Free PMP Practice Test Questions 2026

A new manufacturing line project is planned to be delivered in iterations tor the equipment installation phase. During one of the iterations the vendor communicates to the project manager that they will not be able to deliver some of the equipment at the agreed dates.

What should the project manager do next?

A. Replan the remaining iterations according to the new installation dates

B. Update the product backlog m order to address the delays

C. Review the procurement agreements to address the situation

D. Find another vendor who can fulfill the delivery dates

A project manager is assigned to a new water treatment plant project that has been delayed for many years. It is revealed in the project charter that the sponsors of this project are from three different business units. This is the first time the sponsors have ever implemented such a project.

What should the project manager do?

A. Establish mentoring and coaching sessions.

B. Review the knowledge repository for similar projects.

C. Schedule the project kick-off meeting immediately.

D. Meet with the project sponsors to align expectations

A developer who has almost completed a required product feature for a prototype leaves the company in the middle of an iteration. What should the project manager do?

A. Review the backlog to reschedule the deliverable for a later iteration.

B. Engage with stakeholders directly to review the iteration process.

C. Determine whether other cross-functional team members are able to take over thework.

D. Go to management and ask to hire a new external developer.

A project has recently Kicked off. The project manager observes that thete are different expectations among the project team members. These growing misunderstandings are affecting team productivity.

Which document should the project managefve?

A. Project charter

B. Stakeholder register

C. Team charter

D. Project organization charts

A project manager assigned to an engineering construction project is receiving questions from the site engineers. Several questions are related to carrying out activities to meet timelines that compromise the work crew's safety. When reviewing these questions, the project manager realizes that the engineers do not (eel empowered to make decisions.

How should the project manager address this?

A. Consult the previous project manager to discuss how they managed these questions.

B. Ensure all engineers are aware that questions should only be submitted in their weekly reports.

C. Email the company vision to the engineers and tell them they need to meet deadlines

D. Reinforce to all engineers the company vision of a safety-first approach to project activities.

On a project with multiple international locations, a trend for delays has been flagged. When looking into the issue, the project manager realized that some of the key activities were scheduled over the holiday periods in the overseas offices.

What should the project manager do next?

A. Update the schedule to reflect the holidays and share the workload among offices tomitigate schedule slippage.

B. Hire additional personnel on a temporary basis to cover the extra workload during theholiday seasons.

C. Request that the offices in overseas locations work overtime to mitigate scheduleslippages.

D. Update the schedule to reflect the holidays and notify the project sponsor of thedelayed completion.

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 project team member reads in a financial newspaper that the main project supplier is facing some financial difficulties and communicates this to the project manager. What should the project manager do?

A. Add the situation to the project risk register to be managed

B. Identify competitors that are qualified to replace the current supplier

C. Inform the purchasing department that manages the supplier relationship

D. Use the issue log to record the situation immediately

The main project stakeholder was fired and replaced by another stakeholder. The new stakeholder reviewed the project scope and requested numerous changes, arguing that the stakeholder's team is unhappy with the results to date.

What should the project manager do?

A. Put the new requirements in the backlog with high priority and implement therequested changes.

B. Put the new requirements in the backlog and submit a formal change request forapproval.

C. Put the new requirements in the backlog and let the product owner check their valueand priority.

D. Put the new requirements in the backlog with low priority and implement the requestedchanges.

A project stakeholder has expressed concern that the established success criteria for the project are not being met. What should the project manager do next?

A. Review the established project benefits tracking metrics.

B. Update the project business case document.

C. Document the agreed-upon ownership of benefits realization.

D. Create a project benefits management plan.

A team Is experiencing difficulties and has decided to use a spike. Please click on the portion of the burndown chart that corresponds to the spike.

During a project gate review meeting, it is identified that one of the project deliverables will require corrective actions to meet the project quality requirements. What should the project manager do first?

A. Update the risk register and implement the approved risk response plan for qualitydeviations.

B. Identify the resources that were responsible for the deliverable and request a teamdevelopment plan.

C. Update the issue log, identify the involved stakeholders, and assign resources to thecorrective actions.

D. Submit a change request to update the project quality requirements for the involvedproject deliverable.