Free PMP Practice Test Questions 2026

A project manager is leading a meeting with key stakeholders, the project sponsor and the product owner to define the features that will be released after the next iteration. The purpose of the meeting is to review the product backlog prioritization, considering that during the past iteration some deliverables were not completed. Which two items should be taken into account first to review and update the product backlog priorities during the meeting? (Choose two)

A. Complexity and the cost of development

B. Industry trends and the technical approach

C. Cost of delaying some features against business value

D. Reusing components from another product

E. Length of time each feature has been on the backlog

A project manager is managing multiple teams. One team member complains to the project manager about the favoritism shown by a team lead to another team member and cites multiple instances.

Risk Response Strategies Analyze if someone else could contribute Record the observations and move ahead Check for options to exclude the stakeholder

What should the project manager do to resolve the team member's concerns?

A. Use the withdraw/avoid technique to allow the individuals to resolve the issue between themselves.

B. Use a problem-solving approach and set up a discussion with the team lead and team member.

C. Establish guidelines for team leads to ensure that all team members are appropriately treated.

D. Provide direction to the team lead on how to resolve the issue with the team member directly.

During a documentation audit of an international company it was identified that the last version of the project schedule was from one month ago even though the project manager knew it was recently updated How should the project manager have handled documentation for the project?

A. Updated the project management plan regularly and had it securely shared with all stakeholders

B. Assigned a project team member to ensure all project documentation was updated

C. Reviewed the risk register to identify a response plan for the audit

D. Kept documentation in the project management information system (PMIS), and shared it with appropriate stakeholders

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.

A project just kicked off and management’s expectation is to ensure that the deliverable of the first iteration helps the marketing team present the product prototype to potential customers. What should the project manager do?

A. Increase the details of the work breakdown structure (WBS) to minimize errors and delays.

B. Split the backlog into phases to ensure that the key features are delivered first

C. Ask the sponsor to prioritize some functionalities of the product.

D. Identify the minimum functionality required for the product

During the course of the project several obstacles are identified that are preventing the project from moving forward. What should the project manager do to remove the obstacles?

A. Have the project team work on other activities

B. Implement plans to remove the obstacles

C. Escalate to the project steering committee

D. Prioritize the obstacles for resolution

A key agile project team member takes a leave of absence in the middle of an iteration and will not return to work for a while What should the project manager do next regarding the feature on which the team member was working?

A. Assign the feature to another team member, and have them try to complete the feature by the end of this iteration

B. Review team capacity and reassign the functionality to additional iterations as required

C. Determine if the team member can work from home to complete the functionality.

D. Review the work in progress with the product owner to determine the next step

For the purposes of quality assurance a quality audit was conducted on the processes being used in the project execution plan. One of the nonconformance issues raised by the auditor was that attendance lists for the project risk review meetings were not available Why is an attendance list important?

A. It is standard practice on projects to conduct risk review meetings which should have records on meeting attendance

B. The attendance list is evidence that risk review meetings were held with the appropriate project team members

C. It is a record that shows the number of attendees in the meeting

D. It is a document that is registered within the lessons learned register

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 managing an internal project that was poorly defined. Recently, the project manager received several change requests raised by the organization's upper management.

What should the project manager do first?

A. Review the benefits of the proposed changes in relation to the business case.

B. Assess the time overrun, and start implementation to avoid additional delays.

C. Request a provisional budget increase to avoid any budget overruns.

D. Motivate the team to avoid the frustration of working on a prolonged project.

An agile project is in its sixth iteration out of 10 After the iteration review, the team receives feedback from the stakeholders that could result in a change in the product What two actions should the project manager take? (Choose two)

A. Ask the stakeholders about the priority of this change

B. Ask the product owner to review the product backlog

C. Ask the team members to analyze the impact of this change

D. Ask the sponsor to approve the change request

E. Ask the team members to include the change in the next iteration

A project manager receives feedback from the customer's leadership team regarding their annoyance about the frequency of email updates. What should the project manager have done first to prevent this?

A. Understood the customer's company culture

B. Updated the communications management plan

C. Analyzed customer interest and engagement

D. Scheduled weekly update meetings