Test your basic knowledge |

PMP: Project Management Professional

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. Document what you do - Do what you document - Document any variance (from the normal process)






2. Provides details of the planned Scope for the project - this includes the Project Scope Statment - WBS - WBS dictionary. It is the key output in the Create WBS.






3. Best form power to use. Someone receives a benefit for doing something that is needed






4. An output of Define Activites that identies all milestones and indicated whether the milestone is mandatory






5. Shows the type of resources broken down






6. Shows a reporting relationship between the resources in a organization. This structure is typically shown in company division - departments and group. Typicall is does not show details related to project organization and work






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






8. Conflict Solution where the PM ignores the problem and hopes it either fixes itself or disappears






9. Communication formula






10. Commuincation within the project






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






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






13. Process that helps determine where a project fits in the big picture of planning at the company - It also could be used to address a goal-setting technique which emphasizes establishing attainable goals and monitoring for variance then adjusting as n






14. In fixed pricing the most important consideration is ____.






15. Close out any contracts w/ outside vendors - Deliver any required reports associated w/ closure (OPA updates) - Complete any close project or phase activites - Performed lessons learned - Complete the archives of any project files (OPA updates) - Rel






16. 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






17. Team members - quality of their work - Project Manager - quality on the project - Senior Exe - quality standards at the company






18. Plan defines the communication needs of the stakeholders - the communications format and frequency and who delivers them. It can include reports meeting scehdules - changes process and contact information for the team.






19. An inventory managment process that lets a company have little or no excess inventory in stock- Ideally a stocks ZERO inventory with supplies arriving only when needed for the products being built






20. What is the output of Identify Risk?






21. Shows the risk that potentially occur broken down by risk category






22. Conflict Solution where there is an attempt to focus on the positive and distract the attention from the negative






23. One advantages of sensitivity analysis is?






24. Plan Quality - Perform Quality Assurance - Perform Quality Control






25. Shows the overall state of the project - aka the sum of all reports






26. Conflict Solution that entails considering insights and views from a variety of sources and leads to consensus management which in turn leads to commitment






27. A milestone has a ______duration






28. Activity B msut be Finish by the time Activity A is finish






29. 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






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






31. Generally seen as the founding basis for total quality managment - Main Points are: 1. be proactive - not reactive 2. Utilize leadership and accountability 3. Measure and strive for constant improvement

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


32. An after the fact look at what caused a difference between the basline and the actual performance






33. Type of power that comes from senior Mgmt at a company authorizing you to be a P.M. and whatever authority comes with that.






34. A comprehesive list including all schedule activites required on the project






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






36. CMMI - 6 SIGMA - LEAN 6 Sigma Quality Function






37. The consequences (good or bad) or the amount at stake if something does occur






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






39. From the Buyers perspective the riskiest form of contract is






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






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






42. The Process deciding how to approach and conduct the risk managment activities for a project






43. Delphi Technique Interviewing






44. Key tool that is a statistical method or tool - that helps identify which factors may influence specific variable of a product or process under development or in production. It lets you change many factors at once.






45. Schedule typically used in executive repoting with each milestone having a zero duration. It lack detail - generally listing only the main project milestones as diamonds instead of the Gantt bars






46. Group whose function is to review - approve or reject changes on the project as they relate to the various areas of the represented bussiness






47. dministrative closure for the feasibility phase of a project requires that ________.






48. Strategy defines as approach to increase the support and minimize negative impacts of stakeholders throughout the entire project life cycle






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






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