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






2. 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






3. 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






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






5. Communication in writing or oral






6. Type of communication method sent to a specific recipient who needs to know the information - This method ensures that the communication is distributed but does not certify that it actually reached or was understood by the intended audience Includes






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






8. 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.






9. Commuincation within the project






10. 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






11. 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






12. Develop Project Charter - Develop Project Mgmt. Plan - Direct and Manage Project Execution - Monitor and Control Work - Perform Integrated Change Control - Close Project or Phase






13. Communication that is not on the record






14. 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






15. 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






16. Request made by someone on a project not approved and has no impact






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






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






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






20. 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






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






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






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






24. 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






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






26. 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.






27. Inputs to many processes that deal with variables external to the project - such as imfomation systems and company policies and procedures. They can include process definitions - templates - organizations communications needs






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






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






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






31. One of the biggest potential problems facing a project team member in a strong matrix is....






32. On creating a written project scope statement to be used in the future project decision making.






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






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






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






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






37. Factors that limits project options such as the number of people available - amount of time or money available to finish the job or other resources or assest issues






38. Delphi Technique Interviewing






39. 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






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






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






42. A schedule network analysis technique applied to a schedule that has already been analyzed by the critical path method. It can be used when shared or critical required resources are only available at certain time - are only available in limited quan






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






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






45. Invokes determining the latest that an activity can start w/o delaying the activites that follow it.






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






47. 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.






48. 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.






49. 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






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