Free PMP Practice Test Questions 2026

During the implementation phase of a project, functional managers are adding new requirements, which may impact cost and schedule baselines. The project manager notices that some of the team members are communicating with their managers directly to fulfill their requests. This will lead the project to go beyond the agreed baselines. How should the project manager handle this situation?

A. Set up a proper governance structure to ensure functional managers’ requests are processed correctly.

B. Modify the communications management plan to enable functional managers to add changes to the project

C. Follow the project constraints and move forward with the agreed schedule baseline and the cost baseline.

D. Ask the functional managers to communicate with their peers and emphasize the impact of their requirements.

A procurement team lead has been reported as getting into conflicts with other project team members on a weekly basis, The project manager engages with the team lead and discovers that other team members do not believe the team lead is right for this position.

What should the project manager do to resolve these recurring conflicts between the team lead and the other team members?

A. Receive details of the conflicts from all involved, issue all a warning notice, and send all to leadership training.

B. Organize a meeting to discuss emotional intelligence with the team, and establish a rule of respect and special treatment for the team lead.

C. Issue the team lead a warning, and consider recommending the team lead for emotional intelligence training.

D. Find ways to reduce the tension, increase cooperation, and understand the emotions of all team members involved.

A project manager manages multiple information technology (IT) projects in a matrix organization. The project manager schedules a meeting with one of the functional managers to coordinate testing support for two software development projects. Unfortunately, the functional manager is not able to attend the meeting and informs the project manager that there may not be any resources available to test the software. What should the project manager do?

A. Discuss the testing requirements with a test engineer and negotiate the best approach to test the newly developed software.

B. Meet with the project team to collaboratively determine how the project manager can ensure the needed testing assistance is obtained.

C. Request a meeting with the sponsor to change the scope to allow the development team to conduct testing

D. Meet with a procurement specialist to negotiate with a company that specializes in software testing to test the software

A project manager has been assigned a project to build a new solar farm that will provide clean energy to a new housing complex. The government has decided to reduce the tax on renewable energy products starting 1 January. The supplier has reached out and stated that the order placed for solar panels to be delivered on 20 December might be delayed until early January. On the other hand, the project will face similar constraints due to the December holidays. What should the project manager do about this risk?

A. Update the risk register and take advantage of the opportunity

B. Review the supplier's contract to understand the terms of sale

C. Accept the risk and update the risk register.

D. Insist that the supplier deliver the goods on the agreed date

A product team is comprised of consultants and staff members Most of the team members agree on risks and the defined risk actions. One consultant discovers a new risk and communicates it directly to management.

What should the project manager do?

A. Reject the risk because the team is not in agreement on escalating it

B. Include the risk in the risk assessment and evaluate it with the team

C. Accept the risk and immediately enter the risk into the risk register

D. Discuss with the consultant to understand why the risk was escalated

An agile project to provide a material information system has started. During the kick-off meeting, the team realizes that the stakeholders require a solution in 2 months, but it will take at least 4 months to deliver the entire project. Who should the project manager contact to help the team accelerate the delivery?

A. The human resources (HR) department—to ask for more resources to add to the project team.

B. The product owner and the stakeholders—to prioritize the requirements in the product backlog.

C. The team—to have them increase their velocity to accomplish the stakeholders requirements.

D. The stakeholders—to have them prioritize the requirements in the product backlog.

A project manager is assigned to a dental equipment development project that is in the middle of its design phase. After reviewing the project prototype, it is identified that a couple of requirements specifications are missing. Which action should the project manager take next?

A. Discuss with the team and build a workaround plan to immediately deliver the pending requirements specifications.

B. Ask the team to wait until they are able to update the requirements specifications.

C. Prepare a change request for the change control board (CCB) to remove the missing requirements specifications.

D. Meet with the development team to review and assess the requirements specifications.

A project manager is leading an agile team. The daily standups and iteration meetings are currently facilitated by the product owner. A team member contacts the project manager and mentions that they are looking to improve their facilitation skills. How should the project manager respond to this request?

A. Ask the team member to review the lessons learned on facilitation from previous projects.

B. Suggest that the team member facilitate an upcoming iteration and review the outcomes in the iteration retrospective.

C. Engage their functional manager to determine if there is alignment to their development plan before agreeing

D. Add new elements to the project backlog to account for the training needs of the team MEMEBER

A compliance strategy was created during the planning phase of a project During execution, the project manager left the organization and another project manager was assigned to the team

What should the project manager do first to ensure the project is compliant?

A. Meet with the team to discuss compliance concerns

B. Review the organizational process assets (OPAs) for compliance topics

C. Review the compliance strategy and version history

D. Meet with the project sponsor to discuss their compliance concerns

A telecommunications project consists of departments spread across several countries with different cultures. The project team rarely meets in person, and each team member works independently using online reporting tools. What should the project manager do to ensure team members are committed to project success?

A. Control and follow the project's mam goals, budget, and schedule

B. Plan regular virtual meetings to motivate and support the team.

C. Meet in small groups and share information by email with the rest of the team

D. Create a monthly report so everyone will be informed of the current status.

A project manager identifies a risk that has a high probability of occurring. How should the project manager manage this risk?

A. Submit a change request to transfer the risk to a third party in case it becomes an issue.

B. Remove the user stories associated to that risk and avoid the impact to the project deliverables.

C. Assign a qualified team member to be the risk manager for the project.

D. Ask the team to monitor the risk and provide an alert if it becomes an issue.

A few virtual team members are located in a region that generally has good internet connectivity. However, they frequently experience connectivity issues joining team calls during the day.

What should the project manager do?

A. Procure tools that consume less bandwidth for internet calls.

B. Record the meeting to share with the team members who were unable to join.

C. Ask the team members to use chat tools as an alternative to calls.

D. Determine what the problem is and develop an action plan.