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Comptia Project + Project Management
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Making relevant information available to project stakeholders
defect repair
project life cycle
distribute information (Process)
specification
2. Identifying quality requirements and/or standards for the project and product and documenting how the project will demonstrate compliance
plan quality (Process)
resource leveling (Technique)
practice
scope
3. Deliverable or project work component at the lowest level of each branch of the work breakdown structure
template
scheduled start date (SS)
close project or phase (Process)
work package
4. Output from performing project management processes and activities. results include outcomes and documents.
Monte Carlo analysis
actual cost of work performed
request for information (RFI)
result
5. Risk response planning technique for a threat that creates changes to the project management plan that are meant to either eliminate the risk or to protect the project objectives from its impact.
specification limits
earned value (EV)
risk avoidance (Technique)
time scaled schedule network diagram (Tool)
6. Processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation - collection - distribution - storage - retrieval - and ultimate disposition of project information
project communications management (Knowledge Area)
develop project charter (Process)
acquire project team (Process)
plan risk management (Process)
7. Deliverable that is subject to approval by the project sponsor or customer
stakeholder
external deliverable
buyer
baseline
8. Bar chart showing the amount of time that a resource is scheduled to work over a series of time periods.
change control system (Tool)
resource histogram
resource leveling (Technique)
expected monetary value (EMV)
9. Determining which risks may affect the project and documenting their characteristics
scheduled finish date (SF)
plan quality (Process)
identify risks (Process)
resource breakdown structure
10. A documented tabulation of schedule activities that shows the activity description - activity identifier - and a sufficiently detailed scope of work description so project team members understand what work is to be performed
milestone schedule (Tool)
preventative action
product life cycle
activity list (Output/Input)
11. Collection of logically related project activities - usually culminating in the completion of a major deliverable. project phase is a component of the project life cycle
data date
analogous estimating (Technique)
project phase
schedule performance index (SPI)
12. Processes involved in estimating - budgeting - and controlling costs so that the project can be completed within the approved budget
monitor and control risks (Process)
near critical activity
fixed price incentive fee contract (FPIF)
project cost management (Knowledge Area)
13. Project schedule network diagram drawn in such a way that the position and length of the schedule activity represents its duration. bar chart that includes schedule network logic
project communications management (Knowledge Area)
master schedule (Tool)
time scaled schedule network diagram (Tool)
actual cost of work performed
14. Identifying early and late start dates as well as early and late finish dates for the uncompleted portions of project schedule activities
approved change request (Output/Input)
Monte Carlo simulation
schedule network analysis (Technique)
threshold
15. Summary level schedule that identifies the major schedule milestone
project schedule (Output/Input)
successor activity
milestone schedule (Tool)
failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) (Technique)
16. The time in calendar units between the actual start date of the schedule activity and either the data date of the project schedule if the schedule activity is in progress or the actual finish date if the schedule activity is complete
actual duration
technique
BCWP
monitor and control risks (Process)
17. Project schedule compression that changes network logic to overlap phases that would normally be done in sequence
fast tracking (Technique)
finish to start (FS)
Monte Carlo analysis
project phase
18. Dependency between two project schedule activities or between project schedule activity and schedule milestone.
lessons learned(Output/Input)
earned value (EV)
project procurement management (Knowledge Area)
logical relationship
19. Planning technique used to provide products - services and results that truly reflect customer requirements by translating those customer requirements into the appropriate technical requirements for each phase of project product development
workaround
budget at completion (BAC)
voice of the customer
scope creep
20. Measure of schedule efficiency on a project. ratio of earned value (EV) and the planned value (PV). SV = EV minus PV.
schedule performance index (SPI)
organizational process assets (Output/Input)
project management system (Tool)
stakeholder
21. Shortening the project schedule duration without reducing the project scope
s-curve
risk breakdown structure (RBS)
projectized organization
schedule compression
22. The process of defining and documenting stakeholder needs to meet project objectives
finish to finish (FF)
collect requirements (Process)
input (Process) input
methodology
23. Point in time associated with a schedule activities' start.
resource histogram
program
time scaled schedule network diagram (Tool)
start date
24. Defined systematic procedure employed by a human resource to perform an activity to produce a product or result or deliver a service that may employ one or more tools
technique
estimate (Output/Input)
float
path divergence
25. Those processes performed to finalize all activities across all project management process groups to formally close the project or phase
program management
closing processes (Process Group)
project risk management (Knowledge Area)
projectized organization
26. Narrative description of the project scope - including major deliverables - project assumptions - project constraints and a description of work that provides a documented basis for making future project decisions and for confirming or developing a co
schedule model (Tool)
reserve analysis (Technique)
project scope statement (Output/Input)
work package
27. Reserve
estimate at completion (EAC)(Output/Input)
buffer
late finish date (LF)
fast tracking (Technique)
28. The earliest point in time on which the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity can start - based on the schedule network logic - the data date and any schedule constraints.
early start date (ES)
earned value technique (EVT) (Technique)
work authorization
project phase
29. Any unique and verifiable product - result - or capability to perform a service that must be produced to complete a process - phase or project.
co-location (Technique)
manage project team (Process)
deliverable (Output/Input)
total float
30. The latest possible point in time that a schedule activity maybe completed based upon schedule network logic - the completion date and any constraints assigned to the schedule activities without violating a schedule constraint or delaying the project
plan communications (Process)
communications management plan (Output/Input)
late finish date (LF)
work breakdown structure (WBS) (Output/Input)
31. Formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables
failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) (Technique)
verify scope (Process)
tool
distribute information (Process)
32. Document that specifies in a complete precise verifiable manner the requirements - design behavior or other characteristics of a system component - product - result or service
project scope management (Knowledge Area)
project phase
percent complete
specification
33. The calculation of late finish dates and late start dates for uncompleted portions of all schedule activities. determined by working backward through the schedule network logic from the projects end date
determine budget (Process)
secondary risk
backward pass
change control board (CCB)
34. An estimating technique that uses a statistical relationship between historical data and other variables (sq. foot in construction - lines of code in software development) to calculate an estimate for activity parameters such as scope - cost - budget
parametric estimating (Technique)
pareto chart (Tool)
s-curve
rolling wave planning (Technique)
35. The expected total cost of a schedule activity - a work breakdown structure component or the project when the defined scope of work will be completed. Calculated based on performance to date or estimated by the project team based on other factors
estimate at completion (EAC)(Output/Input)
precedence relationship
portfolio management (Technique)
triggers
36. The right to apply project resources - expend funds - make decisions or give approvals
authority
node
risk
project cost management (Knowledge Area)
37. Smaller portion of the overall project created when a project is subdivided by their logical relationship
performing organization
subproject
assumptions analysis (Technique)
project scope
38. Document containing the results of the qualitative risk analysis - quantitative risk analysis and risk response planning. details all identified risks including description - category - cause - probability of occurring - impact on objectives - propos
assumptions
risk avoidance (Technique)
estimate activity resources (Process)
risk register (Output/Input)
39. The process of confirming human resource availability and obtaining team necessary to complete project assignments
network logic
project calendar
work package
acquire project team (Process)
40. Reviewing all change requests - approving changes - and managing changes to the deliverables - organizational process assets - project documents and project management plan
threat
lag (Technique)
perform integrated change control (Process)
project communications management (Knowledge Area)
41. Implementing risk response plans - tracking identified risks - monitoring residual risks - identifying new risks and evaluating risk process throughout the project
plan risk management (Process)
monitor and control risks (Process)
performance measurement baseline
risk register (Output/Input)
42. Modification that allows an acceleration of the successor activity.
early finish date (EF)
direct and manage project execution (Process)
lead (Technique)
assumptions
43. Significant point or event in the project
milestone
project life cycle
late finish date (LF)
application area
44. Amount of time that a schedule activity can be delayed without delaying the early start date of any immediately following schedule activities.
path divergence
free float
earned value (EV)
project management information system (PMIS) (Tool)
45. Number of labor units required to complete a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component
s-curve
to complete performance index (TCPI)
effort
objective
46. Organizational body or entity assigned various responsibilities related to the centralized and coordinated management of those projects under its domain.
project management office (PMO)
simulation
decision tree analysis (Technique)
procurement management plan (Output/Input)
47. Tracking - reviewing - regulating the progress to meet the performance objectives defined in the project management plan
change control
change control system (Tool)
monitor and control project work (Process)
project management information system (PMIS) (Tool)
48. The date up to or through which the project's reporting system has provided actual status and accomplishments. also called as-of date and time-now date.
data date
perform integrated change control (Process)
decision tree analysis (Technique)
activity attributes (Output/Input)
49. Any form of schedule network analysis in which scheduling decisions are driven by resource constraints
schedule compression
resource leveling (Technique)
template
value engineering
50. The document that describes the communications needs and expectations for the project; how and in what format information will be communicated; when and where each communication will be made; wan who is responsible for providing each type of communic
project schedule network diagram (Output/Input)
scope management plan(Output/Input)
communications management plan (Output/Input)
estimate activity resources (Process)