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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. Judgment provided based upon expertise in an application area - knowledge area - discipline - industry - etc. as appropriate for the activity being performed.
claim
scope baseline
expert judgment (Technique)
tool
2. Fixed date imposed on a schedule activity or schedule milestone. usually - start no earlier than - finish no later than
three point estimate (Technique)
imposed date
voice of the customer
actual duration
3. The enterprise whose personnel are directly involved in doing the work of the project
sub phase
performing organization
product life cycle
resource
4. 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.
project procurement management (Knowledge Area)
schedule performance index (SPI)
schedule baseline
opportunity
5. The merging or joining of parallel schedule network paths into the same node in a project schedule network diagram. characterized by a schedule activity with more than one predecessor activity
path convergence
authority
develop project charter (Process)
identify stakeholders (Process)
6. Document that describes how the project scope will be defined - developed and verified and how the work breakdown structure will be created and defined and that provides guidance on how the project scope will be managed and controlled by the project
scope management plan(Output/Input)
buyer
workaround
sub phase
7. Bar chart showing the amount of time that a resource is scheduled to work over a series of time periods.
project human resource management (Knowledge Area)
project phase
performing organization
resource histogram
8. Area of project management defined by its knowledge requirements and described in terms of its component processes - practices - inputs - outputs - tools and techniques
estimate to complete (ETC)(Output/Input)
work package
project communications management (Knowledge Area)
project management knowledge area
9. Risk that remains after risk responses have been implemented
residual risk
monitor and control project work (Process)
methodology
project management information system (PMIS) (Tool)
10. Risk response planning technique associated with threats that seeks to reduce the probability of occurrence or impact of a risk to below an acceptable threshold
schedule model (Tool)
project schedule (Output/Input)
projectized organization
risk mitigation (Technique)
11. Organizational body or entity assigned various responsibilities related to the centralized and coordinated management of those projects under its domain.
Monte Carlo analysis
pareto chart (Tool)
statement of work (SOW)
project management office (PMO)
12. 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
inspection (Technique)
project charter (Output/Input)
historical information
root cause analysis (Technique)
13. The sum of all budgets established for the work to be performed on a project or a work breakdown structure component or a schedule activity. the total planned value for the project
verify scope (Process)
influence diagram (Tool)
activity code
budget at completion (BAC)
14. Document that describes how procurement processes from developing procurement documentation through contract closure will be managed
procurement management plan (Output/Input)
flowcharting (Technique)
input (Process) input
node
15. List of project team members - their project roles and communication information
organizational breakdown structure (OBS) (Tool)
project team directory
verify scope (Process)
threshold
16. 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
identify risks (Process)
contract (Output/Input)
stakeholder
virtual team
17. The process of defining and documenting stakeholder needs to meet project objectives
collect requirements (Process)
bottom-up estimating (Technique)
change control
monitor and control risks (Process)
18. Project schedule compression that changes network logic to overlap phases that would normally be done in sequence
risk category
estimate activity durations (Process)
fast tracking (Technique)
distribute information (Process)
19. Performed to defined a new project or a new phase of an existing project by obtaining authorization to start the project or phase
initiating processes (Process Group)
change control board (CCB)
output (Process)
project management
20. Point in time that work was scheduled to finish on a schedule activity. called planned finish date
early finish date (EF)
triggers
develop human resource plan (Process)
scheduled finish date (SF)
21. A collection of formal documented procedures that define how project deliverables and documentation will be controlled - changed and approved. in most application areas - the change control system is a subset of the configuration management system
risk mitigation (Technique)
change control system (Tool)
opportunity
responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) (Tool)
22. 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
master schedule (Tool)
hammock activity
data date
parametric estimating (Technique)
23. Assumptions are factors that - for planning purposes - are considered to be true - real - or certain without proof or demonstration
project management system (Tool)
virtual team
baseline
assumptions
24. Group of potential causes of risk. such as technical - external - organizational - environmental - project management. a category may include subcategories
resource breakdown structure
project time management (Knowledge Area)
decision tree analysis (Technique)
risk category
25. 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
firm fixed price contract (FFP)
application area
conduct procurements (Process)
technique
26. 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
Monte Carlo analysis
product life cycle
collect requirements (Process)
threat
27. Calculation of the early start and early finish dates for the uncompleted portions of all network activities
risk register (Output/Input)
project life cycle
forward pass
monitor and control project work (Process)
28. The degree to which a set of inherent characteristics fulfills requirements
product life cycle
determine budget (Process)
quality
work breakdown structure component
29. Performing the work defined in the project management plan to achieve the project's objectives
direct and manage project execution (Process)
subproject
develop project charter (Process)
project risk management (Knowledge Area)
30. Identifying quality requirements and/or standards for the project and product and documenting how the project will demonstrate compliance
log
plan quality (Process)
project organization chart (Output/Input)
imposed date
31. A formal approved document that defines how the project is executed - monitored - and controlled.
project management plan (Output/Input)
finish date
rework
contingency reserve(Output/Input)
32. 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.
technical performance measurement (Technique)
human resource plan
earned value (EV)
activity list (Output/Input)
33. Assurance that a product - service or system meets the needs of the customer and other identified stakeholders
defect repair
validation
analogous estimating (Technique)
slack
34. Processes required to track - review and regulate the progress and performance of the project - identify any areas in which changes to the plan are required and initiate the corresponding changes.
practice
precedence diagramming method (PDM) (Technique)
monitor and controlling processes (Process Group)
trend analysis (Technique)
35. Adding features and functionality (project scope) without addressing the effects on time - costs - and resources or without customer approval
scope creep
decision tree analysis (Technique)
effort
project management plan (Output/Input)
36. Developing an approximation of the monetary resources needed to complete project activities
conduct procurements (Process)
staffing management plan
estimate costs (Process)
project
37. Method of resolving the total variance in the set of scope - cost - and schedule variables into specific component variances that are associated with defined factors affecting scope - cost and schedule variables
project quality management (Knowledge Area)
project
variance analysis (Technique)
plan risk response (Process)
38. Defining how to conduct risk management activities for a project
plan risk management (Process)
tool
program management
resource
39. 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
estimate at completion (EAC)(Output/Input)
identify stakeholders (Process)
schedule baseline
forward pass
40. A component of work performed during the course of a project
staffing management plan
manage project team (Process)
matrix organization
activity
41. Inclusive term - describes the sum of knowledge within the profession of project management. includes proven traditional practices that are widely applied and innovative practices that are emerging.
project management body of knowledge
decomposition (Technique)
planning package
time and material contract (T&M)
42. Graphic display of schedule related information.
specification
Gantt chart (Tool)
scope management plan(Output/Input)
project
43. An organizational placement strategy where the project team members are physically located close to one another in order to improve communication - working relationships and productivity
co-location (Technique)
time and material contract (T&M)
residual risk
administer procurements (Process)
44. Action taken to bring a defective or nonconforming component into compliance with requirements or specifications
technical performance measurement (Technique)
virtual team
grade
rework
45. 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
precedence diagramming method (PDM) (Technique)
project cost management (Knowledge Area)
contract (Output/Input)
slack
46. 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
perform integrated change control (Process)
estimate (Output/Input)
threshold
sensitivity analysis
47. Authorized budget assigned to the scheduled work to be accomplished for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component
contingency reserve(Output/Input)
perform integrated change control (Process)
project management team
planned value (PV)
48. Group of related schedule activities aggregated at some summary level and displayed as a single activity (at the summary level)
summary activity
distribute information (Process)
determine budget (Process)
project organization chart (Output/Input)
49. Dependency between two project schedule activities or between project schedule activity and schedule milestone.
communications management plan (Output/Input)
project risk management (Knowledge Area)
budget
logical relationship
50. Fixed price contract where the buyer pays the seller a set amount regardless of the sellers costs
firm fixed price contract (FFP)
material
closing processes (Process Group)
parametric estimating (Technique)