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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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)






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






3. An accelerant of an activity You use a lead when something can begin before its predecessor is totally complete






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






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






6. What % of time does a Project manager spend on communications?






7. Type of Mgmt Style where managers have an appealing persona that makes team members enjoy working with them






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






9. Communication in writing or oral






10. 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.






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






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






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






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






15. Conflict Solution Negotiation attempt to get everyone involved to give (concede) a little to find a common ground and resloution. It is sometimes viewed as undesirable because when everyone give something up there is a potential that the solution wil






16. Communication with peers






17. 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






18. What is the number source of conflict?






19. 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






20. Used to track technical performance such as how well something works or schedule or cost performance such as how things were completed on time or budget - respectively






21. Proactive stance to development - one that makes improvement throughout a process






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






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






24. A planning technique which progressively details the work as information becomes firm - and allows for less detail in later project phase where uncertainty is greater is called






25. Risk for which insurance can be purchased - thereby transferring the risk for financial benefit to the party accepting the risk






26. Deals with how we are effeiciently using our money






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






28. Approach for scheduling that emphasizes resources flexibility - by using duration buffers for resources - and leveling over the course of the project to accommadate






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






30. What is the output of Identify Risk?






31. Is a state in which the outcome of process are separate from another






32. 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






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






34. Earlier in the project - the PM does directing - as the project evolves the PM shifts towards coaching. As the project gets a great deal of work accomplished - the PM goes to a Facilitator. The PM then goes to support at project closure






35. Shows what has been accomplished at a given time frame






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






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






38. Type of communication that convey more than just words (inflection of voice body language)






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






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






41. In the project coordinator form of a matrix organization - project coordinators often....






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






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






44. Difference between internal and external risk






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






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






47. Concept that defines a low level of detail on the WBS for immediate work being accomplished while the work to be done in the future is only at the highlevel of decomposition in the WBS until it is soon to be started. The concept that utilizes the pro






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






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






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