PMP Exam Questions

A team is working on implementing a communications system when the client says that they are considering closing the project. The project manager schedules an urgent meeting with t...

A project manager has two projects that are being executed at the same time. The duration of the critical project must be reduced, but the project manager does not have enough reso...

A project manager for a maintenance project has a contract that is renewed annually. The project started 6 years ago. After contract renewal this year the auditors reported that th...

A project manager realizes that a project is becoming delayed because some key decisions are affected by contradicting views between the organization's senior management and extern...

A team member shares with their functional manager some negative details about the performance of another team member that was discussed during the retrospective. The project manag...

A project just kicked off and management's expectation is to ensure that the deliverable of the first iteration helps the marketing team present the product prototype to potential...

A project manager is in rapid development mode on a joint application development module. The company wants delivery to occur in two weeks. The module needs to be integrated with o...

An organization is introducing agile to its projects. During an informal discussion the project manager learned that team members who are currently working on different teams are d...

During a retrospective meeting a project manager hears that stakeholders have been constantly complaining at iteration demos about product features not being delivered as requested...

A project for a new product launch is in a very initial stage and the requirements are evolving. Due to stiff competition in the market, the customer would like to launch the produ...

A project team is experiencing delays in completing a task that turned out to be more complex than initially estimated. This is a critical task that could impact current iteration...

The project manager of an agile project has been asked to reduce the budget by 30%. Since this is a small project team, the budget is primarily allocated to resources. What strateg...

During the implementation phase of a project, a new regulation affects the project, and a critical status meeting discussing the scope changes is required. The project manager disc...

A new project has been kicked off following a planning session. The project is under direct oversight of an executive in the organization. After a review meeting, the project manag...

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 exe...

Early in the execution phase, a project manager discovers that recent changes in enterprise environmental factors (EEFs) will severely reduce the implementation cost and shorten th...

A group has been working together for one month. During daily meetings a team member continues to express issues in completing their tasks. What should the project manager do?

A team has different ideas on how to address a feature of a product under construction and; although the sprint began two days ago, they have still not reached a consensus. What sh...

A junior staff member was recently assigned to the team. The new team member tells the project manager that they are confused because they are not familiar with what is expected of...

Which three of the following scenarios are impediments to which a scrum master should pay attention? (Choose three.)

A project team is engaging a development team in another country to develop software. During progress reviews, the project manager identified completion date delays due to rework b...

A team has been working on a project for several months, but the completion date is unclear because the scope is changing frequently as new knowledge is gained. Some deliverables h...

A company recently used desktop research for a feasibility study, which showed that the project is behind schedule. The project team also has concerns about the impact of scope cha...

A project manager has been using predictive methodology for more than 10 years and is switching to an agile project. The team members have not previously worked together. After two...

A project manager has been assigned to lead a project to deploy a new system. The stakeholders disagree on the project objectives and approach. What should the project manager do?

The project manager started a new project and must ensure that the team members and stakeholders are adequately trained. After an interview with the team, the project manager disco...

A project manager invites the company CEO, sponsor, team members, and an external client representative to a meeting to review the project management plan. The project manager star...

A project manager is assigned to a new project to deliver a product at the end of the year. The project manager was informed by the vendor that a core component could not be shippe...

In a hybrid project, the customer decided on a major change for the project design. This change was approved and the impact on schedule and budget is known. The software team leade...

A project manager is having difficulty acquiring final acceptance of some deliverables from a stakeholder for reasons that seem to be outside of the project acceptance criteria. Wh...

How should the project manager develop the project management plan to ensure that the project continually delivers the expected benefits?

During project execution, a project manager is informed that most of the project team members have enrolled in the newly implemented work-from-home company policy. How should the p...

A project manager for a large multiyear industrial project has a project with diversified stakeholders from various geographical areas. Recently, the project manager encountered an...

A project manager is assigned to a project within a program. The high-level requirements of the project are known, but the priorities of some of the requirements are uncertain as t...

A new team member has joined an agile project, replacing a team member who recently left. The project team needs the new team member to speed up their ability to contribute effecti...

A team is holding the first demonstration of the software built to date on a medium-sized project. The product owner has uncovered a number of issues they would like to be addresse...

A project manager has just finished initiating a project. While planning the project manager notes that several essential team members do not have the required skills for key tasks...

A project to develop a large hydropower plant is in the implementation phase and is managed using a hybrid approach. What should the project manager do to ensure full compliance of...

A project manager finished reviewing the project deliverables for the current iteration with the customer. A new key stakeholder who just joined the customer's team, complains that...

As part of the strategic plan, a company decides to implement a new software platform to manage a centralized document repository. Some requirements are clear and some need more de...

One team member is not as active as the rest of the team during a brainstorming session. The project manager has a separate conversation with the team member and learns that the te...

For the purposes of quality assurance, a quality audit was conducted on the processes being used in the project execution plan. One of the nonconformance issues raised by the audit...

A company is initiating a project to enhance one of its existing products. All of its products are developed internally. What should the project manager do?

The client will not agree to closure, claiming that the project team has not performed the code inspections mandated in the development contract. The project team has performed the...

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...

A project manager has been managing a highly complex project. The project manager has ensured that all of the required tasks have been completed. During a recent external audit. Th...

A project manager at a company is considering a high-performing junior member of the organization to be the new project manager for a current project. What should the project manag...

A project manager is assigned to a project that is in development. As the project manager reviews the project's progress, they find a few tasks that are behind schedule. After inve...

A project manager accepts a delivery at the project site but the items are of a poor quality. The project manager gets the local vendor to fix the items but more deliveries from th...

During project execution, the risk owner is monitoring the critical speed rate of a power engine to eventually trigger the defined risk-response strategy. During the risk assessmen...