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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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1. Logical grouping of project management inputs - tools and techniques and outputs. includes initiating processes - planning processes - executing processes - monitoring and controlling processes and closing processes. NOT project phases
project management process group
contract (Output/Input)
estimate (Output/Input)
produce scope
2. Processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation - collection - distribution - storage - retrieval - and ultimate disposition of project information
project communications management (Knowledge Area)
duration (DU or DUR)
late finish date (LF)
deliverable (Output/Input)
3. Collection of generally sequential - non overlapping product phases whose name and number are determined by the manufacturing and control needs of the organization.
free float
budget at completion (BAC)
defect repair
product life cycle
4. Approved specific version of the detailed scope statement - work breakdown structure (WBS) and its associated WBS dictionary
verification
scope baseline
resource histogram
work package
5. Total costs actually incurred and recorded in accomplishing work performed during a given time period for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component. actual cost can sometimes be direct labor hours alone - direct costs alone - or all c
quality
free float
precedence relationship
actual cost (AC)
6. Assumptions are factors that - for planning purposes - are considered to be true - real - or certain without proof or demonstration
assumptions
project initiation management (Knowledge Area)
risk mitigation (Technique)
budget
7. ACWP
actual cost of work performed
expert judgment (Technique)
enterprise environmental factors (Input/Output)
conduct procurements (Process)
8. 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
risk acceptance (Technique)
work performance information
activity code
finish date
9. Developing an approximation of the monetary resources needed to complete project activities
project scope statement (Output/Input)
s-curve
estimate costs (Process)
backward pass
10. 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
matrix organization
opportunity
BCWS
contract (Output/Input)
11. Analytical technique that uses three cost or duration estimates to represent optimistic - most likely and pessimistic scenarios.
standard
milestone schedule (Tool)
three point estimate (Technique)
reserve analysis (Technique)
12. Those processes performed to complete the work defined in the project management plan to satisfy project objectives
special cause
earned value management (EV
executing processes (Process Group)
template
13. Analytical technique to determine the essential features and relationships of components in the project management plan to establish a reserve for the schedule duration - budget - estimated cost or funds for a project
workaround
estimate activity durations (Process)
near critical activity
reserve analysis (Technique)
14. 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
s-curve
planning package
resource leveling (Technique)
strengths - weaknesses - opportunities - threats analysis (SWOT)
15. Condition or capability that must be met or possessed by a system - product - service result or component to satisfy a contract - standard - specification or other formally imposed document.
requirement
milestone schedule (Tool)
path divergence
activity duration
16. The time in calendar units between the actual start date of the schedule activity and either the data date of the project schedule if the schedule activity is in progress or the actual finish date if the schedule activity is complete
functional manager
constraint (Input)
actual duration
node
17. Making relevant information available to project stakeholders
distribute information (Process)
program evaluation and review technique (PERT)
simulation
requirement
18. Collection of projects or programs and other work that are grouped together to facilitate effective management of that work to meet strategic business objectives
slack
portfolio
fixed price incentive fee contract (FPIF)
plan risk response (Process)
19. Examining or measuring to verify whether an activity - component - product - result of service conforms to specified requirements.
project management information system (PMIS) (Tool)
inspection (Technique)
resource histogram
forward pass
20. Group of potential causes of risk. such as technical - external - organizational - environmental - project management. a category may include subcategories
lag (Technique)
standard
contract (Output/Input)
risk category
21. The calculation of late finish dates and late start dates for uncompleted portions of all schedule activities. determined by working backward through the schedule network logic from the projects end date
project management plan (Output/Input)
backward pass
close procurements (Process)
special cause
22. Approach to optimize project life cycle costs - save time - increase profits - improve quality - expand market share - solve problems - and use resources more effectively
invitation for bid (IFB)
project quality management (Knowledge Area)
organizational process assets (Output/Input)
value engineering
23. 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
float
report performance (Process)
voice of the customer
objective
24. Documenting the actions necessary to define - prepare - integrate and coordinate all subsidiary plans
develop project management plan (Process)
trend analysis (Technique)
monitor and control project work (Process)
backward pass
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
decomposition (Technique)
duration (DU or DUR)
forward pass
fixed price incentive fee contract (FPIF)
26. Collect project performance data with respect to a plan - produce performance measures and report and disseminate performance information
monitor
slack
plan risk response (Process)
project management office (PMO)
27. A diagram that describes a decision under consideration and the implications of choosing one or another of the available alternatives. it is used when some future scenarios or outcomes of actions are uncertain. it incorporates probabilities and costs
calendar unit
time scaled schedule network diagram (Tool)
decision tree analysis (Technique)
risk
28. The time in calendar units between the start and finish of a schedule activity
simulation
expert judgment (Technique)
threat
activity duration
29. The earliest point in time on which the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity (or the project) can finish - based on the schedule network logic - the data date and any schedule constraints.
subproject
influence diagram (Tool)
early finish date (EF)
activity code
30. Collection of generally sequential project phases whose name and number are determined by the control needs of the organization involved in the project
special cause
manage project team (Process)
performance measurement baseline
project life cycle
31. 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.
project calendar
approved change request (Output/Input)
sub phase
risk avoidance (Technique)
32. Output from performing project management processes and activities. results include outcomes and documents.
free float
threat
result
enterprise environmental factors (Input/Output)
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
direct and manage project execution (Process)
schedule model (Tool)
request for quotation (RFQ)
plan quality (Process)
34. Information system consisting of tools and techniques to gather - integrate and disseminate the outputs of project management processes.
estimate activity resources (Process)
project scope statement (Output/Input)
scope change
project management information system (PMIS) (Tool)
35. Person or group that provides financial resources in cash or in kind for the project
executing processes (Process Group)
sponsor
manage stakeholder expectations (Process)
scope creep
36. Reviewing all change requests - approving changes - and managing changes to the deliverables - organizational process assets - project documents and project management plan
late finish date (LF)
perform integrated change control (Process)
duration (DU or DUR)
develop project management plan (Process)
37. Store of historical information and lessons learned about both the outcomes of previous project selection decisions and previous project performance
summary activity
lessons learned knowledge base
threat
quality
38. Modification of a logical relationship that directs a delay in the successor activity. activity with a 10 day lag - cannot start until 10 days after an activity is finished
lag (Technique)
milestone
co-location (Technique)
stakeholder
39. Number of labor units required to complete a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component
performance reports (Output/Input)
slack
effort
request for quotation (RFQ)
40. Aggregation of the processes - tools - techniques - methodologies - resources and procedures to manage a project
verification
Delphi technique (Technique)
project management system (Tool)
work authorization
41. A group of related projects managed in a coordinated way to obtain benefits and control not available from managing them individually.
defect repair
forward pass
program
node
42. 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
finish to start (FS)
work performance information
project scope
performance reports (Output/Input)
43. Amount of time that a schedule activity can be delayed without delaying the early start date of any immediately following schedule activities.
defect repair
quality management plan (Output/Input)
float
free float
44. 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
acceptance criteria
float
produce scope
change control board (CCB)
45. Describes each component in the work breakdown structure (WBS). for each WBS component - the WBS dictionary includes a brief definition of the scope of statement of work - defined deliverables - a list of associated activities and list of milestones.
flowcharting (Technique)
estimate at completion (EAC)(Output/Input)
s-curve
work breakdown structure dictionary
46. 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
project initiation
risk mitigation (Technique)
co-location (Technique)
estimate at completion (EAC)(Output/Input)
47. Documenting project purchasing decisions - specifying the approach and identifying potential sellers
parametric estimating (Technique)
risk management plan (Output/Input)
plan procurements (Process)
validation
48. Quantifiable deviation - departure or divergence away from a known baseline or expected value
functional organization
total float
close procurements (Process)
variance
49. Learning gained from the process of performing the project
work authorization
plan risk response (Process)
lessons learned(Output/Input)
preventative action
50. Documented direction to perform an activity that can reduce the probability of negative consequences associated with project risks
verification
define activities (Process)
validation
preventative action