Free PMP Practice Test Questions 2026

A company initiated a departmental transformation project improving the processes for the organization using a predictive approach, This is a critical project for the organization and, in the middle of the project, the project manager noticed that one of the deliverables cannot be produced due to a missing technical skill.

What should the project manager have done to avoid this?

A. Planned all required training for the team during the onboarding process

B. Identified all required skills after the kick-off of the project

C. Identified all required skills during the planning of the project

D. Asked the sponsor to identify all required skills during the planning of the project

A project manager is leading a project to modemize the information technology of a bank. The project manager needs to determine how the project stakeholders should communicate, and has discussed the various options with the project team.

What should the project manager do to communicate with the stakeholders?

A. Provide updates to the project sponsor to review and distribute to each stakeholder.

B. Use a single communication medium such as video teleconferencing to limit confusion.

C. Use a variety of communication methods that respect cultural, practical, and personal preferences.

D. Send frequent updates via email to each stakeholder because this is an information technology project.

A major national company known for quality products has just selected a small subcontracting firm to assist with a project. The project manager from the subcontracting firm is meeting with the project team to ensure that the project is delivered according to the customer's standards

in order to ensure this, what should the project manager define and document?

A. Quality

B. Estimates

C. Objectives

D. Requirements

A project team has finished participating in an iterative product increment planning session. After the planning session, the team returns with a list of features to deliver.

How should the project manager ensure the product increments deliver the anticipated requirements?

A. Appoint a dedicated product manager for the duration of the release

B. Have the customer approve the product increment features.

C. Ensure every user story has acceptance criteria.

D. Track business outcomes for planned user stories.

A project team identified a low-cost software product available for purchase that would drastically reduce the scope of development. The development manager has confirmed that this tool would fulfill the business need.

What should the project manager do?

A. Remind the team that their primary responsibility is software development.

B. Add a user story to the product backlog to test the software product.

C. Discuss the Option in the next daily standup meeting to finalize the decision.

D. Recommend the option to the product owner for consideration.

A software development provider reports an issue that is blocking the other remaining deliverables What should the project manager do?

A. Ask the provider to seek options to solve the issue

B. Add the issue to the issue log and report it at the next review meeting

C. Review the current plan and consolidate if necessary

D. Schedule a meeting with the provider to collaborate on the options

A project manager is leading a project that involves on-site and remote team members One task that was assigned to a team member in another country appears to be behind schedule When the project manager inquires about this, the team member claims that the task was completed and that this was reported to the team lead via a telephone conversation

What should the project manager do?

A. Communicate the ground rules, principles and reporting methods to the project stakeholders

B. Penalize the project team lead for not updating the project documentation properly.

C. Review this issue with the team lead for possible ways to resolve this situation

D. Issue guidance to the team member about reporting directly to the project manager

An agile project is in the seventh iteration with multiple changes being accommodated from the project start due such as regulatory changes technological innovations market competition and other changes What should the project manager do to manage these continuous changes coming into the project?

A. Ask the product owner to stop accommodating further changes to the scope

B. Leverage the product owner to monitor the external environment

C. Accommodate the critical and urgent changes in the current iteration

D. Suggest to the product owner to execute the changes in a separate project

A project is almost completed, and both the sponsor and the project management office (PMO) are happy with the project manager's performance reviews. The project manager is under budget and ahead of schedule. However, a team member asks to add a feature to the product that will make the product more impressive and acceptable to the end users.

What should the project manager do first?

A. Accept the feature.

B. Determine if the feature is within the scope.

C. Submit a change request! for the feature.

D. Reject the feature.

A project manager is asked to develop maintenance planning software for a power plant. A similar project was executed by another department in the organization that was later closed due to low performance. The project manager is concerned about the project's performance and wants to take action in advance to ensure the project succeeds.

What should the project manager do?

A. Evaluate the project risk and add external experts to address the potential risks.

B. Inform the project sponsor about the risk and try to convince them to withdraw from the project.

C. Continue executing the project as planned and add more resources if they are required.

D. Review the lessons learned on similar projects so that they do not fall back into the same pattern.

A project manager is working on a project that will transform the organization's operating model. The project manager reviewed the budget allocation for various phases and was informed that upper management will not approve any additional funds.

Knowing that there are no additional funds available, how should the project manager proceed?

A. Allocate the budget to the phases of the project and meet with upper management to consolidate the final funds.

B. Ensure that the budget is enough to cover the internal resources, since external supplies can be covered by procurement.

C. Allocate the budget to the deliveries that have higher business value for the organization than those with lower business value.

D. Decide to work on the small deliveries, leaving the big deliveries until the end of the project, and track critical expenses.

A key stakeholder has recently started in a company and has been assigned to a hybrid project. Although very experienced in their domain, the stakeholder has only been exposed to predictive project approaches.

What should the project manager do?

A. Inform the stakeholder that they must level their knowledge with other stakeholders.

B. Update the risk register with the potential impact and apprise the steering committee.

C. Inform the project management office (PMO) that the team will use a predictive approach for this project.

D. Allocate time to mentor the stakeholder in the selected project approach.