Free PMP Practice Test Questions 2026

After the project charter's approval the project manager needs to work on detailed project requirements, constraints and assumptions with stakeholders However, not all of the stakeholders are immediately available for a meeting in the short term. What should the project manager do in order to gather the information needed from stakeholders?

A. Email, call, or meet with each stakeholder separately to obtain their input

B. Conduct a meeting to build the project management plan with the stakeholders who are available

C. Escalate to the project sponsor that not all stakeholders are available for a meeting

D. Meet with the project management team to build the project management plan before consulting stakeholders

A project manager prepared the base budget model to deliver a highly customizable software solution. The solution will be delivered in multiple countries with significantly different cultures and will be staged over phases.

What should the project manager do next?

A. Review the base model with the team leaders in each country to establish an independent budget for each phase.

B. Overestimate costs and underestimate revenues to include the impacts of different cultural elements.

C. Apply the company's operational budgeting model.

D. Ask the project management office (PMO) to review the draft budget.

During the execution of a project the project manager notices that only one team member has one of the technical skills needed to build the product The project manager is afraid this might have a future impact on the quality and schedule because most of the upcoming activities will require at least three people with this specific skill. What two actions should the project manager take to prevent the team from being unqualified? (Choose two)

A. Exclude the activities from the roadmap

B. Encourage working in pairs and knowledge sharing

C. Teach the entire team the new skill.

D. Facilitate a training event with an external trainer

E. Increase the time estimates on the activities that require such abilities

An agile team has completed an iteration and delivered the agreed features to the customer. In a surprise to the team, the features are not accepted by the customer. The project team conducts a root cause analysis.

What should the project manager do to avoid this situation in the future?

A. Ensure that customer requirements do not change from the start of the project.

B. Ensure that the definition of done (DoD) is well defined and complete for future iterations.

C. Ensure that the development and quality assurance team members implement the feature correctly.

D. Ensure that the team facilitator allocates tasks correctly to team members.

A project manager led the implementation of an electronic invoicing project that has just been completed. The financial manager communicated that the team discovered three invoices with errors. Which two documents should the project manager update as soon as possible? (Choose two)

A. Issue log

B. Risk register

C. Stakeholder register

D. Change log

E. Backlog register

A subcontracting company is presenting its feature release A key stakeholder is asking to add a new feature to the product How should the project manager deal with the new requirement?

A. Follow the change management process and work with procurement if needed

B. Engage an arbitrator to resolve any conflict while handling the new requirement

C. Add the change to the next sprint to meet the customer's needs

D. Allocate resources to work on the new feature immediately to complete the request

During the execution of a maintenance project the contractor submits an offer for additional work The project manager realizes that the activities billed are included in the initial scope of work. What should the project manager do next in this situation?

A. Review the project scope and negotiate with the contractor

B. Refuse the offer as it is included in the initial project scope

C. Review the project costs and communicate this to the project sponsor

D. Submit a change request to approve the offer

During project execution, the project manager discovered that a key deliverable was missing from the scope of work After investigation, the project manager and the team discovered that the missing deliverable will impact the critical path What should the project manager do to avoid future delays?

A. Submit a change request.

B. Add additional resources to the project

C. Update the scope of work.

D. Review the risk management plan

A project manager is responsible for providing a budget estimate for a long-term project that will be executed over several years. Which essential task should the project manager implement at this phase?

A. Include key risks in the cost baseline.

B. Perform an analogous estimate.

C. Perform a bottom-up estimate.

D. Include projected inflation rates.

A project manager is leading a project which shows a trend to exceed the cost baseline What should the project manager do first to manage the budget?

A. Ask the project sponsor for assistance in getting the budget back on track

B. Meet with the project team to analyze the actual cost to determine deviations

C. Inform the stakeholders that the project will be finished over budget.

D. Issue a change request including the analysis to increase the budget

A project manager has just been assigned to a project to build new software for a client. All the requirements have been gathered.

What should the project manager tell the team members to focus on?

A. Reducing cost for the customer

B. Delivering value to the customer

C. Working together as a team

D. Finishing the project on schedule

A project team with members from many different countries is struggling to cooperate The project manager accepted these difficulties during the storming phase of team development, but the team has not moved to the next phase The project is beginning to fall behind schedule What can the project manager do to move the team to the norming phase?

A. Plan social activities to help foster stronger interpersonal relationships and identify shared goals.

B. Speak with the project sponsor about changing the team composition

C. Figure out who is behind the issues and apply progressive disciplinary techniques.

D. Show the team the schedule impact of their communication issues and encourage them to put their differences aside