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Question 1

A project manager leads a development project for a mobile chatting application. One of the experienced developers constantly creates conflicts with the other team members. As a result, the other team members are refusing to work with the developer.

What should the project manager do in this situation?

A

Meet with the developer and ask them to be respectful with the other team members and work together as a team

B

Meet with the team members and developer individually to understand the situation and build an action plan accordingly

C

Collect the team's feedback and send it to human resources (HR) to resolve the conflict

D

Arrange a team-building training session and require all of the team members to attend

Question 2

A project manager has noticed that a specific team member rarely contributes or shares opinions during team discussions. However, the team member is effective at delivering assigned tasks on time.

How can the project manager leverage this?

A

Engage with the team member, let them know their strengths, and encourage them to contribute more.

B

Meet with the team member prior to meetings and share their thoughts with others so everyone can benefit.

C

Pair this team member with a more outspoken team member so their voice can be heard more.

D

Ensure the team member is assigned critical path tasks to meet the schedule.

Question 3

A team member, unhappy with a recent change in project governance, bypassed the project manager and complained directly to a project sponsor, who then challenged the project manager's decision.

How should the project manager resolve this conflict?

A

Schedule a meeting with the project team member's functional manager and request the functional manager's support.

B

Arrange a meeting with the project team member and project sponsor to discuss the change and obtain consensus.

C

Explain to the sponsor why the change is required and get their support in forcing the project team member to accept the new change.

D

Discuss how to manage this conflict with the project management office (PMO) and let them decide how to resolve the issue.

Question 4

A project manager observes that one extroverted team member has begun to dominate team discussions, causing other members to become noticeably more passive.

What should the project manager do?

A

Raise the issue in a team meeting and ask for more balanced participation.

B

Speak with each team member individually to better understand their perspective.

C

Meet privately with the dominant team member and ask them to be more inclusive.

D

Continue to observe the team's dynamics and only intervene if someone complains.

Question 5

Due to a company merger, a project has a new main stakeholder. This stakeholder complains about being unaware of a project delay that was previously communicated to all other stakeholders via the standard weekly email.

How should the project manager address this situation?

A

Discuss project requirements with the new stakeholder and update the communications management plan

B

Send evidence to the new stakeholder that the project's status was sent according to the schedule.

C

Suggest that the new stakeholder review the project status before the next board meeting.

D

Share the communications management plan with the new stakeholder.

Question 6

During a construction project, the owner of a neighboring business raises a formal complaint, stating that the building's current height violates the publicly filed project plans.

What should the project manager do first?

A

Ask the neighbor to submit a formal complaint about their concerns.

B

Inform the neighbor that the complaint will be escalated to the project sponsor.

C

Inform the neighbor that all of the project documentation has been approved.

D

Ask the neighbor to leave the site immediately because the site is on private property.

Question 7

The sponsor of a high-priority project is a member of the board of directors. This stakeholder has many other commitments and is not actively engaged in the project.

How should the stakeholder be engaged in the project?

A

Keep the stakeholder informed and consult with them based on their needs.

B

Involve the stakeholder in governance and decision making.

C

Consult with the stakeholder and increase their level of interest.

D

The stakeholder needs to be made aware of the project progress.

Question 8

During project execution, the project sponsor directly asks the team to add a new enhancement to the product.

How should the project manager address this request?

A

Accept the request because it came from the project sponsor.

B

Refuse the project sponsor’s request because it is out of scope.

C

Check if the budget can cover the enhancement.

D

Validate the proposed change's impact on the project.

Question 9

An agile team is estimating work for the next iteration using story points. The project manager notices that the estimates vary widely, with some activities estimated at 2 story points and others at 100 story points.

What should the project manager ask the team to do next?

A

Negotiate the estimation so it gets smaller

B

Break down the larger activities into smaller ones

C

Resize the story points

D

Execute the smaller estimated activities

Question 10

A client has requested that a new product be implemented in just four months and is willing to increase the budget to meet this deadline. The project manager's initial estimate, however, is 8 to 12 months, and adding more resources will not significantly shorten this timeline.

What should the project manager do to address this situation?

A

Motivate the team to work more efficiently and approve overtime in order to meet the client's goal in 4 months

B

Seek additional resources from the subcontractors and other sources to parallelize the necessary work

C

Discuss with the client alternative approaches to deliver the minimal viable product (MVP) in 4 months and the rest later

D

Call a meeting with the client so they will understand that 4 months is not enough time to deliver the product

Question 11

Midway through a sprint, the product owner requests an urgent change to the sprint backlog, stating it is necessary to meet a new regulatory deadline.

What should the project manager do?

A

Discuss with the stakeholders about the possibility of accommodating the feature changes.

B

Submit the feature changes to the Change Control Board (CCB) so they can evaluate and approve.

C

Perform the change only if it has a higher or equivalent priority of the current remaining features.

D

Follow the plan by delivering the features and handle the change later in the project.

Question 12

A project manager is several months into a project when a major issue, which was never identified as a risk, suddenly appears. This issue has the potential for a significant negative impact on the project.

What should the project manager do?

A

Avoid managing the issue as it was not registered as a risk for the project and there is no planned response to it.

B

Hold a meeting with the project team and relevant stakeholders to agree on the best way to manage the issue.

C

Delay the project until the issue is addressed and no longer presents as a risk to the project.

D

Inform the sponsor that the issue has arisen and that the project's success may be uncertain.

Question 13

A recently concluded quality audit failed and came back with multiple action items. A newly appointed project manager is reviewing the project status with the team. New stakeholders have been identified, and new audit resources may have to be added to the project.

What should the project manager do next?

A

Perform stakeholder engagement.

B

Perform integrated change control.

C

Update the quality management plan.

D

Update the risk management plan.

Question 14

During project execution, the team discovers that a key deliverable was overlooked during the initial scope definition. An initial analysis shows that incorporating this deliverable will now impact the project's critical path.

What should the project manager do?

A

Submit a change request.

B

Add additional resources to the project.

C

Update the scope of work.

D

Review the risk management plan.

Question 15

A project manager prepares for a monthly status report with the following data: schedule performance index (SPI) is 0.75 and cost performance index (CPI) is 1.25. The manager wants to convey that the project is still under control despite the schedule variance.

How should the project manager report the project status to key stakeholders?

A

Prepare a detailed presentation for stakeholders on earned value including how it is calculated and the project's current earned value results

B

Report that the project is behind schedule but that an additional experienced resource can be added to stay within schedule and maintain the budget

C

Perform a detailed root cause analysis utilizing a pareto chart and fishbone diagrams to demonstrate that the project is under control

D

Report that the project is not tracking as expected but is still under control since the next project milestone is over a month away

Question 16

To bring a delayed project back on track, a decision was made to skip the testing phase for a recent deliverable to increase momentum.

What will the project manager need to focus on as a result of this decision?

A

Increased burn rate

B

Increased cost

C

Increased technical debt

D

Decreased efficiency

Question 17

A project's critical path has been extended because a vendor failed to deliver a key input due to a miscommunication.

What should the project manager do next?

A

Start an audit of the vendor's processes and procedures

B

Review lessons learned from previous projects with this vendor

C

Make a detailed analysis on vendor issues during the project

D

Execute a contingency plan to address the issue with the vendor

Question 18

A project team is performing extremely well when it comes to delivering the value-added features to the customer in each sprint. However, they are missing the documentation portion and the project manager must find a way to make sure the documentation is kept current.

Which action should the project manager take?

A

Make documentation a standard part of the definition of done (DoD).

B

Assign a dedicated resource to work on the documentation during the project.

C

Create a specific sprint to deliver the project documentation.

D

Focus on the documentation after the features are delivered.

Question 19

A project manager has been assigned a project with a clear project charter. However, during the scope definition process, the team discovers that some of the detailed requirements seem to conflict with the high-level objectives in the charter.

What should the project manager do?

A

Modify the baseline of the project for minor impact changes to the project scope.

B

Use a focus group and brainstorming sessions to gather more details about the project scope.

C

Register the changes in the configuration management plan and send it to the change control board (CCB).

D

Explain to the sponsor that these requests could endanger the schedule and cost of the project.

Question 20

A project manager is newly appointed to lead a project team that will be working remotely. The project manager decided to use a set of tools that worked well for previous projects. However, a few team members are not happy with this plan.

What should the project manager have done to avoid this?

A

Delegated the responsibility of selecting the collaboration tools to the project's technical lead

B

Met with the project team to determine their collaboration needs and identified tools that will work best

C

Allowed the project team members to use the tools that will work best for them for this project

D

Asked the project sponsor for approval to purchase the newest collaboration tool on the market

Question 21

A company is eager to launch a new product to meet high market demand, but it must first pass a lengthy industry regulatory approval process.

What should the project manager do to realize this opportunity?

A

Communicate with the industry’s regulatory authority to grant the company an exception.

B

Hire a third party who is an expert on the industry's regulations to work out the details.

C

Escalate the issue to the company’s CEO who has experience with the regulations.

D

Comply with the regulatory requirements and work to compress the project schedule.

Question 22

A project was delivered on time and on budget, meeting all scope requirements. However, during the project celebration, a key business stakeholder declares the project a failure because it did not deliver any meaningful business value.

What should the project manager have done to avoid this perception?

A

Involved the business stakeholders in the sprint review.

B

Defined product backlog priorities with the sponsor and key stakeholders to deliver business benefits.

C

Implemented a closing survey for key stakeholders.

D

Confirmed that there is a communications management plan in place to make business stakeholders aware of the success.

Question 23

A project manager is justifying the cost of a new project for a not-for-profit organization to a group of sponsors. The focus is on demonstrating long-term value and sustainability rather than direct financial return.

Which benefits realization metric should the project manager use?

A

Budget at Completion (BAC)

B

Payback period

C

Total value of ownership

D

Return on investment (ROI)

Question 24

A board member has requested an estimated cost for the minimum viable product (MVP) to secure formal project approval.

How should the project manager report this cost?

A

Calculate the budget at completion (BAC) based on the completed and planned features.

B

Determine the control accounts and use a top-down estimate.

C

Estimate user story points and forecast a budget for that deliverable.

D

Consider the cost performance index (CPI) based on earned value (EV) divided by costs.

Question 25

An agile team encountered a significant technical uncertainty with a complex user story and decided to conduct a spike to research a solution.

Which portion of the burndown chart corresponds to the spike?
(Exam Tip: On the actual PMP exam, this type of question would require you to click directly on the correct area of the chart. For this practice question, just select the option below that matches.)

PMP Practice Exam Question 25: An agile team encountered a significant technical uncertainty with a complex user story and decided to conduct a spike to research a solution.

A

Portion A

B

Portion B

C

Portion C

D

Portion D

How to Use This Free PMP Practice Test

Don't just click through these 25 questions and check the answers at the end. That's not how practice works. Set a timer, commit to every question without looking anything up, and treat it like you're already in the exam room. The score you get right now is your baseline. The score after you've read every explanation is what you actually remember on test day.

Every question in this free PMP practice test was written by PMP-certified instructors with more than 20 years of real enterprise project management experience — people who've managed actual programs, dealt with actual stakeholders, and sat through the actual exam. They know what PMI is testing because they've lived it. That's why the questions here feel different from most practice materials you'll find online.

Once you submit, 25 more questions unlock automatically in our PMP Exam Simulator. Review every explanation — especially the ones you got right by process of elimination. Understanding why the right answer is right is what builds the pattern recognition you need on the real exam.

What the 2026 PMP Exam Tests: The 3 Domains Explained

The current PMP exam is built around three domains from the PMI Exam Content Outline. Knowing the weight of each domain is the first step in building a study plan that actually makes sense — before the July 8, 2026 exam deadline.

42%
People
Leadership, team management, conflict resolution, stakeholder engagement, and motivating teams in predictive and agile environments.
50%
Process
Project execution, scope, schedule, cost, quality, risk, procurement, and managing projects using predictive, agile, and hybrid approaches.
8%
Business Environment
Organizational strategy, benefits realization, compliance, external influences, and delivering value to the organization and stakeholders.

About 50% of exam questions test agile or hybrid project management — not just traditional predictive methods. A lot of candidates who studied primarily from the PMBOK® Guide get caught off guard by this. Make sure your PMP practice questions include a real proportion of agile and hybrid scenarios, not just Scrum basics.

How to Master PMP Exam Questions: The Ultimate 3-Step Strategy

These questions were written by PMP-certified project managers with 20+ years in the field — people who know what the real exam looks like because they took it, and who know what trips candidates up because they've coached thousands of them. The framework below comes from that experience. It works on every scenario-based question on the exam, and it's the same approach in our PMP Study Guide.

Step 1

Read, Diagnose, and Isolate the Issue

Read the question twice. Slowly. Before you look at a single answer choice, stop and ask yourself: "What is the actual problem here, and what is the question specifically asking me to do?" Most wrong answers happen because the candidate answered a slightly different question than the one being asked.

Figure out whether the project is Predictive, Agile, or Hybrid before you look at the options — this changes the right answer completely. In an agile scenario, servant leadership is almost always correct. In a predictive scenario, follow the process and consult the documents. These are different mental frameworks, and the exam tests whether you can switch between them.

Step 2

The Process of Elimination — The 50/50 Rule

Start by cutting, not choosing. In almost every PMP practice exam question, two options violate PMI principles so clearly that you can cut them immediately. Once you're down to two, your odds are 50/50 — and Step 3 breaks the tie. Here's what to cut:

✕ The "Dictator" Options
Any answer that tells you to force a decision, demand compliance, or act alone without team input. The PMP exam never rewards command-and-control. Cut it every time.
✕ The "Pass the Buck" Options
Any answer that immediately escalates to the Sponsor or HR without trying to resolve it yourself first. In PMI's world, escalation is always the last move, not the first.
✕ The "Punisher" Options
Any answer involving firing, replacing, or publicly calling out a team member. PMI's philosophy at every level: coach, support, develop. Never punish.
Step 3

Apply the 5 Core PMP Mindsets

Once you're down to the final two options, the right answer is the most logical, proactive, and collaborative one. These five rules break the tie on almost every question:

✓ Analyze First, Then Act
Never submit a change request, halt the project, or update a baseline without gathering data first. "Evaluate the impact" or "find the root cause" is almost always the correct first step.
✓ Collaborate, Don't Dictate
The right answer shows the PM working with the team, Product Owner, or stakeholders — not deciding for them. You're a facilitator. Act like one.
✓ Meet Privately and Directly
Conflict with a stakeholder or team member? Go talk to them directly, one on one. Praise in public, correct in private. This shows up constantly on the exam.
✓ Consult the Documents
Scope dispute? Quality question? Vendor disagreement? The answer is in the approved artifacts — the Requirements Traceability Matrix, Procurement Contract, Project Management Plan. Go there first.
✓ Embrace Servant Leadership
If the team is blocked, the PM's job is to remove the impediment and shield the team from distractions — not to solve the technical problem for them. That's the heart of agile leadership.
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The One Question That Breaks Every Tie

When you're genuinely stuck between two options, ask: "Which answer makes me look like a calm, data-driven, highly collaborative leader?" That's your answer. Every time. PMI rewards the person who thinks before acting, brings people in, follows the process, and never panics.

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How Our PMP Practice Exam Compares to the Real PMP Exam

The most common thing we hear from people who fail the PMP: "The practice questions I used didn't feel like the real exam." That gap is exactly what we built against. Every question here was written by PMP-certified project managers with 20+ years of field experience who've sat the actual exam. The scenarios are drawn from real project situations — not textbook examples. Here's how the two compare:

Feature Real PMP Exam PMLearning Practice Exam
Question Format Scenario-based situational ✓ Scenario-based situational
Agile Coverage ~50% of questions ✓ ~50% agile/hybrid questions
Question Types MCQ, multi-select, drag & drop, hotspot ✓ All types included
Domain Coverage People, Process, Business Environment ✓ All 3 domains covered
Difficulty Level Advanced professional ✓ Calibrated to match or exceed real exam
Explanations Not provided ✓ Detailed PMI-referenced explanations
2026 ECO Aligned Yes ✓ Yes, fully updated

What Happens After the July 8, 2026 PMP Exam Deadline?

PMI is launching a brand-new PMP exam on July 9, 2026, built around the forthcoming PMBOK® Guide 8th Edition. The new format is expected to put significantly more weight on AI in project management, sustainability, and value-delivery frameworks — material that most people currently studying haven't touched.

If you're already deep into your current preparation, the smartest move is to schedule your exam before July 8, 2026. Don't let months of work on the current ECO and PMBOK® 7th Edition format go to waste. Use this PMP practice exam and our premium simulator to lock in your readiness — then book your date.

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Frequently Asked Questions About the PMP Practice Test

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Right here. This free PMP practice test gives you 25 realistic scenario-based questions at real exam difficulty — written by PMP-certified project managers with 20+ years in the field. Submit and another 25 questions unlock automatically in our free PMP exam simulator. No credit card, no catch. Upgrade anytime to 1,700+ questions with full domain analytics.
Harder than most people expect. The PMP tests situational judgment — PMI puts you in a real-looking project mess and asks what a competent PM would do. Reading the PMBOK® Guide cover to cover won't prepare you for that. You need practice with realistic scenarios, explanations that explain the why behind each answer, and enough repetitions that PMI's logic starts to feel intuitive.
$405 for PMI members, $555 for non-members. PMI membership is $139/year and gets you free digital access to the PMBOK® Guide 7th Edition, the Agile Practice Guide, and dozens of other PMI standards. Join PMI first, confirm your membership is active, then register for the exam. The membership pays for itself in about five minutes.
Yes. You can take it from home or your office using Pearson VUE's OnVUE remote proctoring, or in person at any Pearson VUE test center worldwide. The online option is available 24/7. If you go remote, make sure your space is quiet and your tech is sorted in advance — a failed connection mid-exam is not a situation you want to deal with.
180 questions with 230 minutes — that's about 77 seconds per question. Two 10-minute breaks are included. Question types include multiple-choice, multiple-response, matching, hotspot, and fill-in-the-blank. Our simulator includes all of these formats so the interface itself isn't a surprise on test day.
PMI doesn't publish a number. Industry estimates put it around 60–65%, but PMI's scoring algorithm weights questions differently, so there's no exact cutoff you can target. We set our practice exam threshold at 72% — tighter than the real exam — because if you're consistently hitting that here, you've got a real buffer on test day. That buffer matters when the nerves kick in.
⚠️ IMPORTANT DEADLINE
The current PMP exam format ends July 8, 2026. On July 9, PMI launches a new exam aligned with the PMBOK® Guide 8th Edition — new domains, new content, a bigger focus on AI and sustainability. If you've been studying the current format, don't waste that preparation. Book your exam before the deadline.
Most people who pass on the first attempt spend 2 to 3 months studying, averaging 15 to 20 hours per week. That means the PMBOK® Guide 7th Edition, the Agile Practice Guide, the current PMI Exam Content Outline, and consistent practice with realistic PMP practice exam questions. Domain-level analytics tell you when you're ready — when you're hitting 72%+ across all three domains consistently, you're good.
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