CompTIA Project+ (PK0-005) Practice Test
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- 1. Project Management Concepts
A stakeholder asks the project manager to add a major new feature after the schedule and budget are already fixed. Increasing scope without adjusting time or cost most directly threatens which project fundamental?
- a.The communication plan
- b.The lessons-learned register
- c.The triple constraint (scope, schedule, cost)
- d.The procurement contract type
Answer: c
Explanation: The triple constraint describes the balance among scope, schedule, and cost, where changing one usually forces a change in another. Expanding scope while holding time and budget fixed pressures quality and is the classic constraint conflict a project manager must manage through change control.
- 2. Project Management Concepts
Which statement best distinguishes a project from ongoing operations?
- a.A project runs indefinitely with no defined end
- b.A project is temporary and produces a unique result
- c.A project never has a budget or schedule
- d.A project cannot involve more than one person
Answer: b
Explanation: A project is a temporary endeavor with a defined beginning and end that creates a unique product, service, or result. Operations, by contrast, are ongoing and repetitive. Projects still have budgets, schedules, and can involve many people.
- 3. Project Management Concepts
Who typically provides the funding and high-level support for a project and champions it within the organization?
- a.The project sponsor
- b.The end user
- c.The vendor's delivery driver
- d.The quality auditor
Answer: a
Explanation: The project sponsor authorizes funding, provides high-level direction, and champions the project to remove organizational obstacles. End users benefit from the product, and auditors and vendors play supporting roles but do not fund or champion the effort.
- 4. Project Life Cycle Phases
A planner decomposes the total project work into progressively smaller, manageable deliverables and work packages. Which tool is being created?
- a.A stakeholder register
- b.A responsibility assignment matrix
- c.A communication plan
- d.A work breakdown structure (WBS)
Answer: d
Explanation: A work breakdown structure decomposes the full scope into progressively smaller deliverables and work packages, forming the basis for estimating, scheduling, and assigning work. The other documents address stakeholders, responsibilities, and communication rather than scope decomposition.
- 5. Project Life Cycle Phases
Which activities are characteristic of the project closing phase?
- a.Obtaining final acceptance, releasing resources, and documenting lessons learned
- b.Drafting the project charter and appointing the project manager
- c.Building the detailed schedule and budget for the first time
- d.Identifying stakeholders for the very first time
Answer: a
Explanation: Closing involves obtaining formal acceptance of deliverables, releasing the team and resources, closing contracts, and documenting lessons learned for future projects. Chartering, initial scheduling, and initial stakeholder identification occur in earlier phases.
- 6. Communication and Stakeholder Management
A geographically dispersed team needs to review a lengthy design document at their own pace and leave written comments over several days. Which communication method is most appropriate?
- a.Asynchronous written communication such as a shared document with comments
- b.An unscheduled live phone call to each person
- c.A synchronous all-hands meeting at a single fixed time
- d.A verbal hallway conversation
Answer: a
Explanation: Asynchronous communication lets participants contribute on their own schedule, which suits detailed review across time zones and preserves a written record. Synchronous methods require everyone to be available at once, which is impractical for lengthy, distributed review.
- 7. Communication and Stakeholder Management
Why does a project manager perform stakeholder analysis early in a project?
- a.To eliminate the need for a project schedule
- b.To identify stakeholders' interests and influence so engagement can be tailored
- c.To assign blame for anticipated failures
- d.To avoid ever communicating with executives
Answer: b
Explanation: Stakeholder analysis identifies who is affected by the project, their level of interest and influence, and their expectations, so the manager can plan appropriate engagement and communication for each. It does not replace scheduling or serve to assign blame.
- 8. Tools and Documentation
A project manager needs a visual schedule that shows tasks as horizontal bars along a timeline, including their durations and dependencies. Which tool is best?
- a.A pie chart of the budget
- b.A stakeholder register
- c.A Gantt chart
- d.A business case
Answer: c
Explanation: A Gantt chart displays tasks as horizontal bars along a timeline, showing durations, start and end dates, and dependencies, which makes it ideal for visualizing and tracking a schedule. The other options serve budgeting, stakeholder, or justification purposes.
- 9. Tools and Documentation
What is the primary purpose of maintaining an issue log during a project?
- a.To store the project's source code
- b.To track identified problems, their owners, and resolution status
- c.To calculate employee payroll
- d.To replace the project charter
Answer: b
Explanation: An issue log records problems that have already occurred, assigns an owner, and tracks status through resolution so nothing is lost. It differs from a risk register, which tracks potential future events, and it is not a code repository or payroll tool.
- 10. IT and Governance Basics
A project will process customer personal information subject to data-privacy regulations. What should the project manager do regarding these requirements?
- a.Incorporate the compliance requirements into scope, planning, and controls
- b.Ignore them because they are not technical tasks
- c.Delay considering them until after go-live
- d.Assume the vendor is solely responsible with no oversight
Answer: a
Explanation: Regulatory and data-privacy requirements are constraints that must be built into scope, planning, and controls from the start, because non-compliance carries legal and financial consequences. Deferring or outsourcing accountability without oversight exposes the organization to risk.