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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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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. 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
historical information
standard
template
co-location (Technique)
2. 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
activity duration
contingency reserve(Output/Input)
estimate at completion (EAC)(Output/Input)
monitor and control project work (Process)
3. Adding features and functionality (project scope) without addressing the effects on time - costs - and resources or without customer approval
methodology
rolling wave planning (Technique)
scope creep
flowcharting (Technique)
4. Group of related schedule activities aggregated at some summary level and displayed as a single activity at that summary level. same as summary activity.
product life cycle
identify stakeholders (Process)
hammock activity
project quality management (Knowledge Area)
5. 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
work breakdown structure dictionary
lead (Technique)
project procurement management (Knowledge Area)
project phase
6. Summary level schedule that identifies the major schedule milestone
initiating processes (Process Group)
approved change request (Output/Input)
milestone schedule (Tool)
develop project charter (Process)
7. Tracking - reviewing - regulating the progress to meet the performance objectives defined in the project management plan
manage stakeholder expectations (Process)
monitor and control project work (Process)
rolling wave planning (Technique)
network path
8. The degree to which a set of inherent characteristics fulfills requirements
configuration management system (Tool)
imposed date
stakeholder
quality
9. Total number of work periods required to complete a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component.
scheduled finish date (SF)
manage stakeholder expectations (Process)
scope
duration (DU or DUR)
10. Logical relationship where initiation of the work of the successor schedule activity depends upon the initiation of the work of the predecessor schedule activity
project life cycle
external deliverable
start to start (SS)
perform quality control (Process)
11. Measure of schedule efficiency on a project. ratio of earned value (EV) and the planned value (PV). SV = EV minus PV.
role
early finish date (EF)
schedule performance index (SPI)
project charter (Output/Input)
12. Type of procurement document used to request price quotations from prospective sellers of common or standard products or services
request for quotation (RFQ)
project management team
project life cycle
path divergence
13. 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
executing processes (Process Group)
bottom-up estimating (Technique)
Monte Carlo simulation
procurement documents (Output/Input)
14. Collection of generally sequential project phases whose name and number are determined by the control needs of the organization involved in the project
project life cycle
brainstorming (Technique)
project schedule network diagram (Output/Input)
practice
15. 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
produce scope
acceptance criteria
to complete performance index (TCPI)
decomposition (Technique)
16. A planning technique that subdivides the project scope and project deliverables into smaller - more manageable components - until the project work associated with accomplishing the project scope and providing the deliverables is defined in sufficient
conduct procurements (Process)
contract (Output/Input)
decomposition (Technique)
BCWS
17. A point in time associated with schedule activity's completion.
projectized organization
triggers
BCWS
finish date
18. Identifying early and late start dates as well as early and late finish dates for the uncompleted portions of project schedule activities
risk
planned value (PV)
predecessor activity
schedule network analysis (Technique)
19. An information gathering technique used as a way to reach a consensus of experts on a subject. experts on the subject participate in the technique anonymously. a facilitator uses a questionnaire to solicit ideas about the important project points rel
expert judgment (Technique)
buffer
Delphi technique (Technique)
earned value technique (EVT) (Technique)
20. Provision in the project management plan to mitigate cost and or schedule risk. modifier: management reserve (unknown risks) - contingency reserve (known - but unplanned risks)
co-location (Technique)
lag (Technique)
reserve
node
21. The process of defining and documenting stakeholder needs to meet project objectives
performing organization
activity duration
collect requirements (Process)
resource calendar
22. 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
risk category
resource leveling (Technique)
communications management plan (Output/Input)
preventative action
23. 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.
project management knowledge area
project management plan (Output/Input)
project management office (PMO)
requirement
24. Members of the project team who are directly involved in project management activities
project management team
forecast
perform quantitative analysis (Process)
practice
25. A change request that has been processed through the integrated change control process and approved
approved change request (Output/Input)
data date
hammock activity
finish date
26. A point that is not settled or is under discussion or over which there are opposing views or disagreements
issue Point or matter in question or dispute
failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) (Technique)
sub network
buyer
27. The enterprise whose personnel are directly involved in doing the work of the project
performing organization
project calendar
staffing management plan
duration (DU or DUR)
28. 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
sub phase
predecessor activity
earned value (EV)
project scope statement (Output/Input)
29. 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
acceptance criteria
simulation
project management process group
responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) (Tool)
30. Processes that organize and manage the project team
imposed date
project human resource management (Knowledge Area)
constraint (Input)
verify scope (Process)
31. Calculation of the early start and early finish dates for the uncompleted portions of all network activities
forward pass
estimate (Output/Input)
code of accounts (Tool)
perform integrated change control (Process)
32. Temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result
project schedule network diagram (Output/Input)
portfolio
successor activity
project
33. 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
activity code
collect requirements (Process)
contingency reserve(Output/Input)
result
34. Identifying - documenting - approving or rejecting and controlling changes to the project baselines
earned value (EV)
develop project charter (Process)
effort
change control
35. Logical relationship where completion of work of the successor activity cannot finish until the completion of work of the predecessor activity.
request for information (RFI)
finish to finish (FF)
preventative action
scheduled start date (SS)
36. Processes to purchase or acquire the products - services or results needed from outside the project team to perform the work
baseline
near critical activity
scheduled finish date (SF)
project procurement management (Knowledge Area)
37. Formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables
verify scope (Process)
precedence relationship
project initiation management (Knowledge Area)
performance reports (Output/Input)
38. Number of labor units required to complete a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component
configuration management system (Tool)
perform quality control (Process)
effort
activity attributes (Output/Input)
39. The process of managing procurement relationships - monitoring contract performance - and making changes and corrections as needed
administer procurements (Process)
threat
project risk management (Knowledge Area)
procurement documents (Output/Input)
40. Graphic display of schedule related information.
resource leveling (Technique)
early start date (ES)
Gantt chart (Tool)
threat
41. Summary level project schedule that identifies the major deliverables and work breakdown structure components and key schedule milestones
master schedule (Tool)
probability and impact matrix (Tool)
resource calendar
issue Point or matter in question or dispute
42. 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
organizational process assets (Output/Input)
define scope (Process)
deliverable (Output/Input)
voice of the customer
43. Work that must be performed to deliver a product - service or result with the specified features and functions
fast tracking (Technique)
planning package
backward pass
project scope
44. 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
actual cost of work performed
closing processes (Process Group)
planning package
calendar unit
45. Compares technical accomplishments during project execution to the project management plan's schedule of planned technical achievements.
fast tracking (Technique)
risk management plan (Output/Input)
technical performance measurement (Technique)
time and material contract (T&M)
46. The process of confirming human resource availability and obtaining team necessary to complete project assignments
invitation for bid (IFB)
close project or phase (Process)
acquire project team (Process)
actual duration
47. 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
project life cycle
value engineering
precedence diagramming method (PDM) (Technique)
define scope (Process)
48. Hierarchal structure of resources by resource category and resource type used in resource leveling schedules and to develop resource limited schedules and which may be used to identify and analyze project human resource management
resource breakdown structure
precedence relationship
manage stakeholder expectations (Process)
staffing management plan
49. 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
develop human resource plan (Process)
percent complete
actual duration
work breakdown structure (WBS) (Output/Input)
50. The right to apply project resources - expend funds - make decisions or give approvals
risk category
distribute information (Process)
approved change request (Output/Input)
authority