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PK0-005 Practice Question: During a status meeting, a team member reports…
During a status meeting, a team member reports that a task is taking longer than estimated. The project manager updates the task's remaining duration in the project schedule. This action is part of which process?
⚠ Common exam trap
Candidates often confuse the broad 'Monitor and Control Project Work' (which oversees all project work) with the specific 'Control Schedule' process, which is the correct home for updating task-level duration data.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Control schedule
Updating the remaining duration of a task in the project schedule during a status meeting is a corrective action taken to reflect actual progress. This directly aligns with the Control Schedule process, which involves monitoring the status of project activities and managing changes to the schedule baseline. The project manager is not directing work (A), creating the initial schedule (B), or performing high-level monitoring (D); they are actively adjusting the schedule based on performance data.
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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Direct and manage project work
Why it's wrong here
This process focuses on executing planned work.
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Develop schedule
Why it's wrong here
Develop Schedule is performed during planning.
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Control schedule
Why this is correct
Control Schedule involves monitoring and adjusting the schedule.
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Monitor and control project work
Why it's wrong here
This is an umbrella process; the specific action is schedule control.
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