CompTIA Project+ Exam Questions and Answers
A project is moving into the next phase, and those involved with planning will not actually perform the work.
After the project team members have been identified and assigned to do the work, which of the following has changed?
A project sponsor is not being updated on the project as expected. Instead of receiving information on a monthly basis, the project sponsor wants to see it biweekly and requests the use of a collaboration site instead of email. Which of the following actions should the project manager perform?
A project’s stakeholders have not been informed of project updates and milestones by the CCB and project
team. The stakeholders have threatened to withdraw project support. Which of the following should the project
manager do to get buy-in from the stakeholders for the project?
In a multinational project, the project manager notices team members from a specific region frequently join meetings five minutes late. When the project manager attempts to resolve the issue, the functional manager is not concerned. This is an example of:
A project manager notices a lack of meeting attendance from the project team. Which of the following actions might the project manager take to BEST improve the level of attendance?
A team member has been consistently underperforming, and mentoring has not corrected the problem.
Which of the following actions should the project manager take?
Which of the following documents is a snapshot in time of a project during the execution phase?
A member of a CCB notices a change request was not approved by the steering committee. Which of the following is the BEST method to handle this situation?
A project team is executing a transition plan for a project. During which of the following project phases does this normally occur?
Which of the following characteristics would stakeholders MOST likely have?
The PMO has asked the PM to provide a status report indicating the number of events and activities required to complete a project. Which of the following charts should the PM include in the status report?
A project manager chose an architect based on the architect’s presentation, but company policy states vendors must be selected based on the lowest bid. Which of the following applies to this situation?
A company accepts a proposal from a third-party vendor to provide staffing. Which of the following documents should the project manager create NEXT?
A project manager wants to determine the percentage of a project's budgeted costs versus expenditures.
Which of the following calculations should the project manager perform?
A security breach was identified within a large company. The authentication server crashed, and employees are unable to access their accounts. Which of the following project constraints will MOST likely be impacted by this issue?
The project manager for a multinational project is evaluating the option of scheduling face quick responses to issues. Which of the following strategies is being applied?
Which of the following is the first document issued during the procurement process in a project?
Collaboration tools are BEST used instead of email when multiple people are:
A key stakeholder cannot identify within the resource management plan where the project manager has
authority to assign resources. Which of the following should the project manager use to answer the QUESTION NO:?
An influential stakeholder has left the organization. Which of the following documents MOST likely needs to be updated?
A project management team is discussing a potential risk event that would be devastating to the organization and prohibitively expensive to mitigate or insure against if it occurred. Which of the following is the BEST risk strategy to adopt?
During a meeting, a new member of the PMO says, “If this project fails, then the portfolio fails, and the program as a whole ultimately fails.”
Which of the following errors is the new PMO member making?
A project manager has been receiving conflicting feedback from a variety of team members about the deliverables of another team member. The project manager sets up a mandatory team meeting to discuss the issue. Which of the following BEST describes this approach?
A project team has just implemented an approved change to a project.
Which of the following should occur NEXT?
A project manager detects a defect in a project deliverable and suspects a team member missed a step during production.
Which of the following tools would be BEST for the project manager to use to confirm this suspicion?
A highly skilled, key project team member lacks technical writing skills. Documents are often misunderstood, and the wrong instructions are given.
To retain this key project team member, which of the following steps should the project manager take to BEST resolve the issue?
A project sponsor has repeatedly indicated dissatisfaction with the resjits o' several projects being managed by different individuals and consisting of different teams within the organization. Which of the following is the best action for management to take NEXT?
Which of the following project management tools provides an authoritative source of the project performance guidelines?
A stakeholder with whom the project manager has worked on numerous occasions drops by and requests that the project management add two small items to the application under development. The stakeholder has seen the value of these changes in other applications and assures the project manager they are easy, quick changes. Which of the following BEST describes how the project manager should respond?
A project manager realizes there is a significant risk event. Which of the following is the FIRST step the project manager should perform?
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) informs the project manager that a project must be completed six months earlier than previously scheduled. Which of the following is the BEST way for the project manager to respond?
A project manager realizes there is a lot of variability in the estimates received for task duration, primarily because more than one estimating source was used. While sequencing the tasks, the project manager wants to ensure the variability is accounted for within the network diagram. Which of the following network diagramming methods/techniques should the project manager use?
Given the following:
Which of the following is the duration of the critical path?
Which of the following is the BEST reason to use a burndown chart?
Analogous estimating was used earlier in a hauling project; however, through progressive elaboration, it is determined that the cost for fuel is much lower than anticipated. Which of the following types of project change should be submitted?
The responsibility of estimating how long a task will take belongs to the:
Task ID 3 did not start on time, and no work has been accomplished yet. Evaluate the schedule below:
Which of the following is MOST likely the cause?
A project team learns that potential remodeling on the production floor might occur during the execution phase of their project. The project team starts debating the different options available to keep delivering without adjusting the schedule. Which of the following risk activities is being performed?
Which of the following roles is MOST involved in checking the quality of the deliverables and supporting the project manager during the project?
Which of the following organization types requires the project manager to report performance issues to another
department?
A project manager needs to identify the resources assigned to a particular task.
In which of the following documents can this information be found?
A project coordinator logs potential events that can affect project constraints, and then records the results of brainstorming of potential strategies.
Which of the following documents should the project coordinator use?
A new project sponsor has joined the project team, and the constraints on the project have been reprioritized. The project cost was previously the most important factor, but the new sponsor has indicated that meeting a new, shorter deadline is the priority.
Which of the following effects is this MOST likely to have on the project?
A project manager received a change request, immediately documented the required changes, and evaluated the impact of and justification for the changes.
Which of the following should the project manager do NEXT?
A WBS is being developed for a project.
Which of the following would be BEST suited to contribute cost and time estimates for the project activities?
A milestone task on the critical path has been completed.
Which of the following should the project manager notify?
A non-stakeholder approaches the project manager and asks if certain items can be added to a project that was started two months earlier. Which of the following constraints does this impact MOST?
Which of the following describes how a project is related to a program?
The project sponsor has cut the resources required for project completion. The project manager cannot complete the project without additional resources.
Which of the following should the project manager do to obtain the resources?
Team members have reported that meetings are poorly attended and unproductive.
Which of the following steps can the project manager take to make the meetings more productive?
A new stakeholder has joined the project team and requested modifications that will result in minor changes to the project budget and schedule.
The project manager is concerned that the requests will lead to:
Which of the following inherently affects quality standards?
A project manager is providing the lessons learned for a project that ran over budget and produced poor quality deliverables. Which of the following should the project manager include as part of the lessons learned?
A team has been assembled and assigned a project to reduce recent, unanticipated production cost overruns. Which of the following tools should the project team select to determine the possible origins of the increased costs?
Which of the following elements should be included on a responsibility assignment matrix?
After identifying all known tasks, the project manager has started to sequence and set durations.
Which of the following describes how the project manager should BEST determine the initial sequence and durations?
An authorized change to a construction project was implemented. During the modification, the team identified a defect in which the change caused the building power output to be outside the KPPs.
Which of the following actions should the project manager take?
A project manager is trying to explain to a stakeholder why projects are progressively elaborated upon. Which of the following is the BEST explanation?
A vendor is unable to deliver an order by the specified date.
Which of the following should be the project manager’s NEXT steps? (Choose two.)
A project manager is releasing resources and archiving documents. Which of the following phases is the project MOST likely in?
Due to a new government regulation, a project change is required. The project manager evaluates the change and realizes a representative from the legal department will need to approve the change as well.
The project manager should:
Which of the following project documents should be used to record the occurrence of an unplanned event?
During the execution phase of a project, a project task has run longer than anticipated.
Which of the following is the new critical path of the project if Task 2 requires an additional two days to complete?
A project manager travels abroad to meet the offshore team and sends out a meeting invitation to review requirements. However, many team members decline the meeting invitation. The PM approaches one team member to determine why people are declining. The team member indicates the project manager scheduled the meeting at a time when employees typically have permission to take a nap. Which of the following is the project manager facing?
A project manager is assigned to a new project that must start immediately. No formal or approved documents have been authored for the project. The project manager must identify project roles, justify the business need, and determine project scope boundaries.
Which of the following documents should the project manager create?
An agreement document that is intended to prevent two or more organizations from sharing specific, confidential information with anyone but each other is called:
Two team members have concluded that documentation is not required due to the size of the current project. The project manager has encouraged them to align strictly within the process.
Which of the following conflict resolution techniques has the project manager utilized?
In which of the following categories does a business process change fit?
A software upgrade project has been postponed because it may impact a critical business system. Which of the following strategies has been applied?
The project manager of a global project constantly receives complaints from individuals at another location that some team members are not available after lunch on Fridays. This is acceptable to the project manager. Which of the following factors is the MOST likely cause for this scenario?
The executive sponsor asks a project manager to summarize the following for a project:
1. Final capital expenditures.
2. Anticipated cost of new employee resources to support the solution.
3. Maintenance estimates.
Which of the following information should the project manager provide?
A project team on a four-year project has a shortage of workspace within an office. Which of the following is the MOST viable solution for the project team while ensuring work hours are not wasted?
The business stakeholder has been engaged late and has just had a chance to review the approved requirements. Consequently, it has been identified that there are a number of gaps in the requirements which are critical to the stakeholders's business unit.
Which of the following actions should the project manager take?
A new project charter is being drafted.
Which of the following would be the BEST source for the high-level project requirements?
The project team is distributed throughout a single country. The scrum master has decided to hold remote "stand-ups" on a daily basis. Which of the following would be the MOST effective means to do this?
While working on risk ranking, the project team is unsure about the qualitative scales to be used for probability and impact. The project manager directs the team to look in the:
A project manager is creating the WBS.
In which of the following phases is the project?
Which of the following job roles is primarily tasked with communicating the project timeline changes?
A vendor has accepted a proposed project from a customer.
Which of the following is MOST likely to be the first document created by the project manager?
A project manager does not have enough time to complete several tasks on a critical path. The budget is a low concern. Which of the following should be used to complete the tasks on time?
A stakeholders asked for a change to the project. The project manager discussed and documented the desired change, and the proper authorities approved it.
Which of the following steps of the control was missed?
A project manager is meeting with top management executives and presenting a project status report. The Chief Information Officer (CIO) and other executives complain that the meeting is taking too long and not providing summary information on the project’s progress.
Which of the following should the project manager be presenting?
A project manager receives a call from the area regional building department and is informed that, upon inspection, waterlines from public water access to the project building do not meet local material and installation code specifications. Which of the following items BEST describes the unmet objective?
A local company is part of a hostile takeover by a multinational conglomerate. The Chief Executive Officer
(CEO) directs that all meetings be conducted via video conference to save costs and expedite communication.
This scenario is an example of:
During a CCB, a SME evaluated the impact and provided new information because of business process
changes for handling potential failure. Which of the following documents should be updated?
A customer has stated that meeting the project schedule and milestones takes priority and is, therefore, willing to spend additional funds to sustain operations. The project team must ensure completion of the:
A sponsor requests that the project team shorten the completion of a project by two months to give the sales team more leverage in renegotiating the contract with the client. The budgeted time is 500 hours, and the projected earned value is $30,000.
Which of the following represents the cost variance for both project completions?
A task on the critical path will not be completed on time. The project manager is reviewing both the schedule and the risk register to create a corrective action plan. The project completion date and quality of the deliverable cannot change. Which of the following activities should the project manager perform NEXT?
While developing a project schedule, the project manager is attempting to sequence the following tasks:
Which of the following is the correct sequence for the above tasks?
Which of the following provides tools and standard documentation for the project team?
A resource is assigned to two projects with two scheduled tasks that complete at the same time.
This is known as:
A vendor advises the project manager that a key component of the project is no longer available and recommends a higher-cost replacement. To have this change approved, the project manager submits a change request that contains which of the following?
Communication on a project is flowing well. Team members are motivated, and they are allowed to make decisions about their work.
Which of the following management styles is the project manager MOST likely using?
Which of the following documents serves the primary purpose of requesting details about a vendor’s capabilities?
Which of the following charts is a mathematical diagram used to values for two variables for a set of data?
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has changed the direction of a business and no longer needs one of the
divisions. A deal is reached to sell the division to a company in another state. Which of the following BEST
describes this type of organizational change?
A project manager has been experiencing resistance from a group of stakeholders.
With which of the following should the project manager consult to reduce friction going forward?
A senior developer abruptly resigned without notice. Because of the senior developer’s expertise, the active task workload was substantial.
This would likely impact the project’s: (Select two.)
A project manager is required to maintain various documents and procedures.
Which of the following require ongoing attention and periodic updates?
The project's network map has a loop with multiple project outcomes.
This is the result of which of the following scheduling tools?
Given the information in the table below, which of the following is the total project cost?
A project manager at a projectized organization is finishing the objective goals for the appraisal process. Performance goals have been identified for colocated individuals working on the team. Which of the following is the appropriate communication method for relaying the goals to the team members?
While preparing to plan a project, the project manager meets with the key stakeholders to determine the
flexibility between the project constraints. Which of the following techniques should the project manager
consider to reduce personal bias and increase buy-in?
An active project has a CPI of 0.92. Which of the following can be determined?
A team member has completed a project task. Which of the following is the FASTEST method to communicate the task completion?
When closing a project, which of the following must be completed to allow team members to return to their designated departments?
Which of the following activity sequencing techniques uses nodes to symbolize the dependencies of each activity?
A project manager is reviewing project performance. Which of the following would be the BEST indicator of the
total project cost?
During the planning phase of a construction project, the project team discovers the site is the nesting area birds, and construction could disrupt the bird’s patterns. Lobbyists would like the team to move the project down the road.
Which of the following constraint and influencer types are involved in this scenario?
A project sponsor has requested documentation to determine the scheduled activities for a project that is
running behind schedule. Which of the following documents should the project manager send to the sponsor to
quickly identify the project activities?
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has announced that the hardware division will be sold to another company.
The sale of this division is an example of which of the following?
Which of the following resources outlines consequences of non-performance?
A project team is identifying, rating the probability of, and determining the impact on potential problems throughout the project. The team is also including the corresponding actions to take.
Which of the following activities does this describe?
Which of the following are mutually binding project documents? (Select two.)
An organization has determined that all projects must use a remote dashboard to allow portfolio management. Which of the following would enforce this directive?
Task B is not planned to start until Task A is completed. Task A is delayed and will not be completed on time. Starting Task B prior to Task A completing is an example of:
A project scheduler has calculated the project’s critical path. Which of the following activities would most likely
occur NEXT?
A customer has requested a new feature be included in the next iterative release. The customer has agreed to
move a previously planned feature to a subsequent release and increase the budget. Which of the following is
the MOST appropriate scheduling action?
A key stakeholder asks the project manager for additional features. Which of the following documents should the project manager refer to before responding to this request?
