CompTIA PK0-004 Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

CompTIA PK0-004 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 301:

  The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) informs the project manager that a project must be completed six months earlier than previously scheduled. Which of the following is the BEST way for the project manager to respond?

  A. Increase the quality parameters.
  B. Transfer more productive resources to the project.
  C. Recommend a reduction of the deliverables.
  D. Update the project scope.
  C. Recommend a reduction of the deliverables.

• Question 302:

  A project manager at a projectized organization is resource leveling the upcoming phase. The project manager notices one of the resources is assigned with 20% of allocation to a secondary project. This situation limits and jeopardizes the commitment date.

  Which of the following should the project manager do NEXT?

  A. Ask the functional manager to release the 20% of allocation from the secondary project.
  B. Ask the sponsor to negotiate with the project manager from the secondary project.
  C. Ask the PMO to assign additional resources.
  D. Ask the project manager of the secondary project to release the resource.
  A. Ask the functional manager to release the 20% of allocation from the secondary project.

• Question 303:

  During the planning phase of a construction project, the project team discovers the site is the nesting area of rare birds, and construction could disrupt the birds' patterns. Lobbyists would like the team to move the project down the road.

  Which of the following constraint and influencer types are involved in this scenario?

  A. Environmental; resources
  B. Environmental; stakeholders
  C. Deliverables; resources
  D. Deliverables; stakeholders
  B. Environmental; stakeholders

• Question 304:

  A project team decides to obtain a support contact on one of the hardware infrastructures being used on the project. This is to ensure the project is grounded if an issue with the hardware occurs during the course of the project. This type of risk response is known as:

  A. mitigation.
  B. avoidance.
  C. transference.
  D. acceptance.
  A. mitigation.

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  Explanation:

  You’ll use several strategies when determining both negative risks and opportunities and formulating your response plans. The strategies to deal with negative risks include the following:

  Avoid: Avoiding the risk altogether or eliminating the cause of the risk event

  Transfer: Moving the liability for the risk to a third party by purchasing insurance, performance bonds, and so on

  Mitigate: Reducing the impact or the probability of the risk

  Accept: Choosing to accept the consequences of the risk

• Question 305:

  A project manager has been assigned a complex project and does not know all the activities required to complete it.

  Which of the following if the BEST approach to determine the work packages for the WBS?

  A. Brainstorming
  B. Analogous
  C. Bottom-up
  D. Forward pass
  C. Bottom-up

• Question 306:

  A project manager is collecting the number of hours, the resources, and the amount of money spent on hardware and software. Which of the following is MOST likely the purpose of collecting this information?

  A. Financial stability
  B. Competitive advantage
  C. Budget constraints
  D. Expenditure tracking
  D. Expenditure tracking

• Question 307:

  A project manager has established a series of virtual meetings with project team members in different parts of the world. Team members from one country almost never show up to the meeting. Which of the following MOST likely describes why this occurring?

  A. There is no rapport between the team members and the project manager.
  B. The time zone in the one country is outside of working hours.
  C. The meeting is occurring too frequently.
  D. Language barriers prevent team members from participating.
  B. The time zone in the one country is outside of working hours.

• Question 308:

  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?

  A. Evaluate the risk, inform major stakeholders about the problem, and issue a change request immediately.
  B. Evaluate the risk, fill in the issue log, and communicate it according to the communication plan.
  C. Evaluate the risk, develop a mitigation plan, and communicate it according to the communication plan.
  D. Evaluate the risk, reschedule all outdoor tasks for a later time, and inform major stakeholders.
  C. Evaluate the risk, develop a mitigation plan, and communicate it according to the communication plan.

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  Reference: Kim Heldman, CompTIA Project+ Study Guide, 2nd Edition, Sybex, Indianapolis, 2017, p. 238

• Question 309:

  Which of the following tools would a project manager use to determine the root cause of an issue?

  A. Pareto Chart
  B. Ishikawa Diagram
  C. Histogram
  D. Monte Carlo Analysis
  B. Ishikawa Diagram

• Question 310:

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

  A. SCRUM retrospective
  B. Kickoff meeting
  C. Budget baseline
  D. Risk review
  A. SCRUM retrospective

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  Reference: Kim Heldman, CompTIA Project+ Study Guide, 2nd Edition, Sybex, Indianapolis, 2017, p. 306