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






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






3. Process of developing a document that formally authorizes a project or a phase and document initial requirements that satisfy the stakeholders needs and expectations






4. A deliverable or project work component at the lowest level of each branch of the work breakdown structure






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






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






7. 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)






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






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






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






11. Deals with the Unkown Unkowns and are not in the Project Plan Contingency Reserves VS Mgmt Reserves






12. Request that have been through the changes control system and approved. They are now part of the project with any potential ipact now affecting the project Difference between requested changes and approved changes






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






14. 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






15. Process of tracking member performance. providing feedback - resolving issues - and managing changes to optimize project performance.






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






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






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






19. 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






20. Commuincation within the project






21. Shows the risk that potentially occur broken down by risk category






22. Type of grid that groups the stakeholders based on their active involvement in the project and their ability to effect changes to the projects planning or execution.






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






24. 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)






25. 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






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






27. The control points of the Sigma proces. Typically the limits are set +/- 3 sigma






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






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






30. When Activity A starts Activity B can starts






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






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






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






34. 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






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






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






37. Type of Mgmt style where managers have strong or unlimited power and authority






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






39. Process of Confirming human resources availibilty and obtaining the team necessary to complete project assignments






40. Play a huge role in planning - When you perform project management part of the concept of Planning is to deal with items unkown. You must make assumptions for scheduling and bugeting. In most cases as the project evoles - you learn more about it.






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






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






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






44. 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






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






46. 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.






47. An after the fact look at what caused a difference between the basline and the actual performance






48. 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






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






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