Free PMP Practice Test Questions 2026

A regulatory branch of an environmental government agency has recently placed a ban on the manufacturing of a specified thickness of plastic packaging products. This ban will take effect in 12 months. The project manager for a startup firm working in alternative packaging has been monitoring the progress of this law for a while and. as part of the risk management, has identified new products that can support a growing customer base.

What should the project manager do next?

A. Continue production processes and plan to discuss changes at the next annual target review meeting.

B. Begin a marketing campaign to sell alternative packaging after the 12-month period ends.

C. Inform management of the new law as an opportunity to expand market share and share the proposed products

D. Organize a meeting with all stakeholders and review the stakeholder engagement plan

A company made several changes recently, which resulted in a positive change in the company culture. A project manager was just assigned to report to a new project supervisor whose leadership style is about getting things done quickly regardless of employee and operational impacts. Some employees are complaining about this.

What should the project manager do?

A. Clarify expectations by explaining the company culture with the supervisor.

B. Ask senior management to move the supervisor to a different project.

C. Revisit the company's organizational culture.

A key project team member has exhibited high interest in a project. The input from this person has been very useful, and the project is steadily progressing. Suddenly, this individual's participation decreases, and activities that they were responsible for are not being completed within the planned period.

What should the project manager do?

A. Reallocate tasks for the team member of concern so that work is handled by another team member.

B. Schedule a meeting to discuss recent observations with the team member.

C. Organize a team-building session with all of the team members.

D. Consult the resource allocation matrix to see if the team member is still required for theproject.

A project manager is managing a government project that targets the development of small businesses in remote towns. The project team is having difficulty conducting entrepreneurship training in some of the targeted towns because the local municipal governments will not authorize the training. As a result of the delay, project implementation is at risk.

What is a probable reason for this?

A. The project should have constructed training centers in the remote towns.

B. The project did not identify and engage the correct stakeholders.

C. The project should have representatives in all the remote towns.

D. The project did not fully engage the project sponsor.

During a product demo with key stakeholders, the team identifies that one of the functionalities failed to perform as expected What should the project manager have the project team do first to address the issue?

A. Update the issue log and document the change

B. Review the product specification requirements.

C. Perform a root cause analysis

D. Submit a change request for corrective action.

During the execution of a construction project, the project sponsor asks to make changes to the floor plan by adding a minimal storage room. The sponsor insists on making this last-minute change, but they would like to avoid delays to the project.

Which document should the project manager refer to first?

A. Change management plan

B. Schedule management plan

C. Scope management plan

D. Cost management plan

At the end of a project, one of the suppliers is facing financial difficulties and is pushing the project manager to obtain financial, legal, and administrative approval in order to communicate formal project closure and ensure the transfer of liability. What should the project manager do next?

A. Compare the achieved results to the contract requirements.

B. Make the final payment as the project is completed.

C. Transfer the remaining variances and close the project.

D. Escalate to higher management to expedite the approval.

A system migration project is in its closing stage. The project manager is being pressured to close the project The project manager communicated to all stakeholders; however, the last department to migrate indicated that they have not received the notification

What should the project manager do?

A. Report the issue during the next status meeting at the end of the week

B. Escalate the issue to the project sponsor and upper management

C. Close out the project and tell the manager to open a service desk ticket

D. Log the issue and assign it to the project team member(s).

A project manager is asked to implement a hybrid approach that will replace a predictive approach on an upcoming project How should the project manager adjust their responsibilities accordingly?

A. Become a servant leader by supporting team collaboration and removing impediments

B. Delegate coordination activities to the product owner so the project manager can locus on managing collaboration

C. Request a scrum master to focus on the collaboration while the project manager focuses on the coordination

D. introduce new communication tools to the project team members

A new privacy law will go into effect at the beginning of the next calendar year. The project manager realizes the project needs to be compliant with the new law. What should the project manager do next?

A. Inform the project steering committee of this constraint.

B. Inform the project team and create a spike for the next Iteration.

C. Inform the legal department that the project scope will be updated.

D. Inform the product owner that the project will continue as planned.

A project sponsor asks the project manager to explore a hybrid approach for a new project. The product manager for this project has already prepared a detailed specification for the product.

What should the project manager do to proceed with the project management plan?

A. Ask the team to assess whether the product specification can be expressed in userstories to enable a Scrum or Kanban approach.

B. Explore with the product manager to determine if there are viable opportunities todeliver value incrementally and increase business value.

C. Recommend to the project sponsor that a predictive approach is appropriate for theproject due to the stable product requirements.

D. Ask the product manager whether they are prepared to act as product owner for theproject in order to participate in iterative planning and reviews.

During the sprint planning of a project, the team members have a disagreement about the comparative size of the backlog items and if they would fit into the next sprint.

Considering a hybrid approach, what should the project manager do?

A. Ask an external technical leader to provide input and plan the sprint.

B. Remove the items from the product backlog since the size couldn't be estimated.

C. Make the decision about the backlog items based on what makes more sense.

D. Facilitate the discussion so that the team members can reach a consensus.