Free PMP Practice Test Questions 2026

The project sponsor recently requested that a vendor begins working toward adopting a hybrid approach. In response, the vendor hired a project manager experienced in agile for the project. What does that project manager need to do to make the team work in a collaborative way?

A. Request the project management office (PMO) for a team of mentors.

B. Allocate time to mentor the team.

C. Update the issue log.

D. Identify any training gaps

A project manager at a company is considering a high-performing junior member of the organization to be the new project manager for a current project. What should the project manager do to prepare for a recommendation to senior management?

A. Compile key highlights featuring the team member from the meeting minutes.

B. Ask the team member to write a short biography listing their qualifications

C. Gather project artifacts that demonstrate the team member's high performance

D. Calculate the health of the projects on which the team member has worked

A project manager presented the project schedule to the mam stakeholders They have requested that the project be completed two months earlier than the scheduled date What should the project manager do?

A. Hold a stakeholder meeting to align timelines and scope expectations.

B. Crash the schedule to shorten the timeline while keeping the scope unchanged

C. Update the cost management plan to allocate more resources to the project to finish the scope earlier.

D. Reduce the scope of the project by removing activities and shortening the timeline

The project manager has learned that the project sponsor is unhappy with the development of the project requirements In order to realign the project with the sponsor's expectations, what should the project manager do?

A. Review the project goal diagram with the team.

B. Perform a stakeholder evaluation

C. Confirm which templates the team should be using

D. Review the risk management plan

Due to a company merger and acquisition process, the main stakeholder of a critical project has been changed This new stakeholder complains that they were unaware of a delay on the project of which the rest of the stakeholders were aware. All the communications about the project are shared via email at the start of every week. How should the project manager address this situation?

A. Send evidence to the new stakeholder that the project's status was sent according to the schedule

B. Suggest that the new stakeholder review the project status before the next board meeting

C. Share the communications management plan with the new stakeholder

D. Discuss project requirements with the new stakeholder, and update the communications management plan.

A project manager has been assigned to lead a project to deploy a new system. The stakeholders disagree on the project objectives and approach. What should the project manager do?

A. Create a roles and responsibilities matrix based on the project charter and ask the sponsor to share it with all stakeholders to provide credible authority

B. Conduct scoping workshops with the project team to create a work breakdown structure (WBS), assign tasks to various entities share this with all stakeholders, and ask the team to complete their tasks as scheduled

C. Conduct a general meeting with all stakeholders and review and address a list of activities for each of them

D. Breakdown the situation to identify the root causes for the disagreement and then work with each stakeholder and participating entity on their exact roles and responsibilities

The project manager is having difficulty obtaining approval of the project requirements because there is disagreement among the project stakeholders This issue is putting the project schedule at risk What should the project manager do first to facilitate the approval of project requirements'?

A. Review the project charter

B. Perform a stakeholder analysis

C. Identify the source of the disagreement

D. Hold a team-building event

A project manager learns from a marketing analyst that a competitor just published a press release announcing a product launch using a specific innovation The project manager is concerned because the company is initiating a project involving the same innovation A key goal of the new project is that the product will be the first to market won the innovation What should the project manager do next?

A. Document the issue in the issue log and escalate to the project sponsor

B. Inform the project sponsor and suggest canceling the project

C. Review the project goals and eat criteria m the project charter

D. Ask the leader of research and development to decide on next steps

A project manager realizes that a project is becoming delayed because some key decisions are affected by contradicting views between the organization's senior management and external stakeholders. What should the project manager do?

A. Review the stakeholder register and ensure that communications are being followed in line with the communications management plan.

B. Isolate the project team from external factors such as senior management and stakeholders so that decisions can be made more quickly

C. Review the remaining scope and rebaseline the project’s schedule to take into account delays in decision making

D. Review the adequacy of the project's governance and ensure that an appropriate structure is in place

During initiation of a new product improvement project, a project manager finds historical data showing that a similar project resulted in customers complaining of an even worse user experience compared to the previous product version How can the project manager prevent this outcome in the new project?

A. Hire a team of external users to perform acceptance testing on the product.

B. Define a user focus group as external stakeholders with a high influence on outcomes

C. Hire a consultant to perform a benefit analysis as an input to the project charter.

D. Define a high-level risk and plan mitigation after completing the work breakdown structure (WBS

A research and development department is planning to develop a product that will introduce a new line of business for the organization What should the project manager do to increase the project's chances of success?

A. Plan a working session focusing on the scope, vision, and mission of the initiative

B. Start developing the project management plan based on a previous project template from the project management office (PMO).

C. Conduct benchmarking to determine the business viability of the initiative

D. Conduct an impact analysis of the new initiative to determine how the project should be rolled out

Development team members are located in three different time zones It is difficult to find a suitable time to hold the daily standup for all team members What should the project manager do?

A. Encourage frequent small team meetings with two or three team members.

B. Give up the daily standup and replace it with a daily report

C. Let the team members decide themselves if they want to join the meeting.

D. Require all team members to join the daily standup regardless of the meeting time