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Comptia Project + Project Management

Subjects : certifications, comptia-project-+, it-skills

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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 table that links requirements to their origin and traces them throughout the project life cycle
project risk management (Knowledge Area)
requirements traceability matrix
plan communications (Process)
subproject

2. 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
performing organization
closing processes (Process Group)
procurement management plan (Output/Input)

3. Identifying quality requirements and/or standards for the project and product and documenting how the project will demonstrate compliance
parametric estimating (Technique)
plan quality (Process)
residual risk
imposed date

4. Schedule activity that has a low total float.
stakeholder
finish date
near critical activity
workaround

5. A technique that explores the accuracy of assumptions and identifies risks to the project from inaccuracy - inconsistency - or incompleteness of assumptions
schedule performance index (SPI)
near critical activity
assumptions analysis (Technique)
administer procurements (Process)

6. Cost - time - quality - technical or resource value used as a parameter and which may be included in product specification. crossing the threshold should trigger some action.
contract (Output/Input)
threshold
workaround
buyer

7. Narrative description of products - services or results
inspection (Technique)
statement of work (SOW)
work breakdown structure component
risk category

8. Judgment provided based upon expertise in an application area - knowledge area - discipline - industry - etc. as appropriate for the activity being performed.
project management body of knowledge
finish to start (FS)
expert judgment (Technique)
change control board (CCB)

9. Formally documented change request that is submitted for approval to the integrated change control process
requested change(Output/Input)
result
simulation
template

10. Group of potential causes of risk. such as technical - external - organizational - environmental - project management. a category may include subcategories
network path
risk category
output (Process)
perform integrated change control (Process)

11. Number of labor units required to complete a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component
change control board (CCB)
effort
lessons learned(Output/Input)
scope

12. Quantifiable deviation - departure or divergence away from a known baseline or expected value
variance
monitor and control risks (Process)
secondary risk
backward pass

13. Documents and data on prior project including project files - records - correspondence - closed contracts - and closed projects
Monte Carlo simulation
estimate (Output/Input)
requirement
historical information

14. Expected cost needed to complete all the remaining work for a schedule activity - work breakdown structure component or project.
near critical activity
responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) (Tool)
estimate to complete (ETC)(Output/Input)
external deliverable

15. Identifying all people or organizations impacted by the project and documenting relevant information regarding their interest - involvement and impact on project success
distribute information (Process)
identify stakeholders (Process)
organizational breakdown structure (OBS) (Tool)
define scope (Process)

16. Authorized budget assigned to the scheduled work to be accomplished for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component
acquire project team (Process)
risk breakdown structure (RBS)
planned value (PV)
start date

17. Processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation - collection - distribution - storage - retrieval - and ultimate disposition of project information
co-location (Technique)
project communications management (Knowledge Area)
decomposition (Technique)
technical performance measurement (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.
lessons learned(Output/Input)
application area
preventative action
constraint (Input)

19. 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.
s-curve
monitor and control project work (Process)
functional organization
plan risk response (Process)

20. Calculated projection of cost performance that must be achieved on the remaining work to meet a specified management goal. ratio of remaining work to funds remaining
forward pass
backward pass
to complete performance index (TCPI)
project management system (Tool)

21. 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
projectized organization
identify stakeholders (Process)
risk breakdown structure (RBS)
forecast

22. A source of variation that is inherent in the system and predictable. on a control chart - it appears as part of the random process variation and is indicated by random pattern of points within the control limits. also referred to as random cause
buyer
slack
technical performance measurement (Technique)
common cause

23. 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
budget at completion (BAC)
risk mitigation (Technique)
project life cycle
resource leveling (Technique)

24. A histogram - ordered by frequency of occurrence - that shows how many results were generated by each identified cause
actual duration
determine budget (Process)
forward pass
pareto chart (Tool)

25. Person or group that provides financial resources in cash or in kind for the project
activity
project initiation
virtual team
sponsor

26. Communicating and working with stakeholders to meet their needs and address issues as they occur
risk acceptance (Technique)
performance reports (Output/Input)
manage stakeholder expectations (Process)
calendar unit

27. 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
start to start (SS)
portfolio
communications management plan (Output/Input)
backward pass

28. Collection of generally sequential project phases whose name and number are determined by the control needs of the organization involved in the project
Monte Carlo simulation
root cause analysis (Technique)
project life cycle
executing processes (Process Group)

29. Formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables
external deliverable
probability and impact matrix (Tool)
risk tolerance
verify scope (Process)

30. 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
duration (DU or DUR)
voice of the customer
project charter (Output/Input)
activity attributes (Output/Input)

31. Identifying and documenting project roles - responsibilities - and required skills - reporting relationships and creating a staffing management plan.
rework
develop human resource plan (Process)
manage stakeholder expectations (Process)
imposed date

32. Risk that arises as a direct result of implementing a risk response
actual duration
scope change
verification
secondary risk

33. 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
effort
co-location (Technique)
actual duration
risk mitigation (Technique)

34. Collecting and distributing performance information - including status reports - progress measurements and forecasts
resource leveling (Technique)
standard
report performance (Process)
start to start (SS)

35. Change to project scope. almost always requires an adjustment to the project cost or schedule
scope change
project management team
product
finish to start (FS)

36. Collection of logically related project activities - usually culminating in the completion of a major deliverable. project phase is a component of the project life cycle
expert judgment (Technique)
project scope statement (Output/Input)
common cause
project phase

37. Skilled human resources - equipment - services - supplies - commodities - material - budgets or funds
monitor and control risks (Process)
resource
planning package
defect

38. Planned dates for performing schedule activities and planned dates for meeting schedule milestones
budget at completion (BAC)
schedule compression
activity identifier
project schedule (Output/Input)

39. Developing a detailed description of the project and product
define scope (Process)
calendar unit
planning package
verification

40. Identifying the specific actions to be performed to produce the project deliverables
Gantt chart (Tool)
sub phase
subproject
define activities (Process)

41. Approved specific version of the detailed scope statement - work breakdown structure (WBS) and its associated WBS dictionary
monitor
scope baseline
scheduled start date (SS)
residual risk

42. 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 category
work performance information
role
projectized organization

43. Quantitative risk analysis and modeling technique used to determine which risks have the most potential impact on the project. typical display of results is in the form of a tornado diagram
firm fixed price contract (FFP)
decision tree analysis (Technique)
precedence diagramming method (PDM) (Technique)
sensitivity analysis

44. Document issued by the project initiator or sponsor that formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides the project manager with the authority to apply organization resources to the project activities
contract (Output/Input)
project charter (Output/Input)
precedence relationship
procurement documents (Output/Input)

45. 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
bottom-up estimating (Technique)
schedule performance index (SPI)
contingency reserve(Output/Input)
root cause analysis (Technique)

46. Point in time that work was scheduled to start on a schedule activity. called planned start date.
expert judgment (Technique)
special cause
grade
scheduled start date (SS)

47. Members of the project team who are directly involved in project management activities
project management team
reserve analysis (Technique)
free float
estimate costs (Process)

48. Logical relationship where completion of work of the successor activity cannot finish until the completion of work of the predecessor activity.
scope
co-location (Technique)
three point estimate (Technique)
finish to finish (FF)

49. A specific technique for measuring the performance of work and used to establish the performance measurement baseline
earned value technique (EVT) (Technique)
performance measurement baseline
project life cycle
project management body of knowledge

50. Budgeted cost of work performed
project initiation
BCWP
resource histogram
parametric estimating (Technique)