Free PMP Practice Test Questions 2026

A project manager has been assigned to lead a major project in a government organization. There are no policies and procedures for project management since there is no project management office (PMO) The managers involved are unaware of their responsibilities for the project

What should the project manager do?

A. Start planning the project and then request that a PMO be implemented in the organization

B. Request that the implementation of a PMO be executed in parallel with the project

C. Provide project management training to only the internal team involved m the project

D. Provide project management training to the stakeholders and explain their responsibilities

A company has a transformation project in progress. During a planning session, several stakeholders are in constant disagreement and often use personal arguments to support their position. Team members are getting frustrated with the situation.

What should the project manager have done to avoid this situation?

A. Established ground rules before the discussion had started.

B. Asked stakeholders not to voice their opinions during the meeting.

C. Invited a high-level sponsor to the meeting to reduce the level of disagreement.

D. Reinforced that higher-level management has the decision power.

Early prototypes developed in a project show an unacceptably high detect rate. The quality management plan calls for a cause-and-effect analysis to address quality problems as they arise.

What is the protect manager's first step in addressing the problem?

A. Communicate the issue to the change control board (CCB) and relevant stakeholders identified in the stakeholder engagement plan

B. Create a problem-solving team from quality assurance subject matter experts (SMEs) experienced in this type of analysis

C. Form a brainstorming team from project team members selected for their relevant technical analytical and management knowledge

D. Form a brainstorming team with stakeholders from all of the functional departments involved in the project

An IT project manager has been referred to a new, highly rated vendor that provides quality assurance professional services, The project manager plans to engage the quality assurance vendor on a new project, but their rates do not fit into what was budgeted for the project.

What should the project manager do next?

A. Discuss the issue with the management team.

B. Engage the project stakeholders.

C. Update the contract with a lower rate,

D. Engage the procurement team.

A project engineer in country A is complaining about the sample received from the supplier in country B because the sample is not the correct length. During a telephone conference, the supplier checked the drawings and insisted that the measurement was accurate.

What should the project manager do next?

A. Escalate the issue to the purchasing department for review.

B. Evaluate the procurement contract to determine the agreed-upon specifications.

C. Hire a company in country B to perform a quality check before shipment.

D. Add an additional task to cut the received part according to the specifications,

In a geographically distributed project team, the project team members continue to email status reports and update schedules after their weekly meeting discussions. However, the team is having difficulty tracking the changes and progress made.

What should the project manager do?

A. Maintain a central repository of artifacts with a version control system.

B. Maintain separate document control via regions to avoid discrepancies.

C. Develop a document management software for version control.

D. Facilitate training on version control and project artifacts,

A project manager received the project charter for a new product. The project is expected to have two main deliveries: the hardware part that has detailed specifications already defined, including a sample machine, and the user interface software that has only a basic specification and a requirement for a user experience design approach.

Which project management approach should the project manager use?

A. The software development has a high uncertainty level, so an agile approach is recommended for the project.

B. The scope is well defined; therefore, a predictive approach is straightforward and the hardware and software can by synchronized on the gates.

C. The deliverables are significantly different, so the project should be split into two projects that are driven by a program.

D. A hybrid approach will work, using agile for software development and a predictive approach for the hardware deliveries.

Due to a tight schedule, a project team member suggests skipping the quality check of a minor deliverable. What should the project manager do?

A. Evaluate the impact of skipping the quality check for the deliverable.

B. Seek approval from the sponsor on an extension of the project schedule,

C. Seek approval from the quality board to skip the quality check.

D. Ask the team member to work overtime to complete the quality check.

A client comes to the company asking to copy a project that was executed 2 years ago in the same city, with the expectation that the new project will have the same cost and duration.

While finalizing the project management plan, the project manager realizes that the baseline costs are much higher than the original project.

What could the project manager have done to avoid this?

A. Verified applicable budget inputs related to this project

B. Assigned the same project resources to this project

C. Estimated a budget for the project's quality management

D. Determined a budget reserve for this project

A project manager is assigned to a time-bound internal project on quality improvement During project execution the project manager observes that a specific team member is being isolated by other team members

Which three actions should the project manager take? (Choose three)

A. Allow team members to resolve personal issues without involving the project manager

B. Arrange and conduct team-building sessions to improve team effectiveness

C. Obtain feedback from the isolated team member to understand the situation

D. Get feedback from other team members to understand what led to this situation

E. Identify the isolated team member as a risk and document the situation in the risk register.

During the execution phase of a large project there is an extremely high number of change requests Because of this the project manager realizes that there is a greater risk for rejection of the deliverables

How should the project manager mitigate this risk without compromising the completion date?

A. Review the integrated change control process to restrict the number of changes

B. Focus on delivering incremental value through multiple smaller deliveries

C. Request sponsor support to get buy-in from the users and stakeholders

D. Restart the stakeholder engagement process by collecting user requirements again

A project is assigned to two different project teams to develop product features. One team uses a predictive approach and the other team uses an agile approach to complete the work. Senior management is concerned about the success of the project.

What should the project manager do?

A. Advise the teams to follow the company’s existing project management approach.

B. Allow the teams to continue using their approaches and gradually adapt to a hybrid model.

C. Let a senior team member select the approach that is appropriate.

D. Insist the teams both follow either a predictive or agile approach.