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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Modern quality philosophy that states that approx 99.999% of the everything a company creates or processes it executes are error-free






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






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






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






5. Schedule typically used in executive repoting with each milestone having a zero duration. It lack detail - generally listing only the main project milestones as diamonds instead of the Gantt bars






6. 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






7. 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






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






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






10. 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






11. Inputs to many process because they deal w/ variables external to the project such as government requlations and market conditions. Examples are org structure govt standards - personnel - policies business market






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






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






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






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






16. 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






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






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






19. Formula use to calculate time or cost. It performs a weighted avg of the pessimistic - optimistic - and realistic estimates.






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






21. 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






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






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






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






26. Calculating the expected monetary value (EMV) of a project risk is found by....

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27. 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






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






29. States that 100% of the work of a project needs to be represented in the creation of the WBS. What is the 100% rule?






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






31. Forecasting method that uses historical data as the basis for estimating future outcomes






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Commuincation within the project






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






40. 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






41. Close out any contracts w/ outside vendors - Deliver any required reports associated w/ closure (OPA updates) - Complete any close project or phase activites - Performed lessons learned - Complete the archives of any project files (OPA updates) - Rel






42. The amount of risk remaining after a risk response 9from the risk reponse plan) has been implemented






43. Self Actualization - Esteem - Belonging - Saftey - Physological

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44. Document that develops and helps attain buy-in on a common interpretation of the project scope. It can describe what it is - as wel as what is not - in the project






45. 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






46. Communication that is not on the record






47. 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)






48. One advantages of sensitivity analysis is?






49. Type of power comes from an attitude or presence that a person has and the corresponding type of influence this person has on the team. It could also come from someone who aligns with other people in a powerful posistion at the company or on the team






50. 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