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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. A point in time associated with schedule activity's completion.
resource leveling (Technique)
node
finish date
verification
2. Source of variation that is not inherent in the system - is not predictable - and it intermittent. also referred to as assignable cause.
communications management plan (Output/Input)
special cause
forecast
scope management plan(Output/Input)
3. An estimating technique that uses a statistical relationship between historical data and other variables (sq. foot in construction - lines of code in software development) to calculate an estimate for activity parameters such as scope - cost - budget
parametric estimating (Technique)
reserve analysis (Technique)
start to start (SS)
risk avoidance (Technique)
4. Continuously improving and detailing a plan as more detailed and specific information and more accurate estimates become available as the project progresses and thereby producing more accurate and complete plans that result from the successive iterat
specification limits
project cost management (Knowledge Area)
flowcharting (Technique)
progressive elaboration (Technique)
5. 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.
plan quality (Process)
administer procurements (Process)
early start date (ES)
lessons learned(Output/Input)
6. Analyzing activity sequences - durations - resource requirements and schedule constraints to create the project schedule
quality management plan (Output/Input)
develop schedule (Process)
constraint (Input)
actual duration
7. 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
specification limits
resource
preventative action
configuration management system (Tool)
8. The process of confirming human resource availability and obtaining team necessary to complete project assignments
requirements traceability matrix
estimate activity durations (Process)
workaround
acquire project team (Process)
9. 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
decision tree analysis (Technique)
work performance information
perform quantitative analysis (Process)
co-location (Technique)
10. Any continuous series of schedule activities connected with logical relationships in a project schedule network diagram
request for information (RFI)
network path
performing organization
variance analysis (Technique)
11. Group of potential causes of risk. such as technical - external - organizational - environmental - project management. a category may include subcategories
perform quality control (Process)
requirement
project schedule network diagram (Output/Input)
risk category
12. System of practices - techniques - procedures and rules used by those who work in a discipline
contingency reserve(Output/Input)
activity identifier
trend analysis (Technique)
methodology
13. Document containing the results of the qualitative risk analysis - quantitative risk analysis and risk response planning. details all identified risks including description - category - cause - probability of occurring - impact on objectives - propos
risk register (Output/Input)
direct and manage project execution (Process)
plan procurements (Process)
functional manager
14. 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
enterprise environmental factors (Input/Output)
standard
progressive elaboration (Technique)
expected monetary value (EMV)
15. Schedule activity that determines when the logical successor activity can begin or end
risk breakdown structure (RBS)
quality management plan (Output/Input)
finish to finish (FF)
predecessor activity
16. Store of historical information and lessons learned about both the outcomes of previous project selection decisions and previous project performance
precedence diagramming method (PDM) (Technique)
lessons learned knowledge base
threshold
administer procurements (Process)
17. Organizational body or entity assigned various responsibilities related to the centralized and coordinated management of those projects under its domain.
project management knowledge area
project management office (PMO)
activity list (Output/Input)
perform integrated change control (Process)
18. The person assigned by the performing organization to achieve the project objectives
identify stakeholders (Process)
defect
project management office (PMO)
project manager
19. 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
early finish date (EF)
procurement documents (Output/Input)
sponsor
manage stakeholder expectations (Process)
20. Summary level project schedule that identifies the major deliverables and work breakdown structure components and key schedule milestones
master schedule (Tool)
activity
estimate activity resources (Process)
performance measurement baseline
21. 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
failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) (Technique)
calendar unit
finish to finish (FF)
program evaluation and review technique (PERT)
22. Processes required to manage the timely completion of a project
project time management (Knowledge Area)
root cause analysis (Technique)
network logic
project team directory
23. One of the defining points of a schedule network; a junction point joined to some or all of the other dependency lines
value engineering
stakeholder
verify scope (Process)
node
24. Identifying the specific actions to be performed to produce the project deliverables
duration (DU or DUR)
define activities (Process)
to complete performance index (TCPI)
requirement
25. Estimate of the amount of work that has been completed on an activity or a work breakdown structure component
validation
percent complete
initiating processes (Process Group)
procurement documents (Output/Input)
26. 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
project schedule (Output/Input)
verification
actual cost (AC)
report performance (Process)
27. List of project team members - their project roles and communication information
Gantt chart (Tool)
log
project team directory
activity
28. The right to apply project resources - expend funds - make decisions or give approvals
authority
procurement management plan (Output/Input)
resource histogram
quality management plan (Output/Input)
29. Work breakdown structure component below the control account with known work content but without detailed schedule activities.
planning package
specification limits
sequence activities (Process)
procurement documents (Output/Input)
30. Calendar of working days and non-working days that determines those dates on which each specific recourse is idle or can be active
develop project management plan (Process)
resource calendar
root cause analysis (Technique)
perform qualitative analysis (Process)
31. Structure in which the project manager has full authority to assign priorities - apply resources and direct the work of persons assigned to the project
risk register (Output/Input)
projectized organization
objective
identify risks (Process)
32. Graphic display of cumulative costs - labor - hours - percentage of work or other quantities - plotted against time. used to depict planned value - earned value and active costs.
estimate activity resources (Process)
risk management plan (Output/Input)
s-curve
firm fixed price contract (FFP)
33. 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
variance analysis (Technique)
expert judgment (Technique)
scheduled start date (SS)
slack
34. The latest possible point in time that a schedule activity may begin based upon the schedule network logic - the project completion date and any constraints assigned to schedule activities without violating schedule constraint or delaying project com
contract (Output/Input)
late start date (LS)
human resource plan
request for quotation (RFQ)
35. 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
organizational breakdown structure (OBS) (Tool)
scope management plan(Output/Input)
defect repair
co-location (Technique)
36. Features and functions that characterize a product - service or result
sponsor
buyer
produce scope
progressive elaboration (Technique)
37. A specific technique for measuring the performance of work and used to establish the performance measurement baseline
co-location (Technique)
project cost management (Knowledge Area)
earned value technique (EVT) (Technique)
project
38. 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.
actual cost of work performed
start to finish (SF)
work breakdown structure dictionary
grade
39. The approved estimate for the project or any work breakdown structure component or any schedule activity
earned value (EV)
expert judgment (Technique)
budget
late finish date (LF)
40. 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
voice of the customer
executing processes (Process Group)
project management process group
co-location (Technique)
41. Developing a detailed description of the project and product
co-location (Technique)
report performance (Process)
define scope (Process)
actual cost of work performed
42. 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
program management
three point estimate (Technique)
change requests
activity list (Output/Input)
43. Request for proposal - but may have a narrower or more specific meaning
project schedule network diagram (Output/Input)
invitation for bid (IFB)
decision tree analysis (Technique)
finish to start (FS)
44. Defined function to be performed by a project team member
slack
buyer
project organization chart (Output/Input)
role
45. Any item - internal or external - that is required by a process before that process proceeds
parametric estimating (Technique)
requirement
input (Process) input
functional manager
46. A point that is not settled or is under discussion or over which there are opposing views or disagreements
portfolio
issue Point or matter in question or dispute
start to start (SS)
rework
47. Term used in precedence diagramming method for a logical relationship in current usage. precedence relationship - logical relationship and dependency are interchangeably used
precedence relationship
root cause analysis (Technique)
sub phase
sensitivity analysis
48. Summary level schedule that identifies the major schedule milestone
log
milestone schedule (Tool)
flowcharting (Technique)
parametric estimating (Technique)
49. Dependency between two project schedule activities or between project schedule activity and schedule milestone.
logical relationship
specification limits
plan procurements (Process)
statement of work (SOW)
50. Process of numerically analyzing the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives
late start date (LS)
perform quantitative analysis (Process)
project management knowledge area
output (Process)