Free PMP Practice Test Questions 2026

A project manager is working in a company that has several global offices. During resource planning for a new project, the project manager realizes that the company requires projects to include team members from different continents.

What should the project manager do to ensure a successful project execution?

A. invite all resources to the project manager's location to form a cohesive team until all deliverables are completed,

B. Send emails with information about the project deliverables on the first day of the project.

C. Connect with every location and check their preferred methods of communication.

D. Plan for a meeting with the project sponsor to discuss the possibility of utilizing only local colleagues.

A project manager has been assigned to a new digital product line, which the company hopes will boost their revenue. The product is complex and requires customer feedback to continually refine the product. The project is being handled by a cross-functional agile team.

What should the project manager do to ensure value is delivered quickly?

A. Plan the project to deliver value incrementally with regular releases.

B. Request a budget increase to pay the subject matter experts (SMEs) more overtime

C. Identify tasks that can run in parallel to deliver the project faster.

D. Ask the project sponsor to provide additional resources to fast track the project.

A software delivery project began having technical impediments. The issue may cause a delay of the deliverables. The technical service team has been working on the issue, but the issue is unresolved even after 1 week of maintenance.

What should the senior project manager do now?

A. Use interpersonal skills to expedite the issue.

B. Send a gentle reminder to the technical service team.

C. Update the issue log with the status and priority.

D. Issue a formal warning to the technical service team.

A key project stakeholder has started to escalate all issues and main requirements to the project sponsor. The project manager is concemed about the team not receiving direct communications from this stakeholder.

Which two actions should the project manager take to improve the relationship with the stakeholder? (Choose two)

A. Schedule regular meetings with the key stakeholder to provide updates and receive feedback,

B. Share weekly status reports with detailed information about the project and team performance.

C. Submit performance reports and task assignments to keep the stakeholder informed.

D. Promote an adaptive and transparent environment where the team can easily communicate with the stakeholders.

E. Provide training to the team on emotional intelligence and status reporting techniques.

A project manager is managing a very important business transformation project. The goal of the project is to extend a desktop application with a mobile application module.

The marketing department believes that a main competitor is working on a similar product.

Which delivery approach should the project manager use for this project?

A. Traditional delivery, to ensure high quality and that the product meets market demands

B. Extreme Programming (XP) delivery, to mitigate the high risk related to a new product

C. Iterative delivery, to ensure that user feedback is incorporated into the second iteration

D. Incremental delivery, to ensure that mobile capability is released fast to the users

A prefeasibility study for a new renewable energy project is nearing approval. To ensure that the project time lines are maintained, activities associated with the feasibility study must continue while the prefeasibility study is being approved.

How should the project manager proceed?

A. Proceed with both the prefeasibility and feasibility studies in parallel while waiting for (he final approvals

B. Include the feasibility activities in the prefeasibility study and apply for a change of scope and budget.

C. Obtain approval to proceed with the feasibility study as a parallel activity while the prefeasibility study is approved

D. Secure approval of the prefeasibility study before proceeding with the feasibility activities.

A project manager is managing a new development program to automate some technical functions. During project kickoff, the project manager expresses the need for a technical architect to support the project for a moderate amount of time. The project sponsor informs the project manager about an existing technical architect who possesses valuable knowledge but is already assigned at the portfolio level.

What engagement model should the project manager use for the technical architect role to ensure project success?

A. Hire a new technical architect who would be solely dedicated to the current project.

B. Share the existing technical architect so they can be allocated to the current project and other projects.

C. Hire a new technical architect who would be shared between the current project and other projects.

D. Assign the existing technical architect to solely be dedicated to the current project.

An organization is transitioning to agile. The project manager is discussing how to manage risks with the development team in light of the transition for a particular project.

The team estimates the risk level as low.

What should the project manager do?

A. Capture all the backlog entries assessed by the development team to have evidence that risk management has been completed

B. Create a risk register to identify, capture, review, and manage risks using a risk management process.

C. Trust the development team's risk estimation and inform the project sponsor that the risks will be evaluated at a later time.

D. Create a risk register and include a single generic risk, set the level to low, and then close the risk at the end of the project.

A project team member raised a risk that the threat of country-wide power cuts may affect the project time line for a software development project. In the last month, this risk materialized and the project time line had to be extended by 2 months.

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

A. Ask the team member to work overtime to make up the time lost so that the project schedule is not impacted.

B. Analyze the impact of the issue and submit a change request to update the project schedule.

C. Inform the project sponsor that the risk has materialized and request that the project budget be increased.

D. Extend the project deadline and update the project schedule to reflect the delay.

E. Log it in the risk register and work with the relevant owner to implement the mitigation action plan.

An iteration is almost finished, but the team is struggling to complete the stories that require more time. What should the project manager do first?

A. Meet with the project team to develop a proper resolution to the issue.

B. Update the project artifacts to reflect the new deadlines reported.

C. Request approval from the project sponsor to add more resources,

D. Prepare documentation to explain the issue and communicate accordingly.

A project manager is leading a project that will be delivered using a Scrum framework. The organization has an innovative project management office (PMO) that fully supports agile and also has a very friendly procurement team. A new vendor needs to be engaged to provide more developers for a new reporting platform.

What should the project manager do?

A. Use an agile approach and engage a vendor that delivered well in a previous organization.

B. Consult the product owner and engage a vendor that is recommended by them.

C. Consult the development team and engage a vendor that is recommended by them.

D. Use a formal approach using procurement policies, procedures, forms, and work instructions.

A project manager who is experienced in predictive and adaptive approaches has been assigned to a new project. Most of the project stakeholders have only worked on predictive projects, and only a few have been exposed to adaptive projects.

What should the project manager do?

A. Propose a hybrid approach and determine which stakeholders will be engaged in each phase of the project.

B. Follow a predictive approach to reduce the training effort, even though there are incremental deliveries in the project.

C. Use an adaptive approach, engage the stakeholders who have been exposed to adaptive projects, and train those who have not.

D. Understand the scope complexity and project magnitude prior to determining which approach to use.