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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. Formally documented change request that is submitted for approval to the integrated change control process
requested change(Output/Input)
project quality management (Knowledge Area)
risk
communications management plan (Output/Input)
2. Document that provides for common and repeated use - rules - guidelines or characteristics for activities or their results
standard
develop project charter (Process)
objective
project schedule (Output/Input)
3. Tracking team member performance - providing feedback - resolving issues and managing changes to optimize project performance
parametric estimating (Technique)
start date
manage project team (Process)
input (Process) input
4. Model used in conjunction with manual methods or project management software to perform schedule network analysis to generate the project schedule for use in managing the executing or a project
forward pass
activity
decomposition (Technique)
schedule model (Tool)
5. Uncertain event or condition that has a positive or negative effect on projects objectives
risk
stakeholder
risk acceptance (Technique)
manage project team (Process)
6. Reserve
scope
program management
input (Process) input
buffer
7. Hybrid contractual arrangement containing aspects of both cost reimbursable and fixed price contracts. time and material contract have no definitive end - can grow. units are preset by the buyer and seller.
close procurements (Process)
activity list (Output/Input)
time and material contract (T&M)
standard
8. Describes how the project management team will implement the performing organizations quality plan.
risk
product
common cause
quality management plan (Output/Input)
9. Deliverable oriented hierarchical decomposition of the work to be executed by the project team to accomplish the project objectives and create the required deliverables
project management information system (PMIS) (Tool)
buffer
work breakdown structure (WBS) (Output/Input)
reserve analysis (Technique)
10. 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.
time scaled schedule network diagram (Tool)
requirement
change control system (Tool)
constraint (Input)
11. Requests to expand or reduce the project scope - modify policies - processes - plans or procedures - modify costs or budgets - or revise schedules
project phase
threat
workaround
change requests
12. Information and data on the status of the project schedule activities being performed to accomplish the project work collected as part of the direct and manage project execute processes. Information includes: status of deliverables - implementation s
total float
value engineering
work performance information
plan communications (Process)
13. Documents and data on prior project including project files - records - correspondence - closed contracts - and closed projects
project management knowledge area
historical information
role
scheduled start date (SS)
14. Store of historical information and lessons learned about both the outcomes of previous project selection decisions and previous project performance
validation
node
three point estimate (Technique)
lessons learned knowledge base
15. Analytical technique used to determine basic underlying reason that causes a variance or defect or risk
bottom-up estimating (Technique)
root cause analysis (Technique)
precedence relationship
monitor
16. A request - demand or assertion of rights by a seller against a buyer or vice versa for consideration - compensation - or payment under the terms of a legally binding contract (such as for a disputed change)
organizational process assets (Output/Input)
claim
request for proposal (RFP)
network logic
17. Work that must be performed to deliver a product - service or result with the specified features and functions
s-curve
project scope
work breakdown structure component
responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) (Tool)
18. Area of project management defined by its knowledge requirements and described in terms of its component processes - practices - inputs - outputs - tools and techniques
buyer
manage project team (Process)
project management knowledge area
quality management plan (Output/Input)
19. Term used in precedence diagramming method for a logical relationship in current usage. precedence relationship - logical relationship and dependency are interchangeably used
total float
project cost management (Knowledge Area)
practice
precedence relationship
20. 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
risk mitigation (Technique)
activity attributes (Output/Input)
backward pass
assumptions analysis (Technique)
21. Process of numerically analyzing the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives
perform quantitative analysis (Process)
start to finish (SF)
early start date (ES)
project communications management (Knowledge Area)
22. Float (total float - free float)
resource histogram
activity list (Output/Input)
slack
scope
23. 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
log
virtual team
analogous estimating (Technique)
plan procurements (Process)
24. 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
change requests
co-location (Technique)
specification limits
enterprise environmental factors (Input/Output)
25. Calendar of working days and non-working days that determines those dates on which each specific recourse is idle or can be active
resource calendar
closing processes (Process Group)
perform integrated change control (Process)
resource histogram
26. 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
risk acceptance (Technique)
role
reserve analysis (Technique)
scheduled start date (SS)
27. Identifying - documenting - approving or rejecting and controlling changes to the project baselines
plan procurements (Process)
monitor and control project work (Process)
requirement
change control
28. 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
scope change
decomposition (Technique)
develop human resource plan (Process)
strengths - weaknesses - opportunities - threats analysis (SWOT)
29. A condition or situation favorable to the project - a positive set of circumstances - a positive set of events - a risk that will have a positive impact.
opportunity
project time management (Knowledge Area)
perform quality control (Process)
contingency reserve(Output/Input)
30. Summary level project schedule that identifies the major deliverables and work breakdown structure components and key schedule milestones
project
master schedule (Tool)
tool
forecast
31. Depiction in a diagram format of the inputs - process actions - and outputs of one or more processes within a system
earned value technique (EVT) (Technique)
flowcharting (Technique)
buyer
product life cycle
32. Collection of projects or programs and other work that are grouped together to facilitate effective management of that work to meet strategic business objectives
schedule baseline
decision tree analysis (Technique)
earned value management (EV
portfolio
33. Collection of generally sequential project phases whose name and number are determined by the control needs of the organization involved in the project
schedule performance index (SPI)
project life cycle
produce scope
risk avoidance (Technique)
34. 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)
objective
perform qualitative analysis (Process)
successor activity
35. Something tangible used in performing an activity to produce a product or result
assumptions analysis (Technique)
organizational process assets (Output/Input)
plan risk response (Process)
tool
36. Quantifiable deviation - departure or divergence away from a known baseline or expected value
variance
project management team
contract (Output/Input)
perform qualitative analysis (Process)
37. Technique that computes or iterates the project cost or project schedule many times using input values selected at random from probability distributions of possible costs or durations - to calculate a distribution of total project costs or completion
budget at completion (BAC)
precedence relationship
Monte Carlo analysis
program management
38. 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
actual duration
subproject
analogous estimating (Technique)
material
39. Analysis. a statistical technique that calculates the average outcome when the future includes scenarios that may or may not happen. used in decision tree analysis.
sub network
reserve
develop project charter (Process)
expected monetary value (EMV)
40. Document that describes how the project scope will be defined - developed and verified and how the work breakdown structure will be created and defined and that provides guidance on how the project scope will be managed and controlled by the project
scope management plan(Output/Input)
activity
parametric estimating (Technique)
near critical activity
41. Approach to optimize project life cycle costs - save time - increase profits - improve quality - expand market share - solve problems - and use resources more effectively
scope
project charter (Output/Input)
value engineering
late start date (LS)
42. Processes and activities of the performing organization that determine quality policies - objectives and responsibilities so that the project will satisfy the needs for which it was undertaken
project quality management (Knowledge Area)
sub network
plan risk response (Process)
project initiation management (Knowledge Area)
43. 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
sub network
staffing management plan
predecessor activity
risk register (Output/Input)
44. Application of knowledge - skills - tools and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements
performance measurement baseline
project management
change requests
variance
45. Processes and activities needed to identify - define - combine - unify and coordinate the various processes and project management activities within the project management process groups
role
project initiation management (Knowledge Area)
scope
project organization chart (Output/Input)
46. Schematic display of the logical relationships among the project schedule activities. drawn from left to right.
project management system (Tool)
finish date
lag (Technique)
project schedule network diagram (Output/Input)
47. Fixed date imposed on a schedule activity or schedule milestone. usually - start no earlier than - finish no later than
identify stakeholders (Process)
manage stakeholder expectations (Process)
imposed date
acquire project team (Process)
48. Group of persons with a shared objective who fulfill their roles with little or no time spent meeting fact to face.
monitor and control project work (Process)
variance
defect
virtual team
49. Approved specific version of the detailed scope statement - work breakdown structure (WBS) and its associated WBS dictionary
scope baseline
parametric estimating (Technique)
quality
project procurement management (Knowledge Area)
50. A histogram - ordered by frequency of occurrence - that shows how many results were generated by each identified cause
pareto chart (Tool)
start to finish (SF)
Gantt chart (Tool)
scope