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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Your development team has been consistently achieving their sprint goals for the past four sprints with a stable velocity of 30 story points. In sprint planning for the next iteration, the team commits to 30 points of work. However, by mid-sprint during the daily standup, it becomes clear that three critical stories are blocked due to an unexpected production outage requiring immediate team attention. The team estimates they can only complete 18 points this sprint. What should the scrum master do?
May 29, 2026
Your scrum team is working on a healthcare application where regulatory compliance is critical. During the sprint, a team member discovers that a completed story from the previous sprint doesn't meet new HIPAA requirements that were recently clarified by the compliance department. The feature is already in the staging environment and was demonstrated to stakeholders. The Definition of Done includes 'meets all regulatory requirements,' but this specific requirement wasn't known during development. What should the scrum master facilitate?
May 29, 2026
During a sprint review, stakeholders see the completed user stories but express disappointment that the features don't match their expectations. The team followed the acceptance criteria precisely, and all stories meet the Definition of Done. The product owner approved the stories during backlog refinement two weeks ago. Stakeholders now request significant changes that would require reworking most of the sprint's output. What is the most appropriate next step?
May 29, 2026
You are facilitating sprint planning for a new feature that involves complex data migration. The development team estimates the work at 34 story points, but the sprint capacity is only 28 story points based on historical velocity. One developer suggests reducing quality checks to fit everything into the sprint, while another proposes splitting the migration into smaller, independently deliverable chunks. The product owner is concerned about delaying the feature launch. How should you proceed with sprint planning?
May 29, 2026
Your agile team has completed three sprints of a mobile application development project. During the retrospective, team members report that they consistently struggle to complete stories because dependencies on a third-party API team cause delays. The API team works in a different department and follows a waterfall approach with monthly release cycles. Several stories have been carried over to subsequent sprints, affecting the team's velocity. What should the product owner do to address this impediment?
May 29, 2026
You are managing a government IT project following predictive methodologies. During a phase gate review at the end of the design phase, the project governance board expresses concern that several technical risks identified in the risk register have not been actively managed, though none have materialized yet. The board notes that risk response plans were documented during planning but asks for evidence of ongoing risk monitoring activities. Your risk register has not been updated in six weeks. How should you address this situation moving forward?
May 28, 2026
You are managing a 12-month infrastructure project using a predictive approach. At the end of month 4, you review the project dashboard and notice that planned value (PV) is $400,000, earned value (EV) is $350,000, and actual cost (AC) is $380,000. Several team members report that they have been working on activities that were not originally scheduled for this period because they had available time. What is the PRIMARY issue this situation reveals about project management processes?
May 28, 2026
You are leading a pharmaceutical software implementation project following a predictive approach. The project has completed the planning phase, and you have a detailed WBS, activity list, and resource assignments. During the first month of execution, three team members inform you they will be pulled away for two weeks to support an urgent regulatory audit. This was not anticipated during planning and affects activities on the critical path. What should be your FIRST action as the project manager?
May 28, 2026
Your manufacturing equipment upgrade project is in the executing phase. A key vendor has submitted deliverables for the third milestone, but during the inspection process, your quality assurance team identifies that 15% of the components do not meet the specifications outlined in the procurement contract. The vendor claims the specifications were ambiguous and requests additional payment to remake the components. This is causing a potential two-week delay. What is the BEST course of action?
May 28, 2026
You are managing a construction project with a fixed budget of $2.5 million and a 14-month timeline. During month 6, you conduct an earned value analysis and discover that the Cost Performance Index (CPI) is 0.85 and the Schedule Performance Index (SPI) is 0.92. The project sponsor asks you to forecast the final project cost and determine what actions are needed. Using the current performance trends, what is the most appropriate estimate at completion (EAC) if you believe current variances are atypical and future work will be performed at the planned rate?
May 28, 2026