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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. A technique that explores the accuracy of assumptions and identifies risks to the project from inaccuracy - inconsistency - or incompleteness of assumptions
assumptions analysis (Technique)
value engineering
sub phase
sequence activities (Process)
2. List of project team members - their project roles and communication information
project team directory
subproject
defect
s-curve
3. 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
project management information system (PMIS) (Tool)
quality
path convergence
performance reports (Output/Input)
4. Collection of logically related project activities - usually culminating in the completion of a major deliverable. project phase is a component of the project life cycle
buffer
project management plan (Output/Input)
project phase
flowcharting (Technique)
5. Point in time that work was scheduled to start on a schedule activity. called planned start date.
duration (DU or DUR)
project charter (Output/Input)
scheduled start date (SS)
schedule baseline
6. 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
actual cost of work performed
portfolio management (Technique)
identify stakeholders (Process)
perform quality control (Process)
7. Degree - amount or volume of risk that an organization or individual will withstand
risk tolerance
product life cycle
progressive elaboration (Technique)
logical relationship
8. Technique for estimating that applies a weighted average of optimistic - pessimistic and most likely estimates when there is uncertainty with the individual activity estimates
program evaluation and review technique (PERT)
co-location (Technique)
quality management plan (Output/Input)
sensitivity analysis
9. Smaller portion of the overall project created when a project is subdivided by their logical relationship
estimate activity resources (Process)
sub phase
subproject
to complete performance index (TCPI)
10. Developing options and actions to enhance opportunities and to reduce threats to project objectives
estimate costs (Process)
plan risk response (Process)
assumptions
schedule baseline
11. Partially complete document in a predefined format that provides a defined structure for collecting - organizing and presenting information and data
common cause
template
value engineering
time scaled schedule network diagram (Tool)
12. Processes concerned with conducting risk management planning - identification - analysis - responses and monitoring and control on a project
request for quotation (RFQ)
project risk management (Knowledge Area)
variance analysis (Technique)
project procurement management (Knowledge Area)
13. Structure that relates the project organizational breakdown structure to the work breakdown structure to help ensure that each component of the project scope of work is assigned to a person or team
work performance information
co-location (Technique)
responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) (Tool)
product
14. The process of finalizing all activities across all of the project management process groups to formally complete the project or phase
sequence activities (Process)
close project or phase (Process)
develop schedule (Process)
project communications management (Knowledge Area)
15. Collection of generally sequential project phases whose name and number are determined by the control needs of the organization involved in the project
project schedule (Output/Input)
project life cycle
perform quality assurance (Process)
requirement
16. The process of defining and documenting stakeholder needs to meet project objectives
collect requirements (Process)
variance analysis (Technique)
inspection (Technique)
change control
17. Summary level project schedule that identifies the major deliverables and work breakdown structure components and key schedule milestones
program evaluation and review technique (PERT)
product life cycle
master schedule (Tool)
firm fixed price contract (FFP)
18. An artifact that is produced - is quantifiable and can be either an end item in itself or a component item
network logic
product
scope change
project calendar
19. Logical relationship where completion of the successor schedule activity is dependent upon the initiation of the predecessor schedule activity
estimate at completion (EAC)(Output/Input)
schedule model (Tool)
start to finish (SF)
milestone
20. Schedule activity that has a low total float.
plan risk management (Process)
near critical activity
plan communications (Process)
work package
21. Approach to optimize project life cycle costs - save time - increase profits - improve quality - expand market share - solve problems - and use resources more effectively
value engineering
estimate at completion (EAC)(Output/Input)
assumptions
BCWP
22. Centralized coordinated management of a program to achieve the program's strategic objectives and benefits
program management
project management information system (PMIS) (Tool)
rolling wave planning (Technique)
define activities (Process)
23. Processes required to ensure that the project includes all the work required and only the work required to complete the project successfully
responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) (Tool)
validation
to complete performance index (TCPI)
project scope management (Knowledge Area)
24. One of the defining points of a schedule network; a junction point joined to some or all of the other dependency lines
firm fixed price contract (FFP)
voice of the customer
node
claim
25. Approximating the number of work periods needed to complete individual activities with estimated resources
template
co-location (Technique)
estimate activity durations (Process)
staffing management plan
26. Any form of schedule network analysis in which scheduling decisions are driven by resource constraints
schedule management plan (Output/Input)
resource leveling (Technique)
project time management (Knowledge Area)
activity duration
27. Someone with management authority over an organizational unit within a functional organization.
project management office (PMO)
functional manager
executing processes (Process Group)
initiating processes (Process Group)
28. A component of work performed during the course of a project
tool
request for proposal (RFP)
activity
functional organization
29. Project schedule compression that changes network logic to overlap phases that would normally be done in sequence
activity
early start date (ES)
fast tracking (Technique)
define activities (Process)
30. Temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result
parametric estimating (Technique)
produce scope
executing processes (Process Group)
project
31. A specific technique for measuring the performance of work and used to establish the performance measurement baseline
develop project management plan (Process)
program
identify stakeholders (Process)
earned value technique (EVT) (Technique)
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
verification
risk acceptance (Technique)
float
project scope
33. A general data gathering and creativity technique that can be used to identify risks - ideas or solutions to issues by using a group of team members or subject matter experts
brainstorming (Technique)
risk breakdown structure (RBS)
work breakdown structure component
schedule baseline
34. Information system consisting of tools and techniques to gather - integrate and disseminate the outputs of project management processes.
project management information system (PMIS) (Tool)
threshold
scope
buffer
35. Processes that organize and manage the project team
expected monetary value (EMV)
perform qualitative analysis (Process)
project human resource management (Knowledge Area)
activity
36. The formally documented identification of a defect in a project component with a recommendation to either repair the defect or completely replace the component
contingency reserve(Output/Input)
work authorization system (Tool)
defect repair
assumptions
37. Processes to purchase or acquire the products - services or results needed from outside the project team to perform the work
contract (Output/Input)
lessons learned(Output/Input)
root cause analysis (Technique)
project procurement management (Knowledge Area)
38. Bar chart showing the amount of time that a resource is scheduled to work over a series of time periods.
plan risk response (Process)
expert judgment (Technique)
rolling wave planning (Technique)
resource histogram
39. Determining project stakeholder information needs and defining a communication approach
responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) (Tool)
risk register (Output/Input)
path convergence
plan communications (Process)
40. Processes required to manage the timely completion of a project
project time management (Knowledge Area)
earned value technique (EVT) (Technique)
time and material contract (T&M)
work breakdown structure component
41. The aggregate of things used by an organization in any undertaking such as equipment - apparatus - tools - machinery - gear - material.
Monte Carlo analysis
material
s-curve
project management
42. Dependency between two project schedule activities or between project schedule activity and schedule milestone.
resource
late finish date (LF)
performance measurement baseline
logical relationship
43. Slack - 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.
sub phase
estimate (Output/Input)
start date
float
44. An estimating technique that uses the values of parameters - such as scope - cost - budget - and duration or measures of scale such as size - weight - and complexity from a previous similar activity as the basis of estimating the same parameter or me
risk tolerance
project human resource management (Knowledge Area)
analogous estimating (Technique)
specification
45. 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
precedence relationship
objective
Gantt chart (Tool)
risk register (Output/Input)
46. Defining how to conduct risk management activities for a project
standard
expert judgment (Technique)
plan risk management (Process)
specification limits
47. The enterprise whose personnel are directly involved in doing the work of the project
early start date (ES)
assumptions analysis (Technique)
contract (Output/Input)
performing organization
48. The smallest unit of time used in scheduling a project. calendar units are generally in hours - days - or weeks - but can also be in quarters years - months - shifts - or even minutes
sub network
calendar unit
project management plan (Output/Input)
request for information (RFI)
49. 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.
functional organization
change control system (Tool)
determine budget (Process)
project management process group
50. Estimate of the amount of work that has been completed on an activity or a work breakdown structure component
work breakdown structure (WBS) (Output/Input)
statement of work (SOW)
material
percent complete