PK0-005 Practice Test 25 — 15 Questions

Question 1

A project schedule is displayed as a bar chart showing tasks against a calendar. Which tool is being used?

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Gantt chart. A Gantt chart is a bar chart that displays project tasks against a calendar, showing start and end dates, dependencies, and progress. This matches the description in the question, making option B correct.

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PERT chart

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Network diagram

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Work breakdown structure

Question 2

A project team is in the storming stage of Tuckman's model. Which behavior is most likely observed?

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Team members challenge each other's ideas.. In Tuckman's model, the storming stage is characterized by conflict and competition as team members assert their ideas, challenge one another, and jockey for roles and influence. Challenging each other's ideas is the hallmark behavior of storming, as the team works through differences in working styles and expectations.

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Team members feel a sense of closure.

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Team members work together efficiently.

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Team members are polite and avoid conflict.

Question 3

A project manager is leading a global marketing campaign with team members in three countries and stakeholders who speak different languages. The project manager has created a detailed communication plan but is now receiving complaints that some stakeholders feel uninformed about major decisions. The project manager reviews the plan and notices that it specifies frequency and channels but does not address cultural differences or stakeholder influence levels. Which action should the project manager take to improve communication effectiveness?

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Perform a stakeholder analysis to identify influence, interest, and cultural preferences, then tailor the communication plan accordingly. The complaints stem from a communication plan that ignores stakeholder influence, interest, and cultural context. Conducting a stakeholder analysis and then tailoring channels, frequency, and content to each group directly fixes the gap. This approach ensures influential stakeholders receive appropriate engagement and that language and cultural preferences are respected across the three countries.

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Replace all written communication with weekly video conferences to ensure everyone receives the same message

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Increase the frequency of all project status emails to every stakeholder regardless of their role or interest

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Delegate all stakeholder communication to the regional team leads and stop direct communication from the project manager

Question 4

A project manager is preparing a stakeholder engagement approach for a project that will affect several departments. One department head has high influence over funding decisions but currently shows little interest in the project and has not responded to meeting invitations. According to a power/interest classification, how should the project manager treat this stakeholder?

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Keep satisfied by providing sufficient information to address concerns without overwhelming them. In the power/interest grid, a stakeholder who can significantly affect the project but shows limited current interest should be kept satisfied, receiving enough targeted information to prevent surprises without demanding active participation. Monitoring fits low-power, low-interest parties, while close management fits those who are both powerful and highly interested. Because this stakeholder controls funding, passive reporting would leave the project exposed to avoidable resistance.

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Monitor with minimal effort since low interest means the stakeholder is unlikely to affect the project

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Manage closely with frequent, detailed communication and joint decision-making

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Provide periodic status reports only, since the stakeholder has not requested additional information

Question 5

A project manager is closing out a project that was terminated early by the sponsor due to shifting business priorities. The deliverables were only partially completed, and several contracts remain open. What should the project manager do FIRST?

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Initiate the close project or phase process and document the reason for termination in the final report.. When a project is terminated early, the Close Project or Phase process is still mandatory. The project manager must document the termination reason, capture lessons learned, close open contracts, release resources, and archive project information. Initiating this process first ensures all subsequent closure activities are performed in a structured and documented manner, preserving organizational knowledge.

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Immediately release all team members and close all contracts before any documentation.

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Escalate to the PMO to determine whether the project should be reopened before taking any action.

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Transfer the remaining deliverables to the operations team without any formal closure activities.

Question 6

A project manager is reviewing the project charter for a new data migration project. The charter authorizes the project and names the project manager, but the project manager notices that the success criteria and high-level budget are vague. The sponsor is eager to start work immediately. What should the project manager do before proceeding with detailed planning?

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Request that the sponsor clarify and update the success criteria and high-level budget in the charter before planning begins. The charter must provide clear success criteria and a high-level budget to authorize and bound the project. When these are vague, the project manager should work with the sponsor to refine and update the charter before detailed planning. This ensures the plan is built on approved objectives and a realistic funding envelope, reducing the risk of misalignment and rework.

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Create a detailed work breakdown structure and cost estimate, then ask the sponsor to approve them without revisiting the charter

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Begin detailed planning immediately and clarify the success criteria and budget later during execution

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Escalate to the project management office and ask them to rewrite the charter without involving the sponsor

Question 7

A project manager has been assigned to deliver a new customer portal. The sponsor wants to know who holds ultimate accountability for the project's success and who can approve changes to the approved budget baseline. Which role should the project manager identify?

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The project sponsor. Accountability for project success and authority over the approved budget baseline belong to the sponsor, who funds the project and champions its business case. The project manager coordinates the work and submits change requests, but approval of baseline funding changes is a sponsor or change control board decision, which is why the sponsor is the role to identify.

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The project team

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The functional manager

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The project management office

Question 8

A project team uses a tool that shows only major events or deadlines, such as the start and end of phases. Which type of chart are they using?

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Milestone chart. A milestone chart is specifically designed to display only key events or deadlines, such as the start and end of project phases, rather than detailed task durations. It uses symbols (often diamonds) to mark significant points in time, omitting the granular task bars found in other charts. This matches the description of showing only major events or deadlines.

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Gantt chart

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Network diagram

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Burndown chart

Question 9

A project manager is midway through a data center migration when the sponsor announces that the organization will divest the business unit that owns the legacy systems being migrated. The divestiture removes the business need for half of the migration scope and shifts the completion deadline forward by two months. The sponsor asks the project manager to recommend the appropriate course of action. What should the project manager do FIRST?

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Submit a change request to reduce scope and compress the schedule, then update the project management plan once approved. When a business decision eliminates part of the project's scope and shortens its deadline, the project manager must channel the change through formal change control. Submitting a change request that documents the scope reduction and schedule compression, then updating baselines only after approval, keeps the project aligned with the revised business need while preserving an accurate record of what was authorized. Unilateral baseline edits or simply logging the event as a risk would leave the project ungoverned.

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Document the divestiture in the risk register and continue executing the original migration plan unchanged

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Immediately stop all migration work and release the project team until new direction is provided

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Update the scope statement, schedule baseline, and work breakdown structure directly to reflect the reduced scope and new deadline

Question 10

A project manager is closing out a fixed-price construction project. All deliverables have been accepted, final payment has been received, and the product has been transitioned to the operations team. The project manager is now compiling the final report and archiving records. Which of the following BEST describes the purpose of this activity?

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To capture lessons learned and confirm that all project work is formally completed and accepted.. Closing the project confirms that all work is complete, secures final acceptance, archives project documents, captures lessons learned, releases resources, and closes out procurements. Quality validation, risk reassessment, and contract negotiation all belong to earlier phases. The final report and archived records exist so the organization retains organizational process assets and can assess benefits realization.

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To validate that the product meets the quality requirements defined in the quality management plan.

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To negotiate the terms of the contract with the vendor before the warranty period begins.

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To reassess project risks and update the risk register for the remaining project work.

Question 11

A project manager is finalizing the resource management plan for a project that depends heavily on a scarce database administrator skill set. The sponsor asks which activities belong to the Acquire Resources process rather than to Plan Resource Management. Which TWO activities should the project manager identify? (Choose two.)

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Assigning the selected database administrators to project activities and confirming their availability.. Acquire Resources covers obtaining and confirming the human resources needed for the work, which in this scenario means negotiating for the scarce database administrators and assigning them to project activities. Defining roles, building a resource histogram, and estimating resource costs are planning activities that shape how resources will be managed, not the actions that actually secure and commit the people.

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Defining the roles, responsibilities, and reporting relationships for the project team.

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Estimating the cost of the database administrator time required for each work package.

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Creating a resource histogram that shows the number of resources needed per time period.

Question 12

A project manager is preparing for the first phase gate review. The sponsor wants assurance that the phase has met its exit criteria before funding the next phase. Which activity best supports this decision?

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Conducting a phase-end review to verify deliverables and confirm exit criteria are met.. Phase gate reviews verify that exit criteria and deliverables are met before authorizing the next phase, giving the sponsor a formal basis for continued funding. Benefit-cost analysis, engagement matrices, and resource calendars support other decisions but do not validate phase completion. The phase-end review is the activity that satisfies the sponsor's assurance request.

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Updating the stakeholder engagement assessment matrix with current positions.

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Reviewing the resource calendar to confirm team availability for the next phase.

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Performing a benefit-cost ratio calculation for the entire project.

Question 13

A project manager uses Monte Carlo simulation to analyze schedule risks. This technique is used to:

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Determine the probability of completing the project by a certain date. Monte Carlo simulation is a quantitative risk analysis technique that runs many iterations with random variables to produce a probability distribution of possible project outcomes, such as completion dates or costs. It answers questions like 'What is the probability of finishing by a certain date?' by modeling uncertainty in duration estimates.

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Create a risk breakdown structure

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Assign risk owners

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Identify individual risk events

Question 14

A project manager is preparing for the first phase gate review of a new product development effort. The gate requires that predetermined exit criteria be met before the next phase can begin. Which action best demonstrates that the project manager understands the purpose of a phase gate?

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Present the completed phase deliverables and obtain a go, no-go, or redirect decision from the governance body.. A phase gate is a governance decision point where exit criteria are evaluated and the project receives a go, no-go, or redirect decision. Routine reporting, re-baselining, and early procurement are not the gate's purpose and can even undermine it. The correct action is to present deliverables and secure the formal decision.

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Initiate the next phase's procurement activities so long-lead items are ordered before the gate decision.

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Re-baseline the schedule and cost baselines so the next phase starts with accurate targets.

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Update the risk register and issue a status report to stakeholders summarizing progress against the baseline.

Question 15

During project planning, the project manager creates a network diagram. Activity A has a duration of 5 days, Activity B has a duration of 3 days, and Activity C has a duration of 4 days. Activities A and B can start immediately. Activity C can start only after Activity A is complete. Activity B has no dependency on others. What is the duration of the critical path?

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9 days. The critical path is the longest sequence of dependent activities. Path A→C takes 5 + 4 = 9 days, while path B takes 3 days. Since A and B run in parallel and C depends on A, the project duration is determined by the longer path, A→C, which equals 9 days.

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7 days

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8 days

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12 days