Free PMP Practice Test Questions 2026

During the retrospective ceremony, the agile team is talking about the product owner’s expectations not being met What should the project manager have done at the beginning of the project?

A. Defined the expected agile team contribution in the creation of the backlog.

B. Assessed the capabilities of the agile team and planned for the required training

C. Defined the team ground rules and shared project vision.

D. Communicated project vision and sprint goals clearly to the team

A company has decided to implement a new archiving system A data breach occurred during the implementation of the project

What should the project manager do first?

A. Implement the planned risk response to handle the issue.

B. Review possible alternative documentation methods with team

C. Update the risk register with the risk and proposed impact.

D. Ask the team to fix the system to resolve the issue

During the review of a project's list of deliverables, one of the stakeholders expressed concern that one of the requirements will not be addressed. What should the project manager do?

A. Check the approved list of requirements to see if there are any missing items.

B. Work with the stakeholder to improve the requirements' acceptance criteria

C. Review the requirements traceability matrix with the concerned stakeholder

D. Discuss with the stakeholder which additional requirements should be added

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

An agile project is in its sixth iteration out of 10 After the iteration review, the team receives feedback from the stakeholders that could result in a change in the product What two actions should the project manager take? (Choose two)

A. Ask the stakeholders about the priority of this change

B. Ask the product owner to review the product backlog

C. Ask the team members to analyze the impact of this change

D. Ask the sponsor to approve the change request

E. Ask the team members to include the change in the next iteration

During the execution of a project, the finance team identified that they were not involved in building the business case for the project and will not approve the estimated return on investment (ROI). What should the project manager do?

A. Revisit the communications management plan and make necessary adjustments

B. Revisit the scope management plan and note this as a risk

C. Schedule a meeting with the product owner and finance team to agree on course corrections

D. Continue developing based on the project management plan and address the issue post delivery

A project manager is managing a project to develop a new tool Because of the nature of the project, the project manager decides to use an agile approach One of the identified risks becomes an issue when the project manager finds out that another company patented a very similar tool.

What should the project manager do to address this issued

A. Schedule a meeting with critical stakeholders to review the issue and decide on the next steps

B. Put the project on hold and release the resources until the issue is resolved

C. Inform the product owner and log the issue in the risk register to monitor closely for next steps.

D. Contact the company that owns the patent of the similar tool to compare the similarities and differences with the current project.

During project execution, the project manager notices that the work performance reports have deteriorated drastically in less than two weeks The project team in country A is complaining about delays resulting from holidays occurring in country B that have impacted their project team

How should the project manager handle this situation?

A. Implement crashing to compress the schedule and improve the schedule performance index (SRI).

B. Implement fast-tracking to compress the schedule and improve the SPI

C. Perform conflict management using the project's resource management plan.

D. Review the risk management plan to evaluate the probability and impact of these delays

At the end of a meeting a functional manager takes the project manager aside to raise some concerns on behalf of a project team member who is unclear about their role and responsibilities for the project What should the project manager do in this situation?

A. Develop a work plan for the project team member with the help of the resource manager

B. Advise the functional manager and the project team member to review the resource management plan

C. Tell the functional manager and the project team member to review the projectcharter

D. Ask the functional manager to create a specific responsible, accountable, consult, and inform (RACI) chart for the team member

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

The tables show the requirements for an agile project with the anticipated return on investment (ROI) and identified project risks, along with the analysis details .

What should be the priority order in the product backlog?

A. Risk3, Risk 1, Risk2, Requirements, Requirement 1. Requirement2

B. Requirement 3, Risk 3, Requirement 1, Requirement 2, Risk 2

C. Requirements, Requirement 1, Requirement2

D. Requirement 3. Requirement 1, Risk 3, Requirement 2, Risk 1, Risk 2

A new team member is added to a self-organizing team. The new team member is reluctant to speak and take part in team discussions or decisions.

Which two actions should the team take to engage this new team member? (Choose two)

A. Revisit the team's discussion on team behaviors and norms

B. Report to the project manager about the new team member’s behavior

C. Coach the new team member to improve engagement with the team.

D. Force the new team member to participate in activities that are considered easy

E. Facilitate an open discussion on all ideas and perspectives