PK0-005 Practice Test 27 — 15 Questions

Question 1

A project manager is reviewing the issue log and notices an issue with high priority that has not been resolved. The project manager has tried to resolve it but cannot. What should the project manager do next?

Choose an answer to begin — your selection is scored in the full session.

Accepted Answer

Escalate the issue to the project sponsor.. When a project manager has exhausted their own authority and resources and an issue remains unresolved, the correct escalation path is to raise it to the project sponsor, who has the organizational authority and budget to remove blockers beyond the PM's control. Escalation is a standard PMBOK-aligned action for high-priority issues that the PM cannot resolve.

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Update the risk register to reflect the issue.

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Reassign the issue to a different team member.

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Close the issue as unresolved.

Question 2

A project sponsor asks for a report showing the planned vs. actual cost performance. Which project document contains the necessary data to create this report?

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Cost baseline. The cost baseline is the approved version of the project budget, including contingency reserves, against which actual cost performance is measured. It provides the planned cost data (budgeted cost of work scheduled) and, when combined with actual cost data from the project's accounting system, enables the calculation of cost variance and cost performance index for the report. The sponsor's request for planned vs. actual cost performance directly requires the cost baseline as the reference document.

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Stakeholder engagement plan

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Requirements traceability matrix

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Work breakdown structure

Question 3

Which TWO of the following activities are typically performed during the initiation phase of a project?

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Develop the project charter. Option C, develop the project charter, is correct because the charter is the document that formally authorizes the project and is a hallmark deliverable of the initiation phase, establishing the project's purpose, objectives, and high-level authority. Option E, identify stakeholders, is correct because stakeholder identification is an initiating process (per PMBOK's Initiating Process Group) that occurs early to capture everyone affected by or able to influence the project. By contrast, option A (define project scope), option B (develop the project schedule), and option D (create the work breakdown structure) are all planning-phase activities, since scope definition, scheduling, and WBS decomposition happen after the project is authorized and during the Planning Process Group.

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Define project scope

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Develop the project schedule

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Create the work breakdown structure

Question 4

Which THREE components are typically included in a project management plan?

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Schedule baseline. The project management plan is the formal, approved document that defines how the project is executed, monitored, and controlled. The schedule baseline (B), cost baseline (D), and scope baseline (E) are three of the key baselines that collectively form the performance measurement baseline (PMB) against which project performance is measured. These baselines are formally approved and can only be changed through a formal change control process.

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Issue log

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Stakeholder register

Question 5

Based on the change request log exhibit, what should the project manager do next regarding the change requests?

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Process CR-01 through the change control board. CR-01 is submitted with high priority, so the project manager should ensure it is reviewed and processed by the change control board.

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Reject CR-01 to avoid scope creep

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Implement CR-02 and CR-03 immediately

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Inform the requester that CR-04 was rejected

Question 6

A project manager is overseeing a construction project. The team uses a shared spreadsheet to track project issues. Recently, the spreadsheet has become cluttered with duplicate entries and outdated information. The project manager wants to implement a more structured approach for issue tracking. The tool must allow team members to submit issues, assign owners, set priorities, and track resolution progress. Additionally, it should generate reports for stakeholders. Which tool should the project manager choose?

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An issue tracking system such as Jira or a help desk ticketing system. An issue tracking system such as Jira or a help desk ticketing system is purpose-built to capture issues, assign owners, set priorities, track resolution status, and generate reports for stakeholders. It provides structured workflows, audit trails, and reporting dashboards that a spreadsheet cannot match. This directly addresses the clutter, duplication, and outdated information problems described.

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A shared spreadsheet with conditional formatting

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A risk register template

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An email distribution list for issue reporting

Question 7

A project has been completed, and the project manager is conducting a lessons learned session and archiving project documents. Which project life cycle phase is being performed?

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Closing. Lessons learned sessions and archiving of project documents are classic Closing phase activities. The Closing phase (or Closing Process Group) encompasses finalizing all activities across all process groups, obtaining formal acceptance, transitioning deliverables, releasing resources, and capturing organizational process assets such as lessons learned and archived records.

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Initiating

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Planning

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Executing

Question 8

During which stage of Tuckman's team development model do team members begin to resolve conflicts and establish norms?

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Norming. In Tuckman's model, the Norming stage is when team members resolve their differences, develop cohesion, and establish agreed-upon norms and working practices. Conflict from the Storming stage is worked through, and the team begins to function as a coordinated unit. This is the third of the four stages: Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing.

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Forming

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Performing

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Storming

Question 9

A project has a CPI of 0.8 and an SPI of 1.1. Which statement describes the project's performance?

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Over budget and ahead of schedule. A CPI of 0.8 means the project is over budget (cost performance index below 1.0 indicates costs are higher than planned). An SPI of 1.1 means the project is ahead of schedule (schedule performance index above 1.0 indicates more work completed than planned). Therefore the project is over budget and ahead of schedule.

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Under budget and behind schedule

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Over budget and behind schedule

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Under budget and ahead of schedule

Question 10

A project manager is developing a project charter. Which of the following is typically included in the project charter?

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High-level project description and product description. The project charter is a high-level document that authorizes the project and provides a summary of its purpose and key elements. A high-level project description and product description are core components of the charter, as they define the project's scope and deliverables without going into execution-level detail.

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Detailed work breakdown structure (WBS)

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Communication plan with stakeholder details

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Risk register with identified risks and responses

Question 11

Which THREE of the following are responsibilities of a project manager? (Select THREE).

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Communicating project status to stakeholders. Option B is correct because a project manager is responsible for regularly communicating project status, progress, risks, and performance to stakeholders through status reports, meetings, and other channels. Option C is correct because developing the project management plan — integrating scope, schedule, cost, quality, resource, communications, risk, procurement, and stakeholder management baselines — is a core PM responsibility. Option E is correct because managing the project team, including acquiring, developing, motivating, and directing team members to achieve project objectives, falls directly under the project manager's role. Option A is not a PM responsibility because issues escalated beyond the project manager's authority are typically resolved by the project sponsor, steering committee, or senior management. Option D is not a PM responsibility because securing project funding is normally the sponsor's or executive management's role, while the PM manages the approved budget.

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Resolving escalated issues beyond PM authority

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Securing project funding

Question 12

A project manager is developing a network diagram for a software rollout. Activity D (3 days) can start only after Activity C (2 days) finishes, and Activity E (4 days) can start when Activity C starts. Activities D and E must both finish before Activity F (1 day) begins. What type of dependency exists between Activity C and Activity E?

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Start-to-Start (SS). The dependency between Activity C and Activity E is Start-to-Start (SS) because Activity E can start when Activity C starts. In project management, a Start-to-Start relationship means the successor activity cannot begin until the predecessor activity begins. Here, E's start is tied to C's start, not C's finish, so SS is correct.

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Start-to-Finish (SF)

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Finish-to-Start (FS)

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Finish-to-Finish (FF)

Question 13

A project manager has identified a risk with a probability of 0.4 and an impact of $50,000. What is the risk score?

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$20,000. Risk score in classic project risk management is calculated as probability multiplied by impact (expected monetary value). With a probability of 0.4 and an impact of $50,000, the risk score is 0.4 × 50,000 = $20,000. This represents the expected value of the risk exposure.

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$70,000

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$50,000

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$12,500

Question 14

A project has a dependency where the software must be coded before it can be tested. This is an example of which type of dependency?

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Mandatory dependency. A dependency where software must be coded before it can be tested is a mandatory dependency because it is inherent to the nature of the work — testing cannot logically occur before coding. Mandatory dependencies are also called hard logic and are typically required by physical, contractual, or logical constraints. This is not a matter of preference or external influence, so it is not discretionary or external.

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Discretionary dependency

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Resource constraint

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External dependency

Question 15

An agile team uses a burnup chart to track progress. Which THREE pieces of information are typically shown on a burnup chart?

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Total work scope line. A burnup chart typically plots three things: the total work scope line (Option A), which shows the overall project size and can rise or fall as scope changes; the time axis (Option D), usually sprints or dates along the horizontal axis; and completed work over time (Option E), the line that climbs toward the scope line as work is finished. Together these let an agile team see both progress and scope changes, which is the burnup chart's defining purpose. Velocity (Option B) is a separate metric often shown on velocity charts or bar graphs, not a standard burnup chart element. Remaining work (Option C) is the characteristic line of a burndown chart, which decreases over time, rather than a burnup chart, which tracks completed work.

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Velocity

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Remaining work