PMP Exam Questions

A team member who is working on a critical project deliverable reported that their computer is not working. The IT department says that due to a high workload, they will not be abl...

Eight highly qualified experts have been assembled to work for a 6-month period on a specific aspect of an organization's product development process. How should the project manage...

A project manager wants to assign a junior engineer to a new project. In past projects, the engineer showed initiative to take on complex tasks and solve problems in innovative way...

During the execution of a project, a company decides that everybody will need to take vacation time before the end of the year. This may cause a change in the project time line. Ho...

A project manager identifies an issue between two team members that is affecting the development of one of the deliverables during the second iteration of a project. How should the...

A project team is implementing a hosted system for a third party. Just before going live, the customer asks the project team to include additional functionality. The project team i...

A state-of-the-art product was delivered at the end of a project life cycle. However, the customer claims the product was not designed to specifications. What should the project ma...

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...

A new major road project is starting, and the contractor has contractually committed to submitting regular status reports and participating in integration meetings. Halfway through...

While finalizing project management plans, a customer provides the project manager with a new set of quality standards to which the final product must adhere. What should the proje...

A project manager has been given a critical, 5-day window and is allocated a maximum of US$100,000 as a contingency reserve. Subsequently, the project manager drafted a course of a...

A project manager wants to make sure that similar projects in the future use the project's performance data as a reference. However, the project manager is not sure how to accompli...

During a system demo, a project stakeholder rejects the features completed from the most recent user stories. According to the stakeholder, the product does not meet the quality st...

A project is 70% complete when the project sponsor requests an additional deliverable. What should the project manager do first?

A company initiated a departmental transformation project improving the processes for the organization using a predictive approach. This is a critical project for the organization...

A project manager is beginning a new project with very diverse team members. The project manager chose to use consensus building so the team can agree on and be engaged in how the...

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 ther...

A project manager is leading a team of diverse individuals of all ages. The working hours for the project were set at the beginning of the project, and all team members agreed to t...

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

A project manager is leading a multiyear project that involves internal and external stakeholders. As the project manager begins to gather requirements, additional business stakeho...

In the initiating phase of a project, the project manager and team members are prioritizing the product backlog along with the product owner. What should the project manager do nex...

A project manager is overseeing a project as part of a program geared toward a major technology disruption. The team is comprised of brilliant young professionals who have worked o...

Due to organizational changes, several key stakeholders are replaced by new ones in the middle of a project. As a result, numerous new requirements are raised. What should the proj...

One phase of a project took much longer than initially anticipated. The key stakeholders expressed their concern regarding a potential project delay. What should the project manage...

An agile team is working on a project that will be launched in six countries. Each country has specific requirements in addition to the base offering. The estimates indicate it wil...

A primary stakeholder is unable to join the project status meetings consistently. The project manager has been communicating with this stakeholder informally and regularly to ensur...

A project team is implementing an enterprise notification tool with a vendor. The project manager noticed that this vendor's developer has been reporting the same status for severa...

A project manager for a software development company faces a number of financial risks in their project. The project manager needs to frequently check the strength and efficiency o...

Atypically high-performing team member has started to demonstrate a performance drop as well as some aggressive behaviors toward other team members in meetings. The project manager...

In a newly formed project team, one experienced team member is overwhelmed by the complexity of the tasks and is not happy with the project team. What should the project manager do...

A project is being delayed due to a large amount of rework caused by a quality problem that is impacting the critical path. What should the project manager do?

An experienced project manager is managing a multi-million dollar agile project. The project manager communicates the ground rules to the team, but after 12 iterations, the project...

A project manager has been assigned a low-priority project that includes new team members with no previous formal project experience. The project team has requested deadline extens...

A customer has provided excellent feedback on the project. However, a key project resource is leaving the company. Which measure should mitigate the impact of this key resource's d...

A project manager is working on an enterprise resource planning (ERP) initiative that contains stakeholders spanning numerous business lines. The project manager begins to identify...

A company just started managing a project using an agile approach. Due to this change, the general manager is worried about the scope definition process for upcoming projects. What...

A project manager is asked to develop maintenance planning software for a power plant. A similar project was executed by another department in the organization that was later close...

A newly formed project team includes team members who have been working in the company for a long time as well as team members who are new to the company. The project team members...

A project manager is working for an organization in country A and has been tasked with opening the first brick-and-mortar store in country B. The sponsor has identified the city fo...

An equipment vendor will implement a new production line for a client company. The year-long project will include 2- to 4-month long iterations; however, the client's project manag...

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 projec...

A business stakeholder for a project is reluctant to accept an agile approach due to a previous bad experience, and is pushing for a predictive approach. What strategy should the p...

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,...

A project manager has team members around the world in many different time zones. Project work frequently stalls because people in one office need to wait until another office is a...

The project manager is reviewing a project's progress and notices that one of the risks has become an issue. What should the project manager do to address the situation?

A project manager has begun a complex oil refinery project. Although the project is in the initiation phase, the sponsor keeps asking for concrete dates for the most important proj...

After conducting a performance assessment, the project manager identified that some gaps still exist. What should the project manager ensure?

A project is in the execution phase. The client was actively involved in the early stages but has been less engaged lately. A number of changes to the requirements have recently be...

A technician is scheduled to install internet service at the homes of three remote call center agents who have different working schedules. Their functional managers arranged time...

A team member in an agile project informs the project manager they might not be able to finish an assigned task on time, which could generate an obstacle for the rest of the team....