Free PMP Practice Test Questions 2026

An agile team recently started working on a project for a financial institution. The project sponsor is concerned that an agile approach will not provide enough support for the organization's compliance standards.

In order to mitigate this risk and avoid problems, what should the project manager do?

A. Propose using a compliance review board that will be responsible for approving allproduct features prior to their release to the public.

B. Liaison with the compliance group, making them responsible for understanding therequirements and keeping them prioritized in the backlog.

C. Meet with the compliance team and make sure that their requirements are covered in thedefinition of done (DoD) for each story.

D. Ensure that the peer review process also covers compliance requirements, creating asecond layer of security for the project.

What is the correct way to put an organization on the proper path to changing their mindset to an agile approach?

A. Hire employees who specialize in agile approaches so they can better contribute toprojects.

B. Assign employees to agile projects so they can quickly adjust to the new approach.

C. Train all employees in agile approaches.

D. Shift the way the company views, reviews, and assesses employees.

A company is transitioning from a predictive to an agile approach. During the last two sprint reviews, the product owner complained about the development team, indicating that the increments do not meet the acceptance criteria defined in the user stories. The development team complained about the product owner, who is defining sprint backlog items, because the backlog items cannot be delivered during the 2-week sprints agreed to at the beginning of the project.

How should the project manager resolve this situation in their new role as servant leader?

A. Review the organizational process assets (OPAs) to find similar situations and review the resolution actions taken,

B. Request that the team use the next sprint to complete all technical debt remaining from the previous sprints.

C. Extend the sprints to 3 weeks to allow the work requested by the product owner to be completed.

D. Encourage the whole team to be empowered and accountable for the decisions made according to their roles,

A project manager is managing a hybrid project. During project execution, the project manager was informed that over half of the project budget was reallocated to a project that is handling an emergency that recently occurred.

What should the project manager do?

A. Meet with the project sponsor to explain that the project cannot be completed as planned

B. Meet with the technical lead to review the sprint plan

C. Meet with the product owner to confirm the minimum viable product (MVP) option

D. Meet with the project team and reprioritize the backlog

A project manager for a software technology project works in a matrixed organization with virtual teams. Unfortunately, the functional manager informs the project manager that there may not be any resources available to test the software.

What should the project manager do next?

A. Engage with the functional manager to discuss details to obtain the required support.

B. Request a teleconference meeting with the sponsor to submit a change request to allow the development team to conduct testing.

C. Discuss testing requirements at the weekly project meeting to negotiate the best approach to test software.

D. Send an email to the procurement specialist to negotiate with a company that specializes in software testing.

During a standup meeting, a team member raises the issue that they have blockers and impediments preventing them from moving on to the next task. How should the project lead handle this situation?

A. Support the team member by removing the blockers and impediments.

B. Allocate the blockers and impediments to the product owner to resolve.

C. Insist that the person who raised the blockers and impediments take ownership.

D. Add any blockers or impediments to the risk register,

Clients are complaining about the delay on a product delivery timeline. It is confirmed that the issue is related to the product inventory and availability.

What should the project manager do to engage the stakeholders?

A. Ask the team to work on the complaint raised by the clients.

B. Escalate the issue raised by the clients to the project sponsor,

C. Develop a solution with the team to identify the inventory level.

D. Work with the team and the product owner to define the next steps.

A company wants to launch a new product for customers. The project for this new product is in the development phase. Due to an uncertain environment, the project manager has doubts about the feasibility of the project.

What should the project manager do in this situation?

A. Validate assumptions using appropriate tools to assess the risks.

B. Refer to the lessons learned to determine the impact on the external environment.

C. Recommend postponing the project until the uncertainty is resolved

D. Highlight the concern to the project sponsor in the next project review meeting

What should an agile lead do lo ensure their team is set up for success?

A. Pay attention to team dynamics and understand that coaching is done simultaneously at an individual and whole-team level

B. Schedule sprint meetings and coaching sessions to discuss project-related information

C. Plan quarterly informal meetings or team bonding sessions to encourage the team to work together

D. Document team tasks and challenges in order to understand when to step in and help a member of the team

A project is nearing completion. The sponsor is already asking the project management office (PMO) when the project manager will be assigned to host a planning session for a new initiative.

What should the project manager do next?

A. Review organizational process assets (OPAs) for clarity.

B. Document lessons learned before closing.

C. Consult the project charter for next steps.

D. Confirm the definition of done (DoD) has been met.

A bank has decided to initiate a project to transition from serving small businesses and entrepreneurs to mid- and large-scale businesses The country's economy is struggling, and some stakeholders cannot agree on this transformation need

What should the project manager do'?

A. Escalate the issue to the sponsor and ask for stakeholder engagement

B. Review the project business case and update it periodically

C. Plan for strategic program management

D. Implement a communications management plan

A large and complex program in an agile environment has experienced an increase in escalations from the client side. The rates and responsibilities are unclear, and the client does not have any direction regarding the escalation process.

What should be done to resolve this issue?

A. Invite the client and product owner to all planning, review, and retrospective meetings.

B. Accept the escalations and manage them so the working relationship with the client isnot impacted.

C. Review and clarify roles, responsibilities, and the governance model at the next sprintreview meeting.

D. Invite the product owner to attend all Scrum meetings and define the governance modeland escalation path.