PMP Certification
Exam
(2025-2026)
Question and Answers
Expert Verified
(With A+ Grades Guarantee)
,QUESTION: A. Your first and immediate action is to disclose your discovery to the project
You are a construction project manager and have been stakeholders and solicit their viewpoints.
recently hired in a well known company as the manager of ================
a highly crucial project. The project is expected to be EXPLANATION:
completed in 2 years. During the project initiation phase PMI’s Code of Ethics requires all project managers to comply with all laws and
you realize that some regulatory and environmental regulations. Failure to immediately and actively disclose that a regulatory
requirements have not been considered in the contract. requirement has not been addressed puts the company and the project manager in
Failure to meet the mentioned requirements will negatively the position of breaking the law.
affect your company's reputation, but meeting them will
require more time and cost, which will lead to budget and
time overruns. In that case, there's also a chance that the
client decides to cancel the project. What would you do in
that situation?
================
CHOOSE ONE:
A. Your first and immediate action is to disclose your
discovery to the project stakeholders and solicit their
viewpoints.
B. This requires a scope change notification that should be
written immediately.
C. Since this is only a probability it does not need an
immediate action. Just try to gather more information as
the project goes ahead and decide later on.
D. As a seasoned construction project manager, contact
the regulatory body to find out some workarounds for your
project.
QUESTION: D. No, adding one more person adds more than one communication channel for an
Your sponsor will be leaving your project soon due to other eleven-member team.
obligations. She informs you that her role will be filled with ================
two new people. She assures you that this should not EXPLANATION:
affect the communication complexity of the team since you Adding one additional person to an eleven-member team adds 11 additional
are only going from eleven to twelve members. Is your communication channels, which can increase complexity. Eleven members have 55
sponsor correct? communication channels, and 12 members have 66 channels:
================ (N ∗ N − 1)/2 = # of communication channels for the team where N = the number of
CHOOSE ONE: members.
A. Yes, because the sponsor is always right. So there are 66 − 55 = 11 channels added.
B. Yes, adding one additional person adds only one more
communication channel for an eleven-member team.
C. No, Agile teams should be as small as possible.
D. No, adding one more person adds more than one
communication channel for an eleven-member team.
QUESTION: A. Inform the customer of the impacts of his requirement to project constraints and,
You are managing a software development project which after getting the required approvals, crash the project.
should be completed in 18 months according to the project ================
contract and schedule. Your customer has recently faced EXPLANATION:
regulatory changes that require your project to be finished Informing the customer of the impacts to project scope and other constraints, then
2 months earlier and he asks you to do so. How will you crashing the cost and schedule is the best approach. Arbitrarily trimming estimates
approach this situation? or scope without directly advising your customer is dishonest, while simply refusing
================ to make a change is unprofessional.
CHOOSE ONE:
A. Inform the customer of the impacts of his requirement to
project constraints and, after getting the required
approvals, crash the project.
B. Accept the customer’s request and cut parts of the
project scope to meet the new deadline.
C. Stick to your original schedule and tell the customer that
once the contract is signed the project duration won’t
change under any circumstances.
D. Cut the duration of all project activities across the board
to meet the requirement.
,QUESTION: D. Confront the person about his behavior and its impact on the project. Also, inform
According to the contract, your customer has assigned one the customer about the issue.
of his staff to your project office to attend the meetings and ================
contribute to the decision making. However, this person is EXPLANATION:
too confrontational and his behavior to your project team The best approach to deal with the problems is to confront them. In this situation
members is intimidating. What should be your action in this you should respectfully confront the resource about this behavior, and notify the
situation? customer about the situation. Failing to confront the resource or intentionally
================ excluding a required resource from a project is unprofessional, and could negatively
CHOOSE ONE: impact the project.
A. Ask the customer to replace the person.
B. You unilaterally decide to isolate the person and don’t
let him in the project meetings.
C. Since the person is assigned by your client you don’t
have any authority over him, so don’t do anything.
D. Confront the person about his behavior and its impact
on the project. Also, inform the customer about the issue.
QUESTION: C. Precedence Diagramming
The majority of the project management software ================
applications use the ——— method to build the project EXPLANATION:
schedule network diagram. PDM, also called Activity-On-Node (AON), is the method used by most project
================ management and project planning software packages.
CHOOSE ONE:
A. Leads and Lags
B. Critical Diagramming
C. Precedence Diagramming
D. Activity-On-Arrows Diagramming
QUESTION: B. Allow the team to collaboratively develop a plan to execute the project.
You have just been assigned to a new change-driven C. Expose and eliminate communication bottlenecks.
project. The team has never worked together before, but ================
they are experienced with agile techniques. Which TWO of EXPLANATION:
the following techniques would be most useful for The key to this question is that it is a change-driven (i.e., Agile) project and the team
promoting your team’s performance? has experience with this type. A servant leader style is most effective for this
================ environment. Empowering a team to self-organize and work collaboratively and
CHOOSE TWO: eliminating bottlenecks are characteristics of such a leadership style.
A. Creation of a detailed schedule with regular milestones. A detailed schedule with milestones will not benefit the team’s performance,
B. Allow the team to collaboratively develop a plan to particularly if the work will be accomplished via a product backlog. Similarly, a
execute the project. change control procedure is generally not needed for change-driven projects since
C. Expose and eliminate communication bottlenecks. change is built into the system between iterations or sprints.
D. Creation of a change control procedure so that only
needed changes are addressed and implemented.
QUESTION: B. Project Charter
To formally authorize the project, which of the following ================
documents is necessary? EXPLANATION:
================ The key to this question is that it is a change-driven (i.e., Agile) project and the team
CHOOSE ONE: has experience with this type. A servant leader style is most effective for this
A. Project Statement of Work (SOW) environment. Empowering a team to self-organize and work collaboratively and
B. Project Charter eliminating bottlenecks are characteristics of such a leadership style.
C. Business Case
D. Project Contract
QUESTION: C. Hybrid
The photo transfer project will be starting in a few weeks, ================
and it is up to you to decide which project methodology the EXPLANATION:
team will use. You have some concerns about the project Predictive and Waterfall are similar since waterfall is a type of predictive approach.
because the customer will not always be available, and the The fact that there will be frequent change implies that this type of approach may
team has mixed experience in agile methods. not be suitable. Scrum is also risky since the customer will not always be available
Also, even though the sponsor is quite supportive in to the team and the team has mixed experience.
allowing you to choose whichever approach is best, he has A hybrid approach is the best option. In a hybrid lifecycle, those well-known and
given you a warning. He suggests that you be prepared fixed elements can follow a predictive life cycle, and those that are still evolving can
since this particular customer is known to be demanding be done with an adaptive approach. This may involve running two portions of the
and changes their mind frequently based on the latest project in parallel or doing the change aspects first until the requirements are better
market intelligence they’ve heard. After reviewing the known (i.e., the adaptive portion precedes the predictive portion). A hybrid approach
situation, which method would be most appropriate? is also ideal for training team members on Agile methods.
================
CHOOSE ONE:
A. Scrum
B. Predictive
C. Hybrid
D. Waterfall
, QUESTION: D. Risk Register
You are a project manager and you are about to perform ================
the risk management processes. Which one of the EXPLANATION:
following documents evolves throughout the risk The risk register is the document that evolves throughout the risk management
management processes? processes.
================
CHOOSE ONE:
A. Risk Mitigation Plan
B. Contingency Plan
C. Risk Profile
D. Risk Register
QUESTION: D. Describes the details of each component in the project WBS
As a project manager you are performing scope ================
management processes. What is the function of the WBS EXPLANATION:
Dictionary? The WBS Dictionary is a detailed description of work packages and their attributes
================ including any technical documentation for each WBS element.
CHOOSE ONE:
A. Used as a glossary to define the acronyms used in the
project scope statement
B. It is used for the planning of the project resources
C. Used as a glossary to define the acronyms used in the
project WBS
D. Describes the details of each component in the project
WBS
QUESTION: D. Negotiation
As the manager of a large project, you are performing the ================
Control Procurements process. Which one of the following EXPLANATION:
activities would you likely not be involved in? Negotiation is used while performing the Conduct Procurements process. The other
================ answer choices are performed during the Control Procurements process.
CHOOSE ONE:
A. Audits
B. Claims Administration
C. Inspection
D. Negotiation
QUESTION: D. Bidder Conferences
Some projects have a comprehensive procurement phase ================
that covers buying a huge number of items and for each EXPLANATION:
item several suppliers are contacted to receive their bids. Bidder Conferences (also called vendor conferences, contractor conferences, or
As a project manager in such projects, you need to make pre-bid conferences) are meetings between buyers and all prospective sellers prior
sure that every supplier has a clear understanding of the to the submittal of bids or proposals. They are used to ensure that all sellers have a
requirements of the project. Which one of the following clear and common understanding of the procurement and that no bidders receive
techniques could be used for this purpose? preferential treatment. Responses to questions are incorporated as procurement
================ document amendments. To be fair, buyers must ensure that all sellers hear every
CHOOSE ONE: question from individual sellers and every answer from the buyer.
A. Communication Matrix
B. Formal Presentation
C. One-on-One discussion
D. Bidder Conferences
QUESTION: D. Assign the team member a coach who has experience in being a scrum master.
You have just been given the responsibility to staff and ================
oversee a new Scrum project. There are very limited EXPLANATION:
resources, and you don’t have the budget to hire new Without the budget to hire and with resources already being limited, it is not feasible
people. One individual has been pre-assigned to the to find someone who is already experienced. Scrum master training is a possibility
project, and she has asked to be the project’s scrum but seeing as the team member has experience on Scrum projects, she is likely
master. Although she has participated in Scrum projects already familiar with what a scrum master role entails. Assigning her an agile coach
previously, she has never had this role. What would be who can work with her throughout the project is the most feasible option.
your best option in this situation?
================
CHOOSE ONE:
A. Tell the team member that you need someone who is
experienced in the role.
B. Ask the functional manager if they have anyone
available who can serve as the scrum master.
C. Allow the team member the role but ask that she enroll
in scrum master training right away.
D. Assign the team member a coach who has experience
in being a scrum master.
Exam
(2025-2026)
Question and Answers
Expert Verified
(With A+ Grades Guarantee)
,QUESTION: A. Your first and immediate action is to disclose your discovery to the project
You are a construction project manager and have been stakeholders and solicit their viewpoints.
recently hired in a well known company as the manager of ================
a highly crucial project. The project is expected to be EXPLANATION:
completed in 2 years. During the project initiation phase PMI’s Code of Ethics requires all project managers to comply with all laws and
you realize that some regulatory and environmental regulations. Failure to immediately and actively disclose that a regulatory
requirements have not been considered in the contract. requirement has not been addressed puts the company and the project manager in
Failure to meet the mentioned requirements will negatively the position of breaking the law.
affect your company's reputation, but meeting them will
require more time and cost, which will lead to budget and
time overruns. In that case, there's also a chance that the
client decides to cancel the project. What would you do in
that situation?
================
CHOOSE ONE:
A. Your first and immediate action is to disclose your
discovery to the project stakeholders and solicit their
viewpoints.
B. This requires a scope change notification that should be
written immediately.
C. Since this is only a probability it does not need an
immediate action. Just try to gather more information as
the project goes ahead and decide later on.
D. As a seasoned construction project manager, contact
the regulatory body to find out some workarounds for your
project.
QUESTION: D. No, adding one more person adds more than one communication channel for an
Your sponsor will be leaving your project soon due to other eleven-member team.
obligations. She informs you that her role will be filled with ================
two new people. She assures you that this should not EXPLANATION:
affect the communication complexity of the team since you Adding one additional person to an eleven-member team adds 11 additional
are only going from eleven to twelve members. Is your communication channels, which can increase complexity. Eleven members have 55
sponsor correct? communication channels, and 12 members have 66 channels:
================ (N ∗ N − 1)/2 = # of communication channels for the team where N = the number of
CHOOSE ONE: members.
A. Yes, because the sponsor is always right. So there are 66 − 55 = 11 channels added.
B. Yes, adding one additional person adds only one more
communication channel for an eleven-member team.
C. No, Agile teams should be as small as possible.
D. No, adding one more person adds more than one
communication channel for an eleven-member team.
QUESTION: A. Inform the customer of the impacts of his requirement to project constraints and,
You are managing a software development project which after getting the required approvals, crash the project.
should be completed in 18 months according to the project ================
contract and schedule. Your customer has recently faced EXPLANATION:
regulatory changes that require your project to be finished Informing the customer of the impacts to project scope and other constraints, then
2 months earlier and he asks you to do so. How will you crashing the cost and schedule is the best approach. Arbitrarily trimming estimates
approach this situation? or scope without directly advising your customer is dishonest, while simply refusing
================ to make a change is unprofessional.
CHOOSE ONE:
A. Inform the customer of the impacts of his requirement to
project constraints and, after getting the required
approvals, crash the project.
B. Accept the customer’s request and cut parts of the
project scope to meet the new deadline.
C. Stick to your original schedule and tell the customer that
once the contract is signed the project duration won’t
change under any circumstances.
D. Cut the duration of all project activities across the board
to meet the requirement.
,QUESTION: D. Confront the person about his behavior and its impact on the project. Also, inform
According to the contract, your customer has assigned one the customer about the issue.
of his staff to your project office to attend the meetings and ================
contribute to the decision making. However, this person is EXPLANATION:
too confrontational and his behavior to your project team The best approach to deal with the problems is to confront them. In this situation
members is intimidating. What should be your action in this you should respectfully confront the resource about this behavior, and notify the
situation? customer about the situation. Failing to confront the resource or intentionally
================ excluding a required resource from a project is unprofessional, and could negatively
CHOOSE ONE: impact the project.
A. Ask the customer to replace the person.
B. You unilaterally decide to isolate the person and don’t
let him in the project meetings.
C. Since the person is assigned by your client you don’t
have any authority over him, so don’t do anything.
D. Confront the person about his behavior and its impact
on the project. Also, inform the customer about the issue.
QUESTION: C. Precedence Diagramming
The majority of the project management software ================
applications use the ——— method to build the project EXPLANATION:
schedule network diagram. PDM, also called Activity-On-Node (AON), is the method used by most project
================ management and project planning software packages.
CHOOSE ONE:
A. Leads and Lags
B. Critical Diagramming
C. Precedence Diagramming
D. Activity-On-Arrows Diagramming
QUESTION: B. Allow the team to collaboratively develop a plan to execute the project.
You have just been assigned to a new change-driven C. Expose and eliminate communication bottlenecks.
project. The team has never worked together before, but ================
they are experienced with agile techniques. Which TWO of EXPLANATION:
the following techniques would be most useful for The key to this question is that it is a change-driven (i.e., Agile) project and the team
promoting your team’s performance? has experience with this type. A servant leader style is most effective for this
================ environment. Empowering a team to self-organize and work collaboratively and
CHOOSE TWO: eliminating bottlenecks are characteristics of such a leadership style.
A. Creation of a detailed schedule with regular milestones. A detailed schedule with milestones will not benefit the team’s performance,
B. Allow the team to collaboratively develop a plan to particularly if the work will be accomplished via a product backlog. Similarly, a
execute the project. change control procedure is generally not needed for change-driven projects since
C. Expose and eliminate communication bottlenecks. change is built into the system between iterations or sprints.
D. Creation of a change control procedure so that only
needed changes are addressed and implemented.
QUESTION: B. Project Charter
To formally authorize the project, which of the following ================
documents is necessary? EXPLANATION:
================ The key to this question is that it is a change-driven (i.e., Agile) project and the team
CHOOSE ONE: has experience with this type. A servant leader style is most effective for this
A. Project Statement of Work (SOW) environment. Empowering a team to self-organize and work collaboratively and
B. Project Charter eliminating bottlenecks are characteristics of such a leadership style.
C. Business Case
D. Project Contract
QUESTION: C. Hybrid
The photo transfer project will be starting in a few weeks, ================
and it is up to you to decide which project methodology the EXPLANATION:
team will use. You have some concerns about the project Predictive and Waterfall are similar since waterfall is a type of predictive approach.
because the customer will not always be available, and the The fact that there will be frequent change implies that this type of approach may
team has mixed experience in agile methods. not be suitable. Scrum is also risky since the customer will not always be available
Also, even though the sponsor is quite supportive in to the team and the team has mixed experience.
allowing you to choose whichever approach is best, he has A hybrid approach is the best option. In a hybrid lifecycle, those well-known and
given you a warning. He suggests that you be prepared fixed elements can follow a predictive life cycle, and those that are still evolving can
since this particular customer is known to be demanding be done with an adaptive approach. This may involve running two portions of the
and changes their mind frequently based on the latest project in parallel or doing the change aspects first until the requirements are better
market intelligence they’ve heard. After reviewing the known (i.e., the adaptive portion precedes the predictive portion). A hybrid approach
situation, which method would be most appropriate? is also ideal for training team members on Agile methods.
================
CHOOSE ONE:
A. Scrum
B. Predictive
C. Hybrid
D. Waterfall
, QUESTION: D. Risk Register
You are a project manager and you are about to perform ================
the risk management processes. Which one of the EXPLANATION:
following documents evolves throughout the risk The risk register is the document that evolves throughout the risk management
management processes? processes.
================
CHOOSE ONE:
A. Risk Mitigation Plan
B. Contingency Plan
C. Risk Profile
D. Risk Register
QUESTION: D. Describes the details of each component in the project WBS
As a project manager you are performing scope ================
management processes. What is the function of the WBS EXPLANATION:
Dictionary? The WBS Dictionary is a detailed description of work packages and their attributes
================ including any technical documentation for each WBS element.
CHOOSE ONE:
A. Used as a glossary to define the acronyms used in the
project scope statement
B. It is used for the planning of the project resources
C. Used as a glossary to define the acronyms used in the
project WBS
D. Describes the details of each component in the project
WBS
QUESTION: D. Negotiation
As the manager of a large project, you are performing the ================
Control Procurements process. Which one of the following EXPLANATION:
activities would you likely not be involved in? Negotiation is used while performing the Conduct Procurements process. The other
================ answer choices are performed during the Control Procurements process.
CHOOSE ONE:
A. Audits
B. Claims Administration
C. Inspection
D. Negotiation
QUESTION: D. Bidder Conferences
Some projects have a comprehensive procurement phase ================
that covers buying a huge number of items and for each EXPLANATION:
item several suppliers are contacted to receive their bids. Bidder Conferences (also called vendor conferences, contractor conferences, or
As a project manager in such projects, you need to make pre-bid conferences) are meetings between buyers and all prospective sellers prior
sure that every supplier has a clear understanding of the to the submittal of bids or proposals. They are used to ensure that all sellers have a
requirements of the project. Which one of the following clear and common understanding of the procurement and that no bidders receive
techniques could be used for this purpose? preferential treatment. Responses to questions are incorporated as procurement
================ document amendments. To be fair, buyers must ensure that all sellers hear every
CHOOSE ONE: question from individual sellers and every answer from the buyer.
A. Communication Matrix
B. Formal Presentation
C. One-on-One discussion
D. Bidder Conferences
QUESTION: D. Assign the team member a coach who has experience in being a scrum master.
You have just been given the responsibility to staff and ================
oversee a new Scrum project. There are very limited EXPLANATION:
resources, and you don’t have the budget to hire new Without the budget to hire and with resources already being limited, it is not feasible
people. One individual has been pre-assigned to the to find someone who is already experienced. Scrum master training is a possibility
project, and she has asked to be the project’s scrum but seeing as the team member has experience on Scrum projects, she is likely
master. Although she has participated in Scrum projects already familiar with what a scrum master role entails. Assigning her an agile coach
previously, she has never had this role. What would be who can work with her throughout the project is the most feasible option.
your best option in this situation?
================
CHOOSE ONE:
A. Tell the team member that you need someone who is
experienced in the role.
B. Ask the functional manager if they have anyone
available who can serve as the scrum master.
C. Allow the team member the role but ask that she enroll
in scrum master training right away.
D. Assign the team member a coach who has experience
in being a scrum master.
