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PMP Practice 3

Practice 3 for PMP Exam: 25 questions, explained answers, and a review routine.

These questions are for study practice only and are not official exam questions.

Question 1

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During a retrospective, team members identify recurring interruptions from unplanned requests. What response best supports team ownership?

Question 2

2

A project adds qualified resources to shorten a critical activity and estimates the added cost. What schedule-compression approach is being considered?

Question 3

3

A team is deciding whether to build a feature based on an untested assumption about customer demand. Which next step best reduces waste?

Question 4

4

A portfolio can fund only one of two projects. Project A supports a high-priority strategic outcome; Project B is interesting but has weak strategic relevance. What information is most useful for the decision?

Question 5

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A project manager receives conflicting status updates from a supplier and the internal team. What is the best next action?

Question 6

6

A project is ending and operational staff will maintain the product. Which closure activity is essential to a usable handover?

Question 7

7

A stakeholder wants a forecast for completing a large backlog. The team has variable historical throughput. Which forecast communicates uncertainty more honestly?

Question 8

8

An organization wants to pilot a service before expanding it nationally. What is a strong purpose for a limited pilot?

Question 9

9

A project has a new team drawn from several departments. What activity is most useful early in the collaboration?

Question 10

10

A required component has already arrived damaged and cannot be used. What is the most appropriate classification of the current problem?

Question 11

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A product owner wants to add an urgent item during a cycle. The current goal could be affected. What is the best response?

Question 12

12

For a classroom calculation, net benefit equals total benefit minus cost, and return on cost equals net benefit divided by cost. A project costs $50,000 and yields $65,000 in total benefits. What is return on cost?

Question 13

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A stakeholder needs a monthly decision summary, while engineers need daily technical details. What communication approach best fits these needs?

Question 14

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A requirements table links each requirement to its source, deliverable, and verification activity. What is the main benefit?

Question 15

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A retrospective identifies three possible improvements. The team has capacity to test only one next cycle. What is a practical response?

Question 16

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A business case relies on demand from a market segment that has recently shrunk. What should the project manager do?

Question 17

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An experienced team is meeting its goals and making sound technical decisions. Which leadership approach is most appropriate?

Question 18

18

A team must choose between two suppliers. Agreed criteria include quality, delivery reliability, support, and price. What approach supports a defensible selection?

Question 19

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The team is unsure whether users understand a proposed navigation design. What is a useful low-cost experiment?

Question 20

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A team wants to use an AI-generated summary in an executive decision. Some source records contain unresolved contradictions. What is the most responsible next step?

Question 21

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A specialist who alone understands a critical component will soon leave the project. What should the manager prioritize?

Question 22

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A potential supplier delay has not occurred, but it could affect a required component next month. Where should the uncertain event first be tracked with an owner and response?

Question 23

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Two teams must integrate their work frequently, but each uses a different interpretation of a shared interface. What should they establish?

Question 24

24

In a simplified investment exercise, a project costs $40,000 now and produces net cash benefits of $10,000 at the end of each year. Ignoring discounting, when is the initial cost recovered?

Question 25

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A stakeholder asks for a technical explanation but repeatedly misinterprets specialist terminology. What is the best communication adjustment?

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