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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. A milestone has a ______duration






3. 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






4. 1 Has a specific purpose 2. Creates specifi results 3 Has a definite start and finish dates 4. Is temporary 5. Could be progressively elaborated






5. Used to track technical performance such as how well something works or schedule or cost performance such as how things were completed on time or budget - respectively






6. 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






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






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






9. Delphi Technique Interviewing






10. Deals with the known Unkowns and is the Project Plan






11. 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






12. Process of improving the competencies - team interaction - and the overall team environment to enhance project team






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






14. Practice of providing more than what the customer request






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






16. 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






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






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






19. Self Actualization - Esteem - Belonging - Saftey - Physological


20. 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






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






22. 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






23. Form of power is one that project managers must earn on their own.






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






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






26. Communication up and down the organization






27. Difference between internal and external risk






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






29. States that if you seven consecutive data points on either side of the mean - without crossing the other sid - the process is considered out of control and needs investigation






30. 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






31. 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






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






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






34. 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.






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






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






37. 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)






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






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






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






41. 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






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






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






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






45. 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






46. Conflict Solution where there is an action in which a direct order to resolve something is given. It is typically the worst type of conflict resolution.






47. Communication in writing or oral






48. 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






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






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