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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. 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
schedule performance index (SPI)
monitor and control project work (Process)
change control board (CCB)
flowcharting (Technique)
2. A point in time associated with schedule activity's completion.
authority
contingency reserve(Output/Input)
finish date
risk mitigation (Technique)
3. 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.
resource histogram
earned value (EV)
acquire project team (Process)
risk
4. Processes required to ensure that the project includes all the work required and only the work required to complete the project successfully
fast tracking (Technique)
project scope management (Knowledge Area)
successor activity
progressive elaboration (Technique)
5. Those processes performed to finalize all activities across all project management process groups to formally close the project or phase
closing processes (Process Group)
threat
collect requirements (Process)
actual cost (AC)
6. Partially complete document in a predefined format that provides a defined structure for collecting - organizing and presenting information and data
successor activity
approved change request (Output/Input)
work performance information
template
7. The process of obtaining seller responses - selecting a seller and awarding a contract
conduct procurements (Process)
estimate activity resources (Process)
inspection (Technique)
earned value technique (EVT) (Technique)
8. Analysis. a statistical technique that calculates the average outcome when the future includes scenarios that may or may not happen. used in decision tree analysis.
change requests
logical relationship
expected monetary value (EMV)
portfolio
9. Document used to record and describe or denote selected items identified during execution of a process or activity
project human resource management (Knowledge Area)
log
program
planning package
10. Cost - time - quality - technical or resource value used as a parameter and which may be included in product specification. crossing the threshold should trigger some action.
communications management plan (Output/Input)
scope
direct and manage project execution (Process)
threshold
11. 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.
earned value (EV)
functional organization
summary activity
sponsor
12. The right to apply project resources - expend funds - make decisions or give approvals
project management knowledge area
authority
probability and impact matrix (Tool)
finish to finish (FF)
13. An artifact that is produced - is quantifiable and can be either an end item in itself or a component item
parametric estimating (Technique)
activity duration
late finish date (LF)
product
14. Summary level schedule that identifies the major schedule milestone
sub network
actual cost (AC)
milestone schedule (Tool)
estimate activity durations (Process)
15. A component of work performed during the course of a project
specification
lessons learned knowledge base
verify scope (Process)
activity
16. Process of numerically analyzing the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives
perform quantitative analysis (Process)
finish to finish (FF)
objective
estimate to complete (ETC)(Output/Input)
17. Uncertain event or condition that has a positive or negative effect on projects objectives
request for proposal (RFP)
duration (DU or DUR)
technique
risk
18. A planning technique that subdivides the project scope and project deliverables into smaller - more manageable components - until the project work associated with accomplishing the project scope and providing the deliverables is defined in sufficient
planned value (PV)
assumptions
decomposition (Technique)
firm fixed price contract (FFP)
19. Planned dates for performing schedule activities and planned dates for meeting schedule milestones
project scope
project schedule (Output/Input)
backward pass
project team directory
20. Application of knowledge - skills - tools and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements
decomposition (Technique)
stakeholder
workaround
project management
21. The statue - quality or sense of being restricted to a given course of action or inaction. an applicable restriction or limitation - either internal or external to a project - which will affect the performance of the project or a process.
estimate activity resources (Process)
contract (Output/Input)
acquire project team (Process)
constraint (Input)
22. 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
performance measurement baseline
brainstorming (Technique)
simulation
enterprise environmental factors (Input/Output)
23. Any of all external environmental factors and internal organizational environmental factors that surround or influence the projects success. these factors are from any or all of the enterprises involved in the project and include organizational cultu
identify risks (Process)
enterprise environmental factors (Input/Output)
planned value (PV)
performance reports (Output/Input)
24. Compares technical accomplishments during project execution to the project management plan's schedule of planned technical achievements.
historical information
budget
value engineering
technical performance measurement (Technique)
25. Specific type of management activity that contributes to the execution of a process and that may employ one or more techniques and tools
practice
project scope
estimate activity durations (Process)
predecessor activity
26. Information and data on the status of the project schedule activities being performed to accomplish the project work collected as part of the direct and manage project execute processes. Information includes: status of deliverables - implementation s
request for proposal (RFP)
work performance information
threat
path divergence
27. 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
probability and impact matrix (Tool)
schedule model (Tool)
progressive elaboration (Technique)
program
28. 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
duration (DU or DUR)
methodology
objective
assumptions analysis (Technique)
29. Document that provides for common and repeated use - rules - guidelines or characteristics for activities or their results
validation
risk management plan (Output/Input)
project manager
standard
30. Examining or measuring to verify whether an activity - component - product - result of service conforms to specified requirements.
schedule management plan (Output/Input)
monitor and control risks (Process)
lead (Technique)
inspection (Technique)
31. Type of procurement document used to request proposals from prospective sellers of products or services.
rework
request for proposal (RFP)
trend analysis (Technique)
effort
32. Category or rank used to distinguish items that have the same functional use but do not share the same requirements for quality
work breakdown structure (WBS) (Output/Input)
grade
project communications management (Knowledge Area)
scope change
33. Model used in conjunction with manual methods or project management software to perform schedule network analysis to generate the project schedule for use in managing the executing or a project
expert judgment (Technique)
milestone schedule (Tool)
schedule model (Tool)
schedule compression
34. Defining how to conduct risk management activities for a project
network path
defect repair
plan risk management (Process)
float
35. Calculated projection of cost performance that must be achieved on the remaining work to meet a specified management goal. ratio of remaining work to funds remaining
project
identify stakeholders (Process)
estimate at completion (EAC)(Output/Input)
to complete performance index (TCPI)
36. The latest possible point in time that a schedule activity may begin based upon the schedule network logic - the project completion date and any constraints assigned to schedule activities without violating schedule constraint or delaying project com
network path
risk avoidance (Technique)
baseline
late start date (LS)
37. 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
project management system (Tool)
risk acceptance (Technique)
verification
project procurement management (Knowledge Area)
38. Deliverable oriented hierarchical decomposition of the work to be executed by the project team to accomplish the project objectives and create the required deliverables
pareto chart (Tool)
work breakdown structure (WBS) (Output/Input)
scope creep
risk breakdown structure (RBS)
39. Point in time that work was scheduled to start on a schedule activity. called planned start date.
scheduled start date (SS)
risk acceptance (Technique)
project management plan (Output/Input)
scope management plan(Output/Input)
40. Information system consisting of tools and techniques to gather - integrate and disseminate the outputs of project management processes.
early finish date (EF)
project management information system (PMIS) (Tool)
simulation
scope creep
41. A product - result or service generated by a process
output (Process)
grade
brainstorming (Technique)
schedule performance index (SPI)
42. 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
estimate activity durations (Process)
project life cycle
voice of the customer
perform quality assurance (Process)
43. A change request that has been processed through the integrated change control process and approved
sub network
planned value (PV)
approved change request (Output/Input)
preventative action
44. Point in time associated with a schedule activities' start.
start date
statement of work (SOW)
responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) (Tool)
contingency reserve(Output/Input)
45. Communicating and working with stakeholders to meet their needs and address issues as they occur
role
risk mitigation (Technique)
manage stakeholder expectations (Process)
methodology
46. Modification that allows an acceleration of the successor activity.
project scope management (Knowledge Area)
residual risk
lag (Technique)
lead (Technique)
47. Hierarchically organized depiction of the project organization arranged so as to relate the work packages to the performing organizational units
requested change(Output/Input)
organizational breakdown structure (OBS) (Tool)
work breakdown structure dictionary
schedule performance index (SPI)
48. Information gathering technique examines the project from the perspective of each projects strengths - weaknesses - opportunities - and threats to increase the breadth of the risks considered by risk management
strengths - weaknesses - opportunities - threats analysis (SWOT)
expert judgment (Technique)
start to finish (SF)
technique
49. The area on either side of the centerline - or mean - of data plotted on a control chart that meets the customer's requirements for a product or service.
specification limits
precedence relationship
estimate to complete (ETC)(Output/Input)
special cause
50. 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
voice of the customer
execute
contract (Output/Input)
organizational process assets (Output/Input)