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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • 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. Conflict Solution where there is an attempt to focus on the positive and distract the attention from the negative






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

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






4. Commuincation within the project






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






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






7. 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






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






9. Customer Satisfaction - Prevention over inspection - Continous Improvement - Management Responsibility






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






11. 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






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






13. 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






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






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






16. 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






17. 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






18. Type of communication method between two or more parties performing a multidirectional exchange of information. It is the most efficient way to ensure a common understanding by all participants on specified topics - and inclues meetings - and phones






19. 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.






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






21. One of the biggest potential problems facing a project team member in a strong matrix is....






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






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






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






25. Communication that is not on the record






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






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






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






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






30. What is the number source of conflict?






31. The Process of predicating furture project performance based on the actual performance to date.






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






33. 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






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






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






36. 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.






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






38. Communication that is on record such as as newsletter and annual report






39. 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.






40. Risk that is typically uninsurable. Its a risk inherent in the porcess of doing business






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






42. Shows the type of resources broken down






43. Team members - quality of their work - Project Manager - quality on the project - Senior Exe - quality standards at the company






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






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






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






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






48. 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






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






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