PK0-004 : CompTIA Project+ : Part 16

PK0-004 : CompTIA Project+ : Part 16

1. A new corporate policy was approved that will positively affect the project.

   Which of the following should the project manager do FIRST?

   • Schedule the change
   • Review the communication plan
   • Update the issue log
   • Update the risk register

2. Given the following sprint:

   

   Which of the following charts BEST demonstrates the decreasing number of Not Started items for the sprint depicted above?

   • Gantt chart
   • Pareto chart
   • Scatter chart
   • Burndown chart

3. When developing a project schedule, which of the following tools would be MOST beneficial?

   • Gantt chart
   • Network diagram
   • Fishbone chart
   • Chain diagram

4. Based on the table below:

   

   Which of the following is the critical path if Task B has extended to ten days?

   • 21 days
   • 23 days
   • 24 days
   • 26 days

5. Which of the following documents should the project manager complete if requirements have been defined, but neither a vendor nor a platform has been identified?

   • RFP
   • RFQ
   • RFI
   • SOW

6. Which of the following charts is a mathematical diagram used to display values for two variables for a set of data?

   • Histogram
   • Fishbone
   • Gantt
   • Scatter

7. Expenditure tracking helps with cost:

   • reporting
   • scheduling
   • discounting
   • floating

8. On an OBS chart, there is a dashed line between some team members and the project manager, and there is a solid line connecting other members to the project manager. Additionally, some employees at a lower level on the chart have no connection to the project manager.

   Which of the following does this signify?

   • Horizontally aligned organization
   • Vertically aligned organization
   • Matrix aligned organization
   • Project aligned organization

9. A project manager is determining a project’s critical path to report the projected completion date to stakeholders.

   Which of the following information will be required? (Choose two.)

   • Costs
   • Dependencies
   • Schedules
   • Durations
   • Holidays
   • Milestones

10. A project manager has developed the initial schedule for an upcoming project.

    

    Using the attached schedule, which of the following is the critical path?

    • 12 days
    • 14 days
    • 16 days
    • 17 days

11. A diagram or chart is required to illustrate data differences given the following:

    1. The diagram or chart must track at least two variables to determine the relationship between independent variables and include a regression or trend line.
    2. The diagram or chart should include cause and effect analysis and investigate historical information.

    Which of the following should be used given these requirements?

    • Pareto Chart
    • Ishikawa Diagram
    • Histogram
    • Probability distribution
    • Run chart
    • Scatter chart

12. During the planning phase, the project manager meets with the project team to determine the tasks and their relationship.

    Which of the following should the project manager receive from the team members? (Choose two.)

    • Durations
    • Start/finish dates
    • Dependencies
    • Resources
    • Baseline

13. Project status meetings have poor attendance. A SME from the hardware team dominates the meetings when questions are asked, not allowing input from other members.

    Which of the following steps should the PM take to make the meetings more productive? (Choose two.)

    • Facilitate the meetings by adhering to the agenda.
    • Encourage interaction among team members during the meetings.
    • Ensure meetings minutes are accurately recorded.
    • Adjust the number of meetings.
    • Change the number of action items.
    • Schedule impromptu meetings when the SME is absent.

14. A project team is identifying, rating the probability of, and determining the impact on potential problems throughout the project. The team is also including the corresponding actions to take.

    Which of the following activities does this describe?

    • Risk identification
    • Risk quantification
    • Risk planning
    • Risk qualification

15. A manufacturer is developing a product that will start in one week. The product has a delivery deadline of 90 days.

    Which of the following characteristics classifies this as a project?

    • Repetitive
    • Ongoing
    • Iterative
    • Temporary

16. Given the information in the table below, which of the following is the total project cost?

    

    • $40,000
    • $70,000
    • $95,000
    • $120,000

17. The design team and development team disagree about what technology should be used for a major requirement. A brainstorming meeting takes place, where both teams focus on the mutually agreed-upon deliverables.

    Which of the following conflict resolution techniques did the teams use?

    • Compromising
    • Smoothing
    • Confronting
    • Forcing

18. A project manager is analyzing the cost variances produced when comparing two different projects completions.

    

    Which of the following factors could be causing the increased variance for the four-month projects? (Choose two.)

    • Increased resource productivity
    • Increased resource allocation
    • Increased schedule variance
    • Increased labor cost
    • Increased labor overhead

19. One of the tasks on a project’s critical path is progressing too slowly. The team member who is responsible for completing the task is assigned to multiple projects with aggressive deadlines.

    Which of the following roles has the responsibility of resolving the issue?

    • CCB
    • PMO
    • Project sponsor
    • Project scheduler

20. A project manager is meeting with top management executives and presenting a project status report. The Chief Information Officer (CIO) and other executives complain that the meeting is taking too long and not providing summary information on the project’s progress.

    Which of the following should the project manager be presenting?

    • Project issue
    • Project dashboard
    • Project schedule
    • Project milestone