PMI PMP Practice Exams
Last updated on Apr 01,2025- Exam Code: PMP
- Exam Name: Project Management Professional
- Certification Provider: PMI
- Latest update: Apr 01,2025
A project manager just completed a successful deployment and is preparing to transition the project to an operational state before starting closeout actions.
What should the project manager do to ensure that the project is ready to move to an operational state?
- A . Meet with the project team to review the work breakdown structure (WBS) and confirm deliverables have been delivered.
- B . Develop a plan to repay the technical debt incurred during the project and ensure that the project sponsor agrees with the plan.
- C . Review the project approval requirements in the project charter and confirm who will be approving the project.
- D . Refer to the project’s work in progress (WIP) reports to ensure that there is no additional work in the backlog.
A project requires the procurement of a large amount of equipment that needs to be on-site before any other activity can begin. The procurement department has a lengthy approval process.
What should the project manager do?
- A . Ask the project sponsor to expedite the vendor selection process.
- B . Contact the vendor that supplied similar equipment for a previous project.
- C . Use the existing equipment and replace it later with the new equipment.
- D . Work with the procurement team to find alternative options.
A hybrid project has just deployed, and the project manager is planning project closure with lessons learned workshops. A key stakeholder informs the project manager that having the Scrum team in the workshops is a waste of time because the project was delivered successfully.
What should the project manager do?
- A . Ask the Scrum team members to share retrospectives.
- B . Ask the scrum master to attend the workshops.
- C . Invite the Scrum team members as optional participants.
- D . Invite the Scrum team members as mandatory participants.
A project manager is leading a project with strict time constraints. In team meetings, one of the team members is always silent. The project manager determines that this team member is not knowledgeable about the technology solution. The project manager is concerned that this problem will impact productivity.
What should the project manager do?
- A . Assign an experienced team member to work with this member on a daily basis in order to become knowledgeable about the technology.
- B . Arrange formal training for this member to gain sufficient knowledge to reduce the impact on team performance.
- C . Let this team member understand the urgency and encourage them to spend extra time to become knowledgeable about the technology.
- D . Let the team lead the meeting discussions so that every member has a chance to prepare and speak up.
An organization is initiating a project that will be using new technology. The complexity of the project requires excellent technical skills. After reviewing the proposed project management plan, the project sponsor asks for options to reduce the labor cost without introducing risk to the project delivery.
What should the project manager do first?
- A . Review the risk register and assign functional managers as resources.
- B . Analyze the resource pool and assign internal resources who participated in past projects.
- C . Perform an analysis of the key cost drivers and present alternatives.
- D . Review the work breakdown structure (WBS) to ensure there are adequate resources.
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.
What should the project manager do?
- A . Discuss this with the project team and select the appropriate tools.
- B . Inform the project team to continue using the current tools.
- C . Implement the communication tools used by other project teams.
- D . Escalate the issue to the sponsor and ask them to decide.
Midway through the execution of an agile project, there is a shift in the strategic objectives at the organization level to promote digital transformation.
What should the project manager do next?
- A . Prepare a user story to handle the change and assign it to the next iteration.
- B . Escalate to the product owner and cancel the upcoming iterations.
- C . Update the risk-prioritized backlog with the strategic change.
- D . Schedule a meeting with the team to assess the impact of the change.
A project team is completing a design, while another team in a different country is performing implementation.
How should the project manager communicate the design to the implementation team?
- A . Send a detailed email with the completed design document.
- B . Conduct a workshop with all of the stakeholders.
- C . Conduct a workshop with both of the teams.
- D . Upload the design documents into the project repository.
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 strategy?
- A . Established patterns of communication
- B . Organization’s strategic goals
- C . Individual and personal objectives
- D . Project team’s shared objectives
A mandatory compliance requirement that will impact the project software is introduced during the execution phase of an iterative project. The team is aware of the compliance requirement.
What should the project manager do next?
- A . Update the product backlog item with this new requirement.
- B . Escalate the issue of project impact to the project sponsor.
- C . Escalate the issue of project impact to the product owner.
- D . Update the stakeholder register to include the requirement owner.