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PMP: Project Management Professional

Instructions:
  • 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. The person responsible for a risk event if it occurs and is simialr to the person responsible for completing on activity






2. Type of Mgmt style where managers have strong or unlimited power and authority






3. 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.






4. Any numbering system used to uniquely identify each component of the work breakdown structure






5. Type of Grid that groups the stakholders based on their active involvement in the project and their ability to effect changes to the projects planning or execution






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






7. If the contract is not completed by the contractor either for failure to comply - bankruptcy etc. this is know as






8. Request that have been through the changes control system and approved. They are now part of the project with any potential ipact now affecting the project Difference between requested changes and approved changes






9. 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






10. Form of power is one that project managers must earn on their own.






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






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






13. When Activity A starts Activity B can starts






14. Deals with how we are effeiciently using our money






15. What warranty type relates to merchantablily or fitness for use?






16. Process of communication and working with stakeholders to meet their needs and addressing issues as they occur






17. Characteristics which indicate that a risk event is possible in the near future. They are identified when the risk are identified






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






19. The Process of determing which risk may affect the project and documents their characteristics






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






21. PM and team work to create a complete estimate from the bottom(activity level) up and roll it up to the total estimate. Main advantage - detail accuracy. Main dis ad - can take time to create






22. Benefits that everyone receives in the company i.e Ins or paid holidays






23. 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.






24. 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






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






26. Standard is associated with companies that wish to document their process and adhere to those processes






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






28. A deliverable or project work component at the lowest level of each branch of the work breakdown structure






29. When an activity cannot be estimated with a resonable degree of confidence the work within the activity is decomposed into more detail. Estimates are made to the smallest incremental level need and then aggregated into a total quantity for each of th






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






31. Communication up and down the organization






32. 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






33. Communication with peers






34. Classification Models (for Stakeholder Analysis)






35. Conflict Solution where there is an action in which a direct order to resolve something is given. It is typically the worst type of conflict resolution.






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






37. 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






38. The narrative description of the project scope - including major deliverables - project assumptions - project constraints - and a description of work - that provides a documents basis for making future project decisions and for confirming or developi






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






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






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






42. People make good project manager simply because they are good in their fields - regardless of background training in project management






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






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






45. Describes when and how human resource requirments will be met. It is part of the Human Reources plan wich in turn is part of the Project Managment plan






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






47. Used for very large volumes of information or for very large audiences that requires the recipients to access the communication content at their own discretion - Inclued intranet sites - e-learning - and knowledge repositories






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






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






50. 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