PMP Exam Format & Question Types

The Project Management Professional (PMP) is a leading project-management certification. Its exam pairs multiple choice with several interactive formats, and a 2026 update adds new question types.

Heads up: PMP 2026 (effective July 2026) adds Case/Scenario and Graphic-Based question types and changes the question count to 180. Prep written for the older format may not reflect this.

Format

PMP 2026 (effective July 2026): 180 questions (170 scored + 10 pretest) in 240 minutes. The legacy exam had 175 scored + 5 pretest in 230 minutes.

Sections

Multiple choice

Single-response items — the bulk of the exam.

Interactive formats

Multiple response, matching, enhanced matching (drag-and-drop), point-and-click (hotspot), and pull-down lists.

New in 2026

Case/Scenario and Graphic-Based questions join the exam under the 2026 update.

Signature question types

Multiple choice (single response)
Multiple response
Matching & enhanced matching (drag-drop)
Point-and-click (hotspot)
Case/Scenario & Graphic-Based (2026)

New to these formats? See the question-type glossary for how each one works.

Is it adaptive?

The PMP exam is fixed and linear.

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What is changing on the PMP exam in 2026? ▼

From July 2026 the PMP adds Case/Scenario and Graphic-Based question types and moves to 180 questions (170 scored plus 10 pretest) in 240 minutes.

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