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Comptia Project + Project Management

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Directing - managing - performing and accomplishing the project work - providing the deliverables and providing work performance information






2. Point in time that work was scheduled to start on a schedule activity. called planned start date.






3. Group of related schedule activities aggregated at some summary level and displayed as a single activity at that summary level. same as summary activity.






4. 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






5. Judgment provided based upon expertise in an application area - knowledge area - discipline - industry - etc. as appropriate for the activity being performed.






6. Document that provides for common and repeated use - rules - guidelines or characteristics for activities or their results






7. Processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation - collection - distribution - storage - retrieval - and ultimate disposition of project information






8. Communicating and working with stakeholders to meet their needs and address issues as they occur






9. Launching a process that can result in the authorization of a new project






10. Formally documented change request that is submitted for approval to the integrated change control process






11. Any continuous series of schedule activities connected with logical relationships in a project schedule network diagram






12. 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






13. Quantifiable deviation - departure or divergence away from a known baseline or expected value






14. Something tangible used in performing an activity to produce a product or result






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






16. Documented direction to perform an activity that can reduce the probability of negative consequences associated with project risks






17. 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.






18. 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






19. Document describing how roles and responsibilities - reporting relationships and staffing management will be addressed and structured for the project






20. Common way to determine whether a risk is considered low - moderate - or high by combining the two dimensions of a risk: its probability of occurrence and its impact on objectives if it occurs






21. Centralized coordinated management of a program to achieve the program's strategic objectives and benefits






22. Change to project scope. almost always requires an adjustment to the project cost or schedule






23. Collection of generally sequential - non overlapping product phases whose name and number are determined by the manufacturing and control needs of the organization.






24. Performed to defined a new project or a new phase of an existing project by obtaining authorization to start the project or phase






25. Determining project stakeholder information needs and defining a communication approach






26. 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.






27. Uncertain event or condition that has a positive or negative effect on projects objectives






28. Determining which risks may affect the project and documenting their characteristics






29. Compares technical accomplishments during project execution to the project management plan's schedule of planned technical achievements.






30. Estimate or prediction of conditions and events in the projects future based on information and knowledge available at the time of the forecast. information is based on the project's past performance and expected future performance






31. The amount of funds - budget - or time needed above the estimate to reduce the risk of overruns of project objectives to a level acceptance to the organization






32. Graphic display of schedule related information.






33. An information gathering technique used as a way to reach a consensus of experts on a subject. experts on the subject participate in the technique anonymously. a facilitator uses a questionnaire to solicit ideas about the important project points rel






34. Authorized budget assigned to the scheduled work to be accomplished for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component






35. Expected cost needed to complete all the remaining work for a schedule activity - work breakdown structure component or project.






36. 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






37. The document that describes the communications needs and expectations for the project; how and in what format information will be communicated; when and where each communication will be made; wan who is responsible for providing each type of communic






38. Identifying the specific actions to be performed to produce the project deliverables






39. Shortening the project schedule duration without reducing the project scope






40. Work that must be performed to deliver a product - service or result with the specified features and functions






41. Developing options and actions to enhance opportunities and to reduce threats to project objectives






42. The formally documented identification of a defect in a project component with a recommendation to either repair the defect or completely replace the component






43. Hierarchically organized depiction of the identified project risks arranged by risk category and subcategory that identifies the various areas and causes of potential risks.






44. System of practices - techniques - procedures and rules used by those who work in a discipline






45. Graphical representation of situations showing causal influences - time ordering of events and other relationships among variables and outcomes






46. Smaller portion of the overall project created when a project is subdivided by their logical relationship






47. A table that links requirements to their origin and traces them throughout the project life cycle






48. Application of knowledge - skills - tools and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements






49. The process of finalizing all activities across all of the project management process groups to formally complete the project or phase






50. Requests to expand or reduce the project scope - modify policies - processes - plans or procedures - modify costs or budgets - or revise schedules