Free PMP Practice Test Questions 2026

In the middle of an iteration, the product owner tells the agile team that the government has updated legal requirements. This will result in some changes in the product definition.

How should the project manager handle this situation?

A. Review the iteration backlog because the product definition has changed and needs tobe reassessed before continuing the project.

B. Continue work and ask the product owner to assess the changes and add/remove thestories as needed in the backlog.

C. Ask a business analyst to assess the changes and then add/remove the stories in thebacklog and prioritize them by business value.

D. Ask the product owner to add new changes to the bottom of the backlog in order tohandle the modifications as a change request.

A company is transitioning its projects from a predictive to an iterative approach. The protect team is complaining because they are unsure of what needs to be done due to all of the changes requested by the product owner for features already developed since the beginning of the project.

How should the project manager handle this situation?

A. Ask the product owner to create a new entry in the risk management plan regarding likelihood and imped

B. Review the backlogs from similar projects and understand how change requests were implemented

C. Ask the product owner to follow the change request process to formalize new requirements

D. Make sure that the product and sprint backlogs have the required level of documentation and both are visible to the team

A team is having a hard time completing work due to unclear requirements. They have not been able to complete an iteration successfully in several months.

In order to help the team, what should the project leader do?

A. Recommend that the product owner reviews the backlog refinement processes.

B. Recommend that the team reviews the length of the iteration with the stakeholders.

C. Recommend limiting the work in progress to improve the team’s focus.

D. Recommend a review of the team members’ individual performances.

A project manager is working on a project to modernize the information technology of a bank, The project manager is facing challenges with the project sponsor regarding how to proceed with implementation of a key piece of technology.

How should the project manager resolve this conflict?

A. Meet with all project stakeholders to identify how to implement the technology.

B. Identify the disagreement in the risk register and develop a contingency plan.

C. Update the project charter to align with the desires of the project sponsor.

D. Negotiate with the project sponsor to develop a mutually beneficial solution.

A project management office (PMO) has been trying to implement an adaptive approach for the project management framework. The project manager has been asked to use adaptive tools in the next project. Awareness of adaptive tools is very low in the company, and many stakeholders are concerned about moving to a hybrid approach.

What should the project manager do?

A. Recommend to the PMO that it is not the right time to start implementing new tools for projects.

B. Include the use of tools and monitoring of their benefits in regular status reports and the communications management plan.

C. Prepare a change request and seek approval from the steering committee regarding the new project framework.

D. Bring in a third-party company to develop and implement a hybrid framework for this specific project.

During protect execution the project manager observes lower velocity and a high volume of tasks m the testing queue. The project is using a hybrid approach and there are only a few sprints remaining

What should the project manager do?

A. Work with the team to understand and solve the issues

B. Provide testing training to all the project team members

C. Increase the sprint duration so the testing can be completed

D. Add a new resource with testing skills to the team

During the development of a product, multiple identified risks have now become issues, which is hindering the team's velocity. What should the project manager do in this situation?

A. Document the issues and extend the project delivery timeline.

B. Convene the steering committee and inform them of the impact to the project.

C. Prioritize the user stories with issues and have the team resolve them

D. Update the project management plan and risk management plan.

A project manager works in a startup company and is in charge of a key project that has critical and time-sensitive delivery objectives. One of the project team members missed completing an assigned deliverable on time, despite repeated assurances from the team member that it would be completed on time

What should the project manager do next?

A. Record the issue then refocus the team's efforts on delivering the next set of deliverables

B. Give the team member a formal warning for the negative impact due to failure to delrver and not meet deadlines

C. Hold a team meeting to discuss team member commitments and communications

D. Meet with the team member and work on a development plan for them to avoid missed deliverables in the future

After reviewing the lessons learned database, a project manager realizes that the current team may not be knowledgeable enough about organizational processes for the needs of a new project. What should the project manager do?

A. Develop the team members to work as a cross-functional team.

B. Ask a functional manager to provide the right team members.

C. Review the project charter to see if the scope can be modified.

D. Ask the portfolio manager to reassign the project to another team.

A new project manager has been assigned to a project that is in its second phase The product created in the first phase was transferred to operations During a meeting, the project sponsor complained that some of the reports contain conflicting data on the product value

What should the new project manager do next?

A. Review the benefits management plan

B. Refer to the lessons learned from the first phase

C. Consult the project reports from the previous project manager

D. Collect information from related departments

A healthcare company requires all new employees to attend mandatory computer-based training courses, Because some of the employees work with highly sensitive patient data, the training covers various aspects of data security. In spite of this training, data breaches continue to occur in one of the project teams.

What should the project manager do?

A. Apply a root-cause analysis on the data breaches.

B. Ensure that all team members complete the training.

C. Redesign the training courseware to make it interesting.

D. Retrain the team members responsible for the breaches.

A project manager is involved with a project to remodel a long-used product. There are no proper records for the original design and execution of the original product. The stakeholders doubt that the remodel can be accomplished without this information and are hesitant to provide support for the project.

What should the project manager do?

A. Acknowledge the stakeholders’ concerns with open dialogues and realign the project with stakeholder requirements and past lessons learned.

B. Solicit a larger reserve for cost and time and manage the stakeholders’ expectations.

C. Create a plan to inform stakeholders on the progress so they are able to see that the project can succeed,

D. Share the threats of not updating old solutions and ask stakeholders to be patient with any inconveniences.