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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. Tracking team member performance - providing feedback - resolving issues and managing changes to optimize project performance
manage project team (Process)
influence diagram (Tool)
performing organization
lag (Technique)
2. Total costs actually incurred and recorded in accomplishing work performed during a given time period for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component. actual cost can sometimes be direct labor hours alone - direct costs alone - or all c
actual cost (AC)
portfolio management (Technique)
stakeholder
early start date (ES)
3. An artifact that is produced - is quantifiable and can be either an end item in itself or a component item
influence diagram (Tool)
virtual team
monitor
product
4. Hierarchal structure of resources by resource category and resource type used in resource leveling schedules and to develop resource limited schedules and which may be used to identify and analyze project human resource management
early finish date (EF)
resource breakdown structure
conduct procurements (Process)
project
5. Monitoring and recording results of executing the quality activities to assess performance and recommend necessary changes
monitor and control project work (Process)
perform quality control (Process)
identify risks (Process)
reserve
6. Documenting the actions necessary to define - prepare - integrate and coordinate all subsidiary plans
scope management plan(Output/Input)
develop project management plan (Process)
project
activity duration
7. Summary level project schedule that identifies the major deliverables and work breakdown structure components and key schedule milestones
produce scope
firm fixed price contract (FFP)
methodology
master schedule (Tool)
8. Float (total float - free float)
slack
organizational process assets (Output/Input)
plan quality (Process)
early start date (ES)
9. Developing options and actions to enhance opportunities and to reduce threats to project objectives
project schedule network diagram (Output/Input)
plan risk response (Process)
define activities (Process)
sensitivity analysis
10. Project schedule compression that changes network logic to overlap phases that would normally be done in sequence
fast tracking (Technique)
three point estimate (Technique)
lessons learned(Output/Input)
acquire project team (Process)
11. Schedule activity that determines when the logical successor activity can begin or end
sub network
portfolio
buffer
predecessor activity
12. Structure in which the project manager has full authority to assign priorities - apply resources and direct the work of persons assigned to the project
estimate activity durations (Process)
projectized organization
special cause
risk register (Output/Input)
13. 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.
authority
functional organization
performance measurement baseline
issue Point or matter in question or dispute
14. 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.
estimate activity durations (Process)
reserve
opportunity
percent complete
15. A product - result or service generated by a process
constraint (Input)
sensitivity analysis
distribute information (Process)
output (Process)
16. Deliverable or project work component at the lowest level of each branch of the work breakdown structure
performing organization
work package
develop schedule (Process)
network path
17. Aggregating the estimated costs of individual activities or work packages to establish an authorized cost baseline
sequence activities (Process)
preventative action
fixed price incentive fee contract (FPIF)
determine budget (Process)
18. 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
initiating processes (Process Group)
voice of the customer
develop project management plan (Process)
identify stakeholders (Process)
19. Summary level schedule that identifies the major schedule milestone
reserve
code of accounts (Tool)
milestone schedule (Tool)
schedule baseline
20. A request - demand or assertion of rights by a seller against a buyer or vice versa for consideration - compensation - or payment under the terms of a legally binding contract (such as for a disputed change)
claim
activity attributes (Output/Input)
voice of the customer
milestone
21. Examining or measuring to verify whether an activity - component - product - result of service conforms to specified requirements.
inspection (Technique)
fixed price incentive fee contract (FPIF)
practice
common cause
22. A diagram that describes a decision under consideration and the implications of choosing one or another of the available alternatives. it is used when some future scenarios or outcomes of actions are uncertain. it incorporates probabilities and costs
seller
decision tree analysis (Technique)
stakeholder
forward pass
23. Output from performing project management processes and activities. results include outcomes and documents.
sub network
result
activity
summary activity
24. Directing - managing - performing and accomplishing the project work - providing the deliverables and providing work performance information
execute
change control board (CCB)
sub phase
tool
25. Schematic display of the logical relationships among the project schedule activities. drawn from left to right.
project schedule network diagram (Output/Input)
requirements traceability matrix
baseline
assumptions analysis (Technique)
26. Skilled human resources - equipment - services - supplies - commodities - material - budgets or funds
perform quality assurance (Process)
perform quality control (Process)
schedule performance index (SPI)
resource
27. The formally documented identification of a defect in a project component with a recommendation to either repair the defect or completely replace the component
project management team
acceptance criteria
defect repair
project management body of knowledge
28. An approved plan for a project - plus or minus approved changes. it is compared to actual performance to determine if performance is within acceptable variance thresholds. generally refers to the current baseline - but may refer to the original or so
node
threshold
sequence activities (Process)
baseline
29. A category of projects that have common components significant in such projects - but are not needed or present in all projects. application areas are usually defined in terms of either the product or the type of customer or industry sector
start to finish (SF)
acquire project team (Process)
application area
earned value technique (EVT) (Technique)
30. Determining which risks may affect the project and documenting their characteristics
identify risks (Process)
direct and manage project execution (Process)
estimate activity durations (Process)
effort
31. Technique for estimating that applies a weighted average of optimistic - pessimistic and most likely estimates when there is uncertainty with the individual activity estimates
node
program evaluation and review technique (PERT)
slack
organizational process assets (Output/Input)
32. List of project team members - their project roles and communication information
verify scope (Process)
project risk management (Knowledge Area)
voice of the customer
project team directory
33. Person or organization that is actively involved in the project or whose interests may be positively or negatively affected by execution or completion of the project
project initiation management (Knowledge Area)
plan procurements (Process)
quality management plan (Output/Input)
stakeholder
34. Modification of a logical relationship that directs a delay in the successor activity. activity with a 10 day lag - cannot start until 10 days after an activity is finished
lag (Technique)
perform quality assurance (Process)
estimate costs (Process)
Delphi technique (Technique)
35. An entry in the work breakdown structure that can be at any level
activity code
contingency reserve(Output/Input)
risk breakdown structure (RBS)
work breakdown structure component
36. Degree - amount or volume of risk that an organization or individual will withstand
precedence relationship
successor activity
project management body of knowledge
risk tolerance
37. Document that provides for common and repeated use - rules - guidelines or characteristics for activities or their results
activity duration
expert judgment (Technique)
identify stakeholders (Process)
standard
38. 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.
schedule performance index (SPI)
data date
project risk management (Knowledge Area)
value engineering
39. Hybrid contractual arrangement containing aspects of both cost reimbursable and fixed price contracts. time and material contract have no definitive end - can grow. units are preset by the buyer and seller.
tool
lessons learned knowledge base
time and material contract (T&M)
effort
40. Deliverable oriented hierarchical decomposition of the work to be executed by the project team to accomplish the project objectives and create the required deliverables
specification limits
secondary risk
buffer
work breakdown structure (WBS) (Output/Input)
41. Analytical technique used to determine basic underlying reason that causes a variance or defect or risk
residual risk
root cause analysis (Technique)
distribute information (Process)
project management team
42. Identifying early and late start dates as well as early and late finish dates for the uncompleted portions of project schedule activities
risk mitigation (Technique)
scope creep
schedule network analysis (Technique)
start date
43. Processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation - collection - distribution - storage - retrieval - and ultimate disposition of project information
change requests
scheduled finish date (SF)
program management
project communications management (Knowledge Area)
44. Requirements imposed by a government body. government mandated compliance
stakeholder
regulation
forecast
project management process group
45. Continuously improving and detailing a plan as more detailed and specific information and more accurate estimates become available as the project progresses and thereby producing more accurate and complete plans that result from the successive iterat
progressive elaboration (Technique)
slack
plan procurements (Process)
risk register (Output/Input)
46. Something tangible used in performing an activity to produce a product or result
late start date (LS)
project calendar
sequence activities (Process)
tool
47. Estimating the type and quantities of material - people - equipment or supplies required to perform the activity
early start date (ES)
estimate activity resources (Process)
backward pass
develop project charter (Process)
48. Action taken to bring a defective or nonconforming component into compliance with requirements or specifications
rework
project management
performance reports (Output/Input)
conduct procurements (Process)
49. Risk that remains after risk responses have been implemented
deliverable (Output/Input)
residual risk
grade
simulation
50. Documented direction to perform an activity that can reduce the probability of negative consequences associated with project risks
estimate activity durations (Process)
workaround
decision tree analysis (Technique)
preventative action