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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. Point in time that work was scheduled to finish on a schedule activity. called planned finish date
verify scope (Process)
estimate at completion (EAC)(Output/Input)
estimate activity resources (Process)
scheduled finish date (SF)
2. Identifying - documenting - approving or rejecting and controlling changes to the project baselines
change control
finish to finish (FF)
secondary risk
identify risks (Process)
3. Launching a process that can result in the authorization of a new project
project initiation
risk breakdown structure (RBS)
develop human resource plan (Process)
responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) (Tool)
4. A mutually binding agreement that obligates the seller to provide the specified product or service or result and obligates the buyer to pay for it
earned value technique (EVT) (Technique)
authority
simulation
contract (Output/Input)
5. A category of projects that have common components significant in such projects - but are not needed or present in all projects. application areas are usually defined in terms of either the product or the type of customer or industry sector
historical information
work authorization
workaround
application area
6. Amount of time that a schedule activity can be delayed without delaying the early start date of any immediately following schedule activities.
template
free float
Gantt chart (Tool)
calendar unit
7. Defining how to conduct risk management activities for a project
imposed date
plan risk management (Process)
acquire project team (Process)
sub network
8. 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.
project quality management (Knowledge Area)
earned value (EV)
project human resource management (Knowledge Area)
program evaluation and review technique (PERT)
9. 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
pareto chart (Tool)
project management process group
successor activity
program
10. Planned dates for performing schedule activities and planned dates for meeting schedule milestones
variance
project schedule (Output/Input)
project manager
schedule baseline
11. Processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation - collection - distribution - storage - retrieval - and ultimate disposition of project information
project communications management (Knowledge Area)
sub phase
work authorization system (Tool)
validation
12. Partially complete document in a predefined format that provides a defined structure for collecting - organizing and presenting information and data
baseline
project manager
template
work breakdown structure (WBS) (Output/Input)
13. Approach to optimize project life cycle costs - save time - increase profits - improve quality - expand market share - solve problems - and use resources more effectively
manage stakeholder expectations (Process)
actual cost of work performed
subproject
value engineering
14. Estimate of the amount of work that has been completed on an activity or a work breakdown structure component
define scope (Process)
percent complete
plan communications (Process)
risk breakdown structure (RBS)
15. A group of related projects managed in a coordinated way to obtain benefits and control not available from managing them individually.
perform quantitative analysis (Process)
project team directory
lead (Technique)
program
16. Reviewing all change requests - approving changes - and managing changes to the deliverables - organizational process assets - project documents and project management plan
perform integrated change control (Process)
develop schedule (Process)
duration (DU or DUR)
start date
17. 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
invitation for bid (IFB)
variance analysis (Technique)
total float
standard
18. Provider of products - services or results
technical performance measurement (Technique)
seller
specification limits
administer procurements (Process)
19. Action taken to bring a defective or nonconforming component into compliance with requirements or specifications
determine budget (Process)
rework
Monte Carlo analysis
identify stakeholders (Process)
20. Group of persons with a shared objective who fulfill their roles with little or no time spent meeting fact to face.
virtual team
effort
organizational process assets (Output/Input)
opportunity
21. The formally documented identification of a defect in a project component with a recommendation to either repair the defect or completely replace the component
defect repair
failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) (Technique)
quality
identify risks (Process)
22. A condition or situation favorable to the project - a positive set of circumstances - a positive set of events - a risk that will have a positive impact.
communications management plan (Output/Input)
perform quality control (Process)
program
opportunity
23. Technique for estimating that applies a weighted average of optimistic - pessimistic and most likely estimates when there is uncertainty with the individual activity estimates
program evaluation and review technique (PERT)
project quality management (Knowledge Area)
early finish date (EF)
imposed date
24. 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
configuration management system (Tool)
methodology
project initiation
schedule network analysis (Technique)
25. Number of labor units required to complete a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component
risk register (Output/Input)
strengths - weaknesses - opportunities - threats analysis (SWOT)
calendar unit
effort
26. Hierarchal organization where each employee has one clear superior and staff are grouped by areas of specialization and managed by a person with expertise in that area.
portfolio
risk avoidance (Technique)
functional organization
variance
27. Float (total float - free float)
buffer
slack
actual duration
root cause analysis (Technique)
28. 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.
project life cycle
sensitivity analysis
progressive elaboration (Technique)
threshold
29. Authorized budget assigned to the scheduled work to be accomplished for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component
precedence diagramming method (PDM) (Technique)
planned value (PV)
produce scope
project time management (Knowledge Area)
30. Requirements imposed by a government body. government mandated compliance
closing processes (Process Group)
project scope statement (Output/Input)
regulation
requested change(Output/Input)
31. 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
imposed date
sub network
schedule management plan (Output/Input)
activity list (Output/Input)
32. Estimating the type and quantities of material - people - equipment or supplies required to perform the activity
risk avoidance (Technique)
scope creep
estimate activity resources (Process)
project initiation management (Knowledge Area)
33. Dependency between two project schedule activities or between project schedule activity and schedule milestone.
logical relationship
change control
project quality management (Knowledge Area)
change control system (Tool)
34. Subdivision (fragment) of a project schedule network diagram - usually representing a subproject or work package.
project risk management (Knowledge Area)
work breakdown structure dictionary
threat
sub network
35. Hierarchically organized depiction of the project organization arranged so as to relate the work packages to the performing organizational units
node
estimate activity durations (Process)
organizational breakdown structure (OBS) (Tool)
technical performance measurement (Technique)
36. Tracking team member performance - providing feedback - resolving issues and managing changes to optimize project performance
earned value management (EV
manage project team (Process)
float
scope
37. Point in time associated with a schedule activities' start.
start date
sub network
risk breakdown structure (RBS)
risk category
38. Approved integrated scope-schedule-cost plan for the project work against which project execution is compared to measure and manage performance
project management office (PMO)
performance measurement baseline
project cost management (Knowledge Area)
schedule baseline
39. Formally documented change request that is submitted for approval to the integrated change control process
earned value (EV)
functional manager
requested change(Output/Input)
network path
40. 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
lessons learned knowledge base
risk avoidance (Technique)
threat
rolling wave planning (Technique)
41. An information gathering technique used as a way to reach a consensus of experts on a subject. experts on the subject participate in the technique anonymously. a facilitator uses a questionnaire to solicit ideas about the important project points rel
input (Process) input
schedule compression
Delphi technique (Technique)
perform integrated change control (Process)
42. Fixed date imposed on a schedule activity or schedule milestone. usually - start no earlier than - finish no later than
imposed date
risk acceptance (Technique)
resource breakdown structure
work authorization
43. Document describing how roles and responsibilities - reporting relationships and staffing management will be addressed and structured for the project
human resource plan
specification limits
project management office (PMO)
Gantt chart (Tool)
44. Auditing the quality requirements and the results from quality control measurements to ensure appropriate quality standards and operational definitions are used
predecessor activity
develop human resource plan (Process)
threshold
perform quality assurance (Process)
45. Output from performing project management processes and activities. results include outcomes and documents.
to complete performance index (TCPI)
report performance (Process)
estimate activity resources (Process)
result
46. The aggregate of things used by an organization in any undertaking such as equipment - apparatus - tools - machinery - gear - material.
assumptions
material
technical performance measurement (Technique)
predecessor activity
47. Fixed price contract where the buyer pays the seller a set amount regardless of the sellers costs
functional organization
specification limits
perform quality assurance (Process)
firm fixed price contract (FFP)
48. The earliest point in time on which the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity (or the project) can finish - based on the schedule network logic - the data date and any schedule constraints.
early finish date (EF)
program evaluation and review technique (PERT)
organizational breakdown structure (OBS) (Tool)
threat
49. Work breakdown structure component below the control account with known work content but without detailed schedule activities.
strengths - weaknesses - opportunities - threats analysis (SWOT)
technical performance measurement (Technique)
start to start (SS)
planning package
50. 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
quality management plan (Output/Input)
define scope (Process)
to complete performance index (TCPI)
finish to start (FS)