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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Standard is associated with companies that wish to document their process and adhere to those processes






2. A milestone has a ______duration






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






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






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


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






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






13. 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






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






15. 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






16. 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.






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






18. Type of power comes from an attitude or presence that a person has and the corresponding type of influence this person has on the team. It could also come from someone who aligns with other people in a powerful posistion at the company or on the team






19. 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)






20. Commuincation within the project






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






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






23. 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






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






25. A delay between activities. You use it when there is some type of constraint in which something must wait before it can continue






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






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






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






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






30. dministrative closure for the feasibility phase of a project requires that ________.






31. Conflict Solution Negotiation attempt to get everyone involved to give (concede) a little to find a common ground and resloution. It is sometimes viewed as undesirable because when everyone give something up there is a potential that the solution wil






32. Product Verfication - lesson learned - Updating records - reporting - archiving - formal acceptance






33. 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)






34. Forecasting method that uses historical data as the basis for estimating future outcomes






35. 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






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






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






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






39. Practice of providing more than what the customer request






40. 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.






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






42. What is the number source of conflict?






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






44. 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






45. Activity A must be completed before Activity B






46. 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






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






48. 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






49. Communication in writing or oral






50. 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