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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. Activity A start before Activity B finishes






2. 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






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






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






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






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






7. People make good project manager simply because they are good in their fields - regardless of background training in project management






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






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






10. Used to track technical performance such as how well something works or schedule or cost performance such as how things were completed on time or budget - respectively






11. What is the number source of conflict?






12. Communication with peers






13. 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






14. Communication in writing or oral






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






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






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






18. 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






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






20. 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






21. 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






22. One advantages of sensitivity analysis is?






23. Type of Grid that groups the stakholders based on their active involvement in the project and their ability to effect changes to the projects planning or execution






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






25. 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)






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






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






28. Aka Standard Deviation. It is considered the quality standard. 1 Sigma - 68.26% 2 Sigma - 95.45% 3. Sigma - 99.73%






29. Shows how the project organization is structure to accomplish project activities






30. 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






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






32. Process of indentify all people or organization impacted by the project and documenting relevant infromationo regarding their interests - involvement - and impact on project success






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






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






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






36. The control points of the Sigma proces. Typically the limits are set +/- 3 sigma






37. 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






38. A milestone has a ______duration






39. Product Verfication - lesson learned - Updating records - reporting - archiving - formal acceptance






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






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






42. 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.






43. Communication up and down the organization






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






45. Diagramming type where the activity is on the arrow or line and the circle or box connects the activities






46. The person responsible for a risk event if it occurs and is simialr to the person responsible for completing on activity






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






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






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






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