10 PMP Artificial Intelligence (AI) Questions to Pass the New PMP Exam

If you are taking the new PMP exam (2026), you will see between five and ten questions on artificial intelligence. These questions test your understanding of AI risks and adoption in project management. Here are ten project management PMP Exam scenarios that reflect how AI appears on the actual exam.

Question 1 – Automation vs Augmentation

You are managing a project to deliver a new battery type for electric vehicles. The project sponsor suggests using AI to autogenerate weekly status reports and using AI for pattern recognition to adjust the return on investment for new risks and their responses. What AI strategies are these respectively?

Typically we have Automation, Assistance, and Augmentation for AI to help us.

Question 2 – Mitigating Bias in AI

A project manager wants to reduce the risk of bias in an AI tool used for resource allocation decisions across multiple departments. Which of the following best mitigates this risk?

The PMBOK Guide identifies three bias mitigations: diversifying training datasets, periodic bias testing and involving different teams in AI development.

Question 3 – AI Output Validation

You are the project manager for a global initiative using an AI tool to draft stakeholder communications. Checking these communications is taking additional time. A contractor argues that AI generated content should not be reviewed since the AI has already checked it. What should you emphasize when responding?

Question 4 – Data Licensing Issues

You are leading a project where the team uses an AI tool to summarize contractual obligations. During a risk workshop, the legal department flags that portions of the training data may have been sourced without proper licensing. How will you raise this in the risk register?

Question 5 – AI Decisions

You are overseeing a project where AI is used to draft procurement communications with external vendors. A vendor requests details on how the tool selects wording and what data influenced the recommendations. Your team has not documented this. What does this gap reflect?

Question 6 – Reviewing Without Consent

Your team uses an AI tool to analyze team performance data, including personal work patterns and communication logs without informing team members or securing consent. After learning about this, one team member raises concerns. What does this scenario show?

Question 7 – Who Is Accountable?

You are managing a project that uses AI to prioritize vendor selections. After implementation, stakeholders discover the AI recommended a supplier with significant compliance issues. Senior management asks who is responsible. What is the best response?

Question 8 – Safety and AI Deployment

You are leading a project that deploys an AI system to monitor equipment in a manufacturing plant. During testing, the AI occasionally recommends actions that could create unsafe operating conditions. What should you do before approving deployment?

Question 9 – AI and Sustainability

You are managing a project that introduces AI to optimize delivery routes across multiple distribution centers. Executives ask how AI can support the organization’s long-term sustainability goals. What should you recommend?

Question 10 – How to Reduce AI Risk

You are managing a project that introduces AI to automate customer support decisions. Before deployment, stakeholders express concerns that relying too heavily on AI could expose the organization to unexpected risks. What is the best action to reduce these risks?

Bonus Question 11 – Risk Mitigation

Your project sponsor asks you to automate items and reduce costs when it comes to project risk management. What is the best use of AI automation?

You Can Pass Your PMP

Between five and ten questions on your PMP exam will cover AI risks and adoption. These questions appear as scenario-based situations just like these. They test your understanding of the three strategies (automation, assistance, augmentation) and the ethical concerns (bias, privacy, transparency, accountability, copyright, reliability, safety and sustainability).

Study these questions. Understand the PMBOK Guide 8th edition sections on artificial intelligence. Know that AI should augment human judgment, but humans are still accountable. Good governance and monitoring are essential.

If you made it through all eleven questions, well done. That extra effort shows you are serious about passing your PMP exam. I truly believe that with this work and consistency, you can pass your PMP

– David McLachlan

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