CompTIA PK0-005 Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

CompTIA PK0-005 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 571:

  Which of the following aspects are true of agile as compared to waterfall? (Select two).

  A. Agile works through larger integrated teams.
  B. Agile promotes project manager ownership over deliverables.
  C. Agile reinforces the importance of comprehensive documentation.
  D. Agile has more customer involvement throughout development.
  E. Agile is more flexible to allow for changes in scope.
  F. Agile is comprised of well-defined phases.
  D. Agile has more customer involvement throughout development.
  E. Agile is more flexible to allow for changes in scope.

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  Explanation

  Agile is a project management methodology that emphasizes customer collaboration, feedback, and adaptation throughout the project life cycle. Agile teams work in short iterations, called sprints, and deliver working increments of the product or service to the customer for review and approval. Agile teams can also respond to changing requirements and priorities by adjusting the scope, schedule, or quality of the project. Waterfall, on the other hand, is a project management methodology that follows a linear and sequential process, where each phase of the project must be completed before moving on to the next one. Waterfall teams work with a fixed scope, schedule, and quality, and deliver the final product or service to the customer at the end of the project. Waterfall teams have less customer involvement and flexibility during the project development.

• Question 572:

  Participant attendance has been poor at the last few weekly meetings. The project manager wants to validate who the participants should be, how often the meetings should occur, and on which day and at what time the meeting should be held.

  Which of the following is the best place to validate this information?

  A. Project communication plan
  B. Project management plan
  C. Project business case
  D. Project schedule
  A. Project communication plan

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  Explanation

  The communication plan defines the meeting cadence, frequency, participants, formats, and methods of communication. If participation is low, the project manager refers to this plan for validation and adjustment. This is part of governance and compliance to ensure the right stakeholders are engaged appropriately. CompTIA Project+ PK0-005 Study Guide - Communications Management; CompTIA Cloud+ CV0-004 Governance & Compliance objectives.

• Question 573:

  A project manager has decided to outsource portions of a project and will conduct a separate procurement. In which of the following phases does this task occur?

  A. Planning
  B. Initiating
  C. Controlling
  D. Executing
  A. Planning

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  Explanation

  This answer is based on the understanding that outsourcing is a form of procurement, which is one of the knowledge areas in project management. Procurement involves acquiring goods and services from external sources to support the

  project objectives. According to the CompTIA Project+ Study Guide, procurement activities occur mainly in the planning phase of the project, where the project manager identifies the project needs, defines the scope of work, evaluates the

  potential vendors, and prepares the procurement documents.

  The other options are not correct because:

  Initiating is the phase where the project manager defines the project purpose, objectives, and deliverables, and obtains the project charter and stakeholder approval. Initiating does not involve procurement activities, although it may involve

  some preliminary research on the feasibility and availability of external resources.

  Controlling is the phase where the project manager monitors and measures the project performance, compares it with the baseline, and implements corrective actions if needed. Controlling does involve some procurement activities, such as

  reviewing the vendor deliverables, managing the changes, and resolving the issues, but these are not the main tasks of procurement.

  Executing is the phase where the project manager leads and directs the project team and other resources to complete the project work according to the plan. Executing does involve some procurement activities, such as selecting the vendor,

  signing the contract, and managing the relationship, but these are not the main tasks of procurement.

  References:

  CompTIA Project+ Study Guide: Exam PK0- 005, 3rd Edition, Chapter 8: Planning Projects, Part 4 (Procurement and Communication), pages 243-260; CompTIA Project+ Certification Exam Objectives, Domain 2: Project Planning, Objective

  2.5: Given a scenario, plan procurement for a project.

• Question 574:

  Which of the following contract types in project procurement has the highest risk for the buyer?

  A. Time and material
  B. Cost-plus
  C. Fixed-price
  D. Unit price
  B. Cost-plus

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  Explanation

  A cost-plus contract is a type of contract where the buyer agrees to reimburse the seller for the actual costs of the work plus a fee, which can be fixed, percentage, incentive, or award based. This type of contract has the highest risk for the

  buyer because the buyer has no control over the cost or quantity of the work and the seller has little incentive to control the costs or complete the work efficiently. The seller may inflate the costs or prolong the work to increase the fee. The

  buyer may end up paying much more than the estimated budget or the market value of the work.

  References:

  CompTIA Project+ PK0-005 Certification Study Guide, Chapter 9: Project Procurement Management; CompTIA Project+ Certification Exam Objectives, Domain 3: Project Execution, Objective 3.3: Execute procurement activities.

• Question 575:

  To gather requirements from stakeholders, the project manager sits down with them and allows them to discuss freely. Which a following technique is the project manager utilizing?

  A. Process moving
  B. Brainstorming
  C. Interview
  D. Focus group
  D. Focus group

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  Explanation

  A focus group is a technique that involves bringing together a group of stakeholders and facilitating a discussion to elicit their opinions, needs, and expectations about the project. This technique can help to gather requirements from stakeholders in an interactive and collaborative way, p. 67

• Question 576:

  A project team is implementing a new electronic health record platform in a hospital. Which of the following data confidentiality elements is relevant?

  A. PII
  B. NDA
  C. PCI
  D. MOU
  E. CI/CD
  A. PII

• Question 577:

  A project manager is consistently struggling to obtain a commitment date from a developer to deliver a major task. The developer tells the project manager that multiple tasks are already planned.

  Which of the following actions should the project manager take?

  A. Escalate to human resources to terminate the developer due to lack of project interest.
  B. Send a request to the functional manager to increase project allocation that prioritizes the developer.
  C. Notify the developer that a specific deliverable date has been updated on the schedule.
  D. Assign a new developer to be in charge of the critical task.
  B. Send a request to the functional manager to increase project allocation that prioritizes the developer.

• Question 578:

  As a result of an approved change request, the project manager updates the project plan to reflect the new feature addition and the revised production release date.

  Which of the following change control processes should the project manager do NEXT?

  A. Validate the change implementation.
  B. Implement the change.
  C. Conduct an impact assessment.
  D. Communicate the change deployment.
  B. Implement the change.

• Question 579:

  A project team in a projectized organization has been struggling due to some members performing duties that are assigned to others.

  Which of the following steps should the project manager take next in solving this issue?

  A. Escalate the issue to the management team.
  B. Discuss the project charter during a team meeting.
  C. Ask the team to be open for collaboration.
  D. Review the RACI matrix with the team.
  D. Review the RACI matrix with the team.

• Question 580:

  A project manager has been assigned to a project that involves replacing key operational equipment. The project manager is new to the industry and has learned that compliance requirements must be met.

  Which of the following should the project manager do FIRST?

  A. Trust that the project requirements fully document the necessary compliances.
  B. Meet with the end users to learn more about the compliance requirements.
  C. Research the compliance requirements related to the project to understand the implications.
  D. Make the QA specialist responsible for ensuring that the compliance requirements are met.
  C. Research the compliance requirements related to the project to understand the implications.