PMP Schedule Management Practice Questions

Practice original schedule questions for the PMP exam: critical path and float from an activity table, three-point estimates, compression choices and agile release planning, with the full working for every calculation.

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  • 31 original schedule questions, every option explained
  • Process domain (41% of the exam)
  • ECO tasks: II-8 Plan and manage schedule
Free sample · Question 1 of 3Process · Schedule

An activity on the critical path is delayed by 4 days. Nothing else changes. What is the effect on the project?

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What our schedule questions cover

  • Preparing a schedule for the chosen approach: milestones, dependencies, iterations and releases
  • Estimating: analogous, parametric, three-point (triangular and PERT) and story points
  • Critical path method: forward and backward pass, total float and free float
  • Schedule compression: crashing and fast tracking
  • Baselining the schedule and analyzing schedule variance
  • Coordinating with other projects and operations; leads, lags and dependency types
Line drawing of a wall calendar, an hourglass and a network of linked boxes drawn on paper

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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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.

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Ideas the questions test most

  1. The critical path is the longest path through the network; its activities have zero total float in a schedule with no imposed dates. Delaying a critical activity delays the project.
  2. Total float = late start − early start (or late finish − early finish). Free float is how long an activity can slip without delaying the early start of any successor.
  3. Crashing adds resources to critical activities to shorten them and usually raises cost. Fast tracking overlaps activities that were planned in sequence and raises risk and rework.
  4. PERT (beta) estimate = (optimistic + 4 × most likely + pessimistic) / 6; triangular estimate = (optimistic + most likely + pessimistic) / 3.
  5. A finish-to-start dependency is the most common: the successor starts after the predecessor finishes. A lag delays the successor; a lead lets it start early.

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Common questions

Is there a network diagram on the PMP exam?

Schedule questions can give an activity list with durations and predecessors, or a diagram, and ask for the critical path, the float of an activity or the effect of a delay. The July 2026 exam adds graphic-based questions, so expect to read charts and tables.

What is the difference between crashing and fast tracking?

Crashing shortens critical activities by adding resources, which raises cost. Fast tracking performs activities in parallel that were planned in sequence, which raises risk. Both apply only to critical path activities to shorten the project.

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 schedule drill

More PMP topics

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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