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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. Hierarchically organized depiction of the project organization arranged so as to relate the work packages to the performing organizational units
organizational breakdown structure (OBS) (Tool)
milestone schedule (Tool)
communications management plan (Output/Input)
node
2. Collection of projects or programs and other work that are grouped together to facilitate effective management of that work to meet strategic business objectives
portfolio
project manager
contract (Output/Input)
expected monetary value (EMV)
3. Formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables
estimate costs (Process)
verify scope (Process)
human resource plan
subproject
4. Learning gained from the process of performing the project
early finish date (EF)
project scope statement (Output/Input)
acceptance criteria
lessons learned(Output/Input)
5. The earliest point in time on which the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity (or the project) can finish - based on the schedule network logic - the data date and any schedule constraints.
work package
early finish date (EF)
communications management plan (Output/Input)
issue Point or matter in question or dispute
6. Formally documented change request that is submitted for approval to the integrated change control process
requested change(Output/Input)
project risk management (Knowledge Area)
functional organization
influence diagram (Tool)
7. Approved specific version of the detailed scope statement - work breakdown structure (WBS) and its associated WBS dictionary
milestone
manage project team (Process)
scope baseline
flowcharting (Technique)
8. Processes required to manage the timely completion of a project
risk avoidance (Technique)
project time management (Knowledge Area)
program management
perform quantitative analysis (Process)
9. 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.
milestone schedule (Tool)
constraint (Input)
closing processes (Process Group)
risk avoidance (Technique)
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
estimate (Output/Input)
plan communications (Process)
risk register (Output/Input)
early finish date (EF)
11. Document that provides for common and repeated use - rules - guidelines or characteristics for activities or their results
forecast
staffing management plan
standard
inspection (Technique)
12. 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
performance reports (Output/Input)
precedence diagramming method (PDM) (Technique)
contract (Output/Input)
earned value technique (EVT) (Technique)
13. Skilled human resources - equipment - services - supplies - commodities - material - budgets or funds
monitor and control project work (Process)
project organization chart (Output/Input)
plan risk management (Process)
resource
14. Developing options and actions to enhance opportunities and to reduce threats to project objectives
plan risk response (Process)
acceptance criteria
reserve analysis (Technique)
risk acceptance (Technique)
15. A mutually binding agreement that obligates the seller to provide the specified product or service or result and obligates the buyer to pay for it
risk mitigation (Technique)
methodology
contract (Output/Input)
estimate activity durations (Process)
16. 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
path convergence
baseline
product life cycle
performance measurement baseline
17. Document issued by the project initiator or sponsor that formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides the project manager with the authority to apply organization resources to the project activities
three point estimate (Technique)
project charter (Output/Input)
statement of work (SOW)
enterprise environmental factors (Input/Output)
18. Collecting and distributing performance information - including status reports - progress measurements and forecasts
report performance (Process)
buyer
Delphi technique (Technique)
reserve
19. Term used in precedence diagramming method for a logical relationship in current usage. precedence relationship - logical relationship and dependency are interchangeably used
precedence relationship
schedule model (Tool)
master schedule (Tool)
project schedule (Output/Input)
20. 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.
master schedule (Tool)
BCWP
early start date (ES)
Delphi technique (Technique)
21. The time in calendar units between the start and finish of a schedule activity
project time management (Knowledge Area)
activity duration
workaround
BCWS
22. Significant point or event in the project
network path
log
variance
milestone
23. Monitoring and recording results of executing the quality activities to assess performance and recommend necessary changes
perform quality control (Process)
estimate activity durations (Process)
invitation for bid (IFB)
template
24. 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
scope creep
percent complete
configuration management system (Tool)
performing organization
25. Determining which risks may affect the project and documenting their characteristics
planning package
identify risks (Process)
change control system (Tool)
requirement
26. Collect project performance data with respect to a plan - produce performance measures and report and disseminate performance information
collect requirements (Process)
monitor
sponsor
technical performance measurement (Technique)
27. A point that is not settled or is under discussion or over which there are opposing views or disagreements
develop human resource plan (Process)
issue Point or matter in question or dispute
forecast
expert judgment (Technique)
28. Project schedule compression that changes network logic to overlap phases that would normally be done in sequence
early finish date (EF)
fast tracking (Technique)
contingency reserve(Output/Input)
perform quality control (Process)
29. Something tangible used in performing an activity to produce a product or result
project management knowledge area
project schedule (Output/Input)
tool
planning package
30. 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
monitor and control project work (Process)
defect
forward pass
earned value management (EV
31. 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
Monte Carlo analysis
risk category
estimate to complete (ETC)(Output/Input)
schedule baseline
32. 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
objective
sub phase
responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) (Tool)
risk acceptance (Technique)
33. Processes required to ensure that the project includes all the work required and only the work required to complete the project successfully
project schedule network diagram (Output/Input)
requested change(Output/Input)
produce scope
project scope management (Knowledge Area)
34. Organizational body or entity assigned various responsibilities related to the centralized and coordinated management of those projects under its domain.
procurement management plan (Output/Input)
work breakdown structure dictionary
project management office (PMO)
earned value technique (EVT) (Technique)
35. Identifying early and late start dates as well as early and late finish dates for the uncompleted portions of project schedule activities
schedule network analysis (Technique)
estimate (Output/Input)
root cause analysis (Technique)
claim
36. 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.
influence diagram (Tool)
perform quantitative analysis (Process)
opportunity
develop project management plan (Process)
37. Collection of generally sequential - non overlapping product phases whose name and number are determined by the manufacturing and control needs of the organization.
identify stakeholders (Process)
flowcharting (Technique)
pareto chart (Tool)
product life cycle
38. Schedule network diagramming technique in which schedule activities are represented by boxes or nodes. schedule activities are graphically linked by one or more logical relationships to show the sequence in which the activities are performed
project communications management (Knowledge Area)
project management office (PMO)
precedence diagramming method (PDM) (Technique)
start date
39. Total amount of time that a schedule activity maybe delayed from its early start date without delaying the project finish date or violating a schedule constraint.
total float
project management
project life cycle
report performance (Process)
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
voice of the customer
work breakdown structure (WBS) (Output/Input)
requirement
work breakdown structure component
41. 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.
scope change
sponsor
portfolio management (Technique)
data date
42. Identifying - documenting - approving or rejecting and controlling changes to the project baselines
common cause
rework
preventative action
change control
43. Document used to record and describe or denote selected items identified during execution of a process or activity
opportunity
issue Point or matter in question or dispute
procurement documents (Output/Input)
log
44. Indications that a risk has occurred or is about to occur. also called risk symptoms or warning signs. should be watched or monitored in the risk monitoring and control process.
triggers
resource calendar
special cause
constraint (Input)
45. Information system consisting of tools and techniques to gather - integrate and disseminate the outputs of project management processes.
project management information system (PMIS) (Tool)
project manager
work breakdown structure component
root cause analysis (Technique)
46. The aggregate of things used by an organization in any undertaking such as equipment - apparatus - tools - machinery - gear - material.
start date
free float
project scope statement (Output/Input)
material
47. Logical relationship where completion of work of the successor activity cannot finish until the completion of work of the predecessor activity.
validation
performance measurement baseline
finish to finish (FF)
BCWS
48. Type of procurement document used to request price quotations from prospective sellers of common or standard products or services
resource breakdown structure
assumptions analysis (Technique)
request for quotation (RFQ)
organizational process assets (Output/Input)
49. Group of persons with a shared objective who fulfill their roles with little or no time spent meeting fact to face.
virtual team
sub phase
schedule model (Tool)
output (Process)
50. Someone with management authority over an organizational unit within a functional organization.
functional manager
scheduled finish date (SF)
actual duration
invitation for bid (IFB)