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Comptia Project + Project Management
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Instructions:
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. Document describing how project risk management will be structured and performed on the project. contains the list of project risks - the results of risk analysis and risk responses
direct and manage project execution (Process)
risk management plan (Output/Input)
project management office (PMO)
portfolio management (Technique)
2. Logical relationship where initiation of the work of the successor schedule activity depends upon the initiation of the work of the predecessor schedule activity
claim
start to start (SS)
milestone schedule (Tool)
regulation
3. Approximating the number of work periods needed to complete individual activities with estimated resources
log
estimate activity durations (Process)
project management body of knowledge
assumptions
4. Calendar of working days or shifts that establishes those dates on which schedule activities are worked and nonworking days that determine those dates on which schedule activities are idle
schedule compression
perform quality control (Process)
project calendar
plan procurements (Process)
5. Structure that relates the project organizational breakdown structure to the work breakdown structure to help ensure that each component of the project scope of work is assigned to a person or team
communications management plan (Output/Input)
work package
responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) (Tool)
firm fixed price contract (FFP)
6. Area of project management defined by its knowledge requirements and described in terms of its component processes - practices - inputs - outputs - tools and techniques
close project or phase (Process)
project management knowledge area
change control
perform qualitative analysis (Process)
7. Directing - managing - performing and accomplishing the project work - providing the deliverables and providing work performance information
grade
execute
monitor and control project work (Process)
variance analysis (Technique)
8. Specific type of management activity that contributes to the execution of a process and that may employ one or more techniques and tools
seller
buffer
practice
project management knowledge area
9. 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
sequence activities (Process)
project phase
report performance (Process)
develop project charter (Process)
10. 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
buffer
risk breakdown structure (RBS)
execute
risk register (Output/Input)
11. Logical relationship where initiation of work of the successor activity depends on the completion of work of the predecessor activity
root cause analysis (Technique)
finish to start (FS)
quality
forward pass
12. Identifying quality requirements and/or standards for the project and product and documenting how the project will demonstrate compliance
scope management plan(Output/Input)
plan quality (Process)
master schedule (Tool)
project management body of knowledge
13. Logical grouping of project management inputs - tools and techniques and outputs. includes initiating processes - planning processes - executing processes - monitoring and controlling processes and closing processes. NOT project phases
precedence relationship
value engineering
lessons learned knowledge base
project management process group
14. Assumptions are factors that - for planning purposes - are considered to be true - real - or certain without proof or demonstration
virtual team
resource breakdown structure
variance
assumptions
15. 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
develop project charter (Process)
activity list (Output/Input)
manage stakeholder expectations (Process)
project quality management (Knowledge Area)
16. Specific version of the schedule model used to compare actual results to the plan to determine if preventive or corrective action is needed to meet the project objectives
schedule baseline
execute
BCWS
close project or phase (Process)
17. Reviewing all change requests - approving changes - and managing changes to the deliverables - organizational process assets - project documents and project management plan
Monte Carlo analysis
perform integrated change control (Process)
total float
project charter (Output/Input)
18. The aggregate of things used by an organization in any undertaking such as equipment - apparatus - tools - machinery - gear - material.
material
logical relationship
budget
enterprise environmental factors (Input/Output)
19. Extending or generating parallel schedule network paths from the same node in a project schedule network diagram. characterized by schedule activity with more than one successor activity
path divergence
budget
perform qualitative analysis (Process)
expert judgment (Technique)
20. A formally constituted group of stakeholders responsible for reviewing - evaluating - approving - delaying or rejecting changes to a project - with all the decisions and recommendations being recorded
distribute information (Process)
conduct procurements (Process)
project phase
change control board (CCB)
21. Output from performing project management processes and activities. results include outcomes and documents.
requirements traceability matrix
start to start (SS)
result
triggers
22. Evaluation of whether or not a product - service - or system complies with a regulation - requirement - specification or imposed condition.
project quality management (Knowledge Area)
plan risk management (Process)
reserve analysis (Technique)
verification
23. Permission and direction to begin work on a specific schedule activity or work package or control account. sanctions project work to ensure that the work is done by the identified organization - at the right time - and in the proper sequence
project charter (Output/Input)
firm fixed price contract (FFP)
change requests
work authorization
24. Something toward which work is to be directed - a strategic position to be attained - or a purpose to be achieved - a result to be obtained - a product to produced or a service to be performed
flowcharting (Technique)
change control board (CCB)
objective
work breakdown structure dictionary
25. Hierarchal organization where each employee has one clear superior and staff are grouped by areas of specialization and managed by a person with expertise in that area.
execute
decision tree analysis (Technique)
develop project team (Process)
functional organization
26. Adding features and functionality (project scope) without addressing the effects on time - costs - and resources or without customer approval
scope creep
float
project management process group
monitor and control project work (Process)
27. Implementing risk response plans - tracking identified risks - monitoring residual risks - identifying new risks and evaluating risk process throughout the project
influence diagram (Tool)
monitor and control risks (Process)
approved change request (Output/Input)
project risk management (Knowledge Area)
28. Expected cost needed to complete all the remaining work for a schedule activity - work breakdown structure component or project.
estimate to complete (ETC)(Output/Input)
residual risk
calendar unit
standard
29. Quantifiable deviation - departure or divergence away from a known baseline or expected value
project phase
variance
assumptions analysis (Technique)
projectized organization
30. Process which generates hundreds or thousands of probable performance outcomes based on probability distributions for cost and schedule on individual tasks. the outcomes are used to generate a probability distribution for a project as a whole.
change control system (Tool)
Monte Carlo simulation
scope
project life cycle
31. A condition or situation favorable to the project - a positive set of circumstances - a positive set of events - a risk that will have a positive impact.
variance
opportunity
network logic
assumptions analysis (Technique)
32. Developing an approximation of the monetary resources needed to complete project activities
estimate costs (Process)
late start date (LS)
plan risk management (Process)
claim
33. Float (total float - free float)
manage project team (Process)
calendar unit
slack
budget at completion (BAC)
34. Number of labor units required to complete a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component
common cause
close procurements (Process)
practice
effort
35. Source of variation that is not inherent in the system - is not predictable - and it intermittent. also referred to as assignable cause.
monitor and control risks (Process)
functional manager
special cause
project management
36. Determining project stakeholder information needs and defining a communication approach
pareto chart (Tool)
plan communications (Process)
seller
acceptance criteria
37. The process of obtaining seller responses - selecting a seller and awarding a contract
actual cost of work performed
conduct procurements (Process)
standard
project initiation
38. Defining how to conduct risk management activities for a project
plan risk management (Process)
program
risk breakdown structure (RBS)
successor activity
39. Type of procurement document whereby the buyer requests a potential seller to provide various pieces of information related to a product or service or seller capability
result
executing processes (Process Group)
request for information (RFI)
risk tolerance
40. Identifying - documenting - approving or rejecting and controlling changes to the project baselines
grade
change control
material
project scope statement (Output/Input)
41. Analytical technique used to determine basic underlying reason that causes a variance or defect or risk
application area
functional manager
root cause analysis (Technique)
workaround
42. Analyzing activity sequences - durations - resource requirements and schedule constraints to create the project schedule
human resource plan
plan risk response (Process)
develop schedule (Process)
specification
43. Point in time associated with a schedule activities' start.
project management knowledge area
start date
project phase
baseline
44. Structure in which the project manager has full authority to assign priorities - apply resources and direct the work of persons assigned to the project
project management body of knowledge
executing processes (Process Group)
Delphi technique (Technique)
projectized organization
45. Project model that translates the uncertainties specified at a detailed level into the potential impact on objectives that are expressed at the level of the total project. Monte Carlo Analysis
triggers
simulation
change requests
work performance information
46. The time in calendar units between the start and finish of a schedule activity
change control board (CCB)
tool
activity duration
expected monetary value (EMV)
47. 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)
resource
performing organization
develop project management plan (Process)
48. System of practices - techniques - procedures and rules used by those who work in a discipline
risk breakdown structure (RBS)
time and material contract (T&M)
methodology
schedule management plan (Output/Input)
49. Something tangible used in performing an activity to produce a product or result
risk acceptance (Technique)
slack
work breakdown structure component
tool
50. Aggregation of the processes - tools - techniques - methodologies - resources and procedures to manage a project
lessons learned knowledge base
project management system (Tool)
role
risk register (Output/Input)