Free PMP Practice Test Questions 2026

An engineer working on a project team has tasks that require an additional skill that the engineer does not have a designer on the team is experienced with this skill from previous jobs and is willing to teach this skill even though it is not part of the current work

What should the project manager do?

A. Escalate the situation to the engineer's manager

B. Request external training for the engineer

C. Request external training for the engineer and designer

D. Allow the engineer and designer to cross-train with each other

A project manager who works for a company involved in several industries is asked to lead a software development project for a government agency. The company attempted to execute similar projects for other industries before but was unsuccessful.

What should the project manager do to ensure project success?

A. Document this information in the risk management plan.

B. Develop a contingency plan to prepare for possible risks.

C. Continue executing the project using expert judgment.

D. Review the lessons learned registers from the previous projects.

A sponsor and project manager found out that a vendor in a different time zone has delayed the delivery of its products and needs close supervision until the project gets back on track. The only option is to relocate three key members of the project team to spend 6 months abroad

What should the project manager do next?

A. Communicate to the whole team the decision to relocate team members abroad and the implications of doing so in the next project status meeting

B. Communicate individually with the affected team members to negotiate the decision and confirm their willingness to relocate

C. Communicate the decision to the human resources (HR) department so they can direct the project team members to be sent abroad

D. Communicate to the affected team members' manager and schedule a meeting to discuss the details of this assignment

A project is about to close and the project manager is p Set up a meeting to perform a root cause analy reparing a draft of the project closure report. The project sponsor has approached the project manager to stay on longer to ensure the benefits in the charter are tracked as completed However, some of the benefits will not be realized until 1year after project implementation.

What should the project manager do?

A. Explain to the project sponsor that the project manager is only accountable for managing the project scope budget quality and schedule

B. Document who will be tracking benefits realization what will be tracked and when it will be tracked in the project closure report

C. Explain to the project sponsor that they are accountable for tracking benefits realization after project completion

D. Discuss extending the project manager's allocation to the project until all benefits are realized with the project management office (PMO)

A project manager finds out that the required project status reports have not been filled out by most team members. These status reports are urgently needed to compile a comprehensive status report for the project sponsor.

What should the project manager do to address this situation?

A. Reprimand the team members who did not fill out the status reports.

B. Justify the team members' behavior to the project sponsor.

C. Quickly put together a report that will satisfy the project sponsor.

D. Discuss the issue with the team members at fault.

An agile leader is working on a complex project that is entering the final phase where solutions from different vendors are being integrated. This is the most critical delivery stage for the project

How should the agile leader ensure successful delivery?

A. Ensure participation from all team members

B. Ask the client to attend all daily calls.

C. Ensure cross-departmental teams are colocated

D. Request additional project resources

An agile leader notices that one team member consistently fails to complete the deliverables on time The agile leader suspects that this team member does not have the proper training.

What should the agile leader do?

A. Reassign the task to another team member and require the team member to complete training

B. Use the retrospective meeting to remind the entire team that they must complete all deliverables in each sprint

C. Review the definition of done (DoD) with the team so that everyone understands what the team must deliver in this sprint.

D. Speak directly with the team member about improvements and commit to an agreed- upon time frame.

A project is in the execution phase During a few planning sessions the team brought up dependencies and risks based on their knowledge of other project. The project manager also received questions from the company in terms of how and when the team planned to perform acceptance testing and training activities

What should the project manager do next?

A. Document the project management plans and share them with the company and all team members via email for review

B. Create a log to track risks assumptions issues and dependencies and establish a periodic review with the stakeholders

C. Add contingency m the schedule to account for dependencies and risks then review rt with the team

D. Engage with the company and the project team to determine the best course of action

A project manager acquired information from the market that would reduce the business value being delivered by an ongoing protect Based on that information, the project manager believes the project should be stopped

How should the project manager handle the situation?

A. Remove the items no longer applicable from the backlog and present the backlog to the project team

B. Continue working on the defined scope and review the risk matrix

C. Have a discussion with the project sponsor and cancel the project

D. Have a discussion with the sponsor and recommend the project business value be reassessed

A project manager is executing a project where an external vendor will provide some deliverables Alter awarding the contract to the vendor the project manager is informed that the vendor is running behind schedule on a separate project Finding another vendor will exceed the budget

What should the project manager update first?

A. Issue log

B. Lessons learned register

C. Stakeholder engagement plan

D. Risk register

In an iteration-based marketing project, a product is scheduled to be launched at the sixth iteration In the third iteration demo the marketing team expressed that they need five iterations to launch the product and they have not started yet

What should the project team have done to avoid this issue?

A. Held a touchpoint with marketing before the demo to discuss any impediments

B. Scheduled a demo presentation of the product during the first reason

C. Asked the marketing team to start working on the product immediately

D. Confirmed marketing requirements and constraints when adding to the backlog

A project team Is working on a relative-weighting approach to assess product features. The product features will be prioritized to highlight the benefits and bring value to the customer. What should the project manager ask the team to do?

A. Perform collaborative work that is coordinated by the project manager.

B. Rely on the expert judgment of the product owner.

C. Use a market-based strategy.

D. Engage the project sponsor.