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Recently, we have updated PK0-004 practice questions to help you complete CompTIA Project+ exam. Compared with the retired PK0-004 exam questions, new PK0-004 practice questions are more accurate for helping you manage smaller, less complex projects as part of their other job duties but still have foundational project management skills. The updated version contains 574 exam questions and answers. You need to read all these PK0-004 practice exam questions with the verified answers carefully to make sure you can answer actual exam smoothly.

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1. Which of the following metrics demonstrates to a project manager if a project is overspending or underspending?

EAC

BAC

CPI

ETC

2. The PMO is responsible for: (Choose two.)

managing the project plan, scope, risk, and budget.

contributing expertise, deliverables, and estimates of costs.

setting standards and practices for the organization and providing governance.

outlining consequences of non-performance and coordinating between disparate projects.

approving funding, developing the project schedule, and gathering high-level requirements.

3. When a risk event occurs, which of the following documents is BEST suited for recording and tracking new items corresponding to the risk?

Issue log

Risk management plan

Communications plan

Risk register

Status report

4. A project team member highlights to the project manager that expensive licensing for critical software in use across the project may expire before the completion project.

Which of the following would the project manager MOST likely do?

Place a risk on the risk register and arrange a risk review with the appropriate stakeholders to accept and/or mitigate the risk.

Raise a purchase order to purchase the licensing and ask the team member to install it.

Amend the project scope and raise a project change request to obtain approval of the amendment.

Amend the project schedule and work breakdown structures to remove the use of the software from the project.

5. Which of the following roles has approval authority for project funding?

Champion

Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Project Management Office (PMO)

Sponsor

6. A project in the execution phase is over budget, and tasks on the critical path are on schedule.

Which of the following should the project manager do NEXT?

Update the project management plan.

Issue a change request.

Revise the project charter.

Evaluate the impact to the baseline.

7. A project manager received a change request, immediately documented the required changes, and evaluated the impact of and justification for the changes.

Which of the following should the project manager do NEXT?

Gain approval for the changes.

Identify the approval authority.

Implement the changes.

Create an emergency change request.

8. new stakeholder has been added to a project with a BAG of $850,000. The stakeholder has raised five change requests to the CCB; two of them have been approved, and three are awaiting initial review.

Considering the project has a CPI of 0.89 and an SPI of 1.14, and the approved ones will be implemented, which of the following should the project manager do LAST?

Identify and document the risk.

Evaluate the impact and justification.

Implement the change.

Update the documents and plans.

9. In a project with a of $235,000, the CPI is 0.80, and the SPI is 1.20. Based on this information, which of the following can the key stakeholders determine about the project?

The project is under budget and ahead of schedule.

The project is over budget and ahead of schedule.

The project is under budget and behind schedule.

The project is over budget and behind schedule.

10. The project manager of a global project constantly receives complaints from individuals at another location that some team members are not available after lunch on Fridays. This is acceptable to the project manager.

Which of the following factors is the MOST likely cause for this scenario?

Personal preference

Intra-organizational differences

Culture

Time zone

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11. After identifying all known tasks, the project manager has started to sequence and set durations.

Which of the following describes how the project manager should BEST determine the initial sequence and durations?

Use milestones identified in the project charter.

Use data based on past knowledge.

Hold a full team workshop to review the complete WB

Collaborate with other project managers.

12. A project team added a new member who has proprietary information about a competitor's product. The team member was suddenly removed from the project.

Which of the following MOST likely occurred?

The company received a C&

A higher-priority project needed the expertise.

The new member did not sign an ND

An SLA prevented new team members.

13. Which of the following describes risk mitigation?

The transfer of the risk to another entity or project inside or outside the organization, along with associated costs.

The understanding of the risk with a detailed explanation of how the project intends to address the potential for occurrence.

The quantification of the risk in terms of how much the risk could potentially cost the project or parent organization.

The weighting or prioritization of the risk against all other identified risks within this project or others associated with it.

14. A change must be made to a project to comply with municipal code. The project manager updates the relevant shared project documents. The key stakeholders subsequently update the documents with new information. When the project deliverables are reinspected, they fail the inspection.

Which of the following is the MOST likely reason for the failed inspection?

There were insufficient resources assigned to the task.

The prior document version was not reviewed.

Version control processes were not applied.

The CCB was not contacted.

15. There are four parallel paths on a network diagram.

The summary duration of each path is below:

A, C, G: 10 weeks

A, B, F: 8 weeks

D, E, H: 12 weeks

D, B, F: 7 weeks

Which of the following tasks are on the critical path?

A, C, G

A, B, F

D, E, H

D, B, F

16. Which of the following would indicate a project manager is working in a matrix-based organization?

The project manager has full authority over resources and the project.

The project manager has no authority over the project resources and limited-to-no authority over the project.

Resources align to the project, report to the project manager, and have no functional home at the end of the project.

Resources report to business area functional managers and return to the functional area at the end of the project.

17. A project manager has an opportunity to add a highly skilled expert to the team who can increase the probability of the project’s success.

Which of the following risk strategies should the project manager adopt?

Exploitation

Avoidance

Acceptance

Mitigation

18. A project manager has received a change order that will reduce a project's timeline and budget. However, the change order also indicates the goals and deliverables of the project must remain unchanged.

Which of the following is the MOST logical impact to the project?

The reduced timeline will impact the quality of the deliverables because the amount of time to test will be reduced.

The reduced budget will result in reduced resources, which will lead to a strong matrix organizational structure being used.

The reduced timeline will decrease risk, resulting in an increased contingency reserve.

The reduced budget will cause the project manager to reject the change order.

19. Assuming an iterative approach, which of the following will be conducted at the end of each iteration?

SCRUM retrospective

Kickoff meeting

Budget baseline

Risk review

20. A project manager is creating the WBS.

In which of the following phases is the project?

Initiation

Planning

Execution

Closing

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21. An outsourced project team member approaches the project manager and complains that the contract does not permit overtime. The project manager had fast-tracked tasks that require additional hours.

Which of the following documents did the project manager fail to reference?

MOU

MOA

SOW

SLA

22. A project team is composed of numerous team members who are located throughout a country. All personnel have identified core business hours. A team engineer based in a machine shop has a question during business hours for the project manager, who is located at a different facility.

Which of the following is the MOST expedient communication method, assuming the question can be resolved quickly?

Social media

Text messaging

Face-to-face

23. A project sponsor and Chief Information Officer (CIO) disagree about how to release the final deliverables to the market. The sponsor wants to do a massive product release, while the CIO wants to be extremely cautious and add more time for testing and defect resolution. The project manager works with both parties and determines the best solution is to roll the product out in a pilot release to see how it tests, and then use customer feedback to determine next steps.

Which of the following conflict resolution techniques is the project manager using?

Forcing

Negotiating

Compromising

Avoiding

24. A team has been assembled and assigned a project to reduce recent, unanticipated production cost overruns.

Which of the following tools should the project team select to determine the possible origins of the increased costs?

Pareto chart

Fishbone diagram

Process diagram

Run chart

25. A department manager asks a project manager about the status of a project that has only a few employees from the department assigned to it.

Which of the following were MOST likely missed during project planning?

Issue log and process diagram

Resource analysis and Gantt chart

Stakeholder analysis and communication plan

Scatter chart and scope analysis

26. At a weekly project team meeting, it is apparent the project is over budget. The project manager needs to determine the reason for this issue.

Which of the following documents should MOST likely be analyzed to obtain the answer?

Project charter, organization chart, scope statement, and issue log

Dashboard information, action items, project schedule, and status report

Project management plan, scope statement, communication plan, and meeting agendas

Project schedule, project management plan, communication plan, and issue log

27. A project manager was directed to complete a project sooner than previously planned.

Which of the following is the MOST cost-effective step to take to ensure the project’s success?

Reduce the scope

Increase the budget

Decrease staff

Update the WBS

28. An industry leader may be joining the project team and can potentially provide additional expertise.

Which of the following strategies should the project manager employ?

Exploitation

Acceptance

Validation

Transfer

29. An organization has multiple projects that are taking place simultaneously.

Which of the following should be tasked with ensuring resources are appropriately allocated to projects?

PMO

Project sponsor

Project coordinator

30. During the execution phase, the project manager discovered that the testing phase is dependent on completion of the vendor’s tasks. The project team has just informed the project manager their activities are almost complete, and they would like permission to begin testing. The vendor is not scheduled to deliver the products for two months.

Which of the following should have occurred to prevent this issue?

During the planning phase, the project manager should have recognized the relationship between the vendor’s and project team’s tasks and adjusted the schedule for the project team to begin activities two months later.

The project manager should have crashed the schedule for the vendor to keep it at the same work pace as the rest of the project team.

During the project team’s regular status meeting with the vendor, the project team should have informed the vendor that the team was ahead of schedule and to speed up their work.

During the project team’s regular status meeting with the vendor, the vendor should have informed the project team that it required another two months, and to slow down.

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31. A part that is needed to complete Task 3 has been backordered and will arrive three days later than scheduled. Task 3 must be complete for Task 4 to start. There is one day of float for the two tasks.

Which of the following represents the number of days the project schedule will be delayed?

Zero

One

Two

Three

32. In which of the following organizational structures would a project manager have the MOST authority?

Projectized

Strong matrix

Balanced matrix

Functional

33. A project manager is informed that a team member would like to enhance the code with an additional function.

Which of the following should the project manager do NEXT?

Submit a change request.

Evaluate the impact of the change.

Get approval from the CC

Communicate the change to stakeholders.

34. A project is coming to the end of a phase. The PMO required that the quality team review the work and budget before moving on to the next phase of the project. The project manager must schedule the review of the phase and have the stakeholders present.

This review is referred to as:

change management.

a milestone.

a tollgate.

an incident response.

35. The project manager for a TV tower construction project receives notification that a strong storm is expected the following week.

Which of the following should the project manager do NEXT?

Evaluate the risk, inform major stakeholders about the problem, and issue a change request immediately.

Evaluate the risk, fill in the issue log, and communicate it according to the communication plan.

Evaluate the risk, develop a mitigation plan, and communicate it according to the communication plan.

Evaluate the risk, reschedule all outdoor tasks for a later time, and inform major stakeholders.

36. A project team is comprised of a mix of in-house and virtual team members.

When a complex announcement needs to go out to the entire project team, which of the following is the MOST effective way to communicate it?

Composing a project team email with the details of the announcement is the best method. It gives the project manager the opportunity to explain but not be overcome with questions from the team.

Using text messaging to make the announcement is the best method. It allows the project manager to reach the project team members wherever they are located.

Sending a fax is the best method. It gives the project manager the opportunity to explain the announcement and come up with questions and answers the team may have.

Hosting a web conference meeting is the best method. It gives the project manager the opportunity to explain the announcement and answer any questions from the team.

37. A team member was replaced on a project by a new team member of equal capability.

Which of the following should the project manager do FIRST?

Resource loading

Resource leveling

Prioritizing tasks

Allocating resources

38. A critical stakeholder has requested additional status updated beyond the schedule.

Which of the following factors MOST likely needs to be accounted for when communicating with this stakeholder?

Confidentiality

Criticality

Frequency

Cultural differences

39. A project manager is creating the monthly report for top management. The project manager has collected the information below:

AC = 100

PV = 80

EV = 120

Based on this information, the CPI reflects which of the following about the project?

It is under budget.

It is over budget.

It is ahead of schedule.

It is behind schedule.

40. Team members have reported that meetings are poorly attended and unproductive.

Which of the following steps can the project manager take to make the meetings more productive?

Discontinue the meetings with the poorest attendance.

Decrease the length of the meetings.

Distribute an agenda before each meeting.

Document team member attendance and report it to management.

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41. Which of the following describes how a project is related to a program?

A program is a combination of multiple projects.

A program contains an element of the project.

A program is a part of a project.

A program uses half of the project’s budget.

42. Two team members have concluded that documentation is not required due to the size of the current project. The project manager has encouraged them to align strictly within the process.

Which of the following conflict resolution techniques has the project manager utilized?

Smoothing

Forcing

Compromising

Avoiding

43. Which of the following Agile ceremonies is used to determine the backlog items that will be worked on the next weeks?

SCRUM retrospective meeting

Sprint planning meeting

Daily standup meeting

Review meeting

44. A project manager is working on the project charter.

Which of the following phases does this describe?

Initiation

Planning

Execution

Closing

45. A project team is overseeing the installation of a new reptile habitat at the local zoo. During execution, zoo personnel decides to house a different type of reptile that will require a different temperature range than the capacity of the installed system. The modification has been approved.

Which of the following constraints are MOST likely to be affected? (Choose two.)

Quality because the existing system is now outside the threshold.

Requirements because this is a change to initial scope.

Cost because replacing the system incurs additional expense.

Schedule because this was an unscheduled task and will impact the timeline.

Stakeholders because they will need to understand the modification and provide buy-in.

46. The project team is distributed throughout a single country. The scrum master has decided to hold remote "stand-ups" on a daily basis.

Which of the following would be the MOST effective means to do this?

Instant messaging

Video conference

Phone call

Collaboration website

47. Which of the following is an example of a project?

Purchasing pedometers from local retail stores for employees

Implementing a health awareness program at an organization

Conducting semi-annual blood drives at an organization

Presenting a scripted workshop at an organization’s three locations

48. Which of the following activities are associated with the closing phase of a project? (Choose two.)

Risk mitigation

Archiving of project documents

Tracking of expenditures

Lessons learned

Quality assurance

49. A program manager informs a project manager that a new, high-priority project has been approved and will need the current project’s resources before the scheduled project close date. The project team meets and determines that the project should be fast-tracked.

Which of the following documents should the project team reference to fast-track the project? (Choose two.)

Scope management plan

Configuration management plan

Network diagram

Project schedule

Project plan

50. The project schedule performance index is 1.1, and the cost performance index is 0.9.

Which of the following describes the project status?

Ahead of schedule and over budget

Behind schedule and under budget

Ahead of schedule and under budget

Behind schedule and over budget

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51. A project manager wants to introduce the practice of a WBS to the PMO, but the other managers believe this will create extra work.

Which of the following would BEST communicate the need for a WBS to the other managers? (Select TWO).

Using the WBS will help prevent work from slipping or being forgotten.

TheWBS will be required on very large projects.

TheWBS will be required if the project manager has the time available to complete it.

TheWBS will aid in determining which resources are required for the project.

The WBS is the best way to determine risks of the project.

52. Which of the following is a team-building stage that involves the team learning to trust one another’s abilities and begin working together as a productive group?

Norming

Forming

Storming

Performing

53. A governance committee has just approved a new project. The project scheduler is now developing the project schedule.

Which of the following activities should be done FIRST?

Add durations.

Add the start and finish dates

Add tasks.

Add resources.

54. A team member was assigned a new task during a meeting. The team member did not complete the task by the end of the phase, and the PM is looking for evidence to escalate the issue.

Which of the following documents could help in this situation?

Issue log

Action items

Dashboard information

Communication plan

55. A project manager travels abroad to meet the offshore team and sends out a meeting invitation to review requirements. However, many team members decline the meeting invitation. The PM approaches one team member to determine why people are declining. The team member indicates the project manager scheduled the meeting at a time when employees typically have permission to take a nap.

Which of the following is the project manager facing?

Language barriers

Time zones

Cultural differences

Personal preferences

56. A project manager is managing a transactional project. One of the key team members is having difficulties understanding the client requirements.

Which of the following actions would be BEST for the project manager to take?

Ask the client to provide additional language resources to the team.

Purchase a language translation program.

Hire a translator to help the key team member

Ask the client to provide requirements in the native language of the team.

57. A project manager would like to bring vendors into a new project.

Which of the following documents should the potential vendors submit so the project manager can find the best vendors for the project?

SLA

SOW

Change request

RFP

58. A project manager needs to track the actual and estimated start and finish dates of all WBS work packages.

Which of the following is a necessary step to record the actual durations?

Establish each WBS work package resource.

Establish and set the baseline.

Establish and set the quality gates.

Establish the tollgates.

59. A senior manager asks a project manager for an estimated budget on a new project.

Which of the following is the BEST step for the project manager to take?

Tell the senior manager the estimation is not available yet.

Use the budget from a similar project to generate estimates.

Ask a SME for an opinion and propose an estimate.

Gather the team to immediately generate estimates.

60. A new project charter is being drafted.

Which of the following would be the BEST source for the high-level project requirements?

Sponsor

Project manager

Project management office

Project team

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