Free PMP Practice Test Questions 2026

A project manager presented the project schedule to the mam stakeholders They have requested that the project be completed two months earlier than the scheduled date

What should the project manager do?

A. Hold a stakeholder meeting to align timelines and scope expectations.

B. Crash the schedule to shorten the timeline while keeping the scope unchanged

C. Update the cost management plan to allocate more resources to the project to finish the scope earlier.

D. Reduce the scope of the project by removing activities and shortening the timeline

During the design phase, a project manager realizes that the project will benefit from using adaptive tools The effectiveness of this approach has been proven in past projects inside the organization

What should the project manager do first?

A. Update project documents to include adaptive tools and artifacts and plan the first iterative session

B. Contact the project sponsor and request new team members who are familiar with adaptive projects

C. Confirm team capabilities before introducing adaptive tools and artifacts to the project

D. Freeze the design stage and look for an external resource to run iterative design at extra cost

A project manager has a team of shared resources from other projects who are working on a client project Three days before the project is due. The team informs the project manager that the project will be delayed because a component was not delivered on time Competing priorities of the shared resources are delaying delivery of the component

What should the project manager have done to prevent this delay from happening?

A. Updated the risk management plan and registered lessons learned for the project

B. Reorganized the team for the project based on the work breakdown structure (WBS)

C. Maintained constant communication with the stakeholders of the other projects

D. Used the resource management plan to identify the impacts of the other projects

During daily calls team members share task progress One team member does not usually communicate many details and has critical tasks to be completed All team members are located in different countries and critical work is about to start Which two options will help the project manager in this situation? (Choose two)

A. Encourage all team members to use a virtual workspace

B. Ask the team to send emails with detailed task progress

C. Talk to the team member about their engagement and take appropriate action.

D. Reassign the work to a resource who participates in the daily calls

E. Report the team member’s poor performance to the functional manager

A new project manager learns the work assigned to the team has already been decomposed to its lowest level The project manager reviews the work and feels some additional useful information is missing

What should the project manager review?

A. The project charter and scope statement

B. The requirements traceability matrix

C. The business requirement documents (BRD)

D. The WBS dictionary

A project manager is managing a project which has a very complex and long execution period Although the project is mostly predictive, the team was able to break the design and execution into smaller packages using a hybrid framework The business wants to keep track of the value delivered by this framework application but there is no defined set of measurable items for the framework.

What should the project manager do first?

A. Work with the stakeholders to determine which measurable benefits can be tracked and assign an accountable person to monitor and report them

B. Create a report based on the work breakdown structure (WBS) and update it on a regular basis.

C. Use the same benefits tracking process from the last predictive project and add this to the monthly status report

D. Research which templates of reports were used the most for this framework and incorporate them into the project

During the execution of a project the project manager notices that only one team member has one of the technical skills needed to build the product The project manager is afraid this might have a future impact on the quality and schedule because most of the upcoming activities will require at least three people with this specific skill.

What two actions should the project manager take to prevent the team from being unqualified? (Choose two)

A. Exclude the activities from the roadmap

B. Encourage working in pairs and knowledge sharing

C. Teach the entire team the new skill.

D. Facilitate a training event with an external trainer

E. Increase the time estimates on the activities that require such abilities

During the daily meetings with the team the project manager notices that a new team member is not making the expected progress on an assigned task What should the project manager do?

A. Ask the new team member to follow the team ground rules.

B. Ask an experienced team member to identify a replacement

C. Ask the new team member to reassess their own capabilities

D. Ask an experienced team member to coach the new team member

A company is working on a project and is using a hybrid approach to streamline a customer service process. At the end of the second iteration, a business analyst joins the team to learn about the financial and scheduling aspects of project management.

What should the project manager do to support the business analyst?

A. Assign resources to coach the business analyst

B. Ask the business analyst to focus on their work allocation for the needs of the project

C. Create reports to inform the business analyst about the schedule and project cost

D. Provide the business analyst with access to the financial and scheduling information

One of the main inputs required for a deliverable is missing due to a miscommunication between the vendor and project manager Because of the missed deliverable, the critical path of the project is extended

What should the project manager do next?

A. Start an audit of the vendor's processes and procedures

B. Review lessons learned from previous projects with this vendor

C. Make a detailed analysis on vendor issues during the project

D. Execute a contingency plan to address the issue with the vendor

A project manager meets with external stakeholders to explain the objectives and outline expectations for a new project. A key stakeholder appears to support the project, with the condition that other unrelated projects will receive financial support Due to cultural sensitivities the project manager is reluctant to be direct with the key stakeholder on this matter The project cannot proceed without the support of this stakeholder.

What should the project manager do?

A. Proceed with the project without allowing scope creep to occur

B. Use the contingency funds to provide support for the requested projects

C. Cancel the project since the stakeholder's request is out of scope

D. Inform the sponsor and document the request in the stakeholder engagement plan

A company's project management office (PMO) is incorporating more adaptive technologies and has hired a new project manager with hybrid project management experience The team is slow in adopting the new methodology and has not been updating project artifacts in a timely manner.

Which action should the project manager take to improve the team's performance?

A. Set up a training session for all project team members

B. Reach out to the functional managers for support

C. Speak individually with each project team member about making the needed updates

D. Send an email asking all project team members to complete updates at the end of the day