakeholders are requesting information on when the base stations can go live and begin to bill. What should the project manager do to take the schedule back and accelerate the return on investment (ROI) of the project?

A. Change the project approach to predictive.

B. Increase reporting to the business.

C. Clarify the agile and predictive modules

D. Reconsider necessary schedule reserves

A project manager is working on a cost-reimbursable contract from the client's side. During project execution the project manager notices a major deliverable is missing. The project manager raises this with the seller but the seller advises the project manager that the subject deliverable is not part of the contract. The project manager remembers negotiating and agreeing to this deliverable during the tender process but cannot find it in the contract What should the project manager do?

A. Request a change in the contract in order to add the deliverable

B. Add this deliverable to the requirements traceability matrix

C. Terminate the contract and commence the closeout process

D. Look to see if the deliverable is described in the statement of work (SOW)

A project manager is assigned to an important company project. While reviewing the lessons learned from a similar, previous project, the project manager finds that the biggest challenges were related to learn motivation. What should the project manager do to avoid these challenges?

A. Increase the project budget by 10% for team-related activities and awards.

B. Plan to implement team-building strategies throughout the project.

C. Ask the functional manager to motivate the team outside of the project.

D. Colocate the team to encourage more motivational team activities

A project is in the execution phase During a few planning sessions the team brought up dependencies and risks based on their knowledge of other project. The project manager also received questions from the company in terms of how and when the team planned to perform acceptance testing and training activities
What should the project manager do next?

A. Document the project management plans and share them with the company and all team members via email for review

B. Create a log to track risks assumptions issues and dependencies and establish a periodic review with the stakeholders

C. Add contingency m the schedule to account for dependencies and risks then review rt with the team

D. Engage with the company and the project team to determine the best course of action

A project manager is assigned to a project related to taxes, which will be managed using an agile approach. By reviewing lessons learned from a previous project, the project manager discovers that a key stakeholder is an expert on taxes and is willing to help. How should the project manager leverage this information?

A. Recognize the stakeholder's skills are important for the project and evaluate the possibility of the stakeholder supporting the project team.

B. Request the functional manager to assign the team from the lessons learned project to the current project to avoid a learning curve.

C. Ask the project team to review the lessons learned and have the team contact the stakeholder directly if there are any questions.

D. Send a request to the project sponsor to hire the stakeholder and have them become part of the project team.

A team is developing an experimental program to be used by the public. What should the project manager do to ensure the desired benefits are achieved?

A. Ensure that the project team fully tests the program.

B. Ensure a review is done with a representative group of users.

C. Meet with government officials to review policy requirements.

D. Document the features fully and update the specifications.

A project manager submits a version of the software that the project team created. During the review meeting, a team member informs the project manager of a recent regulation that requires a dual verification process in the software. However, the product sponsor strongly insists there should be no updates to the software. What should the project manager do?

A. Include the new requirement in the next iteration of the software without informing the sponsor.

B. Inform the team that the sponsor decided to reject any changes and release the software as is.

C. Release the software as is and start a new project to deliver the new requirements.

D. Collect the requirements of the regulation and follow the change control process.

A project manager realizes that the team members are new to the hybrid approach and do not value standup meetings. Team members often arrive late. Digress into solutioning. or skip the meetings altogether. How should the project manager improve this situation with the project team?

A. Engage the project team In implementing and Improving key aspects of the standup meetings.

B. Ask the product owner to remove team members who do not comply with standup meeting rules.

C. Send a daily retrospective report to all team members instead of holding standup meetings.

D. Include a daily brainstorming session In the standup meetings to resolve pending Issues.

A project manager is managing two integrated projects in a program A key integration point is misaligned, which has resulted in delays. One of the team's integration leads is a subject matter expert (SME) m this integration area. The other team's integration lead is not a SME but is more senior and has worked on the project longer Both team leads are blaming each other
What should the project manager do first to resolve this situation?

A. Assign the resolution of the issue to the senior integration lead who has worked on the project longer

B. Meet with both integration leads to understand the root cause and determine a resolution

C. Escalate the issue to the program architect who developed the integration plan

D. Assign the resolution of this issue to the integration lead who is a SME

In a software project using an agile approach, there have recently been work overruns. After assessing the situation, the project manager concluded that the overruns are occurring because of insufficiently refined product backlog items. What should the project manager do to correct this issue?

A. Work with the sponsor to revise the product vision.

B. Create a definition of ready (DoR) for the backlog items.

C. Discuss the issue with the service request manager.

D. Refine the product backlog items with the stakeholders.