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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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1. Tracking - reviewing - regulating the progress to meet the performance objectives defined in the project management plan
time scaled schedule network diagram (Tool)
project team directory
effort
monitor and control project work (Process)

2. Logical grouping of project management inputs - tools and techniques and outputs. includes initiating processes - planning processes - executing processes - monitoring and controlling processes and closing processes. NOT project phases
define activities (Process)
project management team
project management process group
time and material contract (T&M)

3. Group of related schedule activities aggregated at some summary level and displayed as a single activity (at the summary level)
project
request for information (RFI)
summary activity
risk breakdown structure (RBS)

4. Application of knowledge - skills - tools and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements
resource histogram
Delphi technique (Technique)
project management
invitation for bid (IFB)

5. Developing a document that formally authorizes a project or phase and documenting initial requirement that satisfy the stakeholders needs and expectations
monitor and control project work (Process)
procurement documents (Output/Input)
earned value technique (EVT) (Technique)
develop project charter (Process)

6. Estimating the type and quantities of material - people - equipment or supplies required to perform the activity
early start date (ES)
output (Process)
estimate activity resources (Process)
actual cost (AC)

7. Reviewing all change requests - approving changes - and managing changes to the deliverables - organizational process assets - project documents and project management plan
program
time scaled schedule network diagram (Tool)
methodology
perform integrated change control (Process)

8. The process of completing each project procurement
close procurements (Process)
matrix organization
plan procurements (Process)
forward pass

9. Depiction in a diagram format of the inputs - process actions - and outputs of one or more processes within a system
flowcharting (Technique)
project management system (Tool)
matrix organization
s-curve

10. 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 time management (Knowledge Area)
precedence diagramming method (PDM) (Technique)
project procurement management (Knowledge Area)
earned value management (EV

11. Subdivision of a phase
sub phase
assumptions
develop human resource plan (Process)
deliverable (Output/Input)

12. 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.
earned value management (EV
total float
sequence activities (Process)
to complete performance index (TCPI)

13. Narrative description of products - services or results
statement of work (SOW)
scope creep
network path
monitor and control project work (Process)

14. Structure in which the project manager has full authority to assign priorities - apply resources and direct the work of persons assigned to the project
projectized organization
late finish date (LF)
work breakdown structure dictionary
manage stakeholder expectations (Process)

15. Logical relationship where completion of the successor schedule activity is dependent upon the initiation of the predecessor schedule activity
bottom-up estimating (Technique)
project
start to finish (SF)
monitor and control risks (Process)

16. Evaluation of whether or not a product - service - or system complies with a regulation - requirement - specification or imposed condition.
activity list (Output/Input)
variance
verification
external deliverable

17. Centralized coordinated management of a program to achieve the program's strategic objectives and benefits
performance reports (Output/Input)
float
late finish date (LF)
program management

18. Subsystem of overall project management system. collection of formal documented procedures that defines how project work will be authorized to ensure that the work is done by the identified organization - at the right time and in the proper sequence.
schedule baseline
workaround
methodology
work authorization system (Tool)

19. Learning gained from the process of performing the project
lessons learned(Output/Input)
contingency reserve(Output/Input)
stakeholder
change requests

20. Slack - 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.
risk avoidance (Technique)
start date
float
external deliverable

21. Point in time that work was scheduled to start on a schedule activity. called planned start date.
simulation
network logic
scheduled start date (SS)
expert judgment (Technique)

22. Measure of schedule efficiency on a project. ratio of earned value (EV) and the planned value (PV). SV = EV minus PV.
activity code
project schedule (Output/Input)
schedule performance index (SPI)
influence diagram (Tool)

23. 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
work performance information
common cause
effort
preventative action

24. Deliverable that is subject to approval by the project sponsor or customer
project schedule (Output/Input)
perform quantitative analysis (Process)
requested change(Output/Input)
external deliverable

25. 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
develop schedule (Process)
trend analysis (Technique)
actual cost (AC)
start date

26. Deliverable or project work component at the lowest level of each branch of the work breakdown structure
code of accounts (Tool)
lessons learned(Output/Input)
work package
threat

27. Approximating the number of work periods needed to complete individual activities with estimated resources
firm fixed price contract (FFP)
estimate activity durations (Process)
external deliverable
code of accounts (Tool)

28. Group of related schedule activities aggregated at some summary level and displayed as a single activity at that summary level. same as summary activity.
requirement
late start date (LS)
hammock activity
resource

29. Developing options and actions to enhance opportunities and to reduce threats to project objectives
threat
triggers
reserve
plan risk response (Process)

30. Type of procurement document used to request price quotations from prospective sellers of common or standard products or services
monitor and control project work (Process)
start date
request for quotation (RFQ)
requirements traceability matrix

31. 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
common cause
simulation
project management office (PMO)
expected monetary value (EMV)

32. 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.
change control system (Tool)
threshold
risk register (Output/Input)
perform integrated change control (Process)

33. 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
project time management (Knowledge Area)
work package
backward pass
resource leveling (Technique)

34. Term used in precedence diagramming method for a logical relationship in current usage. precedence relationship - logical relationship and dependency are interchangeably used
template
precedence relationship
role
estimate at completion (EAC)(Output/Input)

35. Summary level schedule that identifies the major schedule milestone
slack
produce scope
milestone schedule (Tool)
project management team

36. Type of procurement document used to request proposals from prospective sellers of products or services.
statement of work (SOW)
work breakdown structure dictionary
actual cost (AC)
request for proposal (RFP)

37. Schematic display of the logical relationships among the project schedule activities. drawn from left to right.
product
project schedule network diagram (Output/Input)
common cause
requirement

38. 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
request for quotation (RFQ)
project quality management (Knowledge Area)
practice
bottom-up estimating (Technique)

39. The process of confirming human resource availability and obtaining team necessary to complete project assignments
lessons learned knowledge base
project communications management (Knowledge Area)
verification
acquire project team (Process)

40. 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
configuration management system (Tool)
actual duration
project scope statement (Output/Input)
path divergence

41. 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
input (Process) input
precedence diagramming method (PDM) (Technique)
work performance information
scope management plan(Output/Input)

42. Identifying early and late start dates as well as early and late finish dates for the uncompleted portions of project schedule activities
project cost management (Knowledge Area)
validation
schedule network analysis (Technique)
late finish date (LF)

43. Quantifiable deviation - departure or divergence away from a known baseline or expected value
project procurement management (Knowledge Area)
project cost management (Knowledge Area)
actual duration
variance

44. Features and functions that characterize a product - service or result
risk acceptance (Technique)
fixed price incentive fee contract (FPIF)
develop project charter (Process)
produce scope

45. Formally documented change request that is submitted for approval to the integrated change control process
requested change(Output/Input)
rework
develop project management plan (Process)
verification

46. Document describing how project risk management will be structured and performed on the project. contains the list of project risks - the results of risk analysis and risk responses
risk management plan (Output/Input)
project
threshold
seller

47. 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
resource breakdown structure
activity list (Output/Input)
develop project team (Process)
to complete performance index (TCPI)

48. Organizational body or entity assigned various responsibilities related to the centralized and coordinated management of those projects under its domain.
perform quality control (Process)
inspection (Technique)
subproject
project management office (PMO)

49. A collection of formal documented procedures that define how project deliverables and documentation will be controlled - changed and approved. in most application areas - the change control system is a subset of the configuration management system
project management body of knowledge
decision tree analysis (Technique)
Gantt chart (Tool)
change control system (Tool)

50. Provider of products - services or results
seller
conduct procurements (Process)
pareto chart (Tool)
enterprise environmental factors (Input/Output)