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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Risk for which insurance can be purchased - thereby transferring the risk for financial benefit to the party accepting the risk






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






3. An accelerant of an activity You use a lead when something can begin before its predecessor is totally complete






4. Request made by someone on a project not approved and has no impact






5. Generally seen as the founding basis for total quality managment - Main Points are: 1. be proactive - not reactive 2. Utilize leadership and accountability 3. Measure and strive for constant improvement

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






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






8. Considering both development and operating costs when evaluating project alternatives






9. 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






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






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






12. Practice of providing more than what the customer request






13. 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






14. Type of Mgmt style that drives the direction of the team or team members to accomplish specific activties and goals






15. Commuincation within the project






16. Type of Mgmt Style where managers have an appealing persona that makes team members enjoy working with them






17. Deals with how we are effeiciently using our money






18. Communication formula






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






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






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






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






23. Type of Mgmt style that tries to find a common goal when there is a disagreement. This style is ideal when there are varying technical opinions or disagreement among resources managers






24. Shows a reporting relationship between the resources in a organization. This structure is typically shown in company division - departments and group. Typicall is does not show details related to project organization and work






25. Develop Project Charter - Develop Project Mgmt. Plan - Direct and Manage Project Execution - Monitor and Control Work - Perform Integrated Change Control - Close Project or Phase






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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






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






33. 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.






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






35. Communication with peers






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






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






38. 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.






39. 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






40. 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






41. 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






42. Chart used Project Management on the left - Talbe of information (Usually activities - dates - resources etc) on Right - horizontal bars showing when those activities are occuring use it to track the day-to-day.






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






44. Benefits that everyone receives in the company i.e Ins or paid holidays






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






46. Used for very large volumes of information or for very large audiences that requires the recipients to access the communication content at their own discretion - Inclued intranet sites - e-learning - and knowledge repositories






47. Type of grid that groups the stakeholders based on their level of authority and their active involvement in the project






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






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






50. 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