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The PMI-PMR exam has 40 questions and runs 0 hours 50 minutes.
These 10 free PMI-PMR questions are organized by exam domain, so you can see how each part of the PMI Project Management Ready blueprint is tested. Reveal the answer and explanation under each question.
Domain 1: Project Management Fundamentals
Question 1
A museum is replacing its visitor information system. The display locations, wiring, and installation specifications are settled, and changing them after installation would be expensive. Visitors have not yet tried the proposed screen layouts, so the team expects those layouts to evolve through testing. How should the two parts of the work be planned?
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Correct answer: B - Plan the installation in detail early and refine the screen layouts through repeated visitor feedback.
Question 2
During exhibition setup, an overhead display begins separating from its support above a walkway. Volunteers are still passing underneath. The project coordinator has authority to direct the setup crew. Which instruction takes priority over the usual collaborative approach?
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Correct answer: A - Direct everyone away from the display and stop work underneath it.
Question 3
Designers want a detailed service-request form, while field staff want fewer fields. Both groups agree that essential information must be collected, but their emails keep repeating their preferred designs. There is time to test alternatives, and neither group can approve the design alone. As facilitator, how would you move this disagreement toward a durable solution?
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Correct answer: C - Identify the essential information together and test ways to collect it efficiently.
Domain 2: Starting the Project
Question 4
Two college departments have agreed that a shared equipment-booking system would be useful. Staff have drafted a scope statement and schedule, but no one has authorized the project or established the coordinator's decision rights. Which document would address that missing authorization?
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Correct answer: A - A project charter approved by the initiating sponsor
Question 5
A payroll-system project needs an analyst for two afternoons. The analyst volunteers, and the customer supports the request, but those afternoons are already allocated to payroll operations. The project manager has no authority over departmental work assignments. Who should confirm that the time can be reassigned?
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Correct answer: B - The analyst's department manager
Domain 3: Planning the work
Question 6
The approved scope of an induction-course project includes developing the course, trying it with new employees, and handing it over to the training department. The work breakdown structure covers only the videos, exercises, and assessment modules. To satisfy the 100% rule, the breakdown also needs to include:
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Correct answer: C - The employee trial and course-handover work
Question 7
A system configuration requires 18 productive labor-hours. Although the organization works six-hour days, the only available technician is allocated three productive hours per working day to this project. Configuration starts at the beginning of Day 1. Testing takes two full working days and starts the morning after configuration is finished. There are no other delays. The proposed readiness deadline is the end of Day 7. What is the earliest achievable finish, and what does it mean for the proposed deadline?
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Correct answer: D - Finish on Day 8; the proposed deadline cannot be met with this allocation.
Question 8
Three entries appear in an event plan: 'The contracted interpreter has canceled'; 'A partner may provide a replacement at no charge, reducing our costs'; and 'The event date cannot change.' In that order, how should these entries be distinguished?
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Correct answer: A - An existing issue; a potential opportunity; a project constraint
Domain 4: Completing the work
Question 9
A festival project has an approved budget of $12,000. Costs already incurred total $7,200, including a $1,200 invoice that has not yet been paid. Completing all remaining work is estimated to cost another $5,760, excluding incurred costs. The project's reporting rule requires immediate sponsor notification when the forecast total exceeds the approved budget by more than 5%; smaller differences go in the weekly report. What should the coordinator report now?
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Correct answer: D - $960 over budget, or 8%; notify the sponsor immediately.
Question 10
Which situation most specifically illustrates gold plating?
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Correct answer: B - A designer adds an unrequested animated welcome screen to impress the client.