Free PMP Practice Test Questions 2026

A global petroleum crisis has affected the distribution of crude oil in the region where the construction project is underway Materials are not being delivered on time and this phase of construction is already behind for what was initially planned.
What should the project manager do first to prevent the project from going further off track?

A. Perform a risk assessment and define a risk response action plan.

B. Proceed with the project using management reserves to cover any delays or losses.

C. Propose a pause in this phase to save labor costs and asset depreciation.

D. Establish new partnerships with other suppliers in anticipation of any delays.

The client will not agree to closure, claiming that the project team has not performed the code inspections mandated in the development contract. The project team has performed the code inspections, however the records are not complete What should the project manager do?

A. Seek expert legal advice on the interpretation of the clauses in the contract

B. Hold a meeting with the project team project sponsor and the client to agree to the further work required to close the project and add to lessons learned

C. Close the project and hand over the deliverables to the client

D. Hold a lessons learned workshop with the project team and project sponsor to avoid contractual compliance issues arising in future projects

During the course of a project, the team develops negative group behaviors and becomes unmotivated and unproductive. What should the project manager do to improve the project team's performance?

A. Define and analyze performance metrics

B. Escalate poor performance to functional managers

C. Update the stakeholder engagement plan

D. Conduct a root cause analysis session

A new regulation has been approved that will impact the deliverables in the fourth phase of the project The delivery is following an iterative approach and is currently completing the second phase. What should the project manager do next?

A. Consult with the project sponsor to discuss a cost increase

B. Acquire approval for an exception to the implementation of the new regulation.

C. Get approval for the additional budget from the steering committee

D. Meet with subject matter experts (SMEs) to assess the impact to objectives

A junior project manager with experience in predictive projects has joined a company that uses hybrid approaches for project delivery. A senior project manager with experience in hybrid approaches is assigned to be a coach. Match the activity descriptions on the left to the correct tools on the right.

A geographically distributed project team has development issues between the collocated and virtual teams causing productivity to decrease. What should the project manager do to address this issue?

A. Force the team members to work from one location.

B. Develop protocols for resolving conflicts between team members

C. Obtain special expertise to advise the team members

D. Set up face-to-face meetings with project team members

A new project has been kicked off following a planning session. The project is under direct oversight of an executive in the organization After a review meeting, the project manager overhears an executive request a dashboard from one of the team members to show the overall project status What should the project manager do?

A. Update the stakeholder engagement assessment matrix

B. Update the communications management plan to include informal requests

C. Ask the team member to develop a dashboard to fulfill the request.

D. Tell the team member to route the request through the project manager

A company is moving its headquarters to another city. The project manager responsible for the assignment has been using a predictive approach during the transition. However, theinformation systems will be migrated using an agile approach. The project manager needs to decide which kind of control to sign with the vendor responsible for migrating the systems.

How should the project manager address this situation?

A. Negotiate payment after all project migration is completed

B. Sign a single agreement for the whole project

C. Use fixed-price increments as user stories are completed.

D. Confirm payment after each project retrospective

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 project manager is managing a hybrid project. After attending an iteration review, a stakeholder tells the project manager that they are very busy and asks why these reviews are held so frequently Record the issue in the issue log and escalate the conflict to the project sponsor for assistance. How should the project manager respond’

A. Negotiate a reduced review attendance with the stakeholder and update the stakeholder engagement plan to reflect this reduced

B. Discuss with the stakeholder the benefits of the hybrid project and how frequent reviews lead to greater value and less rework

C. Record the issue in the issue log and escalate the conflict to the project sponsor for assistance

D. Explain to the stakeholder that the stakelrolder engagement plan requires their attendance at all reviews

A global company is executing a strategic project to upgrade a legacy enterprise system. The company uses a hybrid approach to project management and has just completed the first sprint A team member provided ideas to improve the testing process during the sprint retrospective.

What is the next step for the project manager?

A. Document the lessons learned and implement improvements in the next sprint

B. Facilitate a daily standup with the team to track the implementation of changes

C. Organize a demonstration of the changes in the enterprise system

D. Request that all team members think of ideas to improve processes.

In a software development project, the product owner and development team agree on a sprint backlog The highest priority in the backlog is to build a payment module The team worked on the module during the first half of the sprint, but now two developers want to spend the rest of the sprint focusing on refactoring another feature that might create issues in the future. What should the project manager do?

A. Let the developers focus on the refactoring work and discuss it in the retrospective

B. Restate to the developers the importance of focusing and meeting the sprint goal.

C. Praise the developers for their proactivity and focus on quality.

D. Escalate the issue to the developers’ functional managers