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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. 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






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






3. Inputs to many processes that deal with variables external to the project - such as imfomation systems and company policies and procedures. They can include process definitions - templates - organizations communications needs






4. Type of grid that groups the stakeholders based on thier level of authority and their level of concern regarding the project outcomes






5. Communication with peers






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






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






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






9. 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)






10. 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






11. 3 main components of the communication model






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






13. A constraint put in place by something external to the project team or organization






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






15. Shows a pattern between two variables associated with a process. This helps see a correlation (or lack of) between variable - if it exists






16. 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






17. Can come from the following factors: Business Need - Market Demand - technological advance - customer request - legal requirements






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






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






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






21. 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






22. Practice of providing more than what the customer request






23. 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






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






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






26. Difference between internal and external risk






27. Special benefits offered being on a certain project of doing a certain activity Difference between Fringe and Perks






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






29. 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






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






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






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






33. 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






34. 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






35. 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






36. Is a state in which the outcome of process are separate from another






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






38. 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






39. Delphi Technique Interviewing






40. Request made by someone on a project not approved and has no impact






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






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






43. 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






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






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






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






47. Document what you do - Do what you document - Document any variance (from the normal process)






48. 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






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






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