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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Used for communication and information distribution on the project - not necessarily a hightech system but what ever is used for project communication on the project. Normally a mixture of technology and non-technology.






2. Amount of time that an activity can slip or be delayed without delaying the finish date of the project (or activity or published project completion date)






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






4. Process of collecting and distributing performance information - including status reports - progress measurements and forecast






5. 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






6. 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






7. A planning technique which progressively details the work as information becomes firm - and allows for less detail in later project phase where uncertainty is greater is called






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






9. A constraint that must be completed before subsequent items can start






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






11. 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






12. The most common causes of conflict in a multi-project environment






13. 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






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






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






16. A cumulative histogram you can use to see where the key problems lie. You can see what is causing the most frequency of problems plus a cumulative percentage of the problem






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






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






19. 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






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






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






22. Herzberg theory on motivation - basically what drives us to do things






23. 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






24. A delay between activities. You use it when there is some type of constraint in which something must wait before it can continue






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






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






27. 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.






28. 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






29. One choice does not include any other choices






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






31. Modern quality philosophy that states that approx 99.999% of the everything a company creates or processes it executes are error-free






32. Any numbering system used to uniquely identify each component of the work breakdown structure






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






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






35. 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.






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






37. 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






38. Shows what has been accomplished at a given time frame






39. The conflict resolutions modes that are least likely to resolve situations






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. Key tool that is a statistical method or tool - that helps identify which factors may influence specific variable of a product or process under development or in production. It lets you change many factors at once.






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






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






44. Model describing classes of stakeholders based on thier power - urgency and legitmacy






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






46. 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






47. 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.






48. 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.






49. 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






50. When Activity A starts Activity B can starts