Free PMP Practice Test Questions 2026

A project manager is m the middle of a project when one of the key project team members needs to take an unexpected and prolonged leave of absence The project is ahead of schedule and running under budget Which two actions should the project manager take initially to resolve this problem? (Choose two)

A. Check the risk register for a prepared response to a resource being suddenly unavailable.

B. Check if the team member's activities are sufficiently documented to facilitate handover

C. Check the project's responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) to determine which activities will be affected

D. Reassign responsibilities across the remaining members using the available float for training.

E. Obtain the project sponsors support to replace the team member on leave

After completion of a project with specific users in various countries, the project manager's supervisor asks if the project users are satisfied with the way the project was run. What two actions should the project manager take? (Choose two)

A. Prepare the lessons learned from the project phase.

B. Obtain official approval on the new process from the various countries

C. Send a questionnaire to the project participants and seek their feedback.

D. Refer to the communications management plan

E. Deliver the project materials to the users and see if they have any comments

A project manager is leading a product development project that requires high involvement from several stakeholders. What should the project manager do to ensure this involvement?

A. Evaluate the engagement needs of stakeholders.

B. Distribute weekly status emails to stakeholders.

C. Engage the sponsor on the behavior of stakeholders.

D. Conduct weekly update meetings with stakeholders.

During an inspection, the production phase was stopped because the inspector claimed that regulatory labels were missing. What should the project manager do?

A. Conduct an expert judgment evaluation.

B. Review the quality management plan

C. Update the lessons learned register

D. Review the risk management plan

A company is developing a new product. During project planning, a stakeholder from the legal department does not attend any of the project meetings and is not interested in the product design.

How should the project manager deal with this situation?

A. Escalate the issue to the project sponsor and seek assistance.

B. Engage the project stakeholder and ensure all requirements are captured.

C. Review the stakeholder engagement plan and communication strategy.

D. Review the product requirements and update the stakeholder register.

A group has been working together for one month. During daily meetings a team member continues to express issues in completing their tasks. What should the project manager do?

A. Wait for the team to identify and solve the problem independently.

B. Move the team member to another task that is more skill appropriate

C. Have a confidential discussion with the team member to identify the root cause

D. Start a discussion with all team members to help resolve the issues

An organization has historically executed most projects using a predictive approach The organization now wants to change over to an agile approach Which strategy will be useful to effectively help prepare the organization for this change?

A. Create a task force of executives who will monitor agile projects on a daily basis

B. Add multiple layers of managers who will be accountable for the agile execution

C. Improve organizational readiness by addressing impediments to agile in the organization.

D. Take a big bang approach of moving the whole organization to agile at once

In a fixed time and budget project the customer wants the development of a core component to be based on agile practices, as the final scope of (he requirement has not yet been fully developed. The project manager is participating in contract development with the sales team and wants to ensure that development costs do not impact the profitability of the project.

Which two controls should the project manager incorporate into the contract to specifically address the development of the core component? (Choose two)

A. Limit the number of iterations for development in the contract.

B. Establish a governance committee to review the contract delivery

C. Tier the contract for fixed and agile components

D. Provide alternatives to scope change at specific project phases within the contract.

E. Require that only internal resources be utilized for this project

A company is working on a project and is using a hybrid approach to streamline a customer service process. At the end of the second iteration, a business analyst joins the team to learn about the financial and scheduling aspects of project management. What should the project manager do to support the business analyst?

A. Assign resources to coach the business analyst

B. Ask the business analyst to focus on their work allocation for the needs of the project

C. Create reports to inform the business analyst about the schedule and project cost

D. Provide the business analyst with access to the financial and scheduling information

A project manager scheduled a session to identify risks on the current project. Most of the stakeholders did not attend the meeting, although they previously confirmed their attendance.

How should the project manager proceed in order to complete the risk register?

A. Cancel the meeting and create the risk register using the project documents.

B. Continue the meeting and send the updated risk register to all stakeholders.

C. Run the meeting and follow up with each one of the absent stakeholders to get their input.

D. Escalate the issue of stakeholders not attending the meeting to the project sponsor.

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. 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 attendance

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 stakeholder engagement plan requires their attendance at all reviews

During the design phase of a project the project manager notices that the schedule performance index (SPI) is 1 8 and the cost performance index (CPI) is 0 1 In a weekly meeting with top management, the project manager reports concerns about these indicators However the most concerned person was the project sponsor who said that if the trend continues, they will be forced to prematurely close the project What should the project manager do?

A. Monitor the project sponsor but understand that it is normal to spend more money in the design phase of a project.

B. Stop crashing the schedule

C. Manage the project sponsor closely and revise the project's resource management plan to improve indicators

D. Use a resource-levelling technique