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PMP: Project Management Professional

Instructions:
  • 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. Plan Quality - Perform Quality Assurance - Perform Quality Control






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

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3. Responsiblity Assignment Matrix The tool lets the project team know who is involved in each area and what they are responsible for an in what area






4. When Activity A starts Activity B can starts






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






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






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






8. Type of Mgmt style that helps keep things progressing making them occur. This style is not super proactive nor does it have ownership






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






10. The process of subdividing project deliverables and project work into smaller more managable components






11. Type of grid that groups the stakeholders based on their level of authority and their active involvement in the project






12. Type of Mgmt style that drives the direction of the team or team members to accomplish specific activties and goals






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






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






15. The conflict resolutions modes that are least likely to resolve situations






16. Conflict Solution where there is an effort in which attempts are made to work out the actual problem. It is the best type of conflict resolution






17. Which organization does conflict occur the most in managing projects






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






19. Can come from the following factors: Business Need - Market Demand - technological advance - customer request - legal requirements






20. Type of power comes from an attitude or presence that a person has and the corresponding type of influence this person has on the team. It could also come from someone who aligns with other people in a powerful posistion at the company or on the team






21. Deals with the Unkown Unkowns and are not in the Project Plan Contingency Reserves VS Mgmt Reserves






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






23. Shows an aggregate or rolled up view of the various activites at the summary level. It gives senior management - the project management team - a picture of how long the summary level work packages are to take - and what sequence they occur






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






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






26. 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






27. Communication with peers






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






29. 3 main components of the communication model






30. Shows a pattern between two variables associated with a process. This helps see a correlation (or lack of) between variable - if it exists






31. 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






32. It means that you are current on commincation activity and that you are kept in the project communication loop as musch as possible






33. 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






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






35. Type of Mgmt style where the PM sees what can be - where the company or team needs to go. Focusing more on the big picture of the company - with others focusing on the day to day events.






36. Used to asses the impact and consequnces of requested changes on the project






37. ID all potential project stakeholders - Identify the potential impact or support each other stakeholder could generate and classify them ...ie the grids - Assess how key stakeholders are likley to react or respond in various situations






38. 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.






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






40. 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






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






42. Forecasting methods that uses the assumption that is possible to identify the underlying factors that might influence the variable that is being forcasted






43. Model describing classes of stakeholders based on thier power - urgency and legitmacy






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






45. Cost associated with conformance to requirements and the step taken to elimate non-conformance






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






47. Process of collecting and distributing performance information - including status reports - progress measurements and forecast






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






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






50. Tool you can use initially in a project to evaluate what could potentially cause defects. You can use it during the project to review symptoms to determine the real problem (continue to ask questions until the root cause is determine)