CompTIA PK0-004 Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

CompTIA PK0-004 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 501:

  A company is in the process of combining the human resources and marketing departments. Which of the following describes this change?

  A. Business process change
  B. Business merger
  C. Internal reorganization
  D. Interorganizational change
  A. Business process change

• Question 502:

  Which of the following is responsible for key decisions within a project?

  A. Project manager
  B. Project champion
  C. Project management office
  D. Project team
  A. Project manager

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  Reference: https://www.pmi.org/learning/library/pm-decision-making-analysis-intuition-7492

• Question 503:

  In a projectized organization, which of the following occurs FIRST at the completion of a project?

  A. Resources are allocated to the PMO.
  B. Resources are assigned to new projects.
  C. Resources are transferred to operations.
  D. Resources are released to functional managers.
  B. Resources are assigned to new projects.

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  Explanation:

  One of the biggest drawbacks of a projectized organization is reassigning project team members once the project ends. There may not always be a new project waiting for these resources.

• Question 504:

  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.)

  A. Quality because the existing system is now outside the threshold.
  B. Requirements because this is a change to initial scope.
  C. Cost because replacing the system incurs additional expense.
  D. Schedule because this was an unscheduled task and will impact the timeline.
  E. Stakeholders because they will need to understand the modification and provide buy-in.
  C. Cost because replacing the system incurs additional expense.
  D. Schedule because this was an unscheduled task and will impact the timeline.

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  Reference: Kim Heldman, CompTIA Project+ Study Guide, 2nd Edition, Sybex, Indianapolis, 2017, p. 293

• Question 505:

  A project team has completed a major deliverable earlier than planned and wants to deliver it for testing. The team lead sends an email providing notice of task completion to the project manager.

  Which of the following describes how the project manager can increase the likelihood that the deliverable moves to testing?

  A. Send an email to quality assurance and copy the project team.
  B. Call a meeting to hand off the deliverable to quality assurance.
  C. Hold a conference call to a review the next deliverable with the project team.
  D. Send an email to the project sponsor and copy the project team.
  A. Send an email to quality assurance and copy the project team.

• Question 506:

  A cost baseline is used to measure the:

  A. eventual cost of a project.
  B. increase in the budget.
  C. variance with the initial budget.
  D. inevitable cost overruns.
  A. eventual cost of a project.

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  Explanation:

  When you have the cost estimates completed, it's time to prepare the budget. Budgeting is the process of aggregating all the cost estimates and establishing a cost baseline for the project. The cost baseline is the total expected cost for the

  project. Once approved, it's used throughout the remainder of the project to measure the overall cost performance.

• Question 507:

  Upper management asks a project sponsor to provide several ad hoc reports as a brief overview of the project's current status.

  Which of the following types of reports should the project sponsor use to quickly summarize the status report data?

  A. Pie chart
  B. Run chart
  C. Project schedule
  D. Dashboard information
  D. Dashboard information

• Question 508:

  Which of the following should be included in an effective SOW?

  A. Lessons learned
  B. Procurement process
  C. Corrective action plan
  D. Project objectives
  C. Corrective action plan

• Question 509:

  A project sponsor is reviewing the project dashboard and does not understand what a CPI of 0.87 and an SPI of 1.02 indicate. Which of the following describes the project status?

  A. The project is over budget and behind schedule.
  B. The project is under budget and ahead of schedule.
  C. The project is over budget and ahead of schedule.
  D. The project is under budget and behind schedule.
  C. The project is over budget and ahead of schedule.

• Question 510:

  An external consultant reviews benchmark staffing for an organization every three years. Which of the following is MOST likely occurring?

  A. Acquisition
  B. Relocation
  C. Reorganization
  D. Merger
  C. Reorganization