Test your basic knowledge |

Comptia Project + Project Management

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • 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. Graphical representation of situations showing causal influences - time ordering of events and other relationships among variables and outcomes






2. 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.






3. The person assigned by the performing organization to achieve the project objectives






4. Structure that relates the project organizational breakdown structure to the work breakdown structure to help ensure that each component of the project scope of work is assigned to a person or team






5. Indications that a risk has occurred or is about to occur. also called risk symptoms or warning signs. should be watched or monitored in the risk monitoring and control process.






6. Logical relationship where completion of work of the successor activity cannot finish until the completion of work of the predecessor activity.






7. 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






8. A short unique numeric or text identification assigned to each schedule activity to differentiate that project activity from other project activities. typically unique within any one project schedule network diagram






9. Approved integrated scope-schedule-cost plan for the project work against which project execution is compared to measure and manage performance






10. Collect project performance data with respect to a plan - produce performance measures and report and disseminate performance information






11. Extending or generating parallel schedule network paths from the same node in a project schedule network diagram. characterized by schedule activity with more than one successor activity






12. Performed to defined a new project or a new phase of an existing project by obtaining authorization to start the project or phase






13. Evaluation of whether or not a product - service - or system complies with a regulation - requirement - specification or imposed condition.






14. 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.






15. Information gathering technique examines the project from the perspective of each projects strengths - weaknesses - opportunities - and threats to increase the breadth of the risks considered by risk management






16. Point in time that work was scheduled to start on a schedule activity. called planned start date.






17. The process of finalizing all activities across all of the project management process groups to formally complete the project or phase






18. Group of potential causes of risk. such as technical - external - organizational - environmental - project management. a category may include subcategories






19. Collecting and distributing performance information - including status reports - progress measurements and forecasts






20. Work that must be performed to deliver a product - service or result with the specified features and functions






21. An estimating technique that uses a statistical relationship between historical data and other variables (sq. foot in construction - lines of code in software development) to calculate an estimate for activity parameters such as scope - cost - budget






22. Authorized budget assigned to the scheduled work to be accomplished for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component






23. The right to apply project resources - expend funds - make decisions or give approvals






24. Document used to record and describe or denote selected items identified during execution of a process or activity






25. A group of related projects managed in a coordinated way to obtain benefits and control not available from managing them individually.






26. Document that graphically depicts the project team members and their interrelationships for a specific project






27. Smaller portion of the overall project created when a project is subdivided by their logical relationship






28. Approximating the number of work periods needed to complete individual activities with estimated resources






29. Degree - amount or volume of risk that an organization or individual will withstand






30. Technique for estimating that applies a weighted average of optimistic - pessimistic and most likely estimates when there is uncertainty with the individual activity estimates






31. Documented direction to perform an activity that can reduce the probability of negative consequences associated with project risks






32. 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






33. 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






34. The time in calendar units between the start and finish of a schedule activity






35. Schedule activity that has a low total float.






36. Group of persons with a shared objective who fulfill their roles with little or no time spent meeting fact to face.






37. Describes how the project management team will implement the performing organizations quality plan.






38. 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






39. Amount of time that a schedule activity can be delayed without delaying the early start date of any immediately following schedule activities.






40. 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.






41. Type of procurement document used to request proposals from prospective sellers of products or services.






42. The value of work performed expressed in terms of the approved budget assigned to that work for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component. ALSO BCWP.






43. Describes when and how human resource requirements will be met






44. Provider of products - services or results






45. Modification that allows an acceleration of the successor activity.






46. 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.






47. Document that provides for common and repeated use - rules - guidelines or characteristics for activities or their results






48. Modification of a logical relationship that directs a delay in the successor activity. activity with a 10 day lag - cannot start until 10 days after an activity is finished






49. Processes that organize and manage the project team






50. A formal approved document that defines how the project is executed - monitored - and controlled.