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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. Budgeted cost of work performed
contract (Output/Input)
BCWP
program evaluation and review technique (PERT)
Delphi technique (Technique)
2. 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
matrix organization
work package
actual cost of work performed
3. Identifying quality requirements and/or standards for the project and product and documenting how the project will demonstrate compliance
plan quality (Process)
influence diagram (Tool)
node
work performance information
4. Something tangible used in performing an activity to produce a product or result
project management information system (PMIS) (Tool)
project organization chart (Output/Input)
tool
identify risks (Process)
5. Narrative description of the project scope - including major deliverables - project assumptions - project constraints and a description of work that provides a documented basis for making future project decisions and for confirming or developing a co
successor activity
collect requirements (Process)
backward pass
project scope statement (Output/Input)
6. The time in calendar units between the start and finish of a schedule activity
secondary risk
initiating processes (Process Group)
to complete performance index (TCPI)
activity duration
7. Group of related schedule activities aggregated at some summary level and displayed as a single activity at that summary level. same as summary activity.
hammock activity
planned value (PV)
effort
contingency reserve(Output/Input)
8. Authorized budget assigned to the scheduled work to be accomplished for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component
planned value (PV)
project organization chart (Output/Input)
request for proposal (RFP)
successor activity
9. Graphic display of schedule related information.
bottom-up estimating (Technique)
Gantt chart (Tool)
inspection (Technique)
estimate costs (Process)
10. Those criteria - including performance requirements and essential conditions which must be met before project deliverables are accepted
backward pass
three point estimate (Technique)
acceptance criteria
budget at completion (BAC)
11. 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
contract (Output/Input)
resource breakdown structure
project quality management (Knowledge Area)
opportunity
12. Project schedule network diagram drawn in such a way that the position and length of the schedule activity represents its duration. bar chart that includes schedule network logic
validation
predecessor activity
time scaled schedule network diagram (Tool)
analogous estimating (Technique)
13. Method of resolving the total variance in the set of scope - cost - and schedule variables into specific component variances that are associated with defined factors affecting scope - cost and schedule variables
near critical activity
output (Process)
sub network
variance analysis (Technique)
14. Schedule activity that determines when the logical successor activity can begin or end
predecessor activity
performing organization
lead (Technique)
estimate at completion (EAC)(Output/Input)
15. Any numbering system used to uniquely identify each component of the work breakdown structure
project management
reserve analysis (Technique)
voice of the customer
code of accounts (Tool)
16. Bar chart showing the amount of time that a resource is scheduled to work over a series of time periods.
project management knowledge area
resource histogram
report performance (Process)
calendar unit
17. Formally documented change request that is submitted for approval to the integrated change control process
residual risk
requested change(Output/Input)
scheduled finish date (SF)
project management plan (Output/Input)
18. Those processes performed to complete the work defined in the project management plan to satisfy project objectives
summary activity
work breakdown structure (WBS) (Output/Input)
executing processes (Process Group)
rework
19. Compares technical accomplishments during project execution to the project management plan's schedule of planned technical achievements.
close procurements (Process)
plan communications (Process)
portfolio management (Technique)
technical performance measurement (Technique)
20. A group of related projects managed in a coordinated way to obtain benefits and control not available from managing them individually.
projectized organization
lead (Technique)
program
secondary risk
21. An entry in the work breakdown structure that can be at any level
planning package
data date
work breakdown structure component
preventative action
22. Term used in precedence diagramming method for a logical relationship in current usage. precedence relationship - logical relationship and dependency are interchangeably used
monitor and control project work (Process)
direct and manage project execution (Process)
precedence relationship
activity identifier
23. 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
inspection (Technique)
analogous estimating (Technique)
late start date (LS)
project procurement management (Knowledge Area)
24. Narrative description of products - services or results
Gantt chart (Tool)
to complete performance index (TCPI)
planning package
statement of work (SOW)
25. Schedule activity that follows a predecessor activity as determined by their logical relationship
schedule baseline
successor activity
project management process group
executing processes (Process Group)
26. Any continuous series of schedule activities connected with logical relationships in a project schedule network diagram
summary activity
identify stakeholders (Process)
scope
network path
27. Source of variation that is not inherent in the system - is not predictable - and it intermittent. also referred to as assignable cause.
master schedule (Tool)
special cause
project management body of knowledge
successor activity
28. A technique that explores the accuracy of assumptions and identifies risks to the project from inaccuracy - inconsistency - or incompleteness of assumptions
assumptions analysis (Technique)
requirement
defect repair
lessons learned(Output/Input)
29. 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
earned value (EV)
fixed price incentive fee contract (FPIF)
project management
node
30. Skilled human resources - equipment - services - supplies - commodities - material - budgets or funds
estimate (Output/Input)
simulation
actual cost (AC)
resource
31. Schedule network diagramming technique in which schedule activities are represented by boxes or nodes. schedule activities are graphically linked by one or more logical relationships to show the sequence in which the activities are performed
expert judgment (Technique)
planned value (PV)
precedence diagramming method (PDM) (Technique)
Monte Carlo simulation
32. 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
portfolio management (Technique)
develop project management plan (Process)
master schedule (Tool)
probability and impact matrix (Tool)
33. Documents utilized in bid and proposal activities - which include the buyer's invitation for bid - invitation for negotiations - request for information - request for quotation - request for proposal and sellers responses
procurement documents (Output/Input)
project management system (Tool)
near critical activity
invitation for bid (IFB)
34. Document that describes how procurement processes from developing procurement documentation through contract closure will be managed
procurement management plan (Output/Input)
performance reports (Output/Input)
Monte Carlo simulation
Delphi technique (Technique)
35. 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
start to start (SS)
network path
acquire project team (Process)
simulation
36. A quantitative assessment of the likely amount or outcome. usually applied to project costs - resources - effort and durations.
three point estimate (Technique)
conduct procurements (Process)
estimate (Output/Input)
rolling wave planning (Technique)
37. Store of historical information and lessons learned about both the outcomes of previous project selection decisions and previous project performance
lessons learned knowledge base
quality management plan (Output/Input)
firm fixed price contract (FFP)
project cost management (Knowledge Area)
38. Document that describes how the project scope will be defined - developed and verified and how the work breakdown structure will be created and defined and that provides guidance on how the project scope will be managed and controlled by the project
conduct procurements (Process)
risk mitigation (Technique)
scope management plan(Output/Input)
workaround
39. Implementing risk response plans - tracking identified risks - monitoring residual risks - identifying new risks and evaluating risk process throughout the project
finish to start (FS)
monitor and control risks (Process)
monitor and control project work (Process)
staffing management plan
40. Group of potential causes of risk. such as technical - external - organizational - environmental - project management. a category may include subcategories
change control board (CCB)
project communications management (Knowledge Area)
risk category
trend analysis (Technique)
41. Processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation - collection - distribution - storage - retrieval - and ultimate disposition of project information
authority
project communications management (Knowledge Area)
change requests
procurement management plan (Output/Input)
42. Performing the work defined in the project management plan to achieve the project's objectives
direct and manage project execution (Process)
monitor and controlling processes (Process Group)
project scope statement (Output/Input)
project management team
43. 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.
free float
early finish date (EF)
technique
identify risks (Process)
44. Budgeted cost of work scheduled
BCWS
work breakdown structure component
pareto chart (Tool)
sub phase
45. A subsystem of the overall project management system. it is a collection of formal documented procedures used to apply technical and administrative direction and surveillance to identify and document the functional and physical characteristics of a p
functional organization
project initiation management (Knowledge Area)
value engineering
configuration management system (Tool)
46. Estimate of the amount of work that has been completed on an activity or a work breakdown structure component
predecessor activity
percent complete
result
hammock activity
47. 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
project management information system (PMIS) (Tool)
baseline
enterprise environmental factors (Input/Output)
reserve analysis (Technique)
48. The process of defining and documenting stakeholder needs to meet project objectives
collect requirements (Process)
quality management plan (Output/Input)
estimate to complete (ETC)(Output/Input)
change control board (CCB)
49. Improving the competencies - team interaction - and the overall team environment to enhance project performance
develop project team (Process)
acquire project team (Process)
perform quantitative analysis (Process)
scheduled finish date (SF)
50. Approximating the number of work periods needed to complete individual activities with estimated resources
estimate activity durations (Process)
plan procurements (Process)
scope change
predecessor activity