PMI · PMI-RMP
Validates advanced project-risk practice across strategy and planning, identification, analysis, response, and the monitoring and closure of risks in predictive, agile, and hybrid work.
Practice Questions
826
≈ 4 practice exams
Duration
150 minutes
Passing Score
Pass/Fail
Difficulty
ProfessionalLast Updated
Oct 2026
PMI-RMP is for practitioners who lead project-risk work as a sustained responsibility. The current blueprint moves from strategy and planning through identification, analysis, response, monitoring, and closure, with predictive, agile, and hybrid approaches appearing across all five domains. Risk Identification and Risk Analysis are tied as the largest domains at 23% each.
The exam has 115 questions, including 100 scored and 15 unscored pretest items, and allows 150 minutes plus an optional 10-minute break after the first section. PMI reports Pass or Fail rather than a fixed public percentage. Eligibility follows three education-based paths requiring 36, 24, or 12 months of recent project-risk experience plus 40 or 30 education hours.
This 826-question PMI-RMP bank supports repeated scenario practice across all five current domains. Start with 30 free questions, then use missed answers to decide whether the gap is in risk framing, identification, analysis technique, response judgment, or ongoing monitoring and closure.
The PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP) certification is built for experienced practitioners who lead project-risk work rather than treat risk as an occasional project task. Its current blueprint follows risk from strategy and identification through analysis, response, monitoring, and closure, with predictive, agile, and hybrid approaches appearing across all five domains.
The exam contains 115 questions and allows 150 minutes, with an optional 10-minute break after the first section. Risk Identification and Risk Analysis are the two largest domains at 23% each.
PMI identifies project managers, risk managers, functional managers, and C-suite executives among the relevant audiences. The credential is for professionals who assess and respond to project uncertainty as a central responsibility.
The current blueprint tests threats and opportunities, qualitative and quantitative analysis, response ownership and effectiveness, and the monitoring and closure of risks across different delivery approaches.
PMI offers three routes. A secondary-school credential requires 36 months of project risk-management experience in the past five years plus 40 education hours. A bachelor's degree or higher requires 24 months plus 30 hours. A bachelor's degree or higher from a GAC-accredited program requires 12 months plus 30 hours.
PMI does not base the exam on a single book and does not endorse one specific reference as sufficient preparation. Candidates should use the current Exam Content Outline and the official preparation resources linked from the certification page.
The exam has 115 items: 100 scored questions and 15 unscored pretest questions mixed throughout the test. It allows 150 minutes and includes an optional 10-minute break after approximately 58 questions. The current ECO identifies multiple-choice and multiple-answer select formats.
PMI offers Pearson VUE testing-center and secure online-proctored delivery in English, Arabic, and Chinese (Simplified). The current U.S. page displays $520 for members and $670 at full price; regional pricing can vary. PMI reports Pass or Fail and sets the standard psychometrically rather than publishing a fixed percentage.
PMI-RMP provides an experience-backed way to demonstrate specialized project-risk capability across the current five-domain blueprint. It is relevant when identifying, analyzing, responding to, and monitoring uncertainty is a sustained professional responsibility.
To maintain PMI-RMP, holders need 30 PDUs per three-year cycle: at least 18 Education PDUs, no more than 12 Giving Back PDUs, and at least four Education PDUs in each Talent Triangle area. PDUs must be recorded in CCRS and the applicable renewal fee paid.
5 sample questions with answers and explanations. The full bank has 826 questions, enough for 4 full-length practice exams.
Preview — answers shown1. A project budget includes $780,000 for planned work packages, $95,000 allocated by the project manager for identified risks documented in the risk register, and $60,000 controlled by the sponsor for unforeseeable events. What is the cost baseline for this project? (Select one!)
Explanation
The cost baseline includes the cost estimate for work packages plus contingency reserve for known risks. Cost baseline equals 780,000 plus 95,000 equals 875,000. Management reserve (60,000 controlled by sponsor) is for unknown-unknowns and is NOT part of the cost baseline. The complete project budget is 935,000 (baseline plus management reserve), but the baseline specifically excludes management reserve. Project managers control the baseline; senior management controls reserves above the baseline.
2. A project manager evaluates risk responses after implementation and discovers that installing redundant servers to mitigate downtime risk has created a new risk where synchronization failures could cause data inconsistencies. What type of risk has emerged? (Select one!)
Explanation
Secondary risks are NEW risks that arise as a DIRECT RESULT of implementing a risk response. The synchronization risk did not exist until the redundant servers were installed as a mitigation. Residual risk is the REMAINING portion of the original risk after response implementation. Primary risk is the original identified risk. Overall project risk is the combined effect of all uncertainties on project objectives.
3. A project team conducts risk data quality assessment during qualitative analysis. The historical data shows excellent completeness and timeliness, but different risk analysts produce inconsistent probability estimates for the same risks. Which data quality dimension is deficient? (Select one!)
Explanation
Data reliability assesses consistency and dependability, evaluating whether different collectors would obtain similar results. When different analysts produce inconsistent estimates for the same risks, this indicates a reliability problem. Data accuracy evaluates correctness and freedom from errors in the data itself. Data integrity ensures completeness and that data reflects actual risk events as they occurred. Data relevance determines applicability to the current project context. The scenario specifically describes inconsistency between analysts, which is the defining characteristic of poor reliability.
4. During risk identification, a team member documents: Given the dependency on third-party API availability, integration delays may occur, resulting in missed sprint deadlines. How should this be categorized in the risk register? (Select one!)
Explanation
This is a threat since integration delays would negatively impact sprint deadlines, and has external origin since the third-party API is outside project control. Opportunities are positive risks that would benefit objectives. Issues have probability of 1 and are currently occurring, while this is uncertain. Assumptions are factors believed true without proof, but this is a documented risk event with cause and effect.
5. A project operates in a VUCA environment with high market volatility. The risk manager needs to analyze environmental factors systematically. Which analysis framework should be used to examine Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal, and Environmental factors? (Select one!)
Explanation
PESTLE analysis specifically examines Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal, and Environmental factors, making it the exact framework needed for this systematic environmental assessment. SWOT analysis categorizes factors into Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats but doesn't provide the same structured external environment analysis. TECOP covers Technical, Environmental, Commercial, Operational, and Political factors but misses Social, Economic, and Legal dimensions. Ishikawa diagrams are used for root cause analysis of known problems, not for environmental factor assessment.
A secondary credential requires 36 months of recent risk experience plus 40 education hours; a bachelor’s requires 24 months plus 30 hours; and a GAC-accredited bachelor’s or higher requires 12 months plus 30 hours.
The exam has 115 questions and a 150-minute limit. PMI identifies 100 scored questions and 15 unscored pretest questions.
PMI offers Pearson VUE testing-center or secure online-proctored delivery in English, Arabic, and Chinese (Simplified).
Risk Identification and Risk Analysis are 23% each, Risk Strategy and Planning 22%, Monitor and Close Risks 19%, and Risk Response 13%.
You may attempt it up to three times during the one-year eligibility period. After three failures, PMI requires a one-year wait from the last attempt before reapplying.
Earn 30 PDUs per three-year cycle, including at least 18 Education PDUs, no more than 12 Giving Back PDUs, and at least four Education PDUs in each Talent Triangle area.
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