PMP Exam Questions

A project manager is leading a global project with resources spread out in different locations. The stakeholders have different interpretations of the requirements. The project man...

During a kick-off meeting, the project manager notices that one of the stakeholders responsible for providing key information to the team has a low level of participation. This sta...

A project manager is working on an agile project that is within the scope of a recently announced corporate audit. The project manager was appointed to attend the first meeting wit...

A development team is struggling to find design documentation for the upcoming sprint. Prior to leaving for vacation, the product owner communicated that the documentation had been...

At a project meeting, a business analyst requires input from a marketing consultant to continue working on a task. The business analyst has tried to contact the consultant but has...

A company is starting a critical project with a strict deadline. During the first planning meeting, the team realizes that the list of requirements has too many items to allow on-t...

A project manager is working on a complex project with a high degree of change. What strategy should the project manager use to ensure a successful project completion?

A project manager is leading a hybrid project funded by a time and materials (T&M) agreement. The project was completed, and the client accepted the delivery of the product. One we...

A project team has established contracts for purchasing vehicles and construction services. In the middle of project execution, the team learns that the vehicle supplier cannot del...

When a project is in its final stage, the project manager will request from the team to prepare a delivery acceptance document. What is the importance of this document to the proje...

A project manager is leading a project that has a dependency on the client's vendor management system for critical requirements. The vendor management team will not derive any bene...

A subject matter expert (SME) external to the project team provides a suggestion that will save the project delivery time. This SME has available time to support the project, but w...

During a project, the project manager finds an opportunity to reduce the project cost by completing a deliverable ahead of schedule with a minimal impact on project resources. Howe...

A healthcare company is in the process of deploying an innovative healthcare solution globally. The project team has completed a limited release. The stakeholders have raised conce...

A project team is working on the design of a solution for a complex project. Due to a lack of clarity of the customer's requirements, daily meetings were agreed upon between the te...

A project is ready to start, and resources are allocated. The development manager then informs the project manager that a critical resource is no longer available due to a family e...

During the sprint planning of a project, the team members have a disagreement about the comparative size of the backlog items and if they would fit into the next sprint. Considerin...

An agile project manager notices that one of the team members is developing extensive knowledge in a specific matter. Other team members are likely to require this knowledge in the...

During daily team standup meetings, team members constantly ask about which tasks they should focus on first. How should the project manager ensure the team is fully productive?

A project manager is leading an automation project. The project team is colocated and includes people from both the technical and business units. The project manager discovers that...

A facility extension project is in the execution stage. There is a project activity to connect the power of all new equipment to an existing facility, Point A, which requires a sig...

A project manager is working on multiple building construction projects using a predictive project management approach. Senior leadership within the organization is promoting the i...

A local company is developing a new product and, for the first time, using a remote team for the programming tasks of features. The design for the product comes from the local team...

A project team created user stories after understanding the customer requirements. As the project progresses, the project manager observes that there are too many change requests....

A project manager is managing a project with team members who are working all over the globe. The project manager notices that each team member's deliverables do not meet the requi...

A project manager is leading a project to develop accounting software for a trading firm. As the outcomes are being delivered, a new risk is identified regarding an indirect tax re...

An oil and gas project started without having acquired full funding for the project. The remaining funds were to be acquired during project execution. The acquisition of the remain...

A project manager entered into a contract with a vendor to build a new system. During the acceptance test stage, the project manager noticed that the system quality was not satisfa...

A project manager agreed to a team member's request to have an alternative working schedule whereby they begin working at 12:00 p.m. each day. This arrangement has worked well for...

The project sponsor reports that a key stakeholder is complaining about performance differences in the metrics reported by the project manager, which gives the impression that the...

A team has had issues with behavior on an ongoing project, which is causing conflicts. As a result, the team is losing momentum and falling behind in its sprints. How should the pr...

The change control board (CCB) has approved a change request to add a new component within a product. The operations manager discovers the change after its approval and complains t...

A project manager is leading a fast-moving project with strict deadlines and minimal time to deliver each milestone. The project manager discovers that one of the remote team membe...

In a financial company, a strategic project has been planned to use a predictive approach. During project planning, the product leader requests that milestones be submitted for rev...

A project team is preparing a report for the stakeholders. The team gathers and collates a large amount of data to be included in the status report. What should the project manager...

A project manager received a request to add features and functions to the project after the scope had already been established. What should the project manager do?

A project manager has expertise in the technical domain. The project manager frequently demonstrates unacceptable behavior toward other team members; however, when confronted, the...

A project team member, who is inexperienced in system development work is not performing well. Currently, there are no other staff members available who are qualified to complete t...

A newly commissioned project has had trouble recruiting team members because the turnover rate is high. The human resource (HR) manager has conducted several exit interviews. Many...

An enthusiastic, newly hired vice-president has been assigned as the product owner for a digital transformation project. The project manager advises the product owner that some of...

A startup company has just appointed a CEO that has no prior project experience. The CEO wants to execute projects with their own resources and has appointed a project manager. Wha...

A business transformation project has a four-phase delivery plan. The project team has successfully delivered one phase of the project. To further enhance team performance and empo...

A project team was hired to perform on-site duties, but there were unexpected circumstances that required the entire team to work remotely. Some team members returned to their home...

An organization is adopting an agile mindset. On the first agile project, the project manager faced an issue because the team was unable to make decisions on time. What should the...

A project manager is working on a financial system implementation project for a government company. One of the key stakeholders, who uses predictive approaches, does not like virtu...

A team member has experienced personal conflicts on past projects, making them nervous about working on the current project. The project manager knows this team member could add va...

During project initiation meetings, the project manager of a 9-month project states that a specific task would be out of schedule. At the project kick-off meeting, a key project st...

On a project with multiple international locations, a trend for delays has been flagged. When looking into the issue, the project manager realized that some of the key activities w...

A new team member on a self-organizing team is finding it difficult to deliver due to the new technology being used in the project. What should the project manager do in this situa...

A project manager is managing a project that requires specialized architecture services. This project was identified as a high risk for the organization. The project manager works...