Free PMI-SP Practice Questions & Answers 2026 Part2

Question #1

You are the project manager for your organization. You have recorded the following duration estimates for an activity in your project: optimistic 20, most likely 45, pessimistic 90.What time will you record for this activity?

A. 48

B. 20o, 45m, 90p

C. 90

D. 45

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Correct Answer: A

Question #2

Fred is the project manager of the NHA project. This project has a BAC of $2,456,900 and is sixty percent complete. Fred has crashed the project, which has driven the project costs to date to $1,525,140, but his project is five percent more complete than what was planned.What is the cost variance for this project that Fred needs to report to management?

A. $122,845

B. -$51,000

C. -$85,000

D. Zero

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Correct Answer: B

Question #3

You are the project manager for your organization. You are working with your project team to develop the project schedule. You would like to automate much of the scheduling by using Microsoft project. Microsoft project as a scheduling tool is an example of what tool and technique for the Develop Schedule Process?

A. roject office software

B. roject Management Information System

C. cheduling tool

D. rganizational process asset

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Correct Answer: C

Question #4

You have been hired as a project manager for Tech Perfect Inc. You are studying the documentation of planning of a project. The documentation states that there are twenty-five stakeholders with the project.What will be the number of communication channels for the project?

A. 300

B. 50

C. 600

D. 25

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Correct Answer: A

Question #5

You are the project manager of the NHGQ project for your company. You must create and distribute performance reports every week to your key project stakeholders. What communication technique do you normally use to distribute reports? Performance reports are distributed through the push technique. This means that the project manager distributes the reports regularly through a mechanism, such as email. Answer option C is incorrect. One-to-one technique describes a conversation between two people. Answer option B is incorrect. Many-to-many technique describes a conversation between many people. Answer option D is incorrect. A pull technique describes the recipients of the report 'pulling' the information, such as from a Website.

A. Push technique

B. Many-to-many

C. One-to-one

D. Pull technique

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Correct Answer: A

Question #6

Lily works as a project manager for Blue Well Inc. She has recorded the following duration estimates for an activity in her project: optimistic 35, most likely 50, and pessimistic 95.What time will she record for this activity?

A. 48

B. 55

C. 54

D. 40

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Correct Answer: B

Question #7

Once the project's WBS has been created what process may happen next?

A. stimate activity resources

B. efine activities

C. stimate activity durations

D. equence activities

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Correct Answer: B

Question #8

What data should be included in the final schedule report to support transparency and decision-making?(Choose two)

A. Schedule variance against baseline

B. Revised communication plan

C. Final earned value performance indicators

D. Updated team organization chart

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Correct Answer: AC

Question #9

You are the project manager of the NHGQ project for your company. You must create and distribute performance reports every week to your key project stakeholders.What communication technique do you normally use to distribute reports?

A. Push technique

B. Many-to-many

C. One-to-one

D. Pull technique

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Correct Answer: A

Question #10

You are the project manager of the NHGQ project for your company. You must create and distribute performance reports every week to your key projectstakeholders. What communication technique do you normally use to distribute reports?

A. Push technique

B. Many-to-many

C. One-to-one

D. Pull technique

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Correct Answer: A

Question #11

You are the project manager of the HQQ Project. Your project is running late by ten percent of where you should be at this time. Management is concerned. Considering that the project has a BAC of $567,899, you are thirty percent complete, and you have spent $179,450.What is this project's to- complete performance index based on the current BAC?

A. 1

B. 0

C. 0

D. 0

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Correct Answer: A

Question #12

Fred is the project manager of the NHA project. This project has a BAC of $2,456,900 and is sixty percent complete. Fred has crashed the project, which has driven the project costs to date to $1,525,140, but his project is five percent more complete than what was planned.What is the cost variance for this project that Fred needs to report to management?

A. $122,845

B. -$51,000

C. -$85,000

D. Zero

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Correct Answer: B

Question #13

Lily works as a project manager for Blue Well Inc. She has recorded the following duration estimates for an activity in her project: optimistic 35, most likely 50, and pessimistic 95.What time will she record for this activity?

A. 48

B. 55

C. 54

D. 40

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Correct Answer: B

Question #14

Sam is the project manager of the NQQ project. He and the project team have completed the stakeholder identification process for his project.What is the main output of the identify stakeholders process?

A. Communications management plan

B. Stakeholder register

C. Requirements

D. Stakeholder management strategy

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Correct Answer: B

Question #15

Beth is the project manager for her organization. Her current project has many deliverables that have been defined at a high level, but the details of the deliverables are still unknown. In her project, Beth is planning in detail only the activities that are most imminent in the project work. This approach to project management planning is known as what?

A. Imminent activity management

B. Rolling wave planning

C. Predecessor-only diagramming

D. Decomposition

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Correct Answer: B

Question #16

You are the project manager of the NHGQ project for your company. You must create and distribute performance reports every week to your key project stakeholders. What communication technique do you normally use to distribute reports?

A. ush technique

B. any-to-many

C. ne-to-one

D. ull technique

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Correct Answer: A

Question #17

What is the most appropriate reason for establishing schedule configuration management procedures at the start of a project?

A. To ensure consistent control, tracking, and traceability of all schedule versions and changes

B. To enable the project team to work independently from the schedule baseline

C. To allow subcontractors to manage their own schedules with flexibility

D. To define the quality control mechanisms for product deliverables

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Correct Answer: A

Question #18

Nancy is the project manager of the JJJ Project. This project has recently been approved by the project customer as complete so Nancy must now finalize the administrative closure. Nancy needs to create the final project report to report the successes and failures in the project. Who should Nancy deliver this final project report to if she is participating in a projectized structure?

A. Functional Management

B. Project sponsor

C. Whomever the communications management plan directs her to

D. Project customer

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Correct Answer: C

Question #19

Holly is the project manager for her organization. She is creating the activity list and would like to tag those activities that are comprised of discrete effort.What is discrete effort?

A. It is a term used to describe activities whose effort cannot be directly measured to the project objectives

B. It is a term used to describe activities whose effort can be directly measured and linked to the project objectives

C. It is a term used to describe activities that are supportive of the project work, but not linked to the project deliverables

D. It is a term used to describe activities that are core project management processes, but not core project activities

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Correct Answer: B

Question #20

The figure given below demonstrates the communication model for a project.What role does the component E play in the communications model?

A. Static

B. Deterrent

C. Noise

D. Barrier

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Correct Answer: C

Question #21

Your project team is executing the project plan and things are going well. Your team has reached its first milestone and is now in the second phase of the project. The project stakeholders have requested that you find a method to reduce the duration of the project. They will reward you and your project team with a 25 percent bonus of the project costs if you can finish the project thirty days earlier than what was already planned. The stakeholders, however, will not approve any additional labor costs as part of the agreement.Which approach could you use to shorten the duration of the project?

A. Perform resource leveling for the project

B. Crash the project schedule

C. Fast track the project

D. Remove things from the project scope

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Correct Answer: C

Question #22

Which of the group creativity techniques enhances brainstorming with a voting process used to rank the most useful ideas for further brainstorming or prioritization?

A. AIdea/mind mapping

B. BDelphi technique

C. CNominal group technique

D. DAffinity diagram

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Correct Answer: C

Question #23

You are responsible for incorporating approved changes into the active schedule. Which two actions ensure accurate and traceable integration?(Choose two)

A. Record the change in the schedule change log

B. Apply the update through the approved change control process

C. Archive the prior schedule version for reference

D. Adjust the baseline without formal approval to reflect reality faster

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Correct Answer: AB

Question #24

You are the project manager of the GHT Project. Ben, one of your project team members, does not understand the idea of a milestone. Which of the following bestdescribes what a milestone is?

A. A significant point in the project

B. A goal of reaching a significant delivery of project benefits by an identified date

C. An imposed date for the project to reach a given point

D. The completion of a project activity that is crucial to project completion

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Correct Answer: A

Question #25

You are the project manager of the GHY Project. This project is scheduled to last for one year and has a BAC of $4,500,000. You are currently 45 percent complete with this project, though you are supposed to be at your second milestone which accounts for half of the project completion. There have been some errors in the project which has caused you to spend $2,073,654.What is this project's schedule performance index?

A. 1

B. 0

C. 0

D. -$108,120

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Correct Answer: C

Question #26

You are the project manager of the NHA Project. This project is expected to last one year withquarterly milestones throughout the year. Your project is supposed to be at the third milestonetoday but you're likely only 60 percent complete. Your project has a BAC of $745,000 and you'vespent $440,000 of the budget-to-date. What is your schedule performance index for this project?

A. 0

B.

C. 02

D.

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Correct Answer: D

Question #27

You work as a project manager for BlueWell Inc. Management has asked you not to communicate performance unless the CPI is less than 0.96 or the SPI dips below 0.98.What type of report would you create for management, if these instances develop in your project?

A. Cost variance report

B. Exceptions report

C. Performance management report

D. Schedule variance report

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Correct Answer: B

Question #28

John is the project manager for his organization. He has created a status dashboard for his stakeholders.What is a status dashboard?

A. It is a report that details the current status of risks and issues

B. It is a software application that allows stakeholders to view the project manager's performance

C. It is a web-based tool to inspect the project deliverables for performance

D. It is a report that reflects the overall performance of scope, schedule, quality, cost, or other project performance metrics

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Correct Answer: D

Question #29

George is the project manager of the NHQ Project and has a budget of $778,000. The project is scheduled to last for one year with an equal amount of work completed each quarter. The second quarter of the project has ended and George has spent $325,000 but has only finished forty percent of the project.Management needs a variance report for the project schedule. What value should George report in this instance?

A.

B. $77,800

C. -34,500

D. $13,800

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Correct Answer: B

Question #30

Holly is the project manager for her organization. She is creating the activity list and would like to tag those activities that are comprised of discrete effort.What is discrete effort?

A. It is a term used to describe activities whose effort cannot be directly measured to the project objectives

B. It is a term used to describe activities whose effort can be directly measured and linked to the project objectives

C. It is a term used to describe activities that are supportive of the project work, but not linked to the project deliverables

D. It is a term used to describe activities that are core project management processes, but not core project activities

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Correct Answer: B

Question #31

Nancy is the project manager of the JJJ Project. This project has recently been approved by the project customer as complete so Nancy must now finalize the administrative closure. Nancy needs to create the final project report to report the successes and failures in the project. Who should Nancy deliver this final project report to if she is participating in a projectized structure?

A. Functional Management

B. Project sponsor

C. Whomever the communications management plan directs her to

D. Project customer

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Correct Answer: C

Question #32

Beth is the project manager for the NHQ project. This project deals with fiber optic cabling in her organizational campus. Tim is the electrical engineer for her company and is the only internal resource that can complete several of the project activities that deal with the fiber optic cables. Because Tim is a highly-skilled resource, he is already scheduled on several projects within the organization and is not available when Beth needs him to complete some of the project activities.This is an example of which term?

A. Resource calendar conflict

B. Matrix network

C. Organizational process assets

D. Activity resource requirements

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Correct Answer: D

Question #33

You are the project manager of the GHT Project. Ben, one of your project team members, does not understand the idea of a milestone. Which of the following best describes what a milestone is?

A. significant point in the project

B. goal of reaching a significant delivery of project benefits by an identified date

C. n imposed date for the project to reach a given point

D. he completion of a project activity that is crucial to project completion

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Correct Answer: A

Question #34

You are the project manager of the NHQ project. Your project has a budget of $1,258,456 and is scheduled to last for three years. Your project is currently forty percent complete though it should be forty-five percent complete. In order to reach this point of the project, you have spent $525,000. Management needs a performance report regarding the NHQ project. Management is concerned that this project will be over budget upon completion.What is the estimate at completion for this project that you will need to report to management?

A. -$62,922

B. $1,312,504

C. $1,525,000

D. $787,504

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Correct Answer: B

Question #35

Which one of the following estimate types is a form of expert judgment?

A. Parametric estimate

B. Analogous estimate

C. Bottom-up estimate

D. Definitive estimate

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Correct Answer: B

Question #36

When initiating the development of scheduling components in a project management plan, what is the most critical document to review first?

A. Project charter

B. Risk register

C. Work performance reports

D. Lessons learned register

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Correct Answer: A

Question #37

Harry is the project manager of a large network installation project. This project requires Harry to add network cable to each office and cubicle of a 14-story office building. Harry will receive a bonus for good time and cost performance in this project. What law of economics would prevent Harry from exponentially adding labor to the project work in an effort to complete the work in a very small amount of time?

A. arkinson's Law

B. oore's Law

C. aw of Diminishing Returns

D. aw of Economics

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Correct Answer: C

Question #38

John works as a project manager for BlueWell Inc. His project has a budget of $795,000 and he has spent $325,000 on the project. But, he has completed only 40 percent of the project work till now. Management wants to know what the project's cost performance index is. What value will John report?

A.

B.

C.

D.

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Correct Answer: B

Question #39

Laura is the project manager for her organization and management has requested her to create a report on her project's performance. Laura needs to analyze her current project performance and then compare it against what, in order to create a performance report?

A. Cost variances and Cost Performance Index

B. Scope baseline

C. Performance measurement baseline

D. Schedule variances, planned value, and the Schedule Performance Index

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Correct Answer: C

Question #40

You are the project manager of the BHG Project. You are creating a network diagram as shown in thefigure:Mary, a project team member, reports that an identified risk is likely to happen in the project thatwill affect the completion date of Activity D . She reports that the risk event will likely cause theduration of the activity to increase by six days. If this happens what is the earliest the project cancomplete?

A. 2 days

B. 9 days

C. 7 days

D. 6 days

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Correct Answer: D

Question #41

Your organization wants to start a new project. The study shows that the new project will save organization approximately $200,000 per year. Now it is required to move forward with the project. Which of the following documents will define the project justification?

A. AFeasibility study

B. BProject charter

C. CWork breakdown structure

D. DProject scope

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Correct Answer: B

Question #42

Which of the following individuals has a management role in a core business area, such as research and development, design, manufacturing, provisioning, testing, or maintenance?

A. Functional manager

B. Operations manager

C. Project manager

D. Seller

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Correct Answer: B

Question #43

You are the project manager of the GHY Project. This project is scheduled to last for one year and has a BAC of $4,500,000. You are currently 45 percent complete with this project, though you are supposed to be at your second milestone which accounts for half of the project completion. There have been some errors in the project which has caused you to spend $2,073,654.What is this project's schedule performance index?

A. 1

B. 0

C. 0

D. -$108,120

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Correct Answer: C

Question #44

Nancy is the project manager of the JJJ Project. This project has recently been approved by the project customer as complete so Nancy must now finalize the administrative closure. Nancy needs to create the final project report to report the successes and failures in the project. Who should Nancy deliver this final project report to if she is participating in a projectized structure?

A. Functional Management

B. Project sponsor

C. Whomever the communications management plan directs her to

D. Project customer

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Correct Answer: C

Question #45

Your project is forty percent complete though it was scheduled to be fifty percent complete as of today. Management has asked that you report on the schedule variance for your project. If your project has a BAC of $650,000 and you've spent $385,000 to date, what is the schedule variance value?

A. A-$75,500

B. B-$390,000

C. C-$487,500

D. D-$65,000

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Correct Answer: D

Question #46

You are the project manager of the GHT Project. Ben, one of your project team members, does not understand the idea of a milestone.Which of the following best describes what a milestone is?

A. A significant point in the project

B. A goal of reaching a significant delivery of project benefits by an identified date

C. An imposed date for the project to reach a given point

D. The completion of a project activity that is crucial to project completion

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Correct Answer: A

Question #47

The Define Activities process is the first process in the project time management knowledge area. The Define Activities process creates just three outputs as aresult of decomposition, rolling wave planning, templates, and expert judgment. Which one of the following is not an output of the Define Activities process?

A. Activity list

B. Milestone list

C. Activity attributes

D. Project document updates

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Correct Answer: D

Question #48

Sam is the project manager of the NQQ project. He and the project team have completed thestakeholder identification process for his project. What is the main output of the identifystakeholders process?

A. ommunications management plan

B. takeholder register

C. equirements

D. takeholder management strategy

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Correct Answer: B

Question #49

Ben is the project manager for his organization. His project has 26 stakeholders this week and will have five additional stakeholders next week. How many more communication channels will Ben's project have next week?

A. 140

B. 10

C. 325

D. 5

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Correct Answer: A

Question #50

You are the project manager of the GHY Project. This project is scheduled to last for one year and has a BAC of $4,500,000. You are currently 45 percent complete with this project, though you are supposed to be at your second milestone which accounts for half of the project completion. There have been some errors in the project which has caused you to spend $2,073,654.What is this project's schedule performance index?

A. 1

B. 0

C. 0

D. -$108,120

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Correct Answer: C

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