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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.
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. Condition or situation unfavorable to the project - a negative set of circumstances - a negative set of events - a risk that will have a negative impact on a project objective if it occurs - or a possibility for negative changes
acquire project team (Process)
threat
lessons learned(Output/Input)
manage stakeholder expectations (Process)
2. The area on either side of the centerline - or mean - of data plotted on a control chart that meets the customer's requirements for a product or service.
change control
material
time and material contract (T&M)
specification limits
3. 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
Monte Carlo simulation
plan risk management (Process)
actual cost (AC)
human resource plan
4. Tracking team member performance - providing feedback - resolving issues and managing changes to optimize project performance
manage project team (Process)
three point estimate (Technique)
simulation
request for quotation (RFQ)
5. 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
project schedule (Output/Input)
start to start (SS)
actual cost of work performed
decomposition (Technique)
6. 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
issue Point or matter in question or dispute
risk mitigation (Technique)
schedule performance index (SPI)
close procurements (Process)
7. Processes concerned with conducting risk management planning - identification - analysis - responses and monitoring and control on a project
project risk management (Knowledge Area)
defect repair
brainstorming (Technique)
activity duration
8. Documents and presentations that provide organized and summarized work performance information - earned value management parameters and calculations - and analyses of project work progress and status
actual duration
performance reports (Output/Input)
quality
collect requirements (Process)
9. Group of related schedule activities aggregated at some summary level and displayed as a single activity at that summary level. same as summary activity.
define activities (Process)
trend analysis (Technique)
resource leveling (Technique)
hammock activity
10. 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
plan risk response (Process)
work breakdown structure (WBS) (Output/Input)
specification limits
Monte Carlo analysis
11. 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
work package
performance measurement baseline
enterprise environmental factors (Input/Output)
project communications management (Knowledge Area)
12. Assumptions are factors that - for planning purposes - are considered to be true - real - or certain without proof or demonstration
probability and impact matrix (Tool)
project
assumptions
approved change request (Output/Input)
13. Modification that allows an acceleration of the successor activity.
lead (Technique)
define scope (Process)
Delphi technique (Technique)
change control
14. Quantifiable deviation - departure or divergence away from a known baseline or expected value
variance
virtual team
program management
result
15. 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.
forecast
defect repair
work authorization system (Tool)
risk management plan (Output/Input)
16. Action taken to bring a defective or nonconforming component into compliance with requirements or specifications
start to finish (SF)
subproject
project management information system (PMIS) (Tool)
rework
17. Structure in which the project manager shares responsibility with the functional managers for assigning priorities and directing the work of persons assigned to the project
manage project team (Process)
initiating processes (Process Group)
human resource plan
matrix organization
18. Analytical technique that uses three cost or duration estimates to represent optimistic - most likely and pessimistic scenarios.
three point estimate (Technique)
resource breakdown structure
trend analysis (Technique)
organizational process assets (Output/Input)
19. Risk that arises as a direct result of implementing a risk response
secondary risk
resource calendar
value engineering
precedence relationship
20. Logical relationship where completion of work of the successor activity cannot finish until the completion of work of the predecessor activity.
close project or phase (Process)
estimate activity durations (Process)
finish to finish (FF)
decision tree analysis (Technique)
21. 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 attributes (Output/Input)
value engineering
work breakdown structure (WBS) (Output/Input)
project scope statement (Output/Input)
22. The process of managing procurement relationships - monitoring contract performance - and making changes and corrections as needed
administer procurements (Process)
perform quantitative analysis (Process)
initiating processes (Process Group)
total float
23. Determining which risks may affect the project and documenting their characteristics
identify risks (Process)
lead (Technique)
distribute information (Process)
risk tolerance
24. Project schedule compression that changes network logic to overlap phases that would normally be done in sequence
start to start (SS)
fast tracking (Technique)
triggers
backward pass
25. A formally constituted group of stakeholders responsible for reviewing - evaluating - approving - delaying or rejecting changes to a project - with all the decisions and recommendations being recorded
validation
change control board (CCB)
change control
finish to start (FS)
26. The date up to or through which the project's reporting system has provided actual status and accomplishments. also called as-of date and time-now date.
strengths - weaknesses - opportunities - threats analysis (SWOT)
project management office (PMO)
data date
lessons learned(Output/Input)
27. Documenting the actions necessary to define - prepare - integrate and coordinate all subsidiary plans
code of accounts (Tool)
develop project management plan (Process)
schedule baseline
grade
28. Hierarchically organized depiction of the project organization arranged so as to relate the work packages to the performing organizational units
resource calendar
program
authority
organizational breakdown structure (OBS) (Tool)
29. Describes when and how human resource requirements will be met
requirements traceability matrix
project life cycle
Monte Carlo analysis
staffing management plan
30. Calendar of working days or shifts that establishes those dates on which schedule activities are worked and nonworking days that determine those dates on which schedule activities are idle
project calendar
schedule performance index (SPI)
imposed date
identify stakeholders (Process)
31. Any item - internal or external - that is required by a process before that process proceeds
input (Process) input
tool
probability and impact matrix (Tool)
application area
32. Narrative description of products - services or results
path convergence
practice
common cause
statement of work (SOW)
33. Defined function to be performed by a project team member
role
variance
quality management plan (Output/Input)
resource breakdown structure
34. Identifying all people or organizations impacted by the project and documenting relevant information regarding their interest - involvement and impact on project success
identify stakeholders (Process)
schedule network analysis (Technique)
start to finish (SF)
resource
35. Document that provides for common and repeated use - rules - guidelines or characteristics for activities or their results
technical performance measurement (Technique)
program evaluation and review technique (PERT)
standard
special cause
36. The merging or joining of parallel schedule network paths into the same node in a project schedule network diagram. characterized by a schedule activity with more than one predecessor activity
actual cost of work performed
input (Process) input
variance analysis (Technique)
path convergence
37. An approved plan for a project - plus or minus approved changes. it is compared to actual performance to determine if performance is within acceptable variance thresholds. generally refers to the current baseline - but may refer to the original or so
baseline
plan procurements (Process)
reserve analysis (Technique)
application area
38. Processes and activities needed to identify - define - combine - unify and coordinate the various processes and project management activities within the project management process groups
successor activity
sensitivity analysis
project initiation management (Knowledge Area)
matrix organization
39. Authorized budget assigned to the scheduled work to be accomplished for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component
quality
planned value (PV)
reserve
practice
40. Approach to optimize project life cycle costs - save time - increase profits - improve quality - expand market share - solve problems - and use resources more effectively
value engineering
decision tree analysis (Technique)
collect requirements (Process)
budget
41. A formal approved document that defines how the project is executed - monitored - and controlled.
planned value (PV)
role
project management plan (Output/Input)
project management information system (PMIS) (Tool)
42. The person assigned by the performing organization to achieve the project objectives
scope
request for information (RFI)
project manager
variance analysis (Technique)
43. 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
acquire project team (Process)
estimate at completion (EAC)(Output/Input)
perform integrated change control (Process)
project cost management (Knowledge Area)
44. The latest possible point in time that a schedule activity maybe completed based upon schedule network logic - the completion date and any constraints assigned to the schedule activities without violating a schedule constraint or delaying the project
planned value (PV)
backward pass
late finish date (LF)
perform quality assurance (Process)
45. A specific technique for measuring the performance of work and used to establish the performance measurement baseline
earned value technique (EVT) (Technique)
historical information
regulation
brainstorming (Technique)
46. Improving the competencies - team interaction - and the overall team environment to enhance project performance
develop project team (Process)
scheduled finish date (SF)
define activities (Process)
forward pass
47. 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
closing processes (Process Group)
network logic
actual duration
time and material contract (T&M)
48. Evaluation of whether or not a product - service - or system complies with a regulation - requirement - specification or imposed condition.
activity duration
specification
verification
project quality management (Knowledge Area)
49. 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
calendar unit
requirement
project scope management (Knowledge Area)
residual risk
50. 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
triggers
defect repair
project management process group
request for quotation (RFQ)