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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the output of Identify Risk?






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






3. Communication formula






4. Form - creation of the team - Storm - refers to the chaos that occurs when people start working together - Norm - behavior starts to normalize - Perform - activity that transpires as the team works as a team instead of solo - Adjourn - work is compl






5. Self Actualization - Esteem - Belonging - Saftey - Physological

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6. 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






7. 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)






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

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9. Delphi Technique Interviewing






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






11. Mock-up technique that uses software to simulate project charactereristics to determine possible outcome






12. What warranty type relates to merchantablily or fitness for use?






13. Deals with the known Unkowns and is the Project Plan






14. Communication in writing or oral






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






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






17. What is the number source of conflict?






18. 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






19. 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






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






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






22. 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






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






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






25. 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






26. Used for - legal communication and project documents - When distance or extreme complexity are involve - official situations - presentations - primarily one directional communications






27. Commuincation within the project






28. Standard is associated with companies that wish to document their process and adhere to those processes






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






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






31. 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






32. Process of collecting and distributing performance information - including status reports - progress measurements and forecast






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






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






35. An output of Define Activites that identies all milestones and indicated whether the milestone is mandatory






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






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






38. 3 main components of the communication model






39. Communication up and down the organization






40. Provides details of the planned Scope for the project - this includes the Project Scope Statment - WBS - WBS dictionary. It is the key output in the Create WBS.






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






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






43. 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






44. 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






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






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






47. 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






48. Shows the type of resources broken down






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






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