CompTIA PK0-004 Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

CompTIA PK0-004 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 571:

  Which of the following analyses should a project manager use to determine problem areas for corrective action planning? (Choose two.)

  A. Planned value
  B. Schedule variance
  C. Acceptable variance
  D. Cost variance
  E. Earned value
  D. Cost variance
  E. Earned value

• Question 572:

  A project manager is trying to explain to a stakeholder why projects are progressively elaborated upon. Which of the following is the BEST explanation?

  A. In the beginning, projects entail a degree of uncertainty that needs to be specified.
  B. In the beginning, projects have start and finish dates that require elaboration.
  C. In the beginning, projects are part of a program that requires coordination.
  D. In the beginning, projects start with detailed inputs that need to be explained.
  A. In the beginning, projects entail a degree of uncertainty that needs to be specified.

• Question 573:

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

  A. The project manager has full authority over resources and the project.
  B. The project manager has no authority over the project resources and limited-to-no authority over the project.
  C. Resources align to the project, report to the project manager, and have no functional home at the end of the project.
  D. Resources report to business area functional managers and return to the functional area at the end of the project.
  A. The project manager has full authority over resources and the project.

• Question 574:

  New requirements were introduced during the execution phase of a project, and the team believes this will impact the project cost but not the timely completion of project deliverables.

  Which of the following is the BEST way for the PM to validate the assessment?

  A. Ask the team for estimates, and review the project schedule and budget.
  B. Ask the team to review the product scope and validate its impact on the schedule and quality.
  C. Ask the team for estimates, and review the cost management plan.
  D. Ask the team to perform a SWOT analysis, and validate the assessment.
  D. Ask the team to perform a SWOT analysis, and validate the assessment.

• Question 575:

  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?

  A. The company received a CandD.
  B. A higher-priority project needed the expertise.
  C. The new member did not sign an NDA.
  D. An SLA prevented new team members.
  A. The company received a CandD.

• Question 576:

  A vendor is late with product deliverables. Which of the following documents should the PM refer to FIRST?

  A. CandD letter
  B. MOU
  C. SLA
  D. SOW
  C. SLA

• Question 577:

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

  A. EAC
  B. BAC
  C. TCPI
  D. ETC
  A. EAC

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  Reference: Kim Heldman, CompTIA Project+ Study Guide, 2nd Edition, Sybex, Indianapolis, 2017, p. 232

• Question 578:

  Which of the following project management tools provides an authoritative source of the project performance guidelines?

  A. KPI
  B. SWOT
  C. RACI
  D. MOU
  A. KPI

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  Reference: https://www.applicationperformancemanagement.org/performance-testing/key-performance-indicators/

• Question 579:

  A project manager wants to determine the percentage of a project's budgeted costs versus expenditures. Which of the following calculations should the project manager perform?

  A. Burn rate
  B. Critical path analysis
  C. EV
  D. EAC
  A. Burn rate

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  Explanation:

  Expenditure tracking includes measuring the project spending to date, determining the burn rate (or how fast you’re going through the money), and tracking expenditures to the cost baseline so that stakeholders can see what was planned

  versus what was actually spent on the project.

• Question 580:

  A project team member has completed an assigned task on time.

  After updating the project schedule, which of the following steps should the project manager take NEXT?

  A. Send an updated schedule to the CCB.
  B. Send a project status update to the sponsor.
  C. Release the team members to the functional manager.
  D. Notify the team members to begin successor tasks.
  D. Notify the team members to begin successor tasks.