Free PMP Practice Test Questions 2026

A project manager is hired by a global company. The project manager is an agile specialist and is tasked with supporting the project team to reduce rework and dissatisfaction.

How should the project manager address these objectives?

A. Decrease the scope of the portfolio and send new solutions to the customer.

B. Deliver a schedule with the portfolio timeline and delivery to the customer.

C. Adopt an incremental cycle of delivering value to the customer.

D. Prepare deliveries with more details to satisfy the customer.

A project manager receives a call from the customer's account manager requesting support for a critical operational issue. Although the issue is unrelated to the project, the customer believes that one of the project team members has the technical expertise to recommend a solution.

What should the project manager do first?

A. Organize a conference call with the internal expert and the client to estimate the amount of effort required to fix it.

B. Decline the request politely since the issue, although critical, is not the responsibility of the project team.

C. Allocate a task to the team member as a high priority and inform the customer that the issue will be resolved the next day.

D. Inform the customer that they should contact the sales manager and submit a formal request for a quote.

According to the project contract the delivery date is approaching However one important material is still not on site The construction work will have to stop and wait for this special material, delaying the project.

What should the project manager do?

A. Record it in the risk register

B. Ask the client to help solve the problem

C. Start procuring this material from another supplier.

D. Engage the project team to look for alternatives to find a solution

An agile team is making infrastructure changes to the human resources (HR) application system. Conflicting requirements are being submitted by various stakeholders.

What should the project manager do to help move the project forward?

A. Review documents provided by other teams, such as lessons learned and the risk matrix.

B. Attend the Scrum of Scrums to identify roadblocks and manage dependencies.

C. Study the technology to assist the team in decision-making if progress slows.

D. Encourage the stakeholders to collaborate by facilitating meetings and sharing knowledge.

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 the project deliverables are not completed on time.

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

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

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

The project sponsor on an agile project informed the project lead that an executive would like an update on the project’s progress What should the project lead do?

A. Provide a link to the project's shared drive for the executive to search through for any artifacts that are of interest.

B. Invite the executive to the project's meeting space to determine if the project information radiators meet their needs

C. Reach out to the project management office (PMO) for status report templates and provide project updates in that format

D. Ask the project sponsor or product owner to provide an update since the project lead should be trying to keep the team free from impediments

A project manager is new to hybrid project management and is worried about the project because it has a high level of requirements uncertainty. The team has experience with hybrid projects, performs daily standups, and is committed to the project. The project manager is concerned about losing control of the project and would like to have a more central role.

How should the project manager address this issue?

A. Modify the daily standup meetings to include project status reporting.

B. Escalate the issue to the change control board (CCB) and ask for advice.

C. Adopt the role of supporting and empowering the project team to do the work.

D. Change the approach for the project to a predictive approach.

A project to develop a large hydropower plant is in the implementation phase and is managed using a hybrid approach. What should the project manager do to ensure full compliance of quality requirements during the execution phase?

A. Analyze the quality requirements.

B. Plan quality management

C. Continually survey the quality of the deliverable

D. Set up quality policies and procedures

In a newly formed project team one experienced team member is overwhelmed by the complexity of the tasks and is not happy with the project team. What should the project manager do?

A. Ask the team member to enter this potential schedule delay in the risk register.

B. Explain that the tasks are unavoidable and ask the team member to find a solution to overcome the challenges

C. Actively listen to the team member and identify ways to support their needs in completing the tasks.

D. Set up team-building activities with the project team members to reduce tension

Experienced team members assigned to a critical project are also supporting several other projects and this is delaying the critical project. If this critical project is not delivered, the company could receive a fine from the government. What should the project manager do?

A. Discuss the issue with the project sponsor.

B. Review the resources required for the tasks on the critical path.

C. Review and update the risk management plan.

D. Allocate resources to develop the competencies of the other team members

Project A is critical for the company and must be completed within nine months. The project charter has been signed but the project scope statement has not been prepared Management asks the project manager to move forward with the project without an approved project scope statement What should the project manager do next?

A. Escalate the issue to the project sponsor and add it to the risk register

B. Refuse to work on the project because management is not following standard project management practices

C. Meet with management to explain the potential problems with running a project without a project scope statement

D. Start the project with inputs from the project charter to save time

The team architect resigned from the company. The new architect points out a design flaw during a planning meeting that may potentially impact the final quality.

What should the project manager do first?

A. Review the scope management plan.

B. Update the design with changes.

C. Request an architecture review.

D. Update the quality management plan