Free PMP Practice Test Questions 2026

A project manager is preparing a project closure report. The project sponsor is confident about the success of the project, but the client is not sure that the project outputs will achieve their business needs.

Which aspect should the project manager highlight in the closure report to address the stakeholder's concern?

A. How the quality was managed

B. How the acceptance criteria were met

C. How the scope was managed

D. How the stakeholders were managed

A project team has recently completed the initial sprint for developing an automated payroll system for a company The project manager has scheduled a sprint planning meeting with the product owner and team members to discuss which features should be worked on next Which two pieces of information does the project manager need in order to make this meeting productive and effective? (Choose two)

A. Sprint charter

B. Burndown chart

C. Company mission and vision

D. Product backlog

E. Sprint goal

In an attempt to streamline project communications, a project manager established a shared portal for all stakeholders to get project information. The sponsor complained about this system and says that it is ineffective.

What should the project manager have done to prevent this situation from occurring?

A. Analyzed the sponsor's communication requirements.

B. Confirmed that the portal is providing adequate information.

C. Verified that the project team is following the communications management plan.

D. Ensured the sponsor had the necessary skills to use the portal.

An agile project is running its fifth iteration out of 10. After the last retrospective, the team members realize that they had to work extra hours to deliver the committed work What should the project manager do?

A. Ask for additional team members to maintain the velocity

B. Implement a checkpoint in the iteration to verify if the team is on track

C. Conduct a focused retrospective to help the team to discover the root cause

D. Ask the team to have a lower commitment for the next iteration

A company is planning a digitization project. Which action should the project manager take first when defining the project scope?

A. Assess the current state process to define the scope of the digitization.

B. Digitize the current state process exactly as defined.

C. Redefine the current state process to scope the supporting software.

D. Develop the software that will support the current state process.

A project manager just started managing agile projects The project manager realizes that due to the lack of a clear definition of project objectives and definition of done (DoD) their colleague's projects have had many difficulties Sponsors keep asking for more features and the projects have yet to be completed What should the project manager do to avoid these issues?

A. Arrange meetings to ensure every necessary task to complete the project is included in the project management plan

B. Convince the project sponsor to incorporate quality experts so the product can be tested and accepted as completed.

C. Convince the product owner to approach the team and look for options to find a solution to the problem

D. Schedule meetings with key stakeholders to build the agile project charter and set clear expectations for the project

During project execution, a key team member has to be moved to another critical project for the company. Currently, there is no other team member who can fill that role.

What should the project manager do first?

A. Communicate the problem to the sponsor to force the key member to be maintained on the project.

B. Initiate a change request and replace the key member as soon as possible.

C. Explain to the company the importance of maintaining the key member on the project according to the vision of the project.

D. Evaluate the impact of the key team member's removal from the project, look for alternatives, and submit a change request if required.

An organization in a regulated industry has decided to switch from a predictive to an agile delivery approach. It has been decided that the ongoing projects will adopt Scrum, and the project manager is still accountable for the project outcomes. During the fourth sprint demo, the customer notices that a feature is not compliant with the regulations.

What should the project manager do?

A. Have the team consult with the compliance officer to update the definition of done (DoD) for the user stories in the past sprint.

B. Have the product owner consult with the change control board (CCB) to have the necessary compliance requirements implemented.

C. Have the scrum master organize a weekly meeting with the compliance officer, the product owner, and the project team.

D. Have the product owner review the user stories in the product backlog with the compliance officer on a regular basis to identify any gaps.

A project manager has been asked to participate in the procurement process for a software application that allows customers to buy online e-learning courses. The project manager will take over the project once the supplier has been sourced.

What should the project manager do before the project starts?

A. Ensure that the requirements for the project are understood and that the objectives are verified before approval of an agreement.

B. Inform the project sponsor that once the agreement has been signed, there cannot be any changes to the scope of the project.

C. Notify the project sponsor that the project manager cannot be involved in the agreement negotiation process.

D. Ask the project sponsor to involve the legal department in the negotiation for the project agreement.

A company has agreed to run a transformation project using agile approaches.

During the implementation, there is pushback from the functional groups that the project is moving too fast.

What should the project manager have done at the beginning of the project to prevent this from happening?

A. Circulated the project charter

B. Assessed the organizational culture

C. Determined the level of maturity of the employees

D. Communicated the project schedule

A project manager has received a new request to integrate more features to a product. The team is fully allocated, and there is no budget to acquire new resources.

What strategy should the project manager implement to deal with this situation?

A. Ask the team.to accelerate the iterations and avoid interruptions.

B. Discuss the problem with the team and decide how to do the work together.

C. Verify team performance and ask for improvement during daily standup meetings.

D. Recommend that the project sponsor increases the budget to bring new resources.

During an iteration demo, a customer noticed an enhancement they would like to make to the product. What should the team do next?

A. Refine and estimate the enhancement so the size is known.

B. Add it to the product backlog to be completed in the future.

C. Start working on the enhancement for the customer immediately.

D. Ask the product owner to prioritize the item with the customer.