PMP Exam Questions

There is an upcoming merger between a functional organization and an agile organization. The merger has necessitated that team members from both organizations brainstorm the effect...

A project manager is leading a project in which the product requirements have not been fully met due to several uncertainties about customer acceptance. What should the project man...

An organization is using a hybrid delivery approach for a complex project. In the iteration review, a subject matter expert (SME) informed the team that new legislation will be pub...

During a risk management meeting, most of the project team members use a computer to iterate the quantitative risk analysis model numerous times. There will be a cumulative probabi...

A key project team member had an accident and will be in the hospital for at least two months. The backlog items the team member was working on have been delayed since the team mem...

A development team member learned that one of the product features delivered in the last sprint would have greater business value if a small enhancement was made to the feature. Wh...

Based on a new company policy, an aviation software project has been structured to use an agile approach. The project is subject to industry regulations, which require detailed tra...

A project manager is leading a program execution and has challenges, because a project team waits for every decision to be made by the project manager. The progress of the team is...

A company is going through a large cost-cutting initiative. Senior management requests a report on the work remaining for outstanding projects. Which tool should the project manage...

A project manager has recently been asked to take over an existing project that is halfway through execution. The project sponsor asked the project manager to ensure that the work...

A project team is working together on a computer relocation project, and all of the team members are experienced with relocation. There are many ideas being shared during the team...

An organization is going through a transformation, migrating most of its projects from a predictive to an agile approach. The marketing VP, who is also a key stakeholder, expressed...

To limit the amount of time and cost of using a contract programming firm, a product manager announces that the developers will not be paid for unrequested embellishments to the pr...

A project has completed the first phase. During the lessons learned meeting, the project manager reported that the project was successful because it was on time, on budget, and on...

Due to price inflation, an agile project manager has identified that the available project funding will not be enough to bring on an additional team member for the upcoming iterati...

A project team is transitioning to agile delivery. The team uses a Kanban board to track progress. In the daily meetings, the team members have been reporting good progress. Howeve...

A sponsor requires that the established quality standards for the project be met. As a result, the sponsor asks the project manager for stable measures to ensure that the quality i...

The project team has onboarded members from all over the world and will now work virtually to create project deliverables. There are both language and time zone challenges with thi...

During the initiation phase, a sponsor recommends that all team members should be colocated. Some of the team members need a significant amount of time to commute, and there is no...

An organizational policy requires project managers to carry out two audits per month: one for their own project and one for another project manager's project. After a recent audit...

A project manager is happy to have a motivated, highly talented team working together in a cheerful atmosphere. However, many members of the team are distracted by their telephones...

A new quality report was distributed to stakeholders after the sponsor approved it. A senior manager requests changing the colors and sizes of some of the graphs included in the re...

During a planning session, the development team and the product owner are arguing about the effort needed to deliver a specific feature in a software development project. The produ...

There are two interdependent projects: the first project is in execution, and the second one is about to be deployed. The first project has been delayed, which is now affecting the...

In the initial project meeting, a stakeholder presents a complaint about the validity of the project. The complaint occurs after the stakeholder discovers that the project will not...

At the beginning of a project, a project manager is asked to provide human resources (HR) with an evaluation of every team member's performance. This evaluation will be delivered a...

A customer asks the project manager to complete a project 10 days earlier than planned due to marketing constraints. After discussing this request with the project team, the projec...

A project has come to a halt. What should the project manager do to get the project back on track?

A project manager regularly sends out project progress reports. However, there have been a few complaints from stakeholders who expressed that the communication does not meet their...

A project manager has been keeping track of impediments that have been discussed with the team in daily meetings. The risk register continues to grow, and only a few impediments ha...

Two project managers are working on separate projects that have identified the same subject matter expert (SME) as critical to their projects. Project A is using a predictive appro...

During the initial stage of a project, the team estimated activities for the next iteration in story points. It was agreed that each story point would be assumed to be equal to one...

Before a daily standup, a team member informed the project manager that they have accepted a job offer at another company. The team member explains that they plan to present their...

A few stakeholders missed the session that was conducted to validate project alignment with organizational strategy and expected business value. For this reason, their inputs were...

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 i...

A company has undertaken a large transformation project in preparation for the changing economy. During the planning of the transformation project, the key resource from human reso...

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 project manager for an application development firm is meeting with stakeholders prior to the launch of the latest release of the company's most profitable application. The stake...

A virtual team has disagreements about the client's requirements. Although the requirements are written, the language seems ambiguous for some of the team members who are working a...

A project manager is managing a technical project that requires intensive documentation as part of the key deliverables. In a project review meeting. a key stakeholder reports that...

A project manager is about to start a large-scale project with unclear requirements, a fixed deadline, and a fixed budget. The client is unable to provide a product owner, as they...

A client has asked the project manager for the program status report. The project manager sends the report and then realizes that they accidentally included another manager from th...

During a project's closing phase, the project manager identified that the client did not use one particular service. The client then asks the project manager to informally extend t...

A project manager has been approached by the project sponsor about adding to the project scope. How should the project manager accommodate this request?

A project manager acquired information from the market that would reduce the business value being delivered by an ongoing project. Based on that information, the project manager be...

A project manager is executing a commercial building project. The project manager discovers that the required building permits have not been obtained. Obtaining the permits will de...

A project delivers every 2 weeks. The customer raises a complaint because they do not perceive business value in the products delivered even though deliveries have been completed i...

A project sponsor has requested that the project manager reprioritize the team's tasks to include a feature that is not part of the minimum viable product (MVP) for the project. Al...

Due to a recent company merger, a project manager from company B has been assigned to a team that is comprised of team members from company A. At the start of the project, conflict...

A project manager has received a new request to integrate more features to a product. The team is fully allocated, and there is no budget to acquire new resources What strategy sho...