Free PMP Practice Test Questions 2026

A project manager for a digital transformation project has already received the business needs for the project. When gathering requirements, the project manager discovers that not all of the requirements can be delivered with the available resources, but that some of the requirements will be enough to add business value.

With the project on a fixed budget, what should the project manager do next?

A. Plan the project based on the available resources and submit a change request upon completion.

B. Gather all stakeholders and provide recommendations on a smaller, more feasible project scope,

C. Identify the technical requirements and request that management hire external resources,

D. Document the problem in the issue log and suggest a change request to decrease the scope.

A project team member does not submit the project status report on time. The team member is frustrated about being required to complete the report. The team member believes that the report does not reflect the reality of the project, has too many pages, and will not be read by stakeholders. What should the project manager do?

A. Review the requirements of the report with the team member to redefine its purpose.

B. Escalate to the team member's functional manager that the report was not submitted as requested.

C. Instruct the team member to provide the report and document this in the performance review.

D. Reassign the report to another team member to prepare and submit it as requested.

A prefeasibility study for a new renewable energy project is nearing approval. To ensure that the project time lines are maintained, activities associated with the feasibility study must continue while the prefeasibility study is being approved. How should the project manager proceed?

A. Proceed with both the prefeasibility and feasibility studies in parallel while waiting for (he final approvals

B. Include the feasibility activities in the prefeasibility study and apply for a change of scope and budget.

C. Obtain approval to proceed with the feasibility study as a parallel activity while the prefeasibility study is approved

D. Secure approval of the prefeasibility study before proceeding with the feasibility activities.

A project manager is a part of the project management office (PMO) and Is tasked with finding a reputable vendor to provide on-site support for their project. The project sponsor stresses the urgency of the need and suggests using a vendor they know to provide the support.

What should the project manager do given the urgency?

A. Consult preferred vendors from the company.

B. Perform research on experienced vendors in the market.

C. Source vendors with extensive experience.

D. Follow the company's standard vendor selection criteria process,

An agile project team received an assignment to develop an industrial system that interfaces with robots. The project team does not have any previous experience performing this type of work. Team members are interested in acquiring such expertise but it may result in a project delay. How should this situation be handled?

A. Use a robotics vendor company to develop the interfaces so the team will not be held back by a lack of expertise in this type of work,

B. Add an experienced professional to the team to reinforce knowledge sharing and help grow team expertise in the new product

C. Create a separate team with experienced members who understand the technology and split the product backlog according to team specialization.

D. Hire a consulting company to address the robotic interface questions, when necessary, and to help avoid delays and quality issues.

A project manager is assigned to a project related to taxes, which will be managed using an agile approach. By reviewing lessons learned from a previous project, the project manager discovers that a key stakeholder is an expert on taxes and is willing to help. How should the project manager leverage this information?

A. Ask the project team to review the lessons learned and have the team contact the stakeholder directly if there are any questions.

B. Recognize the stakeholders skills are important for the project and evaluate the possibility of the stakeholder supporting the project team.

C. Request the functional manager to assign the team from the lessons learned project to the current project to avoid a learning curve.

D. Send a request to the project sponsor to hire the stakeholder and have them become part of the project team.

One of the project manager's important assignments is to formally revise project compliance as it pertains to user data protection regulations. What should the project manager do to monitor compliance?

A. Assess the risk register.

B. Conduct project reviews.

C. Perform retrospectives.

D. Complete sprint reviews

A project manager and project team have brought a project back on track after mapping and removing impediments During the current sprint the team reported that an impediment that previously caused major delays has appeared again. The team tried implementing the same mitigation tasks that worked previously However, the tasks are not having the same result with the impediment

What should the project manager do?

A. Escalate the issue with an impediment to the project sponsor

B. Use the contingency budget to implement schedule compression

C. Implement the mitigation plans listed in the organizational process assets (OPAs)

D. Reassess the issue as part of monitoring and controlling

The first task a project manager needs to complete on a new project is improving stakeholder engagement. How should the project manager complete the power/interest grid based on the following scenario:
• The marketing director is the key stakeholder. as the project will create a new product for the company.
• The finance director is providing funding and does not have much time to follow the tracking of the project.
• The sales representatives assigned to the team provided some negative feedback on the requirements
• The human resources (HR) intern assigned to the team was satisfied with the new product interlace.

A third-party supplier demands payment for the services provided for a project. The agreement was that payment would be made after the organization receives payment from the client. The third-party supplier lacks the capital to meet their payroll and has informed the project manager that if they do not receive payment quickly, they will withdraw team members from the project.

What should the project manager do?

A. Process a bank loan to pay the payroll of the third-party supplier.

B. Reassign resources from other projects to pay the third-party supplier.

C. Explain the third-party supplier situation to the client and request payment.

D. Inform the client that the project must be delayed until payment is received.

At a meeting, the project manager for an agile project indicates that the sprint goals were not met. The product owner leaves the meeting early. and the team discusses how the meeting went. Team members are confused as there were no defects for the new user stories and no new requirements were discussed. What should the project manager do in the future to avoid this situation?

A. Create better plans to test the functionality in more detail

B. Review the definition of done (DoD) with the product owner

C. Include previous sprint defects and close them in the actual sprint.

D. Get approval from the product owner on the user stories.

A project manager /s planning a project and identifies that legislation requirements for specific project tasks will be changing. This will occur half way through the project execution phase and will affect a few key workers’ licenses, which will become noncompliant.

What should the project manager do?

A. Start scheduling the training for key workers now to ensure compliance.

B. Maintain the current key workers since the project has already started.

C. Update the project charter to ensure the new legislation is addressed,

D. Start a recruitment drive for new workers with the licenses required.