PMP Practice Exam - July 2026
40 Original Scenario Questions with Answers and Rationales
PEOPLE - 33% PROCESS - 41% BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT - 26%
13 questions 16 questions 11 questions
HOW TO USE THIS PAPER
Select the best response to each scenario. Favor actions that assess before acting, protect value and ethics,
engage the right people, and fit the project's predictive, agile, or hybrid context. Complete the exam before
reviewing the answer key.
Coverage: Leadership and team performance; value-based and adaptive delivery; planning, risk, quality,
procurement, flow, and communication; strategy, compliance, sustainability, responsible AI, benefits, and
organizational change.
Important: This independently created paper is aligned broadly with PMI's PMP Examination Content Outline for
the exam launched in July 2026. It is not produced, reviewed, sponsored, or endorsed by PMI and contains no
recalled or copied examination questions.
Suggested time: 60 minutes Target score: 80% or higher
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, PEOPLE
1. A newly formed agile team waits for the project manager to assign every task. What should the project
manager do first?
A. assign tasks to maintain velocity
B. coach the team on self-management
C. replace the least experienced members
D. extend the iteration
2. Two senior specialists disagree publicly about a technical approach. The disagreement is delaying a
decision. What is the best next step?
A. escalate immediately to the sponsor
B. select the cheaper approach
C. facilitate a collaborative problem-solving session
D. remove both specialists
3. A virtual team member rarely speaks during meetings but provides high-quality written input afterward.
How should the project manager respond?
A. require all input to be verbal
B. create multiple inclusive participation channels
C. exclude the member from workshops
D. record the behavior as poor performance
4. A team is missing commitments because members do not understand who owns each decision. What
should the project manager do?
A. increase the contingency reserve
B. clarify roles and decision rights with the team
C. shorten all activities
D. ask the customer to assign work
5. A stakeholder is angry because a requested feature was deferred. What should the project manager do
first?
A. defend the original plan
B. listen and explore the stakeholder's underlying need
C. promise immediate delivery
D. remove the stakeholder from communications
6. A high-performing team member has begun missing deadlines after taking on additional operational
duties. What is the best response?
A. issue a formal warning immediately
B. discuss workload and jointly remove impediments
C. transfer all work to another person
D. lower the project's quality standards
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40 Original Scenario Questions with Answers and Rationales
PEOPLE - 33% PROCESS - 41% BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT - 26%
13 questions 16 questions 11 questions
HOW TO USE THIS PAPER
Select the best response to each scenario. Favor actions that assess before acting, protect value and ethics,
engage the right people, and fit the project's predictive, agile, or hybrid context. Complete the exam before
reviewing the answer key.
Coverage: Leadership and team performance; value-based and adaptive delivery; planning, risk, quality,
procurement, flow, and communication; strategy, compliance, sustainability, responsible AI, benefits, and
organizational change.
Important: This independently created paper is aligned broadly with PMI's PMP Examination Content Outline for
the exam launched in July 2026. It is not produced, reviewed, sponsored, or endorsed by PMI and contains no
recalled or copied examination questions.
Suggested time: 60 minutes Target score: 80% or higher
Independent PMP-style practice material - not an official PMI examination Page 1
, PEOPLE
1. A newly formed agile team waits for the project manager to assign every task. What should the project
manager do first?
A. assign tasks to maintain velocity
B. coach the team on self-management
C. replace the least experienced members
D. extend the iteration
2. Two senior specialists disagree publicly about a technical approach. The disagreement is delaying a
decision. What is the best next step?
A. escalate immediately to the sponsor
B. select the cheaper approach
C. facilitate a collaborative problem-solving session
D. remove both specialists
3. A virtual team member rarely speaks during meetings but provides high-quality written input afterward.
How should the project manager respond?
A. require all input to be verbal
B. create multiple inclusive participation channels
C. exclude the member from workshops
D. record the behavior as poor performance
4. A team is missing commitments because members do not understand who owns each decision. What
should the project manager do?
A. increase the contingency reserve
B. clarify roles and decision rights with the team
C. shorten all activities
D. ask the customer to assign work
5. A stakeholder is angry because a requested feature was deferred. What should the project manager do
first?
A. defend the original plan
B. listen and explore the stakeholder's underlying need
C. promise immediate delivery
D. remove the stakeholder from communications
6. A high-performing team member has begun missing deadlines after taking on additional operational
duties. What is the best response?
A. issue a formal warning immediately
B. discuss workload and jointly remove impediments
C. transfer all work to another person
D. lower the project's quality standards
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