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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. Group of potential causes of risk. such as technical - external - organizational - environmental - project management. a category may include subcategories
project phase
risk category
project life cycle
sensitivity analysis
2. Analyzing activity sequences - durations - resource requirements and schedule constraints to create the project schedule
resource histogram
schedule baseline
manage stakeholder expectations (Process)
develop schedule (Process)
3. Aggregation of the processes - tools - techniques - methodologies - resources and procedures to manage a project
project management system (Tool)
plan quality (Process)
deliverable (Output/Input)
material
4. Permission and direction to begin work on a specific schedule activity or work package or control account. sanctions project work to ensure that the work is done by the identified organization - at the right time - and in the proper sequence
work authorization
probability and impact matrix (Tool)
planned value (PV)
perform quality control (Process)
5. Risk that arises as a direct result of implementing a risk response
communications management plan (Output/Input)
workaround
secondary risk
authority
6. List of project team members - their project roles and communication information
project team directory
estimate at completion (EAC)(Output/Input)
work breakdown structure dictionary
verify scope (Process)
7. Application of knowledge - skills - tools and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements
project manager
project management
project management plan (Output/Input)
template
8. 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
sub network
program management
project human resource management (Knowledge Area)
9. 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
product
procurement documents (Output/Input)
project phase
project schedule (Output/Input)
10. Any form of schedule network analysis in which scheduling decisions are driven by resource constraints
contract (Output/Input)
project scope
resource leveling (Technique)
change control board (CCB)
11. 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
root cause analysis (Technique)
failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) (Technique)
project management process group
inspection (Technique)
12. One of the defining points of a schedule network; a junction point joined to some or all of the other dependency lines
node
executing processes (Process Group)
hammock activity
three point estimate (Technique)
13. The process of obtaining seller responses - selecting a seller and awarding a contract
procurement documents (Output/Input)
scope management plan(Output/Input)
project quality management (Knowledge Area)
conduct procurements (Process)
14. Estimate of the amount of work that has been completed on an activity or a work breakdown structure component
activity
program evaluation and review technique (PERT)
scope creep
percent complete
15. Processes and activities of the performing organization that determine quality policies - objectives and responsibilities so that the project will satisfy the needs for which it was undertaken
grade
project quality management (Knowledge Area)
resource leveling (Technique)
reserve analysis (Technique)
16. Temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result
work performance information
actual cost of work performed
manage stakeholder expectations (Process)
project
17. Process which generates hundreds or thousands of probable performance outcomes based on probability distributions for cost and schedule on individual tasks. the outcomes are used to generate a probability distribution for a project as a whole.
Monte Carlo simulation
preventative action
validation
seller
18. Structure in which the project manager has full authority to assign priorities - apply resources and direct the work of persons assigned to the project
projectized organization
Monte Carlo simulation
finish date
start to start (SS)
19. Group of related schedule activities aggregated at some summary level and displayed as a single activity at that summary level. same as summary activity.
project charter (Output/Input)
simulation
regulation
hammock activity
20. 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
budget at completion (BAC)
project procurement management (Knowledge Area)
variance
parametric estimating (Technique)
21. Document describing how roles and responsibilities - reporting relationships and staffing management will be addressed and structured for the project
human resource plan
template
project life cycle
communications management plan (Output/Input)
22. Partially complete document in a predefined format that provides a defined structure for collecting - organizing and presenting information and data
verification
request for information (RFI)
threshold
template
23. A category of projects that have common components significant in such projects - but are not needed or present in all projects. application areas are usually defined in terms of either the product or the type of customer or industry sector
practice
application area
project schedule (Output/Input)
activity list (Output/Input)
24. A documented tabulation of schedule activities that shows the activity description - activity identifier - and a sufficiently detailed scope of work description so project team members understand what work is to be performed
expected monetary value (EMV)
quality management plan (Output/Input)
activity list (Output/Input)
functional organization
25. Buyer pays the seller a set amount (as defined by the contract) and the seller can earn an additional amount if the seller meets defined performance criteria
fixed price incentive fee contract (FPIF)
project schedule (Output/Input)
projectized organization
secondary risk
26. Approved integrated scope-schedule-cost plan for the project work against which project execution is compared to measure and manage performance
project management team
expert judgment (Technique)
performance measurement baseline
staffing management plan
27. A point that is not settled or is under discussion or over which there are opposing views or disagreements
issue Point or matter in question or dispute
projectized organization
start date
project time management (Knowledge Area)
28. Identifying early and late start dates as well as early and late finish dates for the uncompleted portions of project schedule activities
estimate activity resources (Process)
common cause
schedule network analysis (Technique)
work package
29. 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
buffer
performance reports (Output/Input)
lessons learned(Output/Input)
assumptions
30. Structure in which the project manager shares responsibility with the functional managers for assigning priorities and directing the work of persons assigned to the project
matrix organization
initiating processes (Process Group)
project schedule network diagram (Output/Input)
start date
31. Technique that computes or iterates the project cost or project schedule many times using input values selected at random from probability distributions of possible costs or durations - to calculate a distribution of total project costs or completion
estimate costs (Process)
risk category
requirements traceability matrix
Monte Carlo analysis
32. Uncertain event or condition that has a positive or negative effect on projects objectives
input (Process) input
schedule compression
risk
buyer
33. Performing the work defined in the project management plan to achieve the project's objectives
direct and manage project execution (Process)
project scope management (Knowledge Area)
s-curve
approved change request (Output/Input)
34. 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.
input (Process) input
planned value (PV)
data date
brainstorming (Technique)
35. A formal approved document that defines how the project is executed - monitored - and controlled.
project management plan (Output/Input)
effort
late start date (LS)
BCWP
36. 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
projectized organization
contract (Output/Input)
start to start (SS)
progressive elaboration (Technique)
37. Identifying the specific actions to be performed to produce the project deliverables
influence diagram (Tool)
define activities (Process)
manage project team (Process)
verify scope (Process)
38. 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.
claim
human resource plan
early start date (ES)
flowcharting (Technique)
39. Estimating the type and quantities of material - people - equipment or supplies required to perform the activity
estimate activity resources (Process)
develop schedule (Process)
program management
expected monetary value (EMV)
40. ACWP
actual cost of work performed
performing organization
schedule baseline
project risk management (Knowledge Area)
41. Depiction in a diagram format of the inputs - process actions - and outputs of one or more processes within a system
flowcharting (Technique)
requirements traceability matrix
common cause
specification
42. 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
trend analysis (Technique)
functional manager
report performance (Process)
43. Quantifiable deviation - departure or divergence away from a known baseline or expected value
procurement management plan (Output/Input)
variance
total float
finish date
44. 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.
application area
output (Process)
project scope
specification limits
45. Approximating the number of work periods needed to complete individual activities with estimated resources
late start date (LS)
administer procurements (Process)
change requests
estimate activity durations (Process)
46. Multiple attributes associated with each schedule activity that can be included within the activity list. activity attributes include activity codes - predecessor activities - successor activities - logical relationships - leads and lags - resource r
activity attributes (Output/Input)
path convergence
organizational breakdown structure (OBS) (Tool)
project management plan (Output/Input)
47. Any of all process related assets - from any or all of the organizations involved in the project that are or can be used to influence the project's success. these process assets include formal or informal plans - policies - procedures and guidelines.
organizational process assets (Output/Input)
residual risk
special cause
sub phase
48. Dependency between two project schedule activities or between project schedule activity and schedule milestone.
threat
simulation
logical relationship
root cause analysis (Technique)
49. Describes when and how human resource requirements will be met
risk register (Output/Input)
decision tree analysis (Technique)
staffing management plan
s-curve
50. 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
defect repair
performing organization
voice of the customer
baseline