Free PMP Practice Test Questions 2026

A new product is designed for a certain market. This product needs to adhere to the health and safety regulations for that region. What should the project manager do to ensure that the product complies with the regulations?

A. Inform the design team to ensure compliance during the product design phase

B. Inform the quality team that they need to ensure that the product is in compliance

C. Ensure that compliance is explicitly mentioned in the relevant requirements

D. Meet with the team and remind them of the compliance requirements

A high-tech borehole protect was initiated with the goal of providing water for a rural community of 1500 villagers located in an arid region. The project was completed with a cost performance index (CPi) of 1 09 and a schedule performance index (SPl) of 0.93 Six months after its completion it is determined that the villagers could not access water

What caused this situation to occur?

A. The risk analysis was inadequate

B. The project was completed behind schedule

C. The requirements gathering was inadequate

D. The project was delivered above budget

A project manager is working on a software product that will be installed across all levels of the client's organization. The client's executive sponsor insists that only stakeholders at the highest level of the company will be involved in the planning phase.

What should the project manager do?

A. Ask the client how the project will affect the client's organization and recommend that all impacted parties be involved.

B. involve an executive-level stakeholder at the project manager's own company to speak with the client's executive sponsor.

C. Perform an independent analysis to determine the stakeholders from the client's organization.

D. Defer to the judgment of the client's executive sponsor since they will determine whether the project is a success.

A construction services company has influence within the local community with the potential to derail a project site establishment. Their build was unsuccessful but they continue to communicate with the hope that their influence will persuade the project manager to reconsider their offer.

What is the appropriate course of action for the project manager to pursue?

A. Do not communicate with the unsuccessful bidder as they do not have any further influence on the project

B. Meet with the unsuccessful bidder to review their submission and the areas that led to the bid being unsuccessful

C. Reassess the bid to establish areas for improvement with the intention to assign work to this contractor

D. Report the unsuccessful bidder to the local community leadership who have been supportive of the project

A project manager is managing a project that is going to deliver a new risk platform. This platform will enable data-driven and new risk market models to ensure compliance with new regulations. The regulatory requirements for the models are released continuously and are not fully fixed yet. The project manager is reviewing the risk register and added a few new Hems

Match the risks on the left lo the correct category on the right.

A project team member is providing updates to assigned work and reports a task as complete, As the project progresses, it is observed that the task is not fully complete.

What should the project manager do moving forward?

A. Provide clear expectations around task requirements.

B. Review the task list with the team on a regular basis,

C. Provide templates for the product owner to use in the future.

D. Review the task with the sponsor to see if they are satisfied

One of the risks identified during project planning activities is related to a component from a preferred vendor. The component utilizes new technology, and there is a possibility of incompatibility with other parts of the system that are being developed.

What should the project manager do?

A. Create a risk probability matrix to address the incompatibility.

B. identify an alternative component in case of incompatibility.

C. Use the contingency fund to redesign the interface if it is incompatible,

D. Require the vendor to redesign the incompatible component to fit the system.

As the project progresses, the learns not performing at acceptable levels and in accordance with the key performance indicators (KPls) that were set at the beginning of the project. How should the project manager resolve this?

A. Escalate a schedule risk to the sponsor.

B. Conduct team-building exercises.

C. Stop the project and perform a team skill assessment.

D. Make sure that the team has a full understanding of the scope.

A project manager has been asked for performance feedback regarding one of the team members The project manager would like to gather additional input from the project team because there are no metrics in place for evaluating employee performance.

What should the project manager do next?

A. Evaluate demonstrated task accountability

B. Determine the appropriate approach

C. Analyze team member influence

D. Identify levels of decision-making authority

A project manager has recently joined an organization and notices that the engineering manager shouts at the project manager during project meetings Also the procurement manager will not return calls and the accountant always insists the project manager clears approved budget line items with them personally before expensing

Which three corrective actions should the project manager perform? (Choose three)

A. Confront the people causing the stress directly with the aim of finding amicable solutions

B. Seek support from the project management office (PMO) on addressing issues affecting the project

C. Discuss the possible actions with the project sponsor

D. Avoid the people causing stress and request a transfer as soon as possible

E. Talk to the human resources (HR) manager about these concerns

The project team is planning a schedule with limited information. The team |s having issues identifying the detailed tasks and estimating task durations.

Which three techniques should the project manager use? (Choose three)

A. Rolling wave planning and an adaptive approach

B. Relative estimation to determine the task or deliverable sizes

C. Iterations and reviews to continuously keep adapting the plan

D. Bottom-up estimating based on a work breakdown structure (WBS)

E. Gantt chart that includes milestones and deadlines

A company strictly uses an agile approach, and the backlogs are continuously updated. A new project lead is hired and feels uncomfortable sharing some of the product's vital information with the team and the product owner.

What does the project lead need to do to prevent a risky situation in the next iterations?

A. Keep the project focused and executed in silos for better outcomes.

B. Report the concern to the agile project management office (PMO),

C. Inform the product owner of the concern so that i can be addressed.

D. Open up to the team to work collaboratively to achieve the outcomes.