Free PMP Practice Test Questions 2026

A project started 12 months ago and is currently on iteration 12 of 14. The team has performed well and completed all deliverables on time. However, some team members are starting to complain about the length of the project, creating a risk for lack of performance at this critical stage.

What should the project manager do as a servant leader to mitigate this risk?

A. Meet with the team to reinforce their responsibilities and the consequences if theproject deliverables are not completed on time.

B. Apply additional controls to the project deliverables to ensure that all milestonesare achieved on time.

C. Contact the functional manager to ensure that team motivation remains high untilthe end of the project.

D. Schedule a team event with the project sponsor to highlight the importance of theproject and recognize the work of the team.

A project manager is managing a project that is halfway through its execution phase and the quality standards of the deliverables were formally accepted However, a government agency has recently Introduced new standards that may significantly impact the project The deliverables must be changed to align with the new quality standards

What should the project manager do?

A. Set up a structured, independent processes to determine if project activities followed the standards.

B. Schedule training for the project team on the new regulations introduced by the government agency

C. Evaluate the impact the new regulations will have on the project and submit a change request

D. Update the lessons learned register and inform senior management of the new standards

At the daily project meeting, team members are complaining about receiving emails from their functional managers to support other nonproject-related tasks. This is having a negative impact on the team's productivity.

What should the project manager do next?

A. Ask the product owner to speak with the functional managers to ensure future requirements come through the product owner.

B. Log this as a risk in the risk register and continue to monitor the issue at subsequent meetings.

C. Address this concern with the functional managers to ensure there will be no further delays.

D. Schedule a meeting with all of the functional managers to resolve the resource conflicts.

In the middle of a project, a business unit manager who regularly interacts with the project manager's team is promoted to a higher management position. The replacement manager is from the same unit and is somewhat familiar with the project.

After getting more information about the new manager, what is the project manager's next step?

A. Contact the previous business unit manager to learn more about the new manager.

B. Update the stakeholder register and the stakeholder engagement plan to include the new manager.

C. Send the new manager a copy of the project charter to ensure the project objectives are understood.

D. Schedule a meeting with the new manager to discuss the business analysis team's plans.

An agile team has completed an iteration and delivered the agreed features to the customer. In a surprise to the team, the features are not accepted by the customer. The project team conducts a root cause analysis.

What should the project manager do to avoid this situation in the future?

A. Ensure that customer requirements do not change from the start of the project.

B. Ensure that the definition of done (DoD) is well defined and complete for future iterations.

C. Ensure that the development and quality assurance team members implement the feature correctly.

D. Ensure that the team facilitator allocates tasks correctly to team members.

The project manager has initiated the project and the team's roles and responsibilities have been assigned. In preparation for the development of the project management plan, the project manager reviews lessons learned from previous projects and discovers that the same team has been missing delivery dates.

What should the project manager do to ensure timely delivery?

A. Ask the team leader to assign other resources.

B. Update the issue log.

C. Include this in the risk register.

D. Escalate the issue to the functional manager.

A new agile team is having trouble completing tasks. There are many disputes occurring in the team. What should the agile leader do in this situation?

A. Escalate the issue to the team's manager.

B. Remove some of the team members.

C. Review the roles and responsibilities document.

D. Develop working agreements with the team.

A project manager recently joined the company. At the interview, the project manager demonstrated experience with agile delivery, and the project management office (PMO) manager asked for assistance in implementing agile.

What should the project manager do to initiate the adoption of agile within the company?

A. Organize agile workshops with the developers and testers to gain their support in using agile approaches for their projects.

B. Request that all the project managers and business managers receive training in the agile framework used previously by the project manager.

C. Advise the PMO manager to continue with the company's current predictive approaches until all the projects in execution are closed.

D. Assess the organization's culture to determine if agile can be used in project delivery and determine the practices to be used.

On a transformational project, the project manager is confronted with resistance from the stakeholders. To overcome this and gain acceptance of the change, what should the project manager do first?

A. Escalate the issue to the project sponsor.

B. Review the stakeholder engagement plan.

C. Update the issue log.

D. Neutralize the negative stakeholders.

A project manager is managing two agile teams and reviewing their metrics to find out which team is performing better. Which approach should be taken?

A. The team with the higher velocity is performing better and should be rewarded.

B. The issue should be addressed as part of a retrospective in the next iteration.

C. The velocity should not be compared as teams can size items differently.

D. The velocity of both teams should be compared at the end of every iteration.

A new relevant project stakeholder suggested a change to some of the project parameters midway through execution What should the project manager do next?

A. Accept the change and use contingency funds to implement this change with minimal schedule impacts

B. Reject the change because it is contrary to what was agreed to during earlier phases of the project

C. Transfer the change to the steering committee for them to evaluate and decide the appropriate next steps

D. Evaluate the proposed change with integrated change controls and discuss the change with the project sponsor

A project manager was recently appointed to an agile project. The project will have a lot of visibility and impact for the company, so the project management office (PMO) manager wants to ensure that the project manager manages the risks correctly.

What should the project manager do?

A. Implement the agile risk manifesto to ensure the proper tracking, analysis, and remediation of the project risks.

B. Ask the product owner to act as a risk manager to assist with the remediation of risks.

C. Implement the role of an agile risk manager to take care of the risk management process.

D. Follow the risk management process while ensuring that risks are identified, analyzed, and managed during each iteration.