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10 free, exam-style Project Management Professional (PMP) practice questions with answers and explanations. No signup required. Work through them below, then take the full free PMP practice test to study every exam domain.

Question 1

A project sponsor asks the project manager to push the team to work overtime for the next month to meet an aggressive deadline. As a servant leader, the project manager should:

  1. Comply with the sponsor's request immediately to demonstrate team commitment
  2. Negotiate with the sponsor about sustainable pace and explore alternative solutions
  3. Tell the team about the overtime requirement and provide additional motivation and support
  4. Refuse the sponsor's request outright to protect the team from potential burnout
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Correct answer: B - Negotiate with the sponsor about sustainable pace and explore alternative solutions

Question 2

A sprint is halfway complete when the product owner discovers a critical production bug that needs immediate attention. What should the Scrum Master facilitate?

  1. Defer the bug fix to the next sprint to maintain current sprint commitments
  2. Help the team and PO negotiate swapping a backlog item or handling the fix outside the sprint
  3. Immediately cancel the current sprint and create a new sprint backlog focused on the bug
  4. Add the critical bug fix to the current sprint while keeping all existing committed work
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Correct answer: B - Help the team and PO negotiate swapping a backlog item or handling the fix outside the sprint

Question 3

A project's CPI is 0.90 and SPI is 1.10. What is the project's status?

  1. Over budget and behind schedule
  2. Under budget and ahead of schedule
  3. Over budget but ahead of schedule
  4. Under budget but behind schedule
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Correct answer: C - Over budget but ahead of schedule

Question 4

A critical safety issue is discovered during construction. Two engineers disagree on the corrective approach, but a decision must be made immediately. Which conflict resolution technique is MOST appropriate?

  1. Collaborate to develop a comprehensive solution through detailed analysis
  2. Compromise by implementing elements from both engineering approaches
  3. Force a decision based on the most experienced engineer's recommendation
  4. Withdraw from decision-making and seek additional expert consultation
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Correct answer: C - Force a decision based on the most experienced engineer's recommendation

Question 5

A project manager identifies that a key vendor may go bankrupt. What risk response is MOST appropriate?

  1. Accept the risk and monitor vendor financial status regularly
  2. Mitigate by identifying alternative vendors and creating a contingency plan
  3. Avoid the risk by terminating the vendor contract and sourcing internally
  4. Transfer the risk by requiring vendor to obtain performance bonds
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Correct answer: B - Mitigate by identifying alternative vendors and creating a contingency plan

Question 6

A key stakeholder who was initially supportive has become resistant after a scope change. What should the PM do FIRST?

  1. Ignore the resistance since the change was approved by the change control board
  2. Meet with the stakeholder to understand the specific concerns driving their resistance
  3. Escalate to the sponsor to address the resistant stakeholder immediately
  4. Remove the stakeholder from the communication plan to reduce project friction
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Correct answer: B - Meet with the stakeholder to understand the specific concerns driving their resistance

Question 7

In agile, the product owner reprioritizes the backlog based on new stakeholder feedback. This is equivalent to:

  1. An unauthorized change requiring formal approval
  2. Scope creep that should be prevented
  3. Normal backlog management in agile
  4. A formal change control process failure
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Correct answer: C - Normal backlog management in agile

Question 8

Activity A has ES=0, EF=5, LS=2, LF=7. What is Activity A's total float?

  1. 0 days
  2. 2 days
  3. 5 days
  4. 7 days
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Correct answer: B - 2 days

Question 9

A project sponsor wants a fixed budget and timeline but also wants flexibility to change features during development. Which approach should the PM recommend?

  1. Pure predictive with strict change control
  2. Hybrid approach with fixed time and budget
  3. Pure agile with no budget constraints
  4. Reject the request as contradictory
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Correct answer: B - Hybrid approach with fixed time and budget

Question 10

A project team successfully implements a new system but employees revert to the old way of working within weeks. Which element of change management failed?

  1. The technical implementation
  2. Reinforcement and sustainment
  3. Awareness and communication
  4. Training and skill development
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Correct answer: B - Reinforcement and sustainment

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