PK0-004 Online Practice Questions and Answers

The project manager was asked to provide recommendations for the removal of a vendor. A meeting was scheduled with the key stakeholders and the project sponsor to highlight the reasons for this recommendation.

Which of the following should the project manager bring to the meeting to support this recommendation? (Choose two.)

A. The issue log to show why the vendor should be replaced.

B. The team action items to show why the vendor should be replaced.

C. The scope statement to show why the vendor should be replaced.

D. A procurement plan to show why the vendor should be replaced.

E. A change management plan to have the vendor replaced.

A governance committee has just approved a new project. The project scheduler is now developing the project schedule. Which of the following activities should be done FIRST?

A. Add durations.

B. Add the start and finish dates

C. Add tasks.

D. Add resources.

An industry leader may be joining the project team and can potentially provide additional expertise. Which of the following strategies should the project manager employ?

A. Exploitation

B. Acceptance

C. Validation

D. Transfer

A task on the critical path will not be completed on time. The project manager is reviewing both the schedule and the risk register to create a corrective action plan. The project completion date and quality of the deliverable cannot change. Which of the following activities should the project manager perform NEXT?

A. Revise the project plan.

B. Update the issue log.

C. Request additional funding.

D. Issue a change request.

During an ad-hoc meeting, the PM notifies the sponsor that while the project is on schedule, material costs have increased and the project is over budget. To save the project, the PM request a material contract with a less expensive vendor. The sponsor approves the change, and project comes in within target tolerances. The company, however, receives numerous stakeholder complaints.

Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of these complaints?

A. The quality of the deliverable decreased due to the rising material cost.

B. The PM did not follow the project communication plan.

C. Quality assurance actions were not adjusted for the vendor change.

D. The change was not documented and approved.

A project manager is not going to finish a project on time but cannot change the deadline or add more budget. Which of the following types of change would allow the project manager to finish the project successfully?

A. Resources

B. Communication

C. Organization

D. Quality

A project manager is developing a risk management plan and has decided to score each risk based on composite score of impact and probability. In discussions with the project sponsor, they determined that all risks with a composite score lower than 1 will not receive further attention.

Which of the following risks should the project manager accept? (Choose two.)

A. 1

B. 2

C. 3

D. 4

E. 5

F. 6

Due to an overabundance of project issues reported at status meetings, a project manager wants to purchase a ticketing system to help manage the issues and impacts to the project.

Which of the following describes the information the new ticketing system would provide?

A. RTM

B. KPIs

C. BAC

D. ETC

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.

To maintain an active project's progress, the project manager does not acknowledge any opposing input that was provided. Which of the following techniques is this an example of?

A. Mitigating

B. Negotiating

C. Forcing

D. Avoiding

E. Accepting