PMP Quality Management Practice Questions

“Plan and optimize quality of products and deliverables” is a Process task. Practice original questions on the cost of quality, reading control and Pareto charts, audits and built-in quality in agile teams.

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180 questions in the July 2026 format: a case-study section first, then two sections of independent questions, on one 240-minute clock, with a score by domain and an explanation for every option.

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  • 21 original quality questions, every option explained
  • Process domain (41% of the exam)
  • ECO tasks: II-7 Plan and optimize quality of products/deliverables
Free sample · Question 1 of 3Process · Quality

A team has a list of 15 defect types and wants to focus its improvement effort where it will have the most effect. Which tool should it use?

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What our quality questions cover

  • Gathering quality requirements and planning quality processes and tools
  • Cost of quality: prevention and appraisal costs versus internal and external failure costs
  • Quality tools: control charts, Pareto charts, cause-and-effect diagrams, checklists and histograms
  • Quality audits and process improvement; continuous improvement (Plan-Do-Check-Act)
  • Grade versus quality; accuracy versus precision; built-in quality and the definition of done in agile
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This list is our own summary of the tasks, written for practice. PMI publishes the full task statements and enablers in the PMP Examination Content Outline.

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180 questions in the July 2026 format: a case-study section first, then two sections of independent questions, on one 240-minute clock, with a score by domain and an explanation for every option.

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Ideas the questions test most

  1. Prevention is cheaper than inspection: money spent on prevention and appraisal (the cost of conformance) reduces failure costs (the cost of nonconformance), especially external failures found by the customer.
  2. On a control chart, a process is out of control when a point falls outside the control limits or when seven consecutive points fall on one side of the mean (the rule of seven).
  3. A Pareto chart ranks causes by frequency so the team can address the vital few that cause most defects (the 80/20 principle).
  4. Low quality is always a problem; low grade (fewer features) may be acceptable. Precision is consistency of repeated measurements; accuracy is closeness to the true value.

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Common questions

What is the rule of seven on a control chart?

Seven or more consecutive points on one side of the mean suggest a non-random cause, so the process should be investigated even though every point is inside the control limits.

What is the cost of quality?

The total cost of conformance (prevention and appraisal) and of nonconformance (internal and external failure) over the product’s life. Spending on prevention usually lowers the total.

Take the full timed PMP mock exam

180 questions in the July 2026 format: a case-study section first, then two sections of independent questions, on one 240-minute clock, with a score by domain and an explanation for every option.

Or try the free quality drill

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Domains, tasks, question types and format: PMI: Project Management Professional (PMP)® Examination Content Outline, July 2026 PMP Certification Exam Update · PMI: PMP certification page (exam format, domains and breaks), checked November 2026.

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