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PMP: Project Management Professional

Instructions:
  • 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. Mock-up technique that uses software to simulate project charactereristics to determine possible outcome






2. 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






3. 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.






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






5. Type of communication that convey more than just words (inflection of voice body language)






6. Type of Mgmt style that helps keep things progressing making them occur. This style is not super proactive nor does it have ownership






7. 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






8. Shows how the project organization is structure to accomplish project activities






9. Classification Models (for Stakeholder Analysis)






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






11. Inputs to many process because they deal w/ variables external to the project such as government requlations and market conditions. Examples are org structure govt standards - personnel - policies business market






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






13. Shows the type of resources broken down






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






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






16. Process of communication and working with stakeholders to meet their needs and addressing issues as they occur






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






18. Type of communication method between two or more parties performing a multidirectional exchange of information. It is the most efficient way to ensure a common understanding by all participants on specified topics - and inclues meetings - and phones






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






20. 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






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






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






23. Activity A start before Activity B finishes






24. 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






25. Provides details of the planned Scope for the project - this includes the Project Scope Statment - WBS - WBS dictionary. It is the key output in the Create WBS.






26. 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.






27. If the contract is not completed by the contractor either for failure to comply - bankruptcy etc. this is know as






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






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






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






31. Forecasting methods that uses the assumption that is possible to identify the underlying factors that might influence the variable that is being forcasted






32. Process of using expert opinion - which could come from people already on the project or those outside the project or even the organization






33. 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






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






35. Group whose function is to review - approve or reject changes on the project as they relate to the various areas of the represented bussiness






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






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






38. Communication formula






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






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






41. Play a huge role in planning - When you perform project management part of the concept of Planning is to deal with items unkown. You must make assumptions for scheduling and bugeting. In most cases as the project evoles - you learn more about it.






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






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






44. A constraint that must be completed before subsequent items can start






45. Process of developing a document that formally authorizes a project or a phase and document initial requirements that satisfy the stakeholders needs and expectations






46. 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






47. Communication with peers






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






49. Conflict Solution that entails considering insights and views from a variety of sources and leads to consensus management which in turn leads to commitment






50. 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