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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Company pays for quality in a proactive way - typically up front in the planning area of a project ie - increase morale






2. Calculating the expected monetary value (EMV) of a project risk is found by....

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3. Type of communication that convey more than just words (inflection of voice body language)






4. What is the output of Identify Risk?






5. 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






6. 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






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






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






9. 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






10. 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






11. Generally seen as the founding basis for total quality managment - Main Points are: 1. be proactive - not reactive 2. Utilize leadership and accountability 3. Measure and strive for constant improvement

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12. 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






13. Plan Quality - Perform Quality Assurance - Perform Quality Control






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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)






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. Delphi Technique Interviewing






23. Process of communication and working with stakeholders to meet their needs and addressing issues as they occur






24. 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






25. One choice does not include any other choices






26. Forecasting method that uses historical data as the basis for estimating future outcomes






27. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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






36. 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.






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






38. The Process of predicating furture project performance based on the actual performance to date.






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






40. 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






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






42. Communication formula






43. Type of communication method between two or more parties performing a multidirectional exchange of information. It is the most efficient way to ensure a common understanding by all participants on specified topics - and inclues meetings - and phones






44. 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






45. 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.






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






48. Type of Mgmt style that brings out the best in the team - bringing mbrs to their potential or where they need to be with regard to the project






49. 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






50. 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