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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. Which organization does conflict occur the most in managing projects






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






7. 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






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






9. Communication with peers






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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






17. What is the output of Identify Risk?






18. Process of determining the project stakeholder information needs and defining a communication approach. Who needs what information - when they need it - how it will be provided to them and by whom.






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






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






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






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






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






24. Classification Models (for Stakeholder Analysis)






25. Practice of providing more than what the customer request






26. In the area of legal risks the reasons for licensing of projects






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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






33. Form - creation of the team - Storm - refers to the chaos that occurs when people start working together - Norm - behavior starts to normalize - Perform - activity that transpires as the team works as a team instead of solo - Adjourn - work is compl






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






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






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






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






38. Conflict Solution where the PM ignores the problem and hopes it either fixes itself or disappears






39. 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.






40. 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






41. Formal or informal system used in project mgmt to ensure that work is done as planned. It ensures that right work is done in the right order at the right time by the right people






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






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






44. Shows the type of resources broken down






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






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






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






48. 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






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






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