Updated CompTIA Project+ Study Guide PK0-004 Dumps Questions [2022]

1. 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?

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

3. A risk with a high probability and medium consequence to a project has been identified. In response, the project manager has purchased an insurance plan with the intent to provide additional funds if the risk is realized. There is no risk to the schedule or scope.

Which of the following types of risk strategies is this an example of?

4. Which of the following is a key aspect of the Agile project management methodology?

5. A project manager is trying to explain to a stakeholder why projects are progressively elaborated upon.

Which of the following is the BEST explanation?

6. 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?

7. 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?

8. 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?

9. A vendor is unable to deliver an order by the specified date.

Which of the following should be the project manager’s NEXT steps? (Choose two.)

10. A project manager is justifying a required change with the associated impact on the project.

Which of the following is the NEXT step?

11. 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?

12. A project manager needs to identify the resources assigned to a particular task.

In which of the following documents can this information be found?

13. A project manager is trying to ensure the quality of the design and reduce the number of potential defects. The project manager would like to use the fishbone diagram to perform this analysis.

This type of modeling relies on:

14. A project coordinator logs potential events that can affect project constraints, and then records the results of brainstorming of potential strategies.

Which of the following documents should the project coordinator use?

15. A project team is mainly based in a metropolitan area. The team also has members in a remote area, where Internet access is limited and unstable.

Which of the following factors will MOST likely influence the communication methods used in the project?

16. Which of the following elements should be included on a responsibility assignment matrix?

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

18. A project team has finished creating a WBS and started developing a schedule. The team should FIRST determine the:

19. The project manager has noticed a vendor is not performing in accordance with the SLA.

Which of the following items should the project manager use to highlight the vendor’s areas of poor performance?

20. A project manager has been assigned a project with a budget of $50,000. Three change requests are submitted during execution that will increase the overall project cost to $60,000.

Which of the following steps should the project manager perform NEXT?

21. A project team is spread between two countries on different continents.

Which of the following factors are MOST likely to influence communication methods selected for the communication plan? (Select TWO).

22. Which of the following are characteristics of a project? (Choose two.)

23. Which of the following individuals is MOST likely to be a key stakeholder for the product launch phase of a project?

24. Which of the following project documents should be used to record the occurrence of an unplanned event?

25. A company hires a number of interns and assigns them key roles on a project.

Which of the following should the project manager MOST likely anticipate?

26. The project manager is reviewing the earned value of work completed compared to the planned value and is representing it in a dollar figure.

This type of analysis is an example of which of the following?

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

28. A project is about to begin the execution phase. The SOW and project plan have been approved, and the project team has been formed.

Which of the following types of meetings should happen NEXT?

29. The project manager was asked to provide recommendations for the removal of a vendor. A meeting was scheduled with the key stakeholders and the project sponsor to highlight the reasons for this recommendation.

Which of the following should the project manager bring to the meeting to support this recommendation? (Choose two.)

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

31. The PM is preparing for the planning phase kickoff meeting. It is imperative for the team to focus during the meeting on the expected outcomes.

Which of the following best describes what the PM should work on FIRST?

32. Which of the following vendor documents specifically address quality? (Select TWO).

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

Which of the following describes the project status?

34. A project requires daily status updates.

Which of the following is the MOST effective method for providing these updates?

35. A vendor has accepted a proposed project from a customer.

Which of the following is MOST likely to be the first document created by the project manager?

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

Which of the following phases does this describe?

37. While working on risk ranking, the project team is unsure about the qualitative scales to be used for probability and impact. The project manager directs the team to look in the:

38. A project manager provides status reports to a customer on a biweekly basis, but the customer is very busy and only has a few minutes to review the project.

Which of the following are critical for the project manager to provide?

39. During the execution phase of a project, a project task has run longer than anticipated.

Which of the following is the new critical path of the project if Task 2 requires an additional two days to complete?

40. A software upgrade project has been postponed because it may impact a critical business system.

Which of the following strategies has been applied?

41. Which of the following is a characteristics of a matrix organization?

42. A project has just finished performance testing and found that the application can only handle 100 concurrent users where the requirement was to handle 500 concurrent users.

In which of the following components of the project plan should this be documented?

43. Which of the following shows projected project expenditures?

44. A customer will have ongoing changes to project requirements.

Which of the following is the BEST project management methodology for this requirement?

45. Which of the following is a schedule that illustrates the duration of an activity?

46. 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?

47. A project manager is unsure if the quality of a deliverable from a SME meets specifications.

Which of the following is the BEST way for the project manager to address the issue?

48. One deliverable failed during testing, and this has already happened several times.

Which of the following tools is MOST appropriate for the project team to use to determine the cause of the problem?

49. During a project, a key stakeholder asks a project team member to add a requirement. The team member adds the requirement without informing the project manager.

Which of the following is described in this scenario?

50. 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?

51. Which of the following measurements would give the project manager the BEST estimate of the total cost of an active project?

52. During the initiation phase, a project manager has asked for a document containing the high-level objectives and goals for a project.

Which of the following documents would contain these items?

53. A project manager is attempting to establish the proper sequencing and duration of project activities.

Which of the following would be the MOST beneficial?

54. A project manager does not have enough time to complete several tasks on a critical path.

The budget is a low concern.

Which of the following should be used to complete the tasks on time?

55. 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?

56. Which of the following documents need to be updated as events occur during a project? (Select TWO).

57. 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?

58. A milestone task on the critical path has been completed.

Which of the following should the project manager notify?

59. Maintenance estimates.

Which of the following information should the project manager provide?

60. A project has been experiencing some difficulties due to third-party vendors. The project manager should request.

61. 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?

62. 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?

63. Which of the following charts is a graphical representation of the causes of a specific event?

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

65. 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?

66. 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?

67. A new project charter is being drafted.

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

68. Which of the following job roles is primarily tasked with communicating the project timeline changes?

69. A project manager is assigned to an ongoing project.

Which of the following is the FIRST document the protect manager should review?

70. 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?

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

72. A project manager has identified a minor skills gap in the operational team that will end up supporting the project solution.

Which of the following is the BEST risk mitigation strategy that the project manager should use?

73. 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?

74. 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?

75. A company has determined it does not have the in-house capability to perform a project and wants to procure third-party services.

Which of the following documents will the company MOST likely release FIRST?

76. During a project assessment, a project manager determines the initial project cost estimates were incorrect, and there is not enough budget left, including reserves, to complete the project.

Which of the following actions should the project manager take?

77. 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?

78. A non-stakeholder approaches the project manager and asks if certain items can be added to a project that was started two months earlier.

Which of the following constraints does this impact MOST?

79. 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?

80. The project sponsor has cut the resources required for project completion. The project manager cannot complete the project without additional resources.

Which of the following should the project manager do to obtain the resources?