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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. Type of Mgmt style where the PM sees what can be - where the company or team needs to go. Focusing more on the big picture of the company - with others focusing on the day to day events.






2. 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






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






4. 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






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






6. Process of determining the project stakeholder information needs and defining a communication approach. Who needs what information - when they need it - how it will be provided to them and by whom.






7. What % of time does a Project manager spend on communications?






8. 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






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






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






12. 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






13. Activity A start before Activity B finishes






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






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






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






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






25. A contigency put into action when a risk reesponse and any backup plans don't work. It is the reactive "wing it" reponse






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






27. Best form power to use. Someone receives a benefit for doing something that is needed






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






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






30. 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.






31. 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






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






33. A schedule network analysis technique applied to a schedule that has already been analyzed by the critical path method. It can be used when shared or critical required resources are only available at certain time - are only available in limited quan






34. 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)






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






36. One advantages of sensitivity analysis is?






37. Commuincation within the project






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






39. Difference between internal and external risk






40. Displays a breakdown by resource type accross an organization. This breakdown makes it possible to view where resources are being used regardless of organizational group or division they are in. Can include non-H.R. resources as well as personnel






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






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






43. CMMI - 6 SIGMA - LEAN 6 Sigma Quality Function






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






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






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






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






48. 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.






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






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