Free PMP Practice Test Questions 2026

A project manager is working on a project that will transform the organization's operating model. The project manager reviewed the budget allocation for various phases and was informed that upper management will not approve any additional funds.

Knowing that there are no additional funds available, how should the project manager proceed?

A. Allocate the budget to the phases of the project and meet with upper management to consolidate the final funds.

B. Ensure that the budget is enough to cover the internal resources, since external supplies can be covered by procurement.

C. Allocate the budget to the deliveries that have higher business value for the organization than those with lower business value.

D. Decide to work on the small deliveries, leaving the big deliveries until the end of the project, and track critical expenses.

An agile project manager is evaluating the method that will be used to display the value of the work performed to date. Which method will they select to display to the project stakeholder?

A project team has been together for a long time and has been led by three different project managers. Lately, the performance of one of the team members has been declining and has affected the project delivery. What should the current project manager do to ensure that team performance is improved and sustained?

A. Liaise with the functional managers to replace the team member.

B. Engage with the team member and draw up a development plan.

C. Organize quarterly team-building events.

D. Request that a new team member be added to the team

A company is implementing a project with team members who are located in different countries and lime zones Performance assessments show that team performance is low because the team doesn't have a common understanding about task distribution

What should the project manager do?

A. Colocate the team members

B. Perform team-building activities

C. Review and reassign tasks

D. Revisit the communications management plan

Due to a recent company merger, a project manager from company B has been assigned to a team that is comprised of team members from company A. At the start of the project, conflicts arise due to a lack of clarity on processes and the project manager's relationship with company B. What should the project manager do to resolve this conflict?

A. Avoid the conflict as the customer feels comfortable with using processes from company A.

B. Review the historical information and make the decision based on the return on investment (ROI).

C. Ask the team to use company B's processes since they are more familiar with these processes.

D. Work with the team to analyze which processes are suitable to use and define them in the ground rules.

During the project planning phase, a project manager called a meeting to discuss the product backlog with multiple stakeholders who represent the end users in various capacities. Only one executive manager attended the meeting. What should the project manager do?

A. Meet with each stakeholder individually to gather input to the product backlog and begin project planning.

B. Proceed with prioritization of the product backlog based on previous lessons learned and complete the project planning phase.

C. Reschedule the meeting to ensure the majority of stakeholders are present for the product backlog discussions.

D. Proceed with the meeting in order to keep the project on track and start prioritizing the product backlog.

A project team has missed the delivery date for the West milestone of a large software development project protect governance dictates that formal communication be sent to project stakeholders including the project manager's supervisor when a milestone is missed. The project manager is concerned that this wilt reflect poorly on the team

What should the project manager do?

A. Send a formal communication regarding the missed milestone

B. Delay sending a formal communication until the project team catches up

C. Ask for a meeting with the sponsor to decide whether to send the formal communication

D. Forego the formal communication and have a conversation with the supervisor

A company has a transformation project in progress. During a planning session, several stakeholders are in constant disagreement and often use personal arguments to support their position. Team members are getting frustrated with the situation.

What should the project manager have done to avoid this situation?

A. Established ground rules before the discussion had started.

B. Asked stakeholders not to voice their opinions during the meeting.

C. Invited a high-level sponsor to the meeting to reduce the level of disagreement.

D. Reinforced that higher-level management has the decision power.

A project manager is leading a project in which key performance Indicators (KPls) are measured through earned value management (EVM). Match each measurement on the left with the correct category on the right.

A project team is identifying project risks for a bridge to be built across a river. The team needs to send out invitations for a risk workshop to better understand the risks involved. Which distribution list should the project manager use when sending out invitations?

A. Functional managers, team members, and external consultants with experience in the field

B. Team members, engineers, and weather experts

C. Team members, consultants from outside the project with experience in the field, and the customer

D. Weather experts, functional managers, and team members

A company initiated a departmental transformation project improving the processes for the organization using a predictive approach, This is a critical project for the organization and, in the middle of the project, the project manager noticed that one of the deliverables cannot be produced due to a missing technical skill.

What should the project manager have done to avoid this?

A. Planned all required training for the team during the onboarding process

B. Identified all required skills after the kick-off of the project

C. Identified all required skills during the planning of the project

D. Asked the sponsor to identify all required skills during the planning of the project

A project manager is working on a project with multiple workstreams. One of the workstreams missed its deadline multiple times. Who should the project manager speak to about this situation to ensure it does not happen again?

A. Workstream leader and project sponsor

B. Workstream leader alone

C. Workstream leader and functional manager

D. Workstream leader and project management office (PMO)