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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. Shows the type of resources broken down






2. Mock-up technique that uses software to simulate project charactereristics to determine possible outcome






3. Practice of providing more than what the customer request






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






5. One choice does not include any other choices






6. Process of identifying and documenting project roles - responsibilities - and required skills reporting relationship - and creating a staffing managment plan






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






22. Used with sceduling enviroments in which a forward pass establishes the easrliest the activities can start (ES) and finish (EF) and a backward pass establishes the latest the activites can start (LS) and finish (LF)






23. 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






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






25. Type of Mgmt style that tries to find a common goal when there is a disagreement. This style is ideal when there are varying technical opinions or disagreement among resources managers






26. 3 main components of the communication model






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






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






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






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






31. 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






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






33. A milestone has a ______duration






34. 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






35. The Process of prioritizing risk for further analysis or action by assessing and combining their probability of occurrence and impact - The Process of numerically analyzing the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives






36. Process of improving the competencies - team interaction - and the overall team environment to enhance project team






37. Activity A start before Activity B finishes






38. Tool that factors in the communications requirments to ensure they are properly address in the communication Mgmt plan






39. Type of grid that groups the stakeholders based on their active involvement in the project and their ability to effect changes to the projects planning or execution.






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






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






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






43. Company pays for quality in a proactive way - typically up front in the planning area of a project ie - increase morale






44. 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.






45. 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.






46. Communication in writing or oral






47. Communication that is on record such as as newsletter and annual report






48. Information Gathering Techniques from Identify Risks - tools and technique






49. Communication formula






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