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Comptia Project + Project Management
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Instructions:
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. Directing - managing - performing and accomplishing the project work - providing the deliverables and providing work performance information
three point estimate (Technique)
work performance information
schedule management plan (Output/Input)
execute
2. Point in time that work was scheduled to start on a schedule activity. called planned start date.
finish to finish (FF)
manage project team (Process)
Monte Carlo analysis
scheduled start date (SS)
3. Group of related schedule activities aggregated at some summary level and displayed as a single activity at that summary level. same as summary activity.
buffer
hammock activity
product life cycle
resource
4. 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
activity list (Output/Input)
lead (Technique)
lag (Technique)
budget
5. Judgment provided based upon expertise in an application area - knowledge area - discipline - industry - etc. as appropriate for the activity being performed.
initiating processes (Process Group)
expert judgment (Technique)
estimate (Output/Input)
grade
6. Document that provides for common and repeated use - rules - guidelines or characteristics for activities or their results
float
standard
project manager
activity duration
7. Processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation - collection - distribution - storage - retrieval - and ultimate disposition of project information
sub network
project communications management (Knowledge Area)
activity duration
specification
8. Communicating and working with stakeholders to meet their needs and address issues as they occur
project life cycle
project management office (PMO)
manage stakeholder expectations (Process)
project manager
9. Launching a process that can result in the authorization of a new project
buyer
project initiation
administer procurements (Process)
functional manager
10. Formally documented change request that is submitted for approval to the integrated change control process
project management plan (Output/Input)
requested change(Output/Input)
risk
monitor and control risks (Process)
11. Any continuous series of schedule activities connected with logical relationships in a project schedule network diagram
historical information
effort
network path
program evaluation and review technique (PERT)
12. 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
activity list (Output/Input)
activity attributes (Output/Input)
percent complete
requirements traceability matrix
13. Quantifiable deviation - departure or divergence away from a known baseline or expected value
milestone
lag (Technique)
variance
specification limits
14. Something tangible used in performing an activity to produce a product or result
seller
tool
matrix organization
plan procurements (Process)
15. 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
float
contract (Output/Input)
risk management plan (Output/Input)
scope change
16. Documented direction to perform an activity that can reduce the probability of negative consequences associated with project risks
s-curve
code of accounts (Tool)
perform quality assurance (Process)
preventative action
17. Risk response planning technique for a threat that creates changes to the project management plan that are meant to either eliminate the risk or to protect the project objectives from its impact.
approved change request (Output/Input)
risk avoidance (Technique)
firm fixed price contract (FFP)
historical information
18. Risk response planning technique that indicates the project team has decided not to change the project management plan to deal with a risk - or is unable to identify any other suitable response strategy
budget
portfolio management (Technique)
successor activity
risk acceptance (Technique)
19. Document describing how roles and responsibilities - reporting relationships and staffing management will be addressed and structured for the project
scope creep
human resource plan
activity duration
develop project management plan (Process)
20. Common way to determine whether a risk is considered low - moderate - or high by combining the two dimensions of a risk: its probability of occurrence and its impact on objectives if it occurs
reserve
distribute information (Process)
probability and impact matrix (Tool)
quality
21. Centralized coordinated management of a program to achieve the program's strategic objectives and benefits
sequence activities (Process)
product
practice
program management
22. Change to project scope. almost always requires an adjustment to the project cost or schedule
simulation
manage stakeholder expectations (Process)
acceptance criteria
scope change
23. Collection of generally sequential - non overlapping product phases whose name and number are determined by the manufacturing and control needs of the organization.
configuration management system (Tool)
slack
product
product life cycle
24. Performed to defined a new project or a new phase of an existing project by obtaining authorization to start the project or phase
perform quality assurance (Process)
risk category
initiating processes (Process Group)
calendar unit
25. Determining project stakeholder information needs and defining a communication approach
plan communications (Process)
work authorization system (Tool)
rework
value engineering
26. Processes required to track - review and regulate the progress and performance of the project - identify any areas in which changes to the plan are required and initiate the corresponding changes.
threat
rolling wave planning (Technique)
monitor and controlling processes (Process Group)
validation
27. Uncertain event or condition that has a positive or negative effect on projects objectives
risk
percent complete
authority
free float
28. Determining which risks may affect the project and documenting their characteristics
effort
identify risks (Process)
develop project management plan (Process)
seller
29. Compares technical accomplishments during project execution to the project management plan's schedule of planned technical achievements.
logical relationship
technical performance measurement (Technique)
BCWS
forward pass
30. 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
monitor
program
forecast
summary activity
31. 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
collect requirements (Process)
invitation for bid (IFB)
slack
contingency reserve(Output/Input)
32. Graphic display of schedule related information.
Gantt chart (Tool)
project management knowledge area
decision tree analysis (Technique)
develop schedule (Process)
33. 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
start date
tool
Delphi technique (Technique)
direct and manage project execution (Process)
34. Authorized budget assigned to the scheduled work to be accomplished for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component
sub phase
estimate activity resources (Process)
project communications management (Knowledge Area)
planned value (PV)
35. Expected cost needed to complete all the remaining work for a schedule activity - work breakdown structure component or project.
estimate to complete (ETC)(Output/Input)
project organization chart (Output/Input)
project scope statement (Output/Input)
buffer
36. A general data gathering and creativity technique that can be used to identify risks - ideas or solutions to issues by using a group of team members or subject matter experts
define scope (Process)
actual duration
methodology
brainstorming (Technique)
37. 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
plan risk management (Process)
communications management plan (Output/Input)
deliverable (Output/Input)
preventative action
38. Identifying the specific actions to be performed to produce the project deliverables
define activities (Process)
activity list (Output/Input)
expected monetary value (EMV)
triggers
39. Shortening the project schedule duration without reducing the project scope
subproject
resource histogram
schedule compression
estimate activity durations (Process)
40. Work that must be performed to deliver a product - service or result with the specified features and functions
project communications management (Knowledge Area)
plan risk management (Process)
manage project team (Process)
project scope
41. Developing options and actions to enhance opportunities and to reduce threats to project objectives
change control
activity attributes (Output/Input)
plan risk response (Process)
slack
42. The formally documented identification of a defect in a project component with a recommendation to either repair the defect or completely replace the component
issue Point or matter in question or dispute
defect repair
expected monetary value (EMV)
reserve
43. Hierarchically organized depiction of the identified project risks arranged by risk category and subcategory that identifies the various areas and causes of potential risks.
conduct procurements (Process)
risk breakdown structure (RBS)
perform quantitative analysis (Process)
executing processes (Process Group)
44. System of practices - techniques - procedures and rules used by those who work in a discipline
duration (DU or DUR)
manage stakeholder expectations (Process)
total float
methodology
45. Graphical representation of situations showing causal influences - time ordering of events and other relationships among variables and outcomes
close project or phase (Process)
influence diagram (Tool)
work breakdown structure dictionary
enterprise environmental factors (Input/Output)
46. Smaller portion of the overall project created when a project is subdivided by their logical relationship
change control board (CCB)
close project or phase (Process)
fixed price incentive fee contract (FPIF)
subproject
47. A table that links requirements to their origin and traces them throughout the project life cycle
earned value (EV)
parametric estimating (Technique)
requirements traceability matrix
risk category
48. Application of knowledge - skills - tools and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements
scope creep
schedule management plan (Output/Input)
project management
communications management plan (Output/Input)
49. The process of finalizing all activities across all of the project management process groups to formally complete the project or phase
specification
close project or phase (Process)
verification
risk avoidance (Technique)
50. Requests to expand or reduce the project scope - modify policies - processes - plans or procedures - modify costs or budgets - or revise schedules
change requests
project
acceptance criteria
milestone