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PMP: Project Management Professional

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






2. Shows a pattern between two variables associated with a process. This helps see a correlation (or lack of) between variable - if it exists






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






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






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

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6. What is the output of Identify Risk?






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

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8. 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






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






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






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






12. 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






13. Shows the overall state of the project - aka the sum of all reports






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






15. Process of developing a document that formally authorizes a project or a phase and document initial requirements that satisfy the stakeholders needs and expectations






16. One choice does not include any other choices






17. Process that helps determine where a project fits in the big picture of planning at the company - It also could be used to address a goal-setting technique which emphasizes establishing attainable goals and monitoring for variance then adjusting as n






18. Worst form of power to use. People experience negative impact if they don't do what is desired






19. 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.






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






21. 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






22. 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






23. Quality philosophy that focus on proactive attitude toward quality with a detail toward statistical analysis to document improvement






24. Putting more resources on the Critical Path activites. Usually increases cost but minimal risk exposure






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






26. 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.






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






28. 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






29. Deals with how we are effeiciently using our money






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






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






32. Doing activites in parallel that are that are normally in sequence. Inc cost could occur with rework but additional risk could occur because of possible rework.






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






34. One advantages of sensitivity analysis is?






35. Shows an aggregate or rolled up view of the various activites at the summary level. It gives senior management - the project management team - a picture of how long the summary level work packages are to take - and what sequence they occur






36. Communication with customer - other project - the media - and the public






37. 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






38. Process of tracking member performance. providing feedback - resolving issues - and managing changes to optimize project performance.






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






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






41. 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.






42. The process of making relevant information availible to project stakeholders as planned






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






44. 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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Special benefits offered being on a certain project of doing a certain activity Difference between Fringe and Perks