This PK0-005 practice question tests your understanding of project management concepts. Read the scenario carefully and evaluate each option against the stated constraints before committing to an answer. After answering, compare your reasoning against the explanation and wrong-answer breakdown below. Once you have made your selection, read the full explanation to reinforce the concept and understand why each distractor is designed to mislead on exam day.
The sponsor asks the project manager to accelerate the project schedule without changing scope. Which technique should the project manager recommend?
Monte Carlo simulation
Why wrong: This is a modeling technique, not a compression technique.
Crashing
Correct. Crashing adds resources to compress schedule while maintaining scope.
Fast tracking
Why wrong: Fast tracking performs tasks in parallel, increasing risk, but also compresses schedule. However, crashing is more directly associated with adding resources.
Resource leveling
Why wrong: Resource leveling often extends the schedule.
Answer choices
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
Crashing
Crashing is the correct technique because it involves adding additional resources to critical path activities to compress the project schedule without altering scope. This directly addresses the sponsor's request to accelerate the schedule while keeping the project scope unchanged.
Key principle: Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Answer analysis
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
Monte Carlo simulation
Why it's wrong here
This is a modeling technique, not a compression technique.
Crashing
Why this is correct
Correct. Crashing adds resources to compress schedule while maintaining scope.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
Fast tracking
Why it's wrong here
Fast tracking performs tasks in parallel, increasing risk, but also compresses schedule. However, crashing is more directly associated with adding resources.
Resource leveling
Why it's wrong here
Resource leveling often extends the schedule.
Common exam traps
CompTIA often tests the distinction between crashing (adding resources) and fast tracking (parallel execution), where candidates mistakenly choose fast tracking because it sounds like a faster approach, but it risks rework and does not guarantee schedule compression without scope change.
Detailed technical explanation
Crashing works by analyzing the cost-time tradeoff for each critical path activity, selecting those with the lowest cost slope (cost per unit time saved) to add resources. In practice, crashing may involve overtime, hiring temporary staff, or using more expensive equipment, and it is most effective when applied to activities that are not resource-constrained. A real-world scenario is a software project where adding developers to a coding task reduces duration but increases communication overhead, so the project manager must evaluate diminishing returns.
Key takeaway
Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
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Project Management Concepts — This question tests Project Management Concepts — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
The correct answer is: Crashing — Crashing is the correct technique because it involves adding additional resources to critical path activities to compress the project schedule without altering scope. This directly addresses the sponsor's request to accelerate the schedule while keeping the project scope unchanged.
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