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






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






3. Difference between internal and external risk






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






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






6. One choice does not include any other choices






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






8. 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






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






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






11. 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.






12. Responsiblity Assignment Matrix The tool lets the project team know who is involved in each area and what they are responsible for an in what area






13. Communication with peers






14. Communication that is not on the record






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






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






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






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






19. Process of indentify all people or organization impacted by the project and documenting relevant infromationo regarding their interests - involvement - and impact on project success






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






21. One advantages of sensitivity analysis is?






22. 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






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






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






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. 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.






27. An output of Define Activites that identies all milestones and indicated whether the milestone is mandatory






28. On creating a written project scope statement to be used in the future project decision making.






29. 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.






30. Communication in writing or oral






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






32. Form - creation of the team - Storm - refers to the chaos that occurs when people start working together - Norm - behavior starts to normalize - Perform - activity that transpires as the team works as a team instead of solo - Adjourn - work is compl






33. Earlier in the project - the PM does directing - as the project evolves the PM shifts towards coaching. As the project gets a great deal of work accomplished - the PM goes to a Facilitator. The PM then goes to support at project closure






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






35. You determine how the much of something must be tested to ensure that defects are caught






36. Company pays for quality in a proactive way - typically up front in the planning area of a project ie - increase morale






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






38. Classification Models (for Stakeholder Analysis)






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






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






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






42. The person responsible for a risk event if it occurs and is simialr to the person responsible for completing on activity






43. 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






44. Conflict Solution where there is an effort in which attempts are made to work out the actual problem. It is the best type of conflict resolution






45. The process of subdividing project deliverables and project work into smaller more managable components






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






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






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






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