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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. Float (total float - free float)
planned value (PV)
verification
slack
late start date (LS)
2. 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
precedence diagramming method (PDM) (Technique)
schedule network analysis (Technique)
node
define scope (Process)
3. 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
responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) (Tool)
BCWP
near critical activity
change control board (CCB)
4. Source of variation that is not inherent in the system - is not predictable - and it intermittent. also referred to as assignable cause.
special cause
logical relationship
constraint (Input)
forecast
5. Action taken to bring a defective or nonconforming component into compliance with requirements or specifications
rework
workaround
percent complete
start to start (SS)
6. 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
risk avoidance (Technique)
work authorization system (Tool)
finish date
voice of the customer
7. 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
portfolio management (Technique)
specification
historical information
time scaled schedule network diagram (Tool)
8. Risk response planning technique associated with threats that seeks to reduce the probability of occurrence or impact of a risk to below an acceptable threshold
change requests
risk mitigation (Technique)
perform qualitative analysis (Process)
virtual team
9. 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
risk
percent complete
lag (Technique)
duration (DU or DUR)
10. The value of work performed expressed in terms of the approved budget assigned to that work for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component. ALSO BCWP.
conduct procurements (Process)
predecessor activity
request for quotation (RFQ)
earned value (EV)
11. Subdivision (fragment) of a project schedule network diagram - usually representing a subproject or work package.
request for information (RFI)
verification
sub network
deliverable (Output/Input)
12. The right to apply project resources - expend funds - make decisions or give approvals
earned value (EV)
authority
statement of work (SOW)
project calendar
13. A technique that explores the accuracy of assumptions and identifies risks to the project from inaccuracy - inconsistency - or incompleteness of assumptions
assumptions analysis (Technique)
sequence activities (Process)
grade
late finish date (LF)
14. Document used to record and describe or denote selected items identified during execution of a process or activity
BCWP
methodology
co-location (Technique)
log
15. The process of obtaining seller responses - selecting a seller and awarding a contract
sub phase
budget at completion (BAC)
conduct procurements (Process)
sensitivity analysis
16. Sum of products - services and results to be provided as a project
validation
performing organization
virtual team
scope
17. The approved estimate for the project or any work breakdown structure component or any schedule activity
successor activity
budget
standard
earned value technique (EVT) (Technique)
18. The statue - quality or sense of being restricted to a given course of action or inaction. an applicable restriction or limitation - either internal or external to a project - which will affect the performance of the project or a process.
constraint (Input)
lag (Technique)
defect repair
tool
19. The person assigned by the performing organization to achieve the project objectives
change control
project manager
resource
role
20. The process of confirming human resource availability and obtaining team necessary to complete project assignments
acquire project team (Process)
perform quantitative analysis (Process)
variance analysis (Technique)
master schedule (Tool)
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
backward pass
project organization chart (Output/Input)
project charter (Output/Input)
quality management plan (Output/Input)
22. Document that specifies in a complete precise verifiable manner the requirements - design behavior or other characteristics of a system component - product - result or service
risk
specification
start to start (SS)
common cause
23. Total amount of time that a schedule activity maybe delayed from its early start date without delaying the project finish date or violating a schedule constraint.
project phase
common cause
total float
verification
24. An imperfection or deficiency in a project component where that component does not meet requirements or specifications and needs to be either repaired or replaced
defect
risk
node
project management body of knowledge
25. 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
monitor and control project work (Process)
analogous estimating (Technique)
change requests
project scope statement (Output/Input)
26. Identifying - documenting - approving or rejecting and controlling changes to the project baselines
project scope management (Knowledge Area)
change control
seller
risk breakdown structure (RBS)
27. 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
work authorization system (Tool)
approved change request (Output/Input)
path convergence
actual cost (AC)
28. 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
contract (Output/Input)
failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) (Technique)
assumptions
specification
29. The expected total cost of a schedule activity - a work breakdown structure component or the project when the defined scope of work will be completed. Calculated based on performance to date or estimated by the project team based on other factors
estimate at completion (EAC)(Output/Input)
value engineering
logical relationship
claim
30. ACWP
objective
earned value technique (EVT) (Technique)
execute
actual cost of work performed
31. Group of persons with a shared objective who fulfill their roles with little or no time spent meeting fact to face.
data date
strengths - weaknesses - opportunities - threats analysis (SWOT)
scope
virtual team
32. 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.
sponsor
project risk management (Knowledge Area)
time and material contract (T&M)
functional organization
33. Deliverable that is subject to approval by the project sponsor or customer
external deliverable
inspection (Technique)
simulation
project management body of knowledge
34. Analytical technique used to determine basic underlying reason that causes a variance or defect or risk
float
expert judgment (Technique)
perform quantitative analysis (Process)
root cause analysis (Technique)
35. 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
value engineering
scope creep
work breakdown structure (WBS) (Output/Input)
performance reports (Output/Input)
36. 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
communications management plan (Output/Input)
configuration management system (Tool)
network path
project cost management (Knowledge Area)
37. A method of estimating a component of work. the work is decomposed into more detail. an estimate is prepared of what is needed to meet the requirements of each of the lower - more detailed pieces of work - and these estimates are then aggregated into
project management office (PMO)
performing organization
resource breakdown structure
bottom-up estimating (Technique)
38. Those processes performed to finalize all activities across all project management process groups to formally close the project or phase
estimate activity durations (Process)
request for information (RFI)
practice
closing processes (Process Group)
39. Centralized coordinated management of a program to achieve the program's strategic objectives and benefits
subproject
program management
project calendar
input (Process) input
40. Partially complete document in a predefined format that provides a defined structure for collecting - organizing and presenting information and data
summary activity
invitation for bid (IFB)
template
project management information system (PMIS) (Tool)
41. Response to a negative risk that has occurred - workaround is not planned in advance of the occurrence of the risk event
workaround
work breakdown structure dictionary
three point estimate (Technique)
product life cycle
42. Quantifiable deviation - departure or divergence away from a known baseline or expected value
define scope (Process)
close procurements (Process)
conduct procurements (Process)
variance
43. Implementing risk response plans - tracking identified risks - monitoring residual risks - identifying new risks and evaluating risk process throughout the project
network logic
BCWP
portfolio
monitor and control risks (Process)
44. Requirements imposed by a government body. government mandated compliance
Delphi technique (Technique)
regulation
fast tracking (Technique)
activity identifier
45. Calculation of the early start and early finish dates for the uncompleted portions of all network activities
product life cycle
risk mitigation (Technique)
requirement
forward pass
46. Type of procurement document whereby the buyer requests a potential seller to provide various pieces of information related to a product or service or seller capability
three point estimate (Technique)
request for information (RFI)
project management process group
finish to finish (FF)
47. Uncertain event or condition that has a positive or negative effect on projects objectives
risk
application area
specification limits
quality management plan (Output/Input)
48. One or more numerical or text values that identify characteristics of the work or in some way categorize the schedule activity that allows filtering and ordering of activities within reports
validation
executing processes (Process Group)
lead (Technique)
activity code
49. Tracking - reviewing - regulating the progress to meet the performance objectives defined in the project management plan
finish date
output (Process)
subproject
monitor and control project work (Process)
50. The smallest unit of time used in scheduling a project. calendar units are generally in hours - days - or weeks - but can also be in quarters years - months - shifts - or even minutes
work breakdown structure component
scheduled start date (SS)
risk
calendar unit