PK0-005: CompTIA Project+ Topic 3
Question #: 81
Topic #: 1
Which of the following is a test that is done on an existing system to ensure the previous functionality still works after a change has been made?
A. Smoke testing
B. Regression testing
C. Unit testing
D. User acceptance testing
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 82
Topic #: 1
A project team needs a tool to store information that is captured throughout the life cycle of a project. The information should be stored in a centralized location that is easily accessible to all stakeholders and will provide search functionality. Which of the following tools should be used?
A. Secure folder
B. Real-time, multiauthoring editing software
C. Digital whiteboard
D. Wiki knowledge base
Selected Answer: D
Question #: 83
Topic #: 1
During online, collaborative meeting sessions, a project team is consistently in consensus, which is causing a creativity roadblock. Which of the following can the facilitator do to minimize this issue?
A. Enable chat.
B. Distribute surveys.
C. Meet face to face.
D. Use a whiteboard.
Selected Answer: D
Question #: 84
Topic #: 1
During the project initiation phase, a PM needs to construct a project schedule and show the project dependencies. Which of the following should the PM use for this task?
A. Waterfall method
B. Simulation method
C. Precedence diagramming method
D. Critical path method
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 85
Topic #: 1
During an audit, a project manager finds out that a contractor exceeded the overtime hours allowed by the contract. Which of the following tools should the PM use to share the details with the management team?
A. Time-tracking log
B. Issue log
C. Statement of work
D. Risk register
Selected Answer: A
Question #: 86
Topic #: 1
A segment of a project has ended. Before moving on to the next segment, the project manager wants to assess if the work produced in the previous segment meets a high enough standard and if adequate resources are available to continue the project. Which of the following should the project manager do?
A. Review the progress reports.
B. Perform a gap analysis.
C. Coordinate a phase-gate review.
D. Set up touch points with the team.
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 87
Topic #: 1
Which of the following can be used to determine whether a sample product is within an acceptable range?
A. Scatter diagram
B. Velocity chart
C. Control chart
D. Fishbone diagram
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 88
Topic #: 1
A PM is evaluating whether an IaaS contract needs to be extended. When reviewing the system usage report, the PM realizes that usage is at 20% capacity. Which of the following actions should the PM take?
A. Continue to monitor the system performance.
B. Resize the resource utilization to reflect current needs.
C. Reinforce adoption over time.
D. Raise an item in the issue log.
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 89
Topic #: 1
A company is implementing a new radar system from July to September. The project manager knows these months are the peak hurricane season for this region. Which of the following should the project manager develop to mitigate the risk to the project?
A. Data plan
B. Contingency plan
C. Rollback plan
D. Recovery plan
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 90
Topic #: 1
A PM has gathered stakeholders from across various functions in the organization. The team has never worked together before. Which of the following should the PM do to ensure standards are understood?
A. Conduct team training.
B. Present the scope statement.
C. Establish meeting schedules.
D. Develop a communication plan.
Selected Answer: D
Question #: 91
Topic #: 1
A PM in a matrix organizational structure has team members who do not have adequate time to dedicate to project activities. Which of the following should the PM do to improve the team members’ availability?
A. Require overtime for assignments.
B. Conduct training on time management.
C. Negotiate with functional managers.
D. Recruit additional team members.
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 92
Topic #: 1
A meeting agenda included the following items:
• Review the goals of the project.
• Review the progress of the project.
• Discuss if the project is ready to move forward.
Which of the following BEST describes this type of meeting?
A. Stand-up
B. Monthly status
C. Gap analysis
D. Gate review
Selected Answer: D
Question #: 93
Topic #: 1
A new project team started work three months ago. The team members are increasing their work productivity and are comfortable asking for help with tasks. Which of the following describes the current stage of the project team?
A. Performing
B. Adjourning
C. Forming
D. Norming
Selected Answer: D
Question #: 94
Topic #: 1
Which of the following is the BEST example of a breach of physical security?
A. System user IDs being used by multiple individuals
B. Printers that do not request user authentication
C. Developers having full access to both development and production environments
D. Project documentation that is only kept on a removable device
Selected Answer: D
Question #: 95
Topic #: 1
Which of the following is a typical characteristic of Scrum?
A. Large teams
B. Low-risk scope
C. Self-organized team
D. Well-defined scope
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 96
Topic #: 1
In the kickoff meeting, a project manager announced the project will use a tool to store documents, artifacts, and any other data relevant to the project. The tool will perform version control, maintain retention data, and archive destruction or historical information. Which of the following is being described?
A. Record management system
B. Project dashboard
C. Backlog
D. Wiki knowledge base
Selected Answer: A
Question #: 97
Topic #: 1
Which of the following key project elements is used to organize deliverables into manageable pieces to ensure the proper steps are executed and to achieve the project’s core objectives?
A. WBS
B. RACI
C. RFP
D. PERT
Selected Answer: A
Question #: 98
Topic #: 1
After a meeting, a team member recaps all of the topics that worked well, worked relatively well, and did not work at all. The expectation is for upcoming project work to make better progress and achieve targets. Which of the following combinations of tactics is being used?
A. Stand-up meeting, action items
B. Workshop meeting, timeboxing
C. Status meeting, follow-ups
D. Presentation meeting, meeting notes
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 99
Topic #: 1
In the middle of a five-year project, a vendor asked the buyer to revisit the rate card associated with the development team. According to the vendor, the development team’s experience and technical skills have increased since the project started. Which of the following documents should the buyer review FIRST?
A. MOU
B. SOW
C. RFP
D. RFI
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 100
Topic #: 1
A project plan included budgeted funding to set up only a specified number of workstations. A department manager asked a project manager to set up additional workstations just in case the workstations are needed in the future. Which of the following should the project manager do?
A. Ask the sponsor for additional funding to accommodate the request.
B. Escalate the request to the senior management team.
C. Advise that a change request would need to be approved.
D. Instruct the project team to set up the additional workstations.
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 101
Topic #: 1
During a demonstration, the product owner asked the team to add new scope to the backlog. Which of the following should the Scrum master do NEXT?
A. Create a change request for the change advisory board.
B. Work with the business analyst to document the new epic.
C. Reject the change to prevent scope creep.
D. Update the risk register and the work in the mitigation plan.
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 102
Topic #: 1
Project A and Project B share a team member. The team member is falling behind on a task for Project B. Which of the following is the BEST action to take to get the task for Project B back on track?
A. Negotiate to get more of the team member’s available time.
B. Assign the team member to work overtime to finish the task.
C. Speed up completion of the task by assisting the team member.
D. Have the project manager complete the task.
Selected Answer: A
Question #: 103
Topic #: 1
A portfolio manager needs to provide the senior management team with a dynamic, high-level, monthly status update on all active projects in the portfolio. Which of the following should the manager use to accomplish this task?
A. Dashboard
B. Status report
C. Gantt chart
D. Email
Selected Answer: A
Question #: 104
Topic #: 1
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.
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 105
Topic #: 1
Two team members have a minor disagreement on how a task should be performed. The project manager plans to meet with the team members to discuss the matter. Which of the following techniques should the project manager use to emphasize the areas of agreement and downplay the opposing views?
A. Compromising
B. Forcing
C. Smoothing
D. Collaborating
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 106
Topic #: 1
A project manager is assigned to a large, complex project that is very new to the organization. Because of huge expenditures, the project cannot be cancelled after it starts. Which of the following is most important for the project manager to do FIRST?
A. Carefully select the vendor.
B. Identify and evaluate risks.
C. Establish change management procedures.
D. Evaluate the resource pool.
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 107
Topic #: 1
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.
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 108
Topic #: 1
A project manager is discussing with team members sensitive project information that should not be disclosed outside of the office. Which of the following BEST describes this type of information?
A. Intellectual property
B. Marketing
C. Trade secret
D. Top secret
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 109
Topic #: 1
Which of the following would be the MOST beneficial to determine whether a project has met the defined objectives?
A. Schedule variance
B. Cost variance
C. Work breakdown structure
D. Key performance indicators
Selected Answer: D
Question #: 110
Topic #: 1
A project manager is working on a project charter and has successfully documented the project objectives and the success criteria. Which of the following should the project manager define NEXT to complete the project charter?
A. Proposed solution design
B. Preliminary scope statement
C. Responsibility assignment matrix
D. Initial budget baseline
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 111
Topic #: 1
A project has been initiated to provide insurance forms for a company. A constraint for this project is that the insurance commission in each state where the company underwrites has to approve each form. Which of the following compliance considerations BEST describes this scenario?
A. Regulatory impacts
B. Environmental impacts
C. Organizational impacts
D. Sensitive data types
Selected Answer: A
Question #: 112
Topic #: 1
During the execution of production for a bike, a PM was hired. One month later, the PM has been receiving multiple project report requests from stakeholders. Which of the following should the PM do FIRST?
A. Discuss the requests with the sponsor.
B. Prepare and send the information.
C. Assign this task to the project team.
D. Review the communication plan.
Selected Answer: D
Question #: 113
Topic #: 1
A team member finds a malfunctioning procedure in the system that will take a considerable amount of time to fix. Which of the following should be done FIRST?
A. Update the risk register
B. Document the finding in the change log.
C. Create a record in the issue log
D. Detail a proposed solution.
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 114
Topic #: 1
A project team has identified a bug during user acceptance testing. Which of the following is the BEST method for communicating that bug to the development team?
A. Call the development lead to discuss the fixes for the bug.
B. Include the bug issue as part of the status update for stakeholders.
C. Issue a change request.
D. Add the bug issue to the project’s risk register.
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 115
Topic #: 1
Internal project team members and a subject matter expert had a heated discussion about the client’s needs. The deliverable is now at risk of being delayed. Which of the following should be notified LAST?
A. Program manager
B. End user
C. Steering committee
D. Project sponsor
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 116
Topic #: 1
Which of the following methodologies/frameworks should be used when incremental value is expected in a timeboxed period?
A. PRINCE2
B. Waterfall
C. Scrum
D. SLDC
Selected Answer: C
Question #: 117
Topic #: 1
A project manager has just finished overseeing the implementation of a new, self-service benefits enrollment system. Many employees, however, are calling the human resources team for assistance instead of using the self-service system. Which of the following should the project manager have done as part of the execution plan?
A. Establish a minimally viable product.
B. Prepare new knowledge base documentation.
C. Update the project baseline and schedule.
D. Periodically review vendor performance.
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 118
Topic #: 1
Which of the following methods frequently delivers new code in an automatic way for development projects?
A. Automated testing
B. CI/CD process
C. Validation checks
D. Deploy sprint
Selected Answer: B
Question #: 119
Topic #: 1
When trying to calculate the expected monetary value for using a particular vendor, which of the following charts would be BEST to use?
A. Decision tree
B. Fishbone
C. Histogram
D. Pareto
Selected Answer: A
Question #: 120
Topic #: 1
Two projects share resources. The mobile application project cannot start if the database renewal project has not started. Which of the following relationships describes this situation?
A. Start-to-finish
B. Start-to-start
C. Finish-to-start
D. Finish-to-finish
Selected Answer: B
