Free PMP Practice Test Questions 2026

In an agile product development environment, work is distributed to Cities A, B, and C, which are geographically dispersed. The small teams work and collaborate to deliver the sprints.

• City A's team focuses on the features of data capture.

• City B's team focuses on the user experience and development pieces.

• City C's team coordinates testing.

What should the project manager do to ensure a successful rollout of sprints?

A. Ensure all three teams deliver independently without interactions so that they remainfocused and meet customer requirements.

B. Implement communication techniques and ensure the teams follow a relay pattern ofhanding off work from one team to the other.

C. Use a fishbone analysis to resolve problems and iron out communication issuesbetween the teams.

D. Maintain localized teams to circumvent the challenges of delay or any otherunforeseen risks that might prevent progress.

A project manager is instructed by the project sponsor to draft the project charter. The project sponsor asks the project manager to involve a particular stakeholder m order to provide necessary resources However, the stakeholder is refusing to get involved because the stakeholder thinks mat there is no benefit m using the project deliverable

What should the project manager do to resolve this?

A. Meet with the stakeholder to discuss the impact of the deliverable

B. Consider the stakeholder as a risk and evaluate possible solutions with the project team

C. Improve communication with the stakeholder to obtain their assistance in the future

D. Escalate to the project sponsor due to the political nature of the issue

Throughout an entire project, the project manager took notes at every meeting with team members. These notes provided useful insights from key stakeholders, which later resulted in increased value to the project. The project manager thought it would be helpful to keep these notes as a future reference for other project managers within the organization.

Where should the notes be located?

A. Lessons learned

B. Organizational process assets (OPAs)

C. Enterprise environmental factors (EEFs)

D. Project management plan

A project manager for an iterative project received feedback from an on-site team member that the virtual team was not meeting the deliverables on time. The project manager gathered details on what the status report should contain m order to track deliverables

What is the remedial action the project manager should take?

A. Perform stakeholder engagement with the virtual team

B. Add status reports to the communications management plan

C. Convene an on-site meeting for both of the teams

D. Add status report creation as a product backlog item

There is a problem with a project because some features are not in compliance with regulations. Some stakeholders do not believe compliance is a priority, while others disagree.

What should the project manager do?

A. Review the stakeholder engagement assessment matrix to determine next steps.

B. Set up some time with the stakeholders to explain the importance of compliance.

C. Meet with the sponsor to discuss how to handle the stakeholders' differing opinions.

D. Send out documentation to align stakeholder expectations and project objectives.

A project team is reviewing solved project issues from the last phase of a project. The lead risk analyst points out that the next phase of the project includes a critical element with some reserves needed

What should the project manager do to successfully complete the next phase?

A. Request a reserve analysis and update the risk management plan

B. Update the risk response plan to include the needed reserve

C. Perform a schedule network analysis to avoid any critical path delays

D. Review the risk response plan to verify inclusion of the needed reserve

An issue reoccurs six months after a project's go-live date despite being resolved during the project life cycle. What should the project manager have done in the previous phase to avoid this issue?

A. Ensured the project team documented lessons learned about the issue

B. Ensured the project team applied a long-term solution for the issue

C. Asked the project team to conduct more testing with users

D. Discussed the issue with the stakeholders

The Scrum team working with the quality department has been shifting away from the Business unit due to unclear product requirements. It is now the third sprint and both teams have been at a standstill for a few days.

What should the project leader do to solve this situation?

A. Analyze the problem with both teams to figure out If pan of the work must be redone.

B. Select new team members in an effort to obtain fresh ideas to solve the impasse.

C. Demand that the business team stop wasting time and define final requirements for the product.

D. Tell the business team and Scrum team to continue following the initial plan.

A project manager is managing two integrated projects in a program A key integration point is misaligned, which has resulted in delays. One of the team's integration leads is a subject matter expert (SME) m this integration area. The other team's integration lead is not a SME but is more senior and has worked on the project longer Both team leads are blaming each other

What should the project manager do first to resolve this situation?

A. Assign the resolution of the issue to the senior integration lead who has worked on the project longer

B. Meet with both integration leads to understand the root cause and determine a resolution

C. Escalate the issue to the program architect who developed the integration plan

D. Assign the resolution of this issue to the integration lead who is a SME

A project to implement a new online landing platform has started After the first sprint, the project sponsor requested a change. What should the project manager do next?

A. Escalate the change request to the sponsor

B. Validate the work completed

C. Inform the stakeholders of the change

D. Facilitate the update of the product backlog

A team is given an agile project to build a conceptual product for a new customer. While planning, the project manager is trying to determine the best way to show value to the customer, as the technical requirements are not very detailed.

What should the project manager do to help the client understand the value delivered during project execution?

A. Include a planned value (PV) calculation in the sprint report for each build cycle.

B. Conduct a customer demonstration at the end of each build cycle.

C. Provide the customer with the refined specification during each build cycle.

D. Show the customer a sprint burndown chart for each build cycle.

A concerned project team member complains to the project manager that another team member is being disruptive and argumentative during team meetings. The project manager received some information that the team member recently overcame a difficult personal situation.

What should the project manager do to address the concem9

A. Provide team-building activities so that the team can learn how to overcome disruptive behavior

B. Inform the disruptive team member's functional manager that the disruptive behavior should be stopped immediately

C. Request a meeting with the disruptive team member and help to resolve the issue

D. Encourage self-governance and ask the concerned team member to speak to the disruptive team member directly