Free PMP Practice Test Questions 2026

A project manager has been hired to help coordinate an ongoing project Historically the biggest problem as reported by the company's CEO is that the change request process has been handled by managers who did not have dear information on the project schedule and budget. This information has been inconsistent and handled by finance, risk. and functional subject matter experts (SMEs)

What should the project manager do to control this situation?

A. Redefine the communications management plan

B. Develop an integrated change management plan

C. Document the risk in the project risk register

D. Review the scope defined in the project charter

A project manager is working on a large project in another country and realizes that only a few people from the project team are working on all of the releases. What should the project manager do to prevent this in the future?

A. Document the risk register in the project charter.

B. Speak to the customer and add the issue to the issue log.

C. Review user roles and update the team charter.

D. Involve the product owner to rewrite the user stories.

A project manager has been working with the same group of stakeholders for 3 years using a predictive approach. The stakeholders have invested in many projects and are familiar with the approach Recently the organization has strongly encouraged all project managers to adopt an agile approach. This was announced 2 weeks before the project manager planned to kick off a large complex project with the same group of stakeholders.

What should the project manager do?

A. Use the agile approach in the new project and schedule agile training for those stakeholders who are new to this approach

B. Continue to use the predictive approach m the new project since it is the approach the stakeholders are familiar with using

C. Share the pros and cons of adopting an agile approach for the new project only with the team and ask them to decide which approach to use

D. Share and discuss the pros and cons of adopting agile with the stakeholders and choose the approach they prefer for the new project

A project manager is assigned midway through a project. The team members are in different locations across the country and they are unable to meet in-person often. During a status review meeting, one of the stakeholders highlighted that they were unaware of the status for the project deliverables.

What should the project manager do first?

A. Request the project team include the stakeholder's details and make sure the projectstatus reports are shared with the stakeholder.

B. Schedule a meeting with the stakeholder and include the stakeholder's needs in the project management plan.

C. Review the stakeholder management plan and update the stakeholder register forincorporation in the project management plan.

D. Review the communications management plan and verify whether the stakeholder's needs are captured in the project management plan.

Eight people have been working on a project for an extended period of time. The scope has changed significantly and the product owner has been replaced multiple times. The team members are feeling disassociated from the project.

What should the project manager do to ensure team alignment with the goals?

A. Ask the new product owner to explain the importance of the project.

B. Email the team a detailed outline of the business requirements.

C. Review the project charter with the team.

D. Facilitate a discussion of the vision for the project.

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 andbegin project planning.

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

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

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

A project manager is leading a project that is implementing an assembly line.

During the quality review meeting, a team member reports an issue stating that the product being developed has discrepancies with the one requested by the customer.

What should the project manager do?

A. Ensure the current solution is in place to enable future usability.

B. Run a root cause analysis to identify the quality breach and update the qualitymanagement plan.

C. Check that the product meets the requirements established by the customer.

D. Make a proposal of new specifications and submit it to the customer for approval.

A company has always acquired very specialized services from local companies for its projects. During the planning stage for a regulatory project, the project manager is informed that local vendors would not be able to operate due to an unexpected major event. There is an option to hire the same services from companies in other countries.

What should the project manager do in this situation?

A. Plan to execute the procurement tasks in a virtual environment.

B. Review organizational process assets (OPAs) for similar projects.

C. Create a change request to extend the duration of the project.

D. Ask the project sponsor to put the project on hold.

A project involves exporting 150 packages to the customer. However, only 30 packages have been cleared by the customer for shipment. The logistics manager provided details to the customer 2 weeks ago and set up a weekly conference call to effectively communicate with them, but the customer has not been participating in the calls.

How should the project manager handle this situation?

A. Request a change in the contract to include the shipment in the project managementplan.

B. Find the root cause of the issue and discuss the customer's current engagement.

C. Inform the customer that subsequent packages cannot be manufactured.

D. Request a delivery date extension from the customer

A project manager primarily works on implementation projects Depending on the deliverable, the project manager is able to estimate the time line based on previous projects. The project manager now receives a project that is different from the previous implementation projects.

What should the project manager do next?

A. Refer to the previous protect they worked on and base the estimate on that

B. Use expert judgment to estimate the schedule and then adjust the schedule as the project progresses

C. Ask the project management office (PMO) by when the project can be completed and use that date as the project time line

D. Break down the project into smaller tasks and estimate the durations of the activities

A newly appointed product owner is working with a project team that is using agile for the first time. The product owner is constantly disrupting various team members throughout the day to discuss progress. This has resulted in the team feeling micromanaged and frustrated because of the constant disruptions.

How should the project manager proceed?

A. Invite the product owner to attend daily standup meetings so they can assessprogress.

B. Set up a feedback session with the product owner once a week so they can assessprogress.

C. Instruct the team to refer the product owner to the project manager for information.

D. Invite the product owner's functional manager to a feedback session to escalate theissue.

When a project manager is trying to determine a leadership style to use on a project what should they consider?

A. Number of tasks on the protect

B. Culture of the organization

C. Project timeline

D. Experience of the project manager