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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Process of identifying and documenting project roles - responsibilities - and required skills reporting relationship - and creating a staffing managment plan






2. Delphi Technique Interviewing






3. ompany pays for quality in a reactive way - on the back end - decrease morale - decrease customer perception Cost of Conformance and nonconformance examples...






4. The most common causes of conflict in a multi-project environment






5. Process of tracking member performance. providing feedback - resolving issues - and managing changes to optimize project performance.






6. You determine how the much of something must be tested to ensure that defects are caught






7. A constraint that must be completed before subsequent items can start






8. Document that develops and helps attain buy-in on a common interpretation of the project scope. It can describe what it is - as wel as what is not - in the project






9. A contigency put into action when a risk reesponse and any backup plans don't work. It is the reactive "wing it" reponse






10. Key tool for comparing a product or service to other standards






11. Process of developing a document that formally authorizes a project or a phase and document initial requirements that satisfy the stakeholders needs and expectations






12. States that if you seven consecutive data points on either side of the mean - without crossing the other sid - the process is considered out of control and needs investigation






13. Employee works a great deal on the project and assumes that the reward will be relative to the amount of effort or perceived effort






14. The Process of predicating furture project performance based on the actual performance to date.






15. Putting more resources on the Critical Path activites. Usually increases cost but minimal risk exposure






16. Process of indentify all people or organization impacted by the project and documenting relevant infromationo regarding their interests - involvement - and impact on project success






17. Mock-up technique that uses software to simulate project charactereristics to determine possible outcome






18. What the project consist of - What is involved to create the project - What it is expected to do when complete ( to avoid confusion) What is the ? What are the elements






19. Play a huge role in planning - When you perform project management part of the concept of Planning is to deal with items unkown. You must make assumptions for scheduling and bugeting. In most cases as the project evoles - you learn more about it.






20. Breakdown structure to help dreak down the risk on a project. It helps create a brainstorming type of environment that allows the team to identify and categorize additional risk. Similar to WBS but the team creates it.






21. A constraint put in place by something external to the project team or organization






22. Diagramming type where the activity is on the arrow or line and the circle or box connects the activities






23. Modern quality philosophy that states that approx 99.999% of the everything a company creates or processes it executes are error-free






24. Difference between internal and external risk






25. Considering both development and operating costs when evaluating project alternatives






26. Process of Confirming human resources availibilty and obtaining the team necessary to complete project assignments






27. Type of grid that groups the stakeholders based on thier level of authority and their level of concern regarding the project outcomes






28. Process of using expert opinion - which could come from people already on the project or those outside the project or even the organization






29. Type of Mgmt style that tries to find a common goal when there is a disagreement. This style is ideal when there are varying technical opinions or disagreement among resources managers






30. The company's quality system must conform to the criteria set forth in ISO 9001.






31. A cumulative histogram you can use to see where the key problems lie. You can see what is causing the most frequency of problems plus a cumulative percentage of the problem






32. The amount of time something can be delayed w/o delaying the PUBLISHED finish date






33. Shows how the project organization is structure to accomplish project activities






34. A constraint that should be completed but is not absolutly required to be completed before subsequent item can start






35. Components - assemblies - sub assemblies used to build a product or service Whaty are the 4 breakdown structures?






36. Deals with the known Unkowns and is the Project Plan






37. A jeopardy that results from the implementation of a risk repsonse






38. Techinque of systemically gathering and analyzing quantitative and qualitative information to determine whose interest should be taken into account throughout the project






39. Formal or informal system used in project management to ensure that the work is done as planned. It ensures that right work is done in the right order at the right time by the right people






40. Calculating the expected monetary value (EMV) of a project risk is found by....

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41. Worst form of power to use. People experience negative impact if they don't do what is desired






42. Classification Models (for Stakeholder Analysis)






43. Self Actualization - Esteem - Belonging - Saftey - Physological

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44. A network diagramming technique in which schedule activites are represented by boxes (or nodes)






45. Risk that is typically uninsurable. Its a risk inherent in the porcess of doing business






46. Activity A must be completed before Activity B






47. Forecasting method that incorporates intuitive judgement - opinions and probability estimates






48. Herzberg theory on motivation - basically what drives us to do things






49. Used for - legal communication and project documents - When distance or extreme complexity are involve - official situations - presentations - primarily one directional communications






50. Estimate is usually a total time or cost estimate that has no significant detail. Info can be created quickly - lack detail