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Skills this practice test covers
- Compare project methodologies and apply change control, risk and issue management.
- Work through the discovery, initiation, planning, execution and closing phases.
- Build and maintain a schedule, and manage scope, resources and vendors.
- Choose project tools and read quality charts such as histograms and fishbone diagrams.
- Handle IT governance topics: ESG, information security, compliance and privacy in projects.
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PK0-005 exam content
4 domains · 50 topics · 226 of 734 questions are written for PK0-005
Project Management Concepts33%63 questions
The largest domain sets the core practices used across a project: choosing a methodology, controlling change and risk, and managing schedule, quality, communication and procurement.
Skills tested
- Compare Agile and Waterfall, and pick a methodology for a project's context.
- Apply change control, and identify and respond to project risks and issues.
- Build a schedule by sequencing activities and estimating resources and durations.
- Run meetings, manage the team, and evaluate vendors and contracts.
Questions by topic
- Compare and contrast Agile vs. Waterfall methodologies12
- Triple constraint (scope, time, cost)6
- Given a scenario, apply the project management framework4
- Project vs. program vs. portfolio6
- Organizational structures and their impact on projects9
- Summarize basics of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors6
- Project roles and responsibilities10
- Explain the basic characteristics of a project and various methodologies and frameworks used in IT projects2
- Project vs. operations4
- Risk identification and mitigation1
- Schedule development and management2
- Collaboration and communication tools1
Project Life Cycle Phases30%76 questions
This domain follows a project from end to end. It covers the discovery, initiation, planning, execution and closing phases and the artifacts each one produces.
Skills tested
- Explain discovery artifacts such as a business case and feasibility analysis.
- Produce a project charter, stakeholder list and responsibility assignment matrix at initiation.
- Plan scope, schedule, budget and communication for the project.
- Close a project by validating deliverables, closing contracts and archiving documents.
Questions by topic
- Monitoring and controlling processes5
- Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) creation4
- Stakeholder management throughout lifecycle6
- Closing phase procedures8
- Procurement management3
- Schedule development and management8
- Initiation phase activities7
- Risk identification and mitigation10
- Quality management processes4
- Change control processes7
- Project baselines and variance analysis2
- Planning phase components2
- Execution phase management2
- Project charter components5
- Budget planning and cost control3
Tools and Documentation19%45 questions
This domain covers the tools that track a project and the charts that show its health. It spans scheduling and collaboration tools and quality and performance charts.
Skills tested
- Use Gantt charts, burndown charts, risk registers and dashboards to track work.
- Compare communication, collaboration and scheduling tools.
- Read quality charts such as histograms, Pareto charts and fishbone diagrams.
Questions by topic
- Project charter components3
- Collaboration and communication tools6
- Kanban boards and task boards5
- Project management plan elements6
- Lessons learned documentation3
- Gantt charts and network diagrams6
- Burndown and burnup charts5
- Project baselines and variance analysis1
- Quality and performance charts4
- Version control and configuration management3
- Risk registers and issue logs2
- Status reports and dashboards1
Basics of IT and Governance18%42 questions
This domain connects projects to IT and to the rules around it. It covers ESG factors, information security, compliance and privacy, IT infrastructure and change control.
Skills tested
- Summarize ESG impacts and align a project with company values.
- Apply physical, operational and digital security to project data.
- Explain compliance and privacy duties such as confidentiality and legal impact.
- Describe IT infrastructure, cloud models and IT change control, including CI/CD.
Questions by topic
- Compliance requirements (GDPR, HIPAA, SOX)9
- DevOps and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD)8
- Service level agreements (SLAs)3
- Explain the importance of IT governance and compliance3
- Software development lifecycle (SDLC)2
- IT governance frameworks (COBIT, ITIL)2
- Business continuity and disaster recovery2
- Cybersecurity considerations in projects2
- Cloud computing concepts7
- Summarize basics of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors2
- IT infrastructure components2
Requirements
- No formal prerequisites: anyone can book the exam.
- Recommended: six to twelve months of hands-on experience managing projects in a technology setting.
- Recommended: a basic grasp of project management terms and of IT environments.
- Recommended: some exposure to Agile or Waterfall ways of working.
About the PK0-005 exam
PK0-005 is CompTIA Project+, a vendor-neutral certification for people who coordinate or manage small to medium technology projects. It covers project management concepts, the phases of the project life cycle, project tools and documentation, and the basics of IT and governance. Passing shows a candidate can plan a project, control changes and risk, and keep the work on scope. It fits both Agile and Waterfall ways of working.
The practice test follows the four domains, with the most questions in Project Management Concepts and the project life cycle, which carry the most weight on the exam. Each answer has an explanation that makes close choices clearer, such as a risk register against an issue log, or a histogram against a Pareto chart. Study Mode suits the governance domain, where ESG, security and compliance terms must be kept apart. Brainy AI Assistant can explain when to pick Agile over Waterfall, or which chart shows a sponsor that a project has slipped.
How to earn the certification
- Earns
- CompTIA Project+Entry-level to Intermediate
CompTIA Project+ is renewed through CompTIA's continuing education program.
- After
- CAPM Certified Associate in Project Management
PMI's entry project management certification, a common next step after Project+.
- PMP Project Management Professional
PMI's senior project management certification, for experienced project managers.
- CAPM Certified Associate in Project Management
How to prepare for PK0-005
- 1
Map the four domains
List the four domains and tick off each objective once it can be explained in one plain sentence. The two largest, Project Management Concepts and the life cycle, deserve the most study time.
- 2
Learn the life cycle in order
Walk one project through discovery, initiation, planning, execution and closing. Name the main artifact each phase produces, such as the charter at initiation.
- 3
Sort the tools from the charts
Group the project tools, such as Gantt charts and risk registers, apart from the quality charts, such as histograms and Pareto charts. Knowing which answers which question saves time.
- 4
Drill the governance vocabulary
The governance domain rests on exact terms: ESG, confidentiality, CI/CD, and staging against production. Use Flashcard Mode until each pair is easy to tell apart.
- 5
Take a timed run last
Work through the PK0-005 practice test in Study Mode one domain at a time, then take a full run in Timed Mode. Ask Brainy AI Assistant about every missed scenario question.
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CompTIA's own materials for this exam are CertMaster Learn and CertMaster Practice for Project+.
Who PK0-005 is for
- Project coordinators and junior project managers on small to medium projects.
- Team leaders and analysts who support technology project delivery.
- Technology staff stepping into project management work.
- Candidates who plan to pursue CAPM or PMP next.
Typical job titles: Project coordinator · Junior project manager · Project analyst · Business analyst · IT team lead · Scrum master
PK0-005 glossary
15 terms from the exam objectives and the vendor's official material, each defined in a sentence.
- Agile
- A way of running projects that delivers work in short cycles and adjusts as it goes.
- Burndown charts
- Charts that track the remaining work against time, common on Agile projects.
- Change control
- The process for requesting, assessing and approving changes to a project's scope or plan.
- CI/CD
- Continuous integration and continuous deployment: automating how software changes are built and released.
- ESG
- Environmental, social and governance factors a project is weighed against.
- Fishbone diagrams
- Diagrams that group the possible causes of a problem by category to find a root cause.
- Gantt charts
- Bar charts that show project activities against a timeline so schedule and overlap are visible.
- Issue logs
- Records of problems that have already occurred on a project, with their status and resolution.
- Kanban
- An Agile method that visualizes work on a board and limits how much is in progress at once.
- Pareto analysis
- A technique that ranks causes by how often they occur, to focus effort on the biggest few.
- Project charter
- The document that authorizes a project and states its goals, scope and main roles.
- Responsibility assignment matrices
- Grids that map project tasks to the people responsible for them.
- Risk register
- A list of a project's identified risks with their owners, ratings and planned responses.
- Scope creep
- The gradual, uncontrolled growth of a project's scope beyond what was agreed.
- Waterfall
- A way of running projects in fixed, sequential phases, each finished before the next begins.