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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Process of tracking member performance. providing feedback - resolving issues - and managing changes to optimize project performance.






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






3. 3 main components of the communication model






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






5. Any numbering system used to uniquely identify each component of the work breakdown structure






6. Close out any contracts w/ outside vendors - Deliver any required reports associated w/ closure (OPA updates) - Complete any close project or phase activites - Performed lessons learned - Complete the archives of any project files (OPA updates) - Rel






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






8. Shows the type of resources broken down






9. 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






10. An inventory managment process that lets a company have little or no excess inventory in stock- Ideally a stocks ZERO inventory with supplies arriving only when needed for the products being built






11. Communication formula






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






13. The company's quality system must conform to the criteria set forth in ISO 9001.






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






15. In the project coordinator form of a matrix organization - project coordinators often....






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






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






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






24. What % of time does a Project manager spend on communications?






25. Classification Models (for Stakeholder Analysis)






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






27. 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.






28. Worst form of power to use. People experience negative impact if they don't do what is desired






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






30. What the project consist of - What is involved to create the project - What it is expected to do when complete ( to avoid confusion) What is the ? What are the elements






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






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






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






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






35. 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






36. 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.






37. 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






38. A jeopardy that results from the implementation of a risk repsonse






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






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






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






42. One of the biggest potential problems facing a project team member in a strong matrix is....






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






44. 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.






45. Activity B msut be Finish by the time Activity A is finish






46. One advantages of sensitivity analysis is?






47. ID all potential project stakeholders - Identify the potential impact or support each other stakeholder could generate and classify them ...ie the grids - Assess how key stakeholders are likley to react or respond in various situations






48. States that 100% of the work of a project needs to be represented in the creation of the WBS. What is the 100% rule?






49. A schedule network analysis technique applied to a schedule that has already been analyzed by the critical path method. It can be used when shared or critical required resources are only available at certain time - are only available in limited quan






50. The conflict resolutions modes that are least likely to resolve situations