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PK0-005 Practice Question: A project manager is analyzing the impact of a…
A project manager is analyzing the impact of a proposed change on the project's schedule, cost, and quality. After the analysis, the change request is reviewed by a group of stakeholders who decide whether to approve it. This group is known as the:
⚠ Common exam trap
PK0-005 often tests the distinction between the steering committee and the change control board, so candidates pick steering committee because it sounds like the higher authority, missing that the CCB is the body that specifically approves change requests.
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Change control board
The group that reviews a change request and decides whether to approve it is the change control board (CCB). The CCB evaluates the impact analysis on schedule, cost, and quality and authorizes or rejects the change. This is the standard governance body defined in project management frameworks such as PMBOK.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Quality assurance team
Why it's wrong here
Quality assurance verifies that deliverables meet defined standards and processes; it holds no mandate to authorise scope, schedule or cost changes. It is the right group when the requirement is validating quality conformance rather than approving a change request.
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Steering committee
Why it's wrong here
A steering committee provides strategic direction and resolves escalated issues, but formal change approval rests with the change control board, which reviews the impact analysis and authorises, defers or rejects the request. Steering committees suit governance and prioritisation decisions, not routine change adjudication.
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Change control board
Why this is correct
The change control board is the formal stakeholder group that reviews analysed change requests and authorises, defers or rejects them, satisfying the stem's requirement for a body deciding approval after schedule, cost and quality impact analysis. Its authority is distinct from the requester and the performing team.
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Project team
Why it's wrong here
The project team performs the work and supplies impact estimates, but it does not hold authority to approve or reject change requests. It is the correct body when the task is assessing and implementing an approved change, not deciding its fate.
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