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PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP) Practice Test 2026-2027 and Free Sample Questions

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Question 1 Apply critical path method concepts

Question 1: Apply critical path method concepts

The critical path of a project network is best defined as which of the following?

Question 2 Calculate total float of an activity

Question 2: Calculate total float of an activity

An activity has an early start of day 5, a late start of day 9, an early finish of day 12, and a late finish of day 16. What is its total float?

Question 3 Recognize schedule network dependency types

Question 3: Recognize schedule network dependency types

A finish-to-start dependency between activity A and activity B means which of the following?

Question 4 Apply leads and lags in scheduling

Question 4: Apply leads and lags in scheduling

A lag in a schedule network relationship represents which of the following?

Question 5 Recognize schedule compression techniques

Question 5: Recognize schedule compression techniques

Fast tracking as a schedule compression technique involves doing which of the following?

Question 6 Apply crashing as a compression technique

Question 6: Apply crashing as a compression technique

When crashing a project schedule, a project scheduler should focus added resources on which activities?

Question 7 Recognize the schedule baseline concept

Question 7: Recognize the schedule baseline concept

The schedule baseline is best described as which of the following?

Question 8 Apply earned value to schedule analysis

Question 8: Apply earned value to schedule analysis

A schedule variance of negative 5,000 dollars on a project indicates which of the following?

Question 9 Calculate the schedule performance index

Question 9: Calculate the schedule performance index

A project has an earned value of 80,000 dollars and a planned value of 100,000 dollars. What is the schedule performance index?

Question 10 Recognize the precedence diagramming method

Question 10: Recognize the precedence diagramming method

In the precedence diagramming method, activities are represented as which of the following?

Question 11 Apply rolling wave planning

Question 11: Apply rolling wave planning

Rolling wave planning is an approach in which a scheduler does which of the following?

Question 12 Recognize the purpose of a milestone

Question 12: Recognize the purpose of a milestone

A milestone in a project schedule is best characterized as which of the following?

Question 13 Apply resource leveling concepts

Question 13: Apply resource leveling concepts

Resource leveling is a schedule optimization technique that primarily does which of the following?

Question 14 Recognize the difference between effort and duration

Question 14: Recognize the difference between effort and duration

If an activity requires 40 hours of effort and two people work on it full time at 8 hours per day, what is its duration assuming the effort can be shared equally?

Question 15 Apply schedule monitoring concepts

Question 15: Apply schedule monitoring concepts

A project scheduler updates the schedule with actual start dates, actual durations, and remaining durations primarily to do which of the following?

Question 16 Recognize the schedule management plan

Question 16: Recognize the schedule management plan

The schedule management plan establishes which of the following?

Question 17 Apply the concept of free float

Question 17: Apply the concept of free float

Free float is best defined as the amount of time an activity can be delayed without doing which of the following?

Question 18 Recognize what-if scenario analysis

Question 18: Recognize what-if scenario analysis

What-if scenario analysis in schedule development is used to do which of the following?

Question 19 Apply the concept of schedule contingency reserve

Question 19: Apply the concept of schedule contingency reserve

Contingency reserve in a schedule is allocated to address which of the following?

Question 20 Recognize the critical chain method

Question 20: Recognize the critical chain method

The critical chain method differs from the critical path method primarily because the critical chain does which of the following?

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What this 2026-2027 PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP) Practice Test covers

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300 of 300 paid questions are currently stored. Reopening requires 300 unique questions plus reviewed answers, rationales, analogies, sources, and study links.

Practice with 300 original PMI-SP questions distributed across the five current scheduling domains at 14%, 31%, 35%, 6%, and 14%.
Train with 264 scenario questions plus 36 worked calculations covering PERT, critical path, float, effort, lag, SPI, SV, BEI, forecasting, and reserve.
Review every option with a specific rationale, three memory analogies, focused takeaways, study article cards, and official PMI source checks.
Use the official 170-question, 210-minute exam format as your simulation target, then use the rest of the bank to strengthen weak domains.

This PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP) practice bank is built around the current five-domain blueprint. The 300 paid questions include realistic scheduling scenarios and worked calculations for critical path, PERT, float, resources, risk, earned value, change control, closeout, and stakeholder communication.

What you will practice on this page

  • Schedule Strategy: configuration control, scheduling approach, methods, tools, thresholds, integration, and governance.
  • Schedule Planning and Development: scope decomposition, activities, logic, estimates, resources, critical paths, risk analysis, and baseline approval.
  • Schedule Monitoring and Controlling: objective status, model quality, variance, forecasting, what-if analysis, recovery, reserve, and change control.
  • Schedule Closeout: acceptance, final baseline comparison, lessons learned, and defensible records.
  • Stakeholder Communications Management: decision-ready reporting, negotiation, escalation, and distributed-team coordination.

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  2. For a realistic simulation target, answer 170 questions in 210 minutes, matching PMI’s current published exam length and time limit.
  3. Review every uncertain answer, not only the incorrect ones. Each review explains all four options and adds three analogies, study articles, and official PMI source checks.
  4. Use the remaining questions in study mode to strengthen the two largest domains, Planning and Development plus Monitoring and Controlling, which together represent 66% of the blueprint.

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