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PMP: Project Management Professional

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






2. Shows an aggregate or rolled up view of the various activites at the summary level. It gives senior management - the project management team - a picture of how long the summary level work packages are to take - and what sequence they occur






3. Communication in writing or oral






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






5. 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






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






7. 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






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






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






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






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






12. Putting more resources on the Critical Path activites. Usually increases cost but minimal risk exposure






13. 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)






14. Standard is associated with companies that wish to document their process and adhere to those processes






15. Shows the risk that potentially occur broken down by risk category






16. Document what you do - Do what you document - Document any variance (from the normal process)






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






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






19. Practice of providing more than what the customer request






20. Used with sceduling enviroments in which a forward pass establishes the easrliest the activities can start (ES) and finish (EF) and a backward pass establishes the latest the activites can start (LS) and finish (LF)






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






22. 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.






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






24. 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.






25. Used for - legal communication and project documents - When distance or extreme complexity are involve - official situations - presentations - primarily one directional communications






26. 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






27. Characteristics which indicate that a risk event is possible in the near future. They are identified when the risk are identified






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






29. Process that helps determine where a project fits in the big picture of planning at the company - It also could be used to address a goal-setting technique which emphasizes establishing attainable goals and monitoring for variance then adjusting as n






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






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






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






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






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






35. It means that you are current on commincation activity and that you are kept in the project communication loop as musch as possible






36. Plan Quality - Perform Quality Assurance - Perform Quality Control






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






38. 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






39. 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






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






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






42. 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)






43. Communication up and down the organization






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






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






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






47. Used to asses the impact and consequnces of requested changes on the project






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






49. A network diagramming technique in which schedule activites are represented by boxes (or nodes)






50. 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