CompTIA CompTIA Project+ PK1-003 Questions & Answers

• Question 291:

  Within a corporation, project managers are assigned people based on defined roles and responsibilities. Project resources are temporarily provided to the project but still report the functional managers as well as the project manager. Which of the following styles of management is this also known as?

  A. Projectized management

  B. Matrix management

  C. Functional management

  D. SCRUM / agile

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 292:

  Two project resources have been involved in several heated arguments based on approaches to meet project requirements. The first resource is convinced that the requirement is invalid, whereas the second resource believes that the requirement is valid but should be solved a certain way. As a project manager, which of the following is a suitable conflict resolution approach to attempt to remedy the situation?

  A. Attempt `smoothing' and `negotiation' techniques

  B. Threaten to report both employees to HR due to bullying

  C. Make an executive decision as the project manager

  D. Escalate the matter to the project sponsor

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 293:

  Which of the following is typically the LAST step when acquiring a product or service from a vendor?

  A. Vendor selection

  B. Evaluate seller response

  C. Contract development

  D. Contract signing

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 294:

  A project is nearing completion. Which of the following tasks is required to ensure continuity after the project closes?

  A. Transition ownership to operational team

  B. Extended support delivered by project members

  C. Ensure the operation team provides warranty prior to handover

  D. Periodic training of project team resources

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 295:

  Which of the following can be used as a quality metric when performing quality planning?

  A. Quality control

  B. Cost benefit analysis

  C. Perform preventative actions

  D. Quality assurance

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 296:

  A project team is deciding on whether to "make or buy". As part of the decision-making process, the team decides to request a product update from key product suppliers. Which of the following should be used to facilitate this?

  A. RFQ

  B. RFI

  C. RFP

  D. Vendor selection

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 297:

  Which of the following is BEST suited for assigning resources to WBS tasks?

  A. WBS defines functional teams which should then be mapped to project scope items

  B. WBS contains the project schedule which should be used to determine timing of when to engage functional teams

  C. WBS defines the description of the end result delivered by the project

  D. WBS defines activities and deliverables that can be mapped to functional teams

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 298:

  A draft structure for a risk trackingsheet has been provided below:

  1.Risk identifier

  2.Risk status

  3.Risk description

  4.Mitigation steps

  5.Mitigation status

  Which of the following should be ADDED to the risk tracking sheet?

  A. Risk rating

  B. Stakeholder risk tolerance

  C. Revised project schedule

  D. Risk matrix

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 299:

  Which of the following scheduling algorithms establishes floats, durations, and paths between work schedule activities?

  A. AON

  B. PERT

  C. CPM

  D. GERT

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 300:

  During the course of a project, key stakeholders have requested new requirements after the business requirements document has already been signed off. Which of the following should have been performed earlier in the project in order to deal with this situation?

  A. Ensure that stakeholders understand that once requirements are approved the scope cannot be changed.

  B. Develop a clear communications flow between the project and business stakeholders.

  C. Perform multiple rounds of requirements solicitation before permanently locking down the scope.

  D. Agree on a process to deal with project change requests.

  Correct Answer: D