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PK0-005 Practice Question: A project manager is working on a project that…
A project manager is working on a project that has a very tight deadline. The project team consists of junior and senior members. The project manager notices that the junior members are making many mistakes that require rework from senior members. This is causing delays. What should the project manager do to improve efficiency?
⚠ Common exam trap
CompTIA often tests the misconception that adding more resources (Option D) or increasing oversight (Option A) can solve efficiency problems, when the actual issue is a lack of competence that requires skill development (Option B).
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Provide additional training and mentoring to junior members.
The root cause of the delays is the junior members' lack of skills, leading to errors that require rework. Providing targeted training and mentoring directly addresses this skill gap, enabling junior members to produce higher-quality work independently, which reduces rework and improves overall efficiency. This approach aligns with the project management principle of investing in team development to enhance performance under tight deadlines.
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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Implement a peer review process for all deliverables.
Why it's wrong here
A peer review process adds a checkpoint to every deliverable, consuming senior time on rework that training could prevent. It suits quality-critical projects with slack in the schedule. Here the deadline is tight and the root cause is junior skill gaps, so pairing juniors with seniors for mentoring addresses the errors directly.
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Provide additional training and mentoring to junior members.
Why this is correct
Junior members lack the skills causing rework, so targeted training and mentoring builds their competence directly, cutting error rates and freeing senior members from corrective work. This addresses the tight deadline by removing the rework bottleneck rather than adding process overhead.
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Assign all tasks to senior members to ensure quality.
Why it's wrong here
Reassigning everything to seniors removes junior rework but overloads the limited senior capacity, extending the critical path on a tight deadline. It is tempting because senior work needs less correction, yet the constraint is senior availability, so concentrating all tasks there reduces throughput rather than raising it.
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Increase the number of junior members to share the workload.
Why it's wrong here
Adding junior members increases the volume of error-prone work requiring senior rework, worsening the bottleneck rather than relieving it. It is tempting because adding capacity normally shortens schedules, but here the constraint is senior review time, so more juniors consume that scarce resource faster.
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