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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. 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
performance reports (Output/Input)
specification limits
free float
threat
2. 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
project procurement management (Knowledge Area)
organizational breakdown structure (OBS) (Tool)
monitor and control risks (Process)
activity attributes (Output/Input)
3. Graphic display of cumulative costs - labor - hours - percentage of work or other quantities - plotted against time. used to depict planned value - earned value and active costs.
estimate activity durations (Process)
s-curve
scope creep
result
4. Type of procurement document used to request proposals from prospective sellers of products or services.
work package
request for proposal (RFP)
develop schedule (Process)
monitor and control project work (Process)
5. Processes involved in estimating - budgeting - and controlling costs so that the project can be completed within the approved budget
sub network
late start date (LS)
project cost management (Knowledge Area)
firm fixed price contract (FFP)
6. Aggregation of the processes - tools - techniques - methodologies - resources and procedures to manage a project
Monte Carlo simulation
master schedule (Tool)
acceptance criteria
project management system (Tool)
7. A point in time associated with schedule activity's completion.
monitor and controlling processes (Process Group)
pareto chart (Tool)
to complete performance index (TCPI)
finish date
8. Any of all process related assets - from any or all of the organizations involved in the project that are or can be used to influence the project's success. these process assets include formal or informal plans - policies - procedures and guidelines.
organizational process assets (Output/Input)
s-curve
project procurement management (Knowledge Area)
budget
9. Specific version of the schedule model used to compare actual results to the plan to determine if preventive or corrective action is needed to meet the project objectives
schedule baseline
estimate at completion (EAC)(Output/Input)
plan communications (Process)
risk tolerance
10. 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.
finish to finish (FF)
perform quantitative analysis (Process)
monitor and controlling processes (Process Group)
value engineering
11. Tracking team member performance - providing feedback - resolving issues and managing changes to optimize project performance
manage project team (Process)
start date
activity duration
program management
12. Tracking - reviewing - regulating the progress to meet the performance objectives defined in the project management plan
project procurement management (Knowledge Area)
monitor and control project work (Process)
quality
project phase
13. 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
work performance information
rolling wave planning (Technique)
activity list (Output/Input)
successor activity
14. The earliest point in time on which the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity can start - based on the schedule network logic - the data date and any schedule constraints.
plan risk response (Process)
early start date (ES)
perform quantitative analysis (Process)
defect repair
15. Type of procurement document whereby the buyer requests a potential seller to provide various pieces of information related to a product or service or seller capability
project quality management (Knowledge Area)
data date
organizational breakdown structure (OBS) (Tool)
request for information (RFI)
16. Fixed price contract where the buyer pays the seller a set amount regardless of the sellers costs
quality
change control board (CCB)
firm fixed price contract (FFP)
administer procurements (Process)
17. Processes to purchase or acquire the products - services or results needed from outside the project team to perform the work
log
successor activity
project procurement management (Knowledge Area)
data date
18. The process of finalizing all activities across all of the project management process groups to formally complete the project or phase
activity identifier
close project or phase (Process)
actual cost (AC)
activity list (Output/Input)
19. Schedule activity that follows a predecessor activity as determined by their logical relationship
project charter (Output/Input)
claim
successor activity
quality
20. Processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation - collection - distribution - storage - retrieval - and ultimate disposition of project information
project communications management (Knowledge Area)
project management
monitor and controlling processes (Process Group)
perform quality assurance (Process)
21. 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
result
enterprise environmental factors (Input/Output)
define activities (Process)
value engineering
22. Processes required to ensure that the project includes all the work required and only the work required to complete the project successfully
lead (Technique)
project scope management (Knowledge Area)
executing processes (Process Group)
budget
23. A component of work performed during the course of a project
budget
estimate at completion (EAC)(Output/Input)
activity
progressive elaboration (Technique)
24. 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
responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) (Tool)
human resource plan
project quality management (Knowledge Area)
slack
25. Any continuous series of schedule activities connected with logical relationships in a project schedule network diagram
risk management plan (Output/Input)
network path
validation
buffer
26. Form of progressive elaboration planning where the work to be accomplished in the near term is planned in detail at a low level of the work breakdown structure - while the work far in the future is planned at a relatively high level of the work break
forecast
acquire project team (Process)
rolling wave planning (Technique)
result
27. Monitoring and recording results of executing the quality activities to assess performance and recommend necessary changes
estimate activity durations (Process)
perform quality control (Process)
scheduled finish date (SF)
project scope
28. Calculation of the early start and early finish dates for the uncompleted portions of all network activities
authority
actual cost of work performed
forward pass
work breakdown structure component
29. Project schedule compression that changes network logic to overlap phases that would normally be done in sequence
request for proposal (RFP)
defect repair
fast tracking (Technique)
close procurements (Process)
30. Logical relationship where initiation of the work of the successor schedule activity depends upon the initiation of the work of the predecessor schedule activity
performance measurement baseline
defect
start to start (SS)
subproject
31. Expected cost needed to complete all the remaining work for a schedule activity - work breakdown structure component or project.
estimate to complete (ETC)(Output/Input)
buffer
sequence activities (Process)
flowcharting (Technique)
32. Requests to expand or reduce the project scope - modify policies - processes - plans or procedures - modify costs or budgets - or revise schedules
BCWP
change requests
lead (Technique)
influence diagram (Tool)
33. Logical relationship where completion of the successor schedule activity is dependent upon the initiation of the predecessor schedule activity
start to finish (SF)
staffing management plan
scheduled start date (SS)
change control board (CCB)
34. 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)
sub phase
network logic
lead (Technique)
35. The process of confirming human resource availability and obtaining team necessary to complete project assignments
specification
initiating processes (Process Group)
closing processes (Process Group)
acquire project team (Process)
36. Logical relationship where initiation of work of the successor activity depends on the completion of work of the predecessor activity
schedule performance index (SPI)
closing processes (Process Group)
finish to start (FS)
network path
37. Identifying all people or organizations impacted by the project and documenting relevant information regarding their interest - involvement and impact on project success
contract (Output/Input)
expected monetary value (EMV)
direct and manage project execution (Process)
identify stakeholders (Process)
38. 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
external deliverable
risk mitigation (Technique)
scheduled finish date (SF)
near critical activity
39. Analytical technique to determine the essential features and relationships of components in the project management plan to establish a reserve for the schedule duration - budget - estimated cost or funds for a project
risk mitigation (Technique)
reserve analysis (Technique)
conduct procurements (Process)
lessons learned knowledge base
40. Collection of generally sequential project phases whose name and number are determined by the control needs of the organization involved in the project
log
hammock activity
project life cycle
parametric estimating (Technique)
41. One of the defining points of a schedule network; a junction point joined to some or all of the other dependency lines
technical performance measurement (Technique)
node
Monte Carlo analysis
total float
42. Collect project performance data with respect to a plan - produce performance measures and report and disseminate performance information
external deliverable
sensitivity analysis
risk category
monitor
43. Organizational body or entity assigned various responsibilities related to the centralized and coordinated management of those projects under its domain.
develop schedule (Process)
early start date (ES)
project management office (PMO)
project team directory
44. Identifying and documenting relationships among project activities
sequence activities (Process)
plan quality (Process)
network path
early finish date (EF)
45. Something tangible used in performing an activity to produce a product or result
Delphi technique (Technique)
external deliverable
work breakdown structure component
tool
46. 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
Monte Carlo analysis
project management plan (Output/Input)
backward pass
time and material contract (T&M)
47. Method of resolving the total variance in the set of scope - cost - and schedule variables into specific component variances that are associated with defined factors affecting scope - cost and schedule variables
fixed price incentive fee contract (FPIF)
analogous estimating (Technique)
close project or phase (Process)
variance analysis (Technique)
48. Auditing the quality requirements and the results from quality control measurements to ensure appropriate quality standards and operational definitions are used
schedule model (Tool)
perform quality assurance (Process)
work breakdown structure (WBS) (Output/Input)
project manager
49. Project schedule network diagram drawn in such a way that the position and length of the schedule activity represents its duration. bar chart that includes schedule network logic
stakeholder
sensitivity analysis
threat
time scaled schedule network diagram (Tool)
50. Measure of schedule efficiency on a project. ratio of earned value (EV) and the planned value (PV). SV = EV minus PV.
project initiation
initiating processes (Process Group)
schedule performance index (SPI)
actual duration