Practice Questions
PMP Practice Questions
Scenario-based questions aligned with the 2026 PMP Exam Content Outline. All questions reviewed by a certified PMP before publishing.
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You are facilitating a sprint planning meeting for a three-week sprint. The product owner has presented the prioritized product backlog, and the team is discussing which user stories to commit to. One experienced developer suggests committing to 15 user stories, saying the team completed 12 last sprint and should push themselves. However, two team members will be on vacation for one week during this sprint. What should you do?
June 26, 2026
Your agile team has completed a sprint and is conducting a sprint review with stakeholders. During the review, a key stakeholder sees the working software for the first time and requests significant changes to the user interface, saying it doesn't match their expectations. The team completed all committed user stories and met the acceptance criteria as originally defined. The stakeholder insists these changes must be made immediately. How should you respond?
June 26, 2026
You are managing an agile software development project. The product owner has created a product backlog with 50 user stories but hasn't prioritized them yet. The development team is ready to start their first sprint planning meeting tomorrow. The product owner asks you what preparation is needed before the sprint planning session. What is the most important thing the product owner should do?
June 26, 2026
Your agile team is working on a website redesign project for a retail client. During the daily standup, one developer mentions she is blocked because she's waiting for design assets from the UI/UX designer, who is working on another high-priority task. The developer has been blocked for two days. The team has a sprint goal to complete three user stories by the end of the week. What should you do first as the Scrum Master?
June 26, 2026
You are leading an agile project to develop a mobile banking application. The team has just completed their second sprint and is preparing for the sprint retrospective. Several team members have mentioned challenges with the current definition of done, which seems unclear for certain user stories. As the project manager, you want to ensure the retrospective is productive and leads to actionable improvements. What should be the primary focus of this retrospective meeting?
June 26, 2026
Your agile team is building an e-commerce platform. At the sprint review, the team demonstrates a completed shopping cart feature to stakeholders. The functionality works as specified in the user story, but the product owner notices the user interface colors don't match the company's recently updated brand guidelines, which changed during the sprint. What should happen next?
June 22, 2026
You are facilitating sprint planning for a three-week sprint. The product owner presents the prioritized backlog, and the team begins selecting user stories. After selecting six stories totaling 24 story points, three team members mention they have committed to attending a mandatory company training program that will take them away for three full days during the sprint. What should the team do?
June 22, 2026
During a sprint retrospective for your software development project, team members identify that unclear user story acceptance criteria have caused significant rework in the past three sprints. The team estimates that 30% of their time has been spent redoing work that didn't meet unstated expectations. What should the team do to address this issue?
June 22, 2026
Your agile team is developing a customer relationship management (CRM) system. The product owner has created a prioritized product backlog with 45 user stories. Several stakeholders are asking when specific features will be delivered. The team has completed two sprints, delivering 12 and 11 story points respectively. What is the best way to provide stakeholders with delivery expectations?
June 22, 2026
You are leading an agile project to develop a mobile banking application. The team has just completed Sprint Planning and committed to delivering eight user stories in the upcoming two-week sprint. During the daily standup on day three, a developer mentions that one of the stories is taking much longer than estimated and may not be completed. What should you do first?
June 22, 2026
A financial services company has recently adopted Scrum for its digital transformation initiatives. During a sprint retrospective, team members express frustration that senior management frequently requests detailed status reports and wants to attend daily standups to monitor progress. The team feels micromanaged and reports that these interruptions are affecting their productivity. As the Scrum Master, what should you do?
June 14, 2026
An agile team is building a customer relationship management (CRM) system for a manufacturing company. The compliance department has just informed the team that new data privacy regulations will take effect in three months, requiring significant changes to how customer data is stored and processed. The team is currently in the middle of Sprint 8 of a planned 15-sprint release. What is the best way to address this regulatory requirement?
June 14, 2026
A startup company is developing a new e-commerce platform using agile methods. During the second sprint review, a major competitor launches a similar product with features that differ significantly from what the team has been building. The CEO wants to immediately pivot the product strategy to match the competitor's offering. Several team members have concerns about abandoning current work. How should the product owner respond to this market change?
June 14, 2026
An organization is transitioning from traditional project management to agile approaches. The PMO director is concerned about how to demonstrate project value and return on investment to senior executives who are accustomed to seeing detailed Gantt charts and earned value reports. The director asks you, as an agile coach, how agile teams should report business value. What is the most appropriate recommendation?
June 14, 2026
A software development team is using Scrum to build a new mobile application. The product owner has been unavailable for the past two weeks due to personal reasons, and the team has been unable to get clarification on several user stories. Sprint planning is scheduled for tomorrow, and the team is uncertain about priorities. The Scrum Master notices that story refinement has not occurred. What should the Scrum Master do first?
June 14, 2026
Your agile team has been consistently delivering working software every sprint, but stakeholders are becoming frustrated because the features delivered don't always match their expectations. The product owner has been writing user stories and prioritizing the backlog, but rarely engages with stakeholders between sprint reviews. Team morale is starting to decline because they feel their hard work isn't valued. What should you recommend to improve this situation?
June 10, 2026
Your agile team has a new developer who joined two weeks ago. During the latest sprint review, you notice the new team member did not demonstrate any completed work and appears confused about their responsibilities. Other team members mention that the new developer has been asking the same questions repeatedly. The sprint goal was partially met, but the team's velocity has decreased. What is the most appropriate first step to address this situation?
June 10, 2026
During sprint planning, your development team is struggling to understand the acceptance criteria for several user stories. The product owner is explaining the requirements, but team members keep asking for more technical specifications and detailed design documents before they feel comfortable committing to the work. The team has experience with traditional waterfall projects but is new to agile. How should you help the team move forward?
June 10, 2026
Your agile development team has been working together for three months. You notice that team members frequently interrupt each other during daily stand-ups and some developers work in isolation rather than collaborating. The product owner has mentioned concerns about team cohesion affecting their ability to deliver value. As the project manager, you want to strengthen team relationships and improve collaboration. What is the best action to take?
June 10, 2026
You are leading an agile project team that has just completed their second sprint. During the retrospective, one team member dominated the conversation while others remained silent. You notice that some team members appear uncomfortable speaking up in front of the more vocal participant. The team needs to improve their collaboration and ensure all voices are heard. What should you do to improve team participation in future retrospectives?
June 10, 2026
Your agile development team has been consistently delivering high-quality increments and meeting their sprint goals for the past four sprints. During the latest sprint review, the product owner praises the team's technical excellence but mentions that a key stakeholder was disappointed because they expected different functionality than what was delivered. The team built exactly what was described in the user stories. What should the team focus on improving?
May 29, 2026
You are facilitating a new agile team's first sprint planning session. During the meeting, you notice that two team members are dominating the conversation while three others have barely spoken. The quieter members appear to have relevant expertise based on their backgrounds, but they seem hesitant to contribute. You want to ensure all voices are heard and the team makes the best decisions. What should you do?
May 29, 2026
During a sprint retrospective, your agile team identifies that they have been experiencing frequent interruptions from stakeholders requesting status updates and asking questions throughout the day. These interruptions are affecting the team's ability to focus and complete their sprint commitments. Team members have asked you, as the servant leader, to help address this issue. What should you do?
May 29, 2026
Your agile team has just completed sprint planning for the upcoming two-week iteration. One of the newer developers approaches you privately and admits they don't fully understand two of the user stories they committed to during planning. They are worried about slowing down the team but didn't want to speak up during the planning session. The sprint has just started today. What is the best course of action?
May 29, 2026
You are leading an agile project team that has been working together for three iterations. During the last retrospective, team members expressed frustration about not understanding the business value of the user stories they are working on. The product owner has been unavailable due to other commitments. Team velocity has started to decline, and members seem less engaged during daily standups. What should you do first to address this situation?
May 29, 2026