PMP Exam Questions

A project manager is assigned to a project. The project schedule and costs are tight, and the project manager determined that there is a lack of resources to deliver this project....

A team member is frustrated, thinking that their performance is below average since they have not completed as many items as other team members. The team member has become negative...

A labor union contract negotiation is delaying the completion of a project to build a new manufacturing plant. Because the labor contract was due for renewal this year, the project...

The project manager of a large construction project discovers that the blueprints received from the client appear incomplete. What should the project manager do first?

A project manager realizes that the team members are new to the hybrid approach and do not value standup meetings. Team members often arrive late, digress into solutioning, or skip...

An agile team has started a new project. When should the project manager organize their first team retrospective?

During the project quality control process, the project manager realizes that the quality management plan does not include how the final user will perceive the benefits of the new...

To prevent influential stakeholders from dominating product delivery decisions, the product owner decided to use planning poker. What is a key advantage of using this technique?

A project is in the later stages of execution. The project engineer insists in every meeting that they were never consulted or informed of the project deliverables. However, the pr...

As a project is ending, a business stakeholder requests information from the project manager regarding overall project performance to determine the success of the initiative. What...

A new government regulation has mandated that all team members will need to work remotely for the duration of the next iteration. This means backlog priority changes will need to b...

A project manager working on a large-scale network implementation is frustrated with the hardware supplier. Their deliveries have been consistently late and frequently do not have...

A project manager is attending a progress meeting with a client. The client requests a design change which might potentially add value to the project. What action should the projec...

In a project progress review meeting, the end user raises concern about the quality of the construction of the project. What should the project manager do next?

A project manager is replacing the knowledge-sharing platform of a project with a new web-based solution, ensuring that the system is aligned with a significant change in the organ...

A project manager was just assigned to a project as the leader of an experienced agile team. How should the project manager influence the team to accomplish the project objectives?

A team member has encountered a technical issue, similar to the one faced in a successfully closed project. However, the team member did not know about the previous project and wou...

A project manager has recently been assigned to an agile project and discovers that a contractor for the project does not have any experience with agile. What should the project ma...

During the development of a new project's definition, the project manager identifies that a similar project has recently been completed. What should the project manager do first?

A project manager writes to the receiving organization to inform them that all acceptance activities are completed with success and it's time to initiate handover. The receiving ma...

A project manager is working on a hybrid project that has been in progress for the last nine months. Some project stakeholders are becoming frustrated because they do not see the v...

A project sponsor receives project information and updates in a timely manner, but the sponsor is concerned because key information is missing in the reports. What should the proje...

A project manager is assigned to a parachute development project. Two of the key project resources have a disagreement regarding a requirement. What should the project manager do?

During the execution phase, the project manager discovered that the deliverables are not meeting the quality specifications requested by the main stakeholder. This has caused the s...

A project manager is managing a hybrid project. There is software in place to access the repository of project artifacts. However, a few stakeholders are reporting that they are un...

A project's planning phase has just been completed and was defined by team members in remote sessions. The day after the kick-off meeting, which was held at the client facilities,...

A project team member identified a defect in the initial solution design for a project. The stakeholders are not sure whether to deploy the system or not. What should the project m...

A project manager has experience working with a specific provider that has been requested for an upcoming project. This provider often fails to meet deliverable dates; however it i...

In a standup meeting, a team member has been providing the same update for five consecutive days. The task, which is on the critical path, is now at risk for delaying the schedule....

Two team members have had professional differences during the execution of a project, a situation that has impacted the performance of both members. Neither of them has wanted to t...

A business analyst on the project meets the customer in the elevator and says that due to constant changes in requirements, the development of the product will take more time than...

A project team has run into an issue with a vendor who is known for a lack of quality. The project manager must ensure that the quality problem is addressed appropriately. What sho...

The customer is reviewing the new reporting system and informs the project manager that one of the components in the printing module is not complete. The project manager reviews th...

After a performance review, a team member approaches the project manager and asks for feedback. The project manager mentions anecdotal inform about this team member being a positiv...

A project manager is managing a project aimed at providing incremental deliveries to the market every three months. The team has been assigned, and the product backlog was created...

In a project that will deliver a new product using new technology, the project team frequently discusses difficulties that may arise and possible strategies to address them. One te...

A project manager is leading a project that is in the execution phase. During a team meeting, the project manager realizes that there are two team members who lack the technical sk...

A team has been working for two months and has consistently missed planned user stories. How should the project manager address this issue?

An agile project is running its fifth iteration out of 10. After the last retrospective, the team members realize that they had to work extra hours to deliver the committed work. W...

A project manager is assigned to lead an enterprise transformation to address change and value delivery at the organizational level. The project manager is working with the team to...

Having managed a similar project while working with previous stakeholders, a project team decided to use the same report format they used in the earlier project. However, stakehold...

A project is behind schedule and over budget, resulting in a problem for the next deliverable. The project manager informs the stakeholders, who are very concerned about the projec...

A project manager for an agile project wants to have a highly engaged team. How should the project manager achieve this objective?

A project manager works in a startup company and is in charge of a key project that has critical and time-sensitive delivery objectives. One of the project team members missed comp...

In an ongoing project, the customer, who has been the main contact for the project, informs the project manager that they will be introducing a new contact person due to their busy...

Most of the work packages for a project are subcontracted. In the middle of execution, the project manager is informed that a new contract manager will take the position in one-wee...

During the early phases of a project, mitigation actions were not executed in a timely manner; therefore, the project schedule was impacted. Several project stakeholders are now fr...

A member of the board of directors has asked the project manager for the estimated cost of the minimum viable product (MVP). The estimated cost is needed in order to get formal app...

Since the beginning of a project, the product owner keeps asking during ceremonies about the budget spent for each product iteration. The product owner seems much more interested i...

A project manager is working with an agile team to enhance a product. Due to a tight deadline, the team is trying to crash the schedule by engaging multiple resources to work on th...