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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.
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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. 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
stakeholder
quality
risk acceptance (Technique)
project procurement management (Knowledge Area)
2. Authorized budget assigned to the scheduled work to be accomplished for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component
planned value (PV)
decision tree analysis (Technique)
scope
define activities (Process)
3. Collection of generally sequential - non overlapping product phases whose name and number are determined by the manufacturing and control needs of the organization.
project charter (Output/Input)
direct and manage project execution (Process)
product life cycle
residual risk
4. Formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables
master schedule (Tool)
verify scope (Process)
application area
risk
5. Specific type of management activity that contributes to the execution of a process and that may employ one or more techniques and tools
threat
resource breakdown structure
practice
project initiation management (Knowledge Area)
6. Logical relationship where initiation of the work of the successor schedule activity depends upon the initiation of the work of the predecessor schedule activity
project initiation management (Knowledge Area)
start to start (SS)
perform integrated change control (Process)
preventative action
7. 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
seller
forward pass
schedule baseline
residual risk
8. A short unique numeric or text identification assigned to each schedule activity to differentiate that project activity from other project activities. typically unique within any one project schedule network diagram
flowcharting (Technique)
activity identifier
project management team
s-curve
9. The process of prioritizing risks for further analysis or action by assessing and combining their probability of occurrence and impact
pareto chart (Tool)
initiating processes (Process Group)
data date
perform qualitative analysis (Process)
10. Technique for estimating that applies a weighted average of optimistic - pessimistic and most likely estimates when there is uncertainty with the individual activity estimates
activity attributes (Output/Input)
project initiation
program evaluation and review technique (PERT)
float
11. Quantitative risk analysis and modeling technique used to determine which risks have the most potential impact on the project. typical display of results is in the form of a tornado diagram
verify scope (Process)
perform quality control (Process)
procurement documents (Output/Input)
sensitivity analysis
12. Launching a process that can result in the authorization of a new project
manage stakeholder expectations (Process)
earned value technique (EVT) (Technique)
risk acceptance (Technique)
project initiation
13. Approach to optimize project life cycle costs - save time - increase profits - improve quality - expand market share - solve problems - and use resources more effectively
risk category
value engineering
early start date (ES)
actual cost of work performed
14. Output from performing project management processes and activities. results include outcomes and documents.
master schedule (Tool)
result
expert judgment (Technique)
resource calendar
15. 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.
earned value technique (EVT) (Technique)
work breakdown structure component
data date
acceptance criteria
16. The value of work performed expressed in terms of the approved budget assigned to that work for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component. ALSO BCWP.
earned value (EV)
product life cycle
project management office (PMO)
project schedule network diagram (Output/Input)
17. Fixed price contract where the buyer pays the seller a set amount regardless of the sellers costs
role
perform qualitative analysis (Process)
firm fixed price contract (FFP)
log
18. Risk response planning technique that indicates the project team has decided not to change the project management plan to deal with a risk - or is unable to identify any other suitable response strategy
scope management plan(Output/Input)
risk acceptance (Technique)
Delphi technique (Technique)
sub network
19. One or more numerical or text values that identify characteristics of the work or in some way categorize the schedule activity that allows filtering and ordering of activities within reports
planning package
activity code
threat
defect repair
20. Centralized management of one or more portfolios - which includes identifying - prioritizing - authorizing - managing and controlling projects - programs and related work - to achieve specific strategic business objectives
data date
portfolio management (Technique)
schedule baseline
to complete performance index (TCPI)
21. Estimate of the amount of work that has been completed on an activity or a work breakdown structure component
perform quantitative analysis (Process)
request for information (RFI)
logical relationship
percent complete
22. Adding features and functionality (project scope) without addressing the effects on time - costs - and resources or without customer approval
request for quotation (RFQ)
scope creep
finish to start (FS)
project risk management (Knowledge Area)
23. Type of procurement document used to request price quotations from prospective sellers of common or standard products or services
request for quotation (RFQ)
project procurement management (Knowledge Area)
schedule network analysis (Technique)
project charter (Output/Input)
24. 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.
common cause
functional organization
collect requirements (Process)
deliverable (Output/Input)
25. Those criteria - including performance requirements and essential conditions which must be met before project deliverables are accepted
portfolio
project schedule network diagram (Output/Input)
methodology
acceptance criteria
26. A subsystem of the overall project management system. it is a collection of formal documented procedures used to apply technical and administrative direction and surveillance to identify and document the functional and physical characteristics of a p
verify scope (Process)
configuration management system (Tool)
develop project management plan (Process)
scope baseline
27. Documenting the actions necessary to define - prepare - integrate and coordinate all subsidiary plans
backward pass
external deliverable
predecessor activity
develop project management plan (Process)
28. Describes when and how human resource requirements will be met
performing organization
Delphi technique (Technique)
rework
staffing management plan
29. 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
early finish date (EF)
organizational breakdown structure (OBS) (Tool)
risk management plan (Output/Input)
activity duration
30. 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
backward pass
project human resource management (Knowledge Area)
communications management plan (Output/Input)
project manager
31. Graphical representation of situations showing causal influences - time ordering of events and other relationships among variables and outcomes
resource breakdown structure
resource leveling (Technique)
project schedule network diagram (Output/Input)
influence diagram (Tool)
32. Narrative description of products - services or results
scheduled start date (SS)
assumptions
risk breakdown structure (RBS)
statement of work (SOW)
33. 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
performance reports (Output/Input)
risk management plan (Output/Input)
develop human resource plan (Process)
objective
34. Something tangible used in performing an activity to produce a product or result
early finish date (EF)
requested change(Output/Input)
tool
authority
35. Determining project stakeholder information needs and defining a communication approach
finish to start (FS)
plan communications (Process)
perform quantitative analysis (Process)
reserve analysis (Technique)
36. Collection of projects or programs and other work that are grouped together to facilitate effective management of that work to meet strategic business objectives
workaround
portfolio
float
output (Process)
37. Processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation - collection - distribution - storage - retrieval - and ultimate disposition of project information
project communications management (Knowledge Area)
change control
specification limits
request for quotation (RFQ)
38. Sum of products - services and results to be provided as a project
scope
triggers
estimate activity durations (Process)
inspection (Technique)
39. Management methodology for integrating scope - schedule and resources and for objectively measuring project performance and progress. performance is measured by determining the budgeted cost of work performed (earned value) and comparing it to the ac
quality management plan (Output/Input)
rolling wave planning (Technique)
earned value management (EV
projectized organization
40. Condition or situation unfavorable to the project - a negative set of circumstances - a negative set of events - a risk that will have a negative impact on a project objective if it occurs - or a possibility for negative changes
grade
performing organization
threat
product life cycle
41. Condition or capability that must be met or possessed by a system - product - service result or component to satisfy a contract - standard - specification or other formally imposed document.
change control system (Tool)
performing organization
requirement
technical performance measurement (Technique)
42. Analytical procedure in which each potential failure mode in every component of a product is analyzed to determine its effect on the reliability of that component and - by itself or in combination with other possible failure modes - on the reliabilit
early start date (ES)
perform quality assurance (Process)
activity duration
failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) (Technique)
43. Documents and presentations that provide organized and summarized work performance information - earned value management parameters and calculations - and analyses of project work progress and status
decomposition (Technique)
performance reports (Output/Input)
identify risks (Process)
summary activity
44. 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
simulation
project procurement management (Knowledge Area)
project cost management (Knowledge Area)
schedule management plan (Output/Input)
45. Total number of work periods required to complete a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component.
duration (DU or DUR)
schedule baseline
lag (Technique)
forward pass
46. 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
change control board (CCB)
project management information system (PMIS) (Tool)
influence diagram (Tool)
actual duration
47. Identifying quality requirements and/or standards for the project and product and documenting how the project will demonstrate compliance
claim
initiating processes (Process Group)
plan quality (Process)
functional organization
48. Shortening the project schedule duration without reducing the project scope
project management office (PMO)
project team directory
monitor and control project work (Process)
schedule compression
49. Person or group that provides financial resources in cash or in kind for the project
brainstorming (Technique)
sponsor
plan risk response (Process)
acceptance criteria
50. Bar chart showing the amount of time that a resource is scheduled to work over a series of time periods.
seller
resource histogram
close project or phase (Process)
material