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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Shows the type of resources broken down






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






3. 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






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






5. Key tool that is a statistical method or tool - that helps identify which factors may influence specific variable of a product or process under development or in production. It lets you change many factors at once.






6. 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






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






8. Activity A must be completed before Activity B






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






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






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






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






13. Type of Mgmt Style where managers have an appealing persona that makes team members enjoy working with them






14. Aka Standard Deviation. It is considered the quality standard. 1 Sigma - 68.26% 2 Sigma - 95.45% 3. Sigma - 99.73%






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






16. 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






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






18. Quality philosophy that focus on proactive attitude toward quality with a detail toward statistical analysis to document improvement






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






20. 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






21. 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






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






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






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






25. A contigency put into action when a risk reesponse and any backup plans don't work. It is the reactive "wing it" reponse






26. Tool that factors in the communications requirments to ensure they are properly address in the communication Mgmt plan






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






28. Type of grid that groups the stakeholders based on their level of authority and their active involvement in the project






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






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






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






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






33. 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






34. Used with sceduling enviroments in which a forward pass establishes the easrliest the activities can start (ES) and finish (EF) and a backward pass establishes the latest the activites can start (LS) and finish (LF)






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






36. Putting more resources on the Critical Path activites. Usually increases cost but minimal risk exposure






37. What is the number source of conflict?






38. 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.






39. 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






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






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






42. What is the output of Identify Risk?






43. Activity A start before Activity B finishes






44. One advantages of sensitivity analysis is?






45. 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






46. Process that helps determine where a project fits in the big picture of planning at the company - It also could be used to address a goal-setting technique which emphasizes establishing attainable goals and monitoring for variance then adjusting as n






47. 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






48. Conflict Solution where there is an attempt to focus on the positive and distract the attention from the negative






49. Schedule typically used in executive repoting with each milestone having a zero duration. It lack detail - generally listing only the main project milestones as diamonds instead of the Gantt bars






50. Techinque of systemically gathering and analyzing quantitative and qualitative information to determine whose interest should be taken into account throughout the project