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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. States that 100% of the work of a project needs to be represented in the creation of the WBS. What is the 100% rule?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. PM and team work to create a complete estimate from the bottom(activity level) up and roll it up to the total estimate. Main advantage - detail accuracy. Main dis ad - can take time to create






11. 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






12. Formula use to calculate time or cost. It performs a weighted avg of the pessimistic - optimistic - and realistic estimates.






13. When an activity cannot be estimated with a resonable degree of confidence the work within the activity is decomposed into more detail. Estimates are made to the smallest incremental level need and then aggregated into a total quantity for each of th






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






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






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






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






18. 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)






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






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






21. Activity A start before Activity B finishes






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






23. The most common causes of conflict in a multi-project environment






24. 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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25. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






31. Concept that defines a low level of detail on the WBS for immediate work being accomplished while the work to be done in the future is only at the highlevel of decomposition in the WBS until it is soon to be started. The concept that utilizes the pro






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






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






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






35. The narrative description of the project scope - including major deliverables - project assumptions - project constraints - and a description of work - that provides a documents basis for making future project decisions and for confirming or developi






36. Activity A must be completed before Activity B






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






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






39. Formal or informal system used in project mgmt to ensure that work is done as planned. It ensures that right work is done in the right order at the right time by the right people






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






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






42. 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






43. Forecasting method that incorporates intuitive judgement - opinions and probability estimates






44. Type of power that comes from senior Mgmt at a company authorizing you to be a P.M. and whatever authority comes with that.






45. 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






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






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






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






49. Employee works a great deal on the project and assumes that the reward will be relative to the amount of effort or perceived effort






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