PMP Exam Questions

A project manager is reviewing a draft of the project charter with key stakeholders. During the meeting, a conflict occurs between the sponsor and the product owner. How should the...

In a daily standup meeting, a developer indicates that a backlog item will not be delivered because they need to take an unexpected leave for the next couple of days. The backlog i...

An organization is transitioning to agile delivery, and a new team has been assembled. A project is not going well because the variation of the team velocity is very high and every...

A project team member just informed the project manager that the license for the software that the team uses to perform calculations has just expired. As a result, the team cannot...

During a monthly review meeting, a high-performing team member raised a concern about the quality feedback mechanism. The team member expressed that they are not able to deliver hi...

A member of the project team always extends discussion topics, taking more time than necessary during project team meetings. Other team members feel this member is not being consid...

A project manager is working on a software development project for an oil and gas client using an agile approach. The project manager is having difficulty preparing the schedule be...

A company recently adopted agile to develop innovation projects. The project manager is experiencing problems with some team members who consider some agile ceremonies to be unnece...

A company routinely outsources resources for specific core activities. Due to a sudden, unforeseen risk, all of the team members are needed to work remotely, including the outsourc...

A project is on its second iteration out of six. The team realizes that a key deliverable will depend on the acquisition of a new device. What should the project manager do?

A project manager works in a matrix organization and is managing an internal software development project that is intended to reduce conflicts in the company's internal tracking sy...

A project manager schedules virtual daily standup meetings for a project, but half of the team members regularly join late or miss the meeting all together. What should the project...

A project manager is well informed on the industry standards of the organization and believes that they are not reflected in the project deliverables. What should the project manag...

A project manager is assigned to a multiyear project. During project execution, the customer delegates a new representative who contacts the project manager directly with a concern...

A team is preparing the closing phase and building a plan for the next phase. One of the project sponsors is complaining that the last phase had some quality deliverable issues. Ho...

A project manager is tasked with developing a coaching model to support and recognize team members' growth. What should the project manager consider when defining their coaching st...

A team realizes that there is no access to data that the project depends on to complete the current iteration. This dependency was known; however, the team is unsure of the availab...

An internal virtual team is meeting daily to review iteration progress, as well as to conduct other technical and follow-up calls with key stakeholders. The team seems to be diseng...

A major public-transportation construction project is aimed at significantly reducing emissions. The project has been severely delayed due to noncompliance with environmental codes...

Project acceptance criteria include on-site training for the new users of a system. Due to unforeseen circumstances, all team members have to work remotely for an indefinite period...

A project manager is leading a software development project that will assist in maintenance management for a power plant. The project manager is analyzing project performance data...

A project has been reporting a declining schedule performance index (SPI) for the past four reviews. No corrective action is under development, and the project team does not seem c...

A highly critical project is in jeopardy due to missing professional resources. What should the newly assigned project manager do first?

Travel restrictions are suddenly imposed during a project's execution. The team members reside in different geographic locations. What should the project manager do next to address...

A project team is performing a post-release evaluation of a product that requires detailed feedback from seven stakeholders. Six of the stakeholders have promptly provided feedback...

A stressful situation has presented some challenges for the team. The project manager notices stress behavior in some of the team members, and it is beginning to spread across the...

A project is starting its sixth iteration out seven. During the daily meeting, a team member explains that a key function will take longer to complete than originally anticipated....

A project charter has been approved and the project manager has been assigned to the project. The project manager is currently working with the project team to subdivide the projec...

A large matrix organization is adopting a new communications approach. This is necessary because their projects often require the resourcing of expert knowledge in the form of spec...

A project manager is working on a unique project that is dissimilar to the project nature of the organization. The project manager is tailoring the artifacts for this new project....

An organization is using a hybrid delivery approach for a business project. The product owner, the person who was also managing the project, was promoted to a more senior role. A n...

A multiyear resource constraint project is midway through the execution phase. During a progress update meeting, it has been determined that there might be a schedule delay to deli...

An organization embarking on a significant transformation initiated a project to improve and document business processes. One of the objectives of the project is to implement agile...

A company has appointed a supplier to deliver software and has assigned an internal project manager. The supplier states that no technical development or testing is required from t...

A distributed project team has communication issues because of their collaboration tools. The team feels that efficiency could be improved by changing the collaboration platform. W...

A few developers have identified a list of impediments at the daily standup and are asking for the project lead's assistance in prioritizing them. There are a few complex backlog i...

A project manager is leading a project when a key stakeholder requests additional work that is not in the scope. The stakeholder is also concerned that the project sponsors may not...

A project manager has just received communication from an operational functional manager to complete an additional scope item for a project that was formally closed a few weeks ago...

A project manager is scheduled to meet with a client for their weekly risk management meeting. The project manager observed that one of the tasks which had external dependencies is...

A new team member has joined a project team. During the first sprint, the new team member approached the project manager and requested to implement a new way of testing. The team h...

A steering committee member is complaining about the weekly report. They stated that the report is too long and has unnecessary details. As a result, they are unable to obtain the...

All project team members refer to the project manager for various decisions. This causes delays for some tasks. as the project manager is usually preoccupied in meetings throughout...

A customer is concerned about the time required to complete a project and is asking the project team to reduce the number of iterations required to complete the product. Which appr...

A human resource (HR) acquisition process for a large project has recently changed. One major process change includes the approval of the financial manager and the recruitment mana...

At the end of a project's initiation phase, the budget was developed and sent to the approval board. During the approval meeting, one of the key stakeholders asked how the budget w...

A project team member is sick and will not be able to return to the project for a few weeks. During the daily meeting, the team shares their concerns as the sick team member was th...

A key stakeholder who is highly involved in the project claims that the reports sent by the project team are inadequate. What should the project manager do first?

A company's key product is evolving and requires the use of a new technology. No one on the team is familiar with this technology; however, experienced developers on the team volun...

Contract terms used during the tender phase for a new power-generation facility must be revised before signing with the successful bidder because the terms of the tender have been...

A project manager is managing an agile project for the first time. Early on, the project manager discovers the team is struggling to agree on the scope of a feature during a sprint...