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8 PMP Scenario-Based Practice Online Quiz Questions

Use this free practice quiz with 20 questions to review 8 PMP Scenario-Based Practice, test your knowledge, and prepare for your next test or exam.

20 questions
01
True or false
1 point

True or false: A response that preserves a project’s schedule and cost is necessarily the best choice, even if it weakens quality or customer value.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

02
True or false
1 point

True or false: When a scenario asks what the project manager should do first, it is best to choose a later corrective action if that action seems likely to solve the problem.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

03
Fill in the blank
1 point

Before selecting a response, a project manager determines whether delivery is predictive, adaptive, or hybrid and clarifies who owns scope, priorities, approvals, and acceptance. This reasoning step is .

04
Fill in the blank
1 point

The PMP exam content outline emphasizes alongside traditional scope, schedule, and cost measures.

05
Written response
1 point

A project is delayed, but the reason for the delay is not yet known. According to the scenario-reasoning guidance, what two things should the project manager separate before choosing an intervention?

06
Written response
1 point

A dashboard produces a project forecast, but several recent team updates are missing. What should the project manager verify with the team before assessing the forecast’s implications?

07
Choose one
1 point

A sponsor requests a new reporting feature after a predictive project’s scope baseline is approved. The feature may increase customer value but could affect cost and the release date. What should the project manager do first?

  1. A

    Add the feature immediately because the sponsor requested it.

  2. B

    Reject the request to protect the approved baseline.

  3. C

    Assess the request’s impacts and submit it through the agreed change-control process.

  4. D

    Ask the team to work overtime so the release date remains unchanged.

08
Choose one
1 point

Two specialists repeatedly argue over how to complete a shared deliverable. Work is delayed, and each blames the other. What should the project manager do next?

  1. A

    Assign the deliverable to the more experienced specialist.

  2. B

    Meet with both specialists to understand the conflict and facilitate an agreed resolution.

  3. C

    Escalate both specialists to their functional managers immediately.

  4. D

    Avoid intervening so the specialists must resolve the issue alone.

09
Choose one
1 point

Before a product release, a regulator issues a new requirement that may affect a planned feature. The team is unsure whether the requirement applies. What should the project manager do first?

  1. A

    Release as planned because the requirement’s applicability is uncertain.

  2. B

    Remove the feature permanently without further assessment.

  3. C

    Consult the appropriate compliance or legal authority to determine applicability and assess potential project impacts.

  4. D

    Ask the project team to interpret the regulation and decide whether to proceed.

10
Choose all
1 point

You are reading a project scenario to determine the most appropriate response. Select all the details the reasoning guidance recommends checking to understand the context.

  1. A

    The project’s delivery approach.

  2. B

    Who owns the relevant decision or approval.

  3. C

    The project’s constraints.

  4. D

    Stakeholder needs.

  5. E

    The precise request, including words such as “first,” “next,” or “best.”

  6. F

    Whether the preferred answer protects the schedule at all costs.

  7. G

    Whether the request came from a senior person, regardless of their decision authority.

11
Choose all
1 point

A project manager compares two response options for a developing project issue. Select all the considerations the material recommends using to evaluate the options.

  1. A

    Value.

  2. B

    Risk.

  3. C

    Quality.

  4. D

    Stakeholder expectations.

  5. E

    Team capability.

  6. F

    Schedule, while disregarding all other considerations.

  7. G

    Cost, while disregarding all other considerations.

12
Choose one
1 point

During a sprint, a senior stakeholder tells developers to stop their current work and build a different feature. The team is unsure what to do, and the product owner has not discussed the request. What is the best response?

  1. A

    Tell developers to follow the senior stakeholder’s direction immediately.

  2. B

    Facilitate alignment with the product owner and stakeholder, then have the product owner clarify priorities with the team.

  3. C

    Ask the sponsor to remove the stakeholder from the project.

  4. D

    Add the feature to the current sprint without changing other work.

13
Open ended
1 point

A project manager is urged to compress a schedule to preserve a launch date, but the team warns that doing so may skip quality checks and fail to meet customer needs. Explain how the project manager should decide what to do and what should be assessed before committing to a response.

14
Choose one
1 point

A project manager sees a scenario labeled Business Environment and assumes predictive change control must apply. Which reasoning is sound?

  1. A

    Use predictive change control because Business Environment questions are predictive.

  2. B

    Identify the delivery approach and decision authority from the scenario before choosing a response.

  3. C

    Assume the project is adaptive because the scenario concerns stakeholders.

  4. D

    Ignore the delivery approach because only the domain determines the correct action.

15
Choose one
1 point

In an adaptive project, a stakeholder asks developers to replace their current work with a different feature. The product owner has not reviewed the request. What is the best response?

  1. A

    Direct the developers to begin the stakeholder's feature immediately.

  2. B

    Have the product owner clarify priorities with the team after aligning with the stakeholder.

  3. C

    Ask the sponsor to remove the stakeholder from the project.

  4. D

    Add the request to the current sprint without reviewing existing work.

16
Written response
1 point

In an adaptive approach, who manages backlog priorities when stakeholders request changes?

17
Choose one
1 point

A sponsor requests a feature after the scope baseline is approved. It may increase customer value but could affect cost and the release date. What should the project manager do first?

  1. A

    Add the feature because the sponsor requested it.

  2. B

    Reject the request to protect the approved baseline.

  3. C

    Assess the impacts and submit the request through the agreed change-control process.

  4. D

    Ask the team to work overtime so the release date remains unchanged.

18
True or false
1 point

A project manager should ask the sponsor to solve a team problem before the project manager and team have analyzed or tried to resolve it.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

19
Choose one
1 point

Before a product release, a regulator issues a requirement that may affect a planned feature. The team is unsure whether it applies. What should the project manager do first?

  1. A

    Release as planned because applicability is uncertain.

  2. B

    Remove the feature permanently to eliminate any possible risk.

  3. C

    Consult the appropriate compliance or legal authority to determine applicability, then assess project impacts.

  4. D

    Ask the project team to interpret the regulation and decide whether it applies.

20
Written response
1 point

A project manager is comparing two ways to recover a milestone. They appear similar in cost and schedule impact, but one depends on skills the team has not demonstrated. According to the reasoning guidance, what additional factor should the project manager assess?