You can see it againUnder pressure people bring back shapes and positions long after the wording has gone.
Picture superiority · Shepard 1967, Standing 1973
COMPTIACompTIA Project+
CompTIA Project+ certification validates the skills needed to manage small to medium-sized projects effectively. It is ideal for IT professionals who want to enhance their project management capabilities. This certification demonstrates your ability to plan, execute, and deliver projects on time and within scope.
Exam formatMultiple-choice and performance-based
Duration90 minutes
DeliveryPearson VUE
Passing score710 (on a scale of 100-900)
Free questions677
Content last reviewed 30 July 2026 · Up to date
The certification
What PK0-005 proves, and what it asks of you
What this certification covers, who it is written for, and what the exam itself looks like on the day.
4domains
24objectives
156concepts
US $300exam fee
What it is
What this certification is
What it validates, who it is written for, and the experience it assumes.
About this certification
The CompTIA Project+ certification is designed to teach IT professionals the essential skills required to manage projects successfully. It covers the entire project lifecycle, from initiation and planning to execution and closure, ensuring that projects are delivered on time and within budget.
This certification focuses on practical, hands-on skills to tackle real-world project challenges. It emphasizes effective communication, resource management, and the ability to adapt to various project constraints and influences.
Who it’s for
This certification is ideal for IT professionals who are involved in managing small to medium-sized projects. It is suitable for those who want to validate their project management skills and enhance their ability to lead projects successfully. The certification is also beneficial for individuals seeking to improve their communication and resource management skills in a project environment.
Recommended experience
Equivalent to 6–12 months of hands-on experience managing projects in a tech environment. Experience in planning and executing projects; Familiarity with project management tools and methodologies; Understanding of project lifecycle phases
The syllabus
What you’ll learn
Every domain and objective CompTIA measures, with the weight they carry on the exam.
The official CompTIA exam outline · checked 30 July 2026 · See the source
Project management concepts
- Project characteristics and methodologies
- Agile vs. waterfall
- Change control
- Risk management
- Issue management
- Schedule management
- Quality and performance management
- Communication management
- Meeting management
- Team and resource management
- Procurement and vendor selection
Project life cycle phases
- Discovery phase artifacts
- Project initiation
- Project planning
- Project execution
- Project closing
Tools and documentation
- Project tools
- Productivity tools
- Quality and performance charts
Basics of IT and governance
- Environmental, social, and governance (ESG)
- Information security
- Compliance and privacy
- IT concepts
- Change control
On the day
The exam itself
Everything CompTIA publishes about sitting it, and nothing we inferred.
Prerequisites
No mandatory prerequisites — this certification has no required predecessor exam or credential.
Exam codePK0-005
CertificationCompTIA Project+
Exam formatMultiple-choice and performance-based
Duration90 minutes
Passing score710 (on a scale of 100-900)
DeliveryPearson VUE
LanguagesEnglish, Japanese, Thai
PricingUS $300
After you pass
Where this credential goes next
The path CompTIA lays out, how the credential is kept, and where to book.
Step-by-step path to CompTIA Project+
Credential earnedCompTIA Project+ Certification Renewal and maintenance
Certifications must be renewed every three years through CEUs or retaking exams. Stay current with the latest technologies and maintain your certification.
Learn more about renewal requirements Lifecycle status
This certification is currently active and available. CompTIA maintains this certification to validate current skills and industry relevance.
Exam status: ActiveMaintained by CompTIA
Exam registration
Register for the exam through Pearson VUE, CompTIA’s authorized testing partner.
Schedule your examVisit the official CompTIA certification page for exam policies and requirements.
View the official pageYour coach
And when you are serious, your coach Pip takes over
Your coach in the app reads what you have answered with the book closed and tells you one thing to do tonight. It will not count an answer you gave with the page open, and it will tell you when you are not ready.
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Questions people ask
Is there a hands-on component in the Project+ exam?
Yes, the exam includes performance-based questions that assess practical skills.
What job roles does the Project+ certification map to?
It aligns with roles such as project manager, project coordinator, and team leader in IT environments.
Can I retake the Project+ exam if I fail?
Yes, you can retake the exam, but you must wait 24 hours after the first attempt and 14 days for subsequent attempts.
How do I schedule the Project+ exam?
You can schedule the exam through Pearson VUE's website, choosing either online or onsite options.
Are there any discounts available for the Project+ exam?
CompTIA occasionally offers discounts and bundles; check their official website for current promotions.
What are the ID requirements for the Project+ exam?
A valid government-issued photo ID matching the registration name is required at check-in.
Information freshness · Content last reviewed on 2026-07-30 Up to date
Practice free questions 677 questions, free, no account needed.
The curriculum
The whole exam, mapped and written
Every domain, every objective, and every concept CompTIA measures — each one written out.
4domains
24objectives
156concepts
145free pages
The domains, and what sits inside them
Every objective below is a page you can open and practise now, without an account.
The official CompTIA exam outline · checked 30 July 2026 · See the source
1Project management concepts325 questions
Project characteristics and methodologies10 concepts · 8 pagesOpen →Agile vs. waterfall6 concepts · 6 pagesOpen →Change control10 concepts · 8 pagesOpen →Risk management7 concepts · 7 pagesOpen →Issue management7 concepts · 7 pagesOpen →Schedule management4 concepts · 4 pagesOpen →Quality and performance management6 concepts · 6 pagesOpen →Communication management8 concepts · 6 pagesOpen →Meeting management4 concepts · 5 pagesOpen →Team and resource management8 concepts · 7 pagesOpen →Procurement and vendor selection9 concepts · 7 pagesOpen →
2Project life cycle phases130 questions
3Tools and documentation87 questions
Not a table of contents
Every line on this map already opens
In front of every objective the practice pages are already there, free and without an account. This is one objective, opened.
Project characteristics and methodologies8 pagesOpen →
Free in front of it
36 questions on this objective, five to a page. Every range above is a real page, open now, with no account.
Reading the map is not the same as knowing the ground
The curriculum tells you what is on the exam. Proving you know it is a different job — and it is the one the closed-book run does.
Free questions
677 questions. No account, no card.
The whole bank is open. 5 questions to a page, every answer explained, and a discussion thread on each one.
677questions
145pages
24objectives
Freealways
Browse by domain
Every objective, and every page range, is a link — so you can pick up exactly where you left off.
1Project management concepts325 questions
2Project life cycle phases130 questions
3Tools and documentation87 questions
4Basics of IT and governance135 questions
What a practice page gives you
1Five to a page
Short enough to finish, long enough to matter.
2Every answer explained
Not only which one is right — why the others are wrong.
3A discussion on each
Ask, answer, and vote. Every question has its own thread.
A question, and the idea behind it
Every question comes from a concept
These are not trivia. Each one is written against a concept in the book, so when you get one wrong there is somewhere to go and find out why.
The visual book
See it once. Carry it into the exam.
The pages shown here come from our AI-900 book — an example of how each concept is written in plain language and, where the idea needs one, drawn as a full page you can take in at a glance.
156concepts
677free questions
Why a picture, and not another paragraph
Three reasons, and each one is a real finding rather than a slogan.
You can see it againThe whole idea at onceWhere it starts, what happens in the middle, what comes out, and the mistake to avoid.
Multimedia principle · MayerThe look-alikes sit togetherThe pairs the exam tests are drawn side by side, so the difference is seen, not told.
Dual coding · PaivioWhat one page is made of
You are never asked to read a poster here — only to see how one is built. After that, every other page is legible at a glance.
1A numbered strip on top
The idea as a sequence, followed with a finger before a word is read.
2Panels for the parts
What it is, how the machine learns it, when it is the right tool.
3The trap, framed
The distinction the exam tests, given its own box instead of buried in prose.
4One line at the bottom
The sentence to carry into the exam room.
Open book, on purpose
Answer it with the picture beside you
This is the part that teaches. The illustration and the written explanation stay where they are while you work, so a scenario stops being a memory test and becomes something you can simply look at.
It teaches · it does not count
A smartphone uses AI to unlock when the owner looks at the camera. Which AI capability is being used?
AImage classification
BFacial recognition
COptical character recognition
DObject detection
Look at the five steps. Detect finds a face, align straightens it, encode turns it into numbers, search compares it with a stored face, and decide answers one question: is this the same person? Classification would only say “a face”. Detection would only draw a box. Neither decides whose.
Then the page shuts, and it starts counting
The same questions come back with the book closed — that run is the one that counts. After it, your coach picks one thing for tonight, sized to the time you have, and brings pages back before you lose them.
Testing effect · Roediger & Karpicke 2006 · spacing effect · Cepeda et al. 2006
Official resources
Straight from CompTIA
Where the exam is defined, scheduled and scored.
1official link
156concepts mapped
The source
CompTIA’s own pages
We link to them rather than repeat them, so nothing here goes stale behind them.
Checked against the source
Every objective on the official CompTIA outline already has questions here
We build from the official skills outline, not from a summary of it — 24 objectives, 156 concepts written under them, and free questions against every one. When CompTIA changes the outline, this page changes with it.
24objectives on the outline→156concepts written→677free questions
An official page tells you what will be asked. It cannot tell you what you will get right.
That is the only question worth answering the night before, and no link answers it. You answer it by taking the questions with the book closed, and seeing what comes back.