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






2. Communication formula






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






4. 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.






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






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






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






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






9. Can come from the following factors: Business Need - Market Demand - technological advance - customer request - legal requirements






10. Estimate is usually a total time or cost estimate that has no significant detail. Info can be created quickly - lack detail






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






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






13. Mock-up technique that uses software to simulate project charactereristics to determine possible outcome






14. Cost associated with conformance to requirements and the step taken to elimate non-conformance






15. Strategy defines as approach to increase the support and minimize negative impacts of stakeholders throughout the entire project life cycle






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






17. A comprehesive list including all schedule activites required on the project






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






19. Practice of providing more than what the customer request






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






21. Approach for scheduling that emphasizes resources flexibility - by using duration buffers for resources - and leveling over the course of the project to accommadate






22. One advantages of sensitivity analysis is?






23. 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






24. Activity A must be completed before Activity B






25. 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






26. Communication with peers






27. Plan Quality - Perform Quality Assurance - Perform Quality Control






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






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






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






31. What is the number source of conflict?






32. 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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Classification Models (for Stakeholder Analysis)






41. 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.






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






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






44. 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






45. 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






46. 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






47. 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






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






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






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