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PMP exam, July 2026 outline

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3 domains, 26 tasks, 180 questions. Each card opens the study guide for its domain, with a section for every task, in our own words.

ExamDragon is independent exam preparation, not affiliated with, endorsed by or reviewed by the Project Management Institute (PMI). PMP and PMI are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc. The names are used only to describe the exam. Every question and guide here is our own, written from PMI's published PMP Examination Content Outline (July 2026); the path is not a source of the 35 training hours or of PDUs.

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification exam

How the exam is built

The three domains and their share of the exam, from PMI's July 2026 outline

What each domain is worth

PMI publishes each domain's share of the exam; our mock spreads its 170 scored questions the same way.

  1. Domain 1 · People8 tasks · our mock: 56 scored33%
  2. Domain 2 · Process10 tasks · our mock: 70 scored41%
  3. Domain 3 · Business Environment8 tasks · our mock: 44 scored26%

Source: PMI, PMP Examination Content Outline, July 2026, p. 5.

The exam

Questions
180
Scored
170
Pretest, not scored
10
Time
240 minutes
Breaks
2 of 10 minutes

PMI, PMP Examination Content Outline, July 2026, p. 17.

What this covers

Every domain and task of PMI's PMP Examination Content Outline (July 2026), the study guide that teaches it, and a free study sheet per domain.

The question types

PMI lists these for the July 2026 exam. Practice and the mock use every one.

  • Case or scenario

    A detailed situation, sometimes with charts, then several questions on it. The exam opens with a case-study section.

  • Graphic-based

    Read a chart, a table or a diagram (a burndown, an earned value table, a risk matrix) and answer from it.

  • Multiple choice

    Four options, one correct answer.

  • Multiple response

    More than one correct answer; the question says how many to select.

  • Matching and enhanced matching

    Pair each item with its match, by dragging on the exam; here, with a menu for each item.

  • Point and click

    Select the right area of an image; here, a grid such as a risk matrix or a stakeholder map.

  • Pull-down list

    Complete a statement by choosing from a list.

How the exam is scored

  • 170 of the 180 questions are scored; 10 are pretest questions that do not count, placed at random.
  • Each scored question is worth one point, and the score is the total of the points earned.
  • The passing standard is criterion based, set by subject matter experts through psychometric analysis. PMI does not publish the passing score.
  • The result is pass or fail, with a rating overall and for each domain: Above Target, Target, Below Target or Needs Improvement.
  • About 40% of the questions are predictive and 60% agile or hybrid, across every domain.

Sources: PMI's PMP Examination Content Outline (July 2026), the PMI Certification Handbook and PMI's sample result report. Every source: Sources. The domains, tasks and percentages are PMI's; the guides, questions and the wording of every task here are ours.