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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. Fixed price contract where the buyer pays the seller a set amount regardless of the sellers costs
milestone
firm fixed price contract (FFP)
product
project management plan (Output/Input)
2. Group of related schedule activities aggregated at some summary level and displayed as a single activity at that summary level. same as summary activity.
activity
hammock activity
validation
develop project management plan (Process)
3. Budgeted cost of work scheduled
triggers
risk category
acquire project team (Process)
BCWS
4. Type of procurement document used to request price quotations from prospective sellers of common or standard products or services
near critical activity
performance reports (Output/Input)
request for quotation (RFQ)
report performance (Process)
5. Smaller portion of the overall project created when a project is subdivided by their logical relationship
probability and impact matrix (Tool)
communications management plan (Output/Input)
subproject
project initiation management (Knowledge Area)
6. Analytical technique used to determine basic underlying reason that causes a variance or defect or risk
root cause analysis (Technique)
project manager
virtual team
scheduled finish date (SF)
7. Action taken to bring a defective or nonconforming component into compliance with requirements or specifications
rework
project management body of knowledge
failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) (Technique)
influence diagram (Tool)
8. A specific technique for measuring the performance of work and used to establish the performance measurement baseline
project time management (Knowledge Area)
earned value technique (EVT) (Technique)
resource
activity
9. Application of knowledge - skills - tools and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements
matrix organization
project management
early start date (ES)
request for information (RFI)
10. An organizational placement strategy where the project team members are physically located close to one another in order to improve communication - working relationships and productivity
co-location (Technique)
inspection (Technique)
successor activity
activity identifier
11. Calculated projection of cost performance that must be achieved on the remaining work to meet a specified management goal. ratio of remaining work to funds remaining
to complete performance index (TCPI)
claim
actual duration
determine budget (Process)
12. Logical relationship where completion of the successor schedule activity is dependent upon the initiation of the predecessor schedule activity
start to finish (SF)
actual cost of work performed
estimate at completion (EAC)(Output/Input)
projectized organization
13. The sum of all budgets established for the work to be performed on a project or a work breakdown structure component or a schedule activity. the total planned value for the project
execute
budget at completion (BAC)
risk category
time scaled schedule network diagram (Tool)
14. Narrative description of products - services or results
secondary risk
time scaled schedule network diagram (Tool)
statement of work (SOW)
budget
15. Documents utilized in bid and proposal activities - which include the buyer's invitation for bid - invitation for negotiations - request for information - request for quotation - request for proposal and sellers responses
procurement documents (Output/Input)
project team directory
Monte Carlo simulation
input (Process) input
16. A subsystem of the overall project management system. it is a collection of formal documented procedures used to apply technical and administrative direction and surveillance to identify and document the functional and physical characteristics of a p
scheduled finish date (SF)
near critical activity
variance
configuration management system (Tool)
17. Point in time that work was scheduled to start on a schedule activity. called planned start date.
technical performance measurement (Technique)
virtual team
perform quantitative analysis (Process)
scheduled start date (SS)
18. Something toward which work is to be directed - a strategic position to be attained - or a purpose to be achieved - a result to be obtained - a product to produced or a service to be performed
objective
virtual team
historical information
product life cycle
19. A change request that has been processed through the integrated change control process and approved
initiating processes (Process Group)
fixed price incentive fee contract (FPIF)
objective
approved change request (Output/Input)
20. Identifying and documenting project roles - responsibilities - and required skills - reporting relationships and creating a staffing management plan.
work breakdown structure dictionary
special cause
develop human resource plan (Process)
log
21. Launching a process that can result in the authorization of a new project
project management body of knowledge
project team directory
project initiation
plan risk response (Process)
22. Category or rank used to distinguish items that have the same functional use but do not share the same requirements for quality
deliverable (Output/Input)
grade
rework
earned value management (EV
23. Schedule activity that has a low total float.
milestone
forecast
pareto chart (Tool)
near critical activity
24. Hierarchically organized depiction of the project organization arranged so as to relate the work packages to the performing organizational units
work performance information
project scope management (Knowledge Area)
execute
organizational breakdown structure (OBS) (Tool)
25. 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
manage stakeholder expectations (Process)
change control system (Tool)
direct and manage project execution (Process)
early start date (ES)
26. Risk that remains after risk responses have been implemented
residual risk
quality management plan (Output/Input)
resource leveling (Technique)
risk register (Output/Input)
27. Collection of logically related project activities - usually culminating in the completion of a major deliverable. project phase is a component of the project life cycle
project phase
issue Point or matter in question or dispute
identify stakeholders (Process)
change control system (Tool)
28. Assurance that a product - service or system meets the needs of the customer and other identified stakeholders
project schedule network diagram (Output/Input)
validation
assumptions analysis (Technique)
risk breakdown structure (RBS)
29. Sum of products - services and results to be provided as a project
scope
tool
network logic
earned value management (EV
30. The time in calendar units between the start and finish of a schedule activity
project management system (Tool)
percent complete
activity duration
probability and impact matrix (Tool)
31. The process of defining and documenting stakeholder needs to meet project objectives
organizational breakdown structure (OBS) (Tool)
collect requirements (Process)
project scope statement (Output/Input)
validation
32. Schematic display of the logical relationships among the project schedule activities. drawn from left to right.
closing processes (Process Group)
plan risk response (Process)
project schedule network diagram (Output/Input)
quality
33. 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)
claim
portfolio management (Technique)
path convergence
budget at completion (BAC)
34. Planned dates for performing schedule activities and planned dates for meeting schedule milestones
planned value (PV)
precedence diagramming method (PDM) (Technique)
estimate activity durations (Process)
project schedule (Output/Input)
35. Condition or capability that must be met or possessed by a system - product - service result or component to satisfy a contract - standard - specification or other formally imposed document.
quality
determine budget (Process)
failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) (Technique)
requirement
36. Members of the project team who are directly involved in project management activities
BCWP
project management team
objective
project team directory
37. Logical relationship where initiation of work of the successor activity depends on the completion of work of the predecessor activity
activity
project manager
finish to start (FS)
workaround
38. Change to project scope. almost always requires an adjustment to the project cost or schedule
change control board (CCB)
scope change
plan procurements (Process)
program evaluation and review technique (PERT)
39. Aggregating the estimated costs of individual activities or work packages to establish an authorized cost baseline
close procurements (Process)
activity identifier
assumptions
determine budget (Process)
40. Aggregation of the processes - tools - techniques - methodologies - resources and procedures to manage a project
quality management plan (Output/Input)
project schedule (Output/Input)
project management system (Tool)
verification
41. Monitoring and recording results of executing the quality activities to assess performance and recommend necessary changes
perform quality control (Process)
scheduled finish date (SF)
tool
scope baseline
42. 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)
scope management plan(Output/Input)
milestone
plan communications (Process)
43. Features and functions that characterize a product - service or result
imposed date
master schedule (Tool)
budget
produce scope
44. Any continuous series of schedule activities connected with logical relationships in a project schedule network diagram
decomposition (Technique)
network path
start date
monitor and control risks (Process)
45. 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)
develop schedule (Process)
objective
reserve
46. Document used to record and describe or denote selected items identified during execution of a process or activity
start to start (SS)
risk avoidance (Technique)
verification
log
47. Continuously improving and detailing a plan as more detailed and specific information and more accurate estimates become available as the project progresses and thereby producing more accurate and complete plans that result from the successive iterat
progressive elaboration (Technique)
define scope (Process)
grade
perform quality assurance (Process)
48. Processes required to manage the timely completion of a project
project time management (Knowledge Area)
s-curve
change control system (Tool)
tool
49. The approved estimate for the project or any work breakdown structure component or any schedule activity
request for quotation (RFQ)
budget
project cost management (Knowledge Area)
decomposition (Technique)
50. Centralized management of one or more portfolios - which includes identifying - prioritizing - authorizing - managing and controlling projects - programs and related work - to achieve specific strategic business objectives
develop project team (Process)
methodology
portfolio management (Technique)
scope creep