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






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






3. People make good project manager simply because they are good in their fields - regardless of background training in project management






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






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






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






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






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






9. Communication formula






10. What is the output of Identify Risk?






11. 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.






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






13. 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.






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






15. Factors that limits project options such as the number of people available - amount of time or money available to finish the job or other resources or assest issues






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






17. 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.






18. A milestone has a ______duration






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






20. Process of determining the project stakeholder information needs and defining a communication approach. Who needs what information - when they need it - how it will be provided to them and by whom.






21. 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






22. PM and team work to create a complete estimate from the bottom(activity level) up and roll it up to the total estimate. Main advantage - detail accuracy. Main dis ad - can take time to create






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






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






25. Commuincation within the project






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Modern quality philosophy that states that approx 99.999% of the everything a company creates or processes it executes are error-free






34. 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






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






36. What is the number source of conflict?






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






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






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






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






41. Risk for which insurance can be purchased - thereby transferring the risk for financial benefit to the party accepting the risk






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






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






44. One advantages of sensitivity analysis is?






45. 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.






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






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






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






49. Strategy defines as approach to increase the support and minimize negative impacts of stakeholders throughout the entire project life cycle






50. The Process of determing which risk may affect the project and documents their characteristics