PMI PMP Practice Test: Current Exam
Practice the current PMI PMP exam with a stable, outline-mapped PM Mastery bank, public sample questions, a free-practice page, timed mocks, topic drills, and explanations for current PMP decision scenarios. Testing on or after July 9, 2026? Use PMP 2026 instead.
Current PMP route
Use current PMP practice only if your exam date is before July 9, 2026.
This page covers current PMP practice tests, timed mock exams, topic drills, progress tracking, and detailed explanations. Testing on or after July 9, 2026? Use the separate PMP 2026 practice page.
Original PM Mastery practice. Not official PMI questions, copied live-exam content, or exam dumps.
Practice preview and focused pages
Use this page to start the web app and choose the right public preview before longer mixed practice. For sample exam questions, use the focused topic pages, quick review, and free-practice page in this exam section; the interactive app remains the primary practice path.
- Focused topic pages: drill focused topics including Business Environment; People; and other domains with explanations.
- Quick review: High-yield concepts, traps, decision rules, and practice focus.
- Free practice exam: Try a 180-question current Project Management Professional (PMP) diagnostic with original PM Mastery practice questions, answers, explanations, and PMP 2026 exam guidance.
What this PMP practice page should do for you
- show you what PMP exam questions feel like before deeper timed practice
- give you realistic scenario-based PMP practice questions with explanations
- keep you on the current PMP blueprint if your exam date is before July 9, 2026
- make it easy to start a PMP mock exam on web immediately
- route you to the same PM Mastery subscription on App Store, Google Play, and web
- help existing subscribers continue with the same PM Mastery account across devices
What premium unlocks in PM Mastery
- interactive PMP practice beyond the smaller free preview
- more timed mock exams and mixed review sets
- topic drills across weak areas
- progress tracking and review history
- the same PM Mastery subscription across web, iPhone, iPad, and Android
Which PMP page should you use?
| Your situation | Start here | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Testing before July 9, 2026 | PMP | Current PMP blueprint and weighting. |
| Testing on or after July 9, 2026 | PMP 2026 | The refresh changes Business Environment, stakeholder, AI, sustainability, and value-delivery emphasis. |
| Need deep AI-governance and AI-operations coverage | PMI-CPMAI | Better fit if your role is centered on AI initiative management rather than broad PMP coverage. |
| Need a dedicated PMI sustainability route | GPM-b or CSPP | Better fit if sustainability itself is the target rather than broader PMP leadership coverage. |
| Need project-controls, cost, scheduling, risk, or claims depth | AACE | Better fit if your target is an AACE credential rather than broad project-leadership coverage. |
PMP exam snapshot
Official source check: Last checked May 5, 2026 against PMI's public PMP certification page and PMP refresh page.
PMI's current PMP page lists 180 questions and 230 minutes for the current exam, while PMI's refresh messaging directs candidates testing after July 9, 2026 to prepare with updated resources. Confirm appointment rules and eligibility directly with PMI before booking.
For official PMI references, see the current PMP certification page and the refreshed new PMP exam page . Source basis for the current-page weights: PMP Examination Content Outline, January 2021 exam update.
- Exam version on this page: current PMP exam before July 9, 2026
- Exam time (center-based): 230 minutes
- Items: 180 total, including 5 unscored pretest items
- Breaks: 2 x 10-minute breaks after questions 1-60 and 61-120, after review
- Eligibility (summary): project management experience plus 35 contact hours of formal PM education, waived for active CAPM holders; experience must be within the last 8 years
Note (PMI): the exam reflects predictive, agile, and hybrid project environments.
Official PMP domain weights
The ECO specifies the proportion of items by domain:
| Domain | Weight | Target items (out of 180) |
|---|---|---|
| People | 42% | 76 |
| Process | 50% | 90 |
| Business Environment | 8% | 14 |
Current PMP vs PMP 2026 at a glance
| Domain | Current PMP | PMP 2026 refresh | What changes |
|---|---|---|---|
| People | 42% | 33% | Team leadership still matters, but it is less dominant after the refresh. |
| Process | 50% | 41% | Delivery-control questions remain central, but they no longer take half the exam. |
| Business Environment | 8% | 26% | Governance, organizational impact, AI-aware judgment, sustainability, and value-delivery move from light coverage to a major scoring area. |
Current PMP decision filters
Use these filters for the current pre-refresh PMP page. They help you avoid answering from habit when the scenario is really testing tailoring, leadership, or governance.
| Scenario signal | First check | Strong answer usually… | Weak answer usually… |
|---|---|---|---|
| A team conflict or performance issue appears | People domain and servant leadership | Facilitates, coaches, removes impediments, and builds shared ownership | Escalates immediately or dictates a solution |
| A change affects scope, schedule, cost, or quality | Delivery approach and change path | Uses formal change control in predictive work or backlog/value adaptation in agile work | Implements the change because it seems useful |
| A risk becomes likely or current | Risk versus issue | Updates ownership, response, escalation, or issue handling based on current status | Treats risk, issue, defect, and change as interchangeable |
| Stakeholders disagree or lose trust | Engagement strategy | Tailors communication by interest, influence, timing, and decision need | Sends more generic status updates |
| A delivery method is unclear | Tailoring | Matches predictive, agile, or hybrid practices to uncertainty, compliance, and stakeholder feedback needs | Forces one method into every scenario |
| Business impact is threatened | Value and benefits | Connects delivery choices to outcomes, benefits, compliance, and organizational goals | Measures success only by completing planned work |
Current PMP readiness map
| Domain | What the exam tests | What PM Mastery practice should force | Common trap |
|---|---|---|---|
| People | Whether you can lead teams, resolve conflict, support collaboration, and influence stakeholders | Choose coaching, facilitation, empowerment, and stakeholder actions before command-and-control | Treating the project manager as the person who personally fixes everything |
| Process | Whether you can select and apply the right delivery controls | Connect scope, schedule, cost, quality, risk, procurement, and change decisions | Using the wrong control path for the delivery approach |
| Business Environment | Whether project choices support compliance, benefits, value, and organizational change | Tie decisions to business goals and external constraints | Ignoring business impact because the domain weight is smaller |
| Agile/hybrid judgment | Whether you tailor based on uncertainty and feedback needs | Separate predictive baselines from adaptive backlog/value decisions | Answering every question as either pure waterfall or pure Scrum |
| Quantitative signals | Whether formulas support decisions, not just calculations | Interpret CV, SV, CPI, SPI, EAC, and TCPI as project signals | Doing math without deciding what action follows |
PMP formulas worth recognizing under pressure
You do not need to turn PMP into a pure math exam. You do need to recognize what the common formulas mean quickly enough to make the right project decision.
| Scenario | Formula | Quick interpretation |
|---|---|---|
| Cost variance | \(CV = EV - AC\) | Positive is favorable; negative means you have spent more than the value earned. |
| Schedule variance | \(SV = EV - PV\) | Positive is favorable; negative means delivery is behind the plan. |
| Cost performance index | \(CPI = \frac{EV}{AC}\) | Above 1.0 is favorable; below 1.0 means cost efficiency is weak. |
| Schedule performance index | \(SPI = \frac{EV}{PV}\) | Above 1.0 is favorable; below 1.0 means the project is progressing slower than planned. |
| Estimate at completion | \(EAC = \frac{BAC}{CPI}\) | Common quick forecast when current cost performance is expected to continue. |
| Estimate to complete | \(ETC = EAC - AC\) | Remaining expected spend from now to finish. |
| To-complete performance index | \(TCPI = \frac{BAC - EV}{BAC - AC}\) | Indicates how efficiently remaining work must be delivered to still meet the original budget. |
| Communication channels | \(\frac{n(n-1)}{2}\) | Helps spot how stakeholder communication complexity grows as the team expands. |
The two sign checks that matter most are:
\[ CV = EV - AC,\qquad SV = EV - PV \]The two index checks that PMP candidates should read almost instantly are:
\[ CPI = \frac{EV}{AC},\qquad SPI = \frac{EV}{PV} \]If the exam asks for a quick forecast and gives no special constraint, the common continuation-of-current-performance shortcut is:
\[ EAC = \frac{BAC}{CPI} \]Fast PMP formula readout
| If you see… | Read it as… | Typical next thought |
|---|---|---|
| \(CV < 0\) | Cost overrun | Find the cost driver, then decide whether corrective action or change control is needed. |
| \(SV < 0\) | Schedule slippage | Check whether the slip threatens a key milestone, dependency, or committed date. |
| \(CPI < 1\) | Spending is inefficient | Expect budget pressure unless the team changes performance or scope. |
| \(SPI < 1\) | Delivery pace is inefficient | Expect milestone risk unless sequencing, scope, or throughput changes. |
| \(TCPI > 1\) | The remaining work must be performed more efficiently than before | Ask whether the target budget is still realistic. |
What good PMP practice should train
- Best next step thinking: what to do first, next, or most effectively given constraints.
- Tailoring: choosing predictive vs agile vs hybrid practices that fit uncertainty, compliance, and stakeholder needs.
- Governance realism: escalation paths, approvals, and auditability when required.
- Trade-offs: scope, schedule, cost, and quality decisions framed around value and risk.
- Stakeholder craft: influence without authority, conflict resolution, and clear communication.
Common PMP simulator mistakes
- Trying to memorize processes without understanding intent.
- Over-committing to one delivery style instead of fitting the scenario.
- Treating risk, issue, change, and defect as interchangeable.
- Doing math mechanically without interpreting what the numbers imply.
Final 7-day current PMP practice sequence
Use this sequence only if your exam date is before July 9, 2026.
| Timing | Practice focus | What to review after the set |
|---|---|---|
| Days 7-5 | One timed self-check plus drills in the weakest current domains | Whether misses came from People, Process, Business Environment, tailoring, or formula interpretation |
| Days 4-3 | Mixed scenario sets with predictive, agile, and hybrid items | Whether you can identify the delivery approach before choosing the control or leadership action |
| Days 2-1 | Light review of stakeholder patterns, change/risk/issue distinctions, formulas, and current blueprint traps | Only recurring traps; do not switch into PMP 2026 materials unless that is your exam date |
| Exam day | Short warm-up if useful | Choose the answer that best fits the current blueprint, delivery approach, and business constraint |
When current PMP practice is enough
If you can score above 75% on several unseen mixed or timed attempts and explain the project-management logic behind misses without recognizing the question, you are likely ready for the current PMP. Repeating a large bank until familiar wording drives your score can become overtraining; the real exam rewards fresh judgment, not item memory.
PMP current exam decision map
Use this map after a focused topic page, quick review, or mock exam to connect practice items to people, process, business environment, predictive, agile, hybrid, risk, stakeholder, and value-delivery decisions these PM Mastery samples test.
flowchart LR
S1["Project leadership scenario"] --> S2
S2["Identify approach role and constraint"] --> S3
S3["Assess people process and business impact"] --> S4
S4["Choose servant leadership or governance action"] --> S5
S5["Adapt plan backlog risk or stakeholder response"] --> S6
S6["Deliver value and capture lessons"]
Mini Glossary
- Predictive approach: Planning approach that defines scope and baselines early and manages changes formally.
- Agile mindset: Adaptive approach emphasizing value, feedback, collaboration, and continuous learning.
- Hybrid approach: Combines predictive and adaptive practices based on delivery context and risk.
- Stakeholder engagement: Identifying, analyzing, communicating with, and involving people affected by the work.
- Value delivery: Creating outcomes that matter to customers, users, sponsors, and the organization.
In this section
- PMP — PMI Project Management Professional Quick ReviewQuick Review for PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) candidates: high-yield concepts, traps, decision rules, and practice focus.
- PMP — PMI Project Management Professional Study PlanA practical study plan for PMI PMP candidates, with 7-day, 14-day, 30-day, and 60/90-day schedules, timed practice, missed-question review, and final-week readiness checks.
- PMP — PMI Project Management Professional Exam BlueprintPractical PMP exam blueprint for PMI Project Management Professional candidates reviewing project management readiness areas, artifacts, calculations, and scenario judgment.
- PMP — PMI Project Management Professional Scenario Practice GuideLearn how to read PMP scenarios, identify the decision point, and choose the most defensible next step.
- PMP — PMI Project Management Professional Quick ReferenceCompact reference for PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) candidates: mindset, decision tables, artifacts, agile, risk, change, and formulas.
- PMP: PeopleTry 10 focused PMP questions on People, with answers and explanations, then continue with PM Mastery.
- PMP: ProcessTry 10 focused PMP questions on Process, with answers and explanations, then continue with PM Mastery.
- PMP: Business EnvironmentTry 10 focused PMP questions on Business Environment, with answers and explanations, then continue with PM Mastery.
- Free PMP Practice Exam: Project Management ProfessionalTry a 180-question current Project Management Professional (PMP) diagnostic with original PM Mastery practice questions, answers, explanations, and PMP 2026 exam guidance.
- PMP — PMI Project Management Professional Official ResourcesFind what to verify with PMI before PMP study or booking, and how to pair official resources with independent PMP practice.