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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An output of Define Activites that identies all milestones and indicated whether the milestone is mandatory






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






3. Conflict Solution Negotiation attempt to get everyone involved to give (concede) a little to find a common ground and resloution. It is sometimes viewed as undesirable because when everyone give something up there is a potential that the solution wil






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






5. A milestone has a ______duration






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






7. Customer Satisfaction - Prevention over inspection - Continous Improvement - Management Responsibility






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






9. Request made by someone on a project not approved and has no impact






10. 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






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






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






13. CMMI - 6 SIGMA - LEAN 6 Sigma Quality Function






14. 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






15. 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






16. What is the output of Identify Risk?






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






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






19. 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






20. 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






21. 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






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






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






24. 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






25. 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






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






27. Communication with peers






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






29. Practice of providing more than what the customer request






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






31. One of the biggest potential problems facing a project team member in a strong matrix is....






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






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






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






35. Is a state in which the outcome of process are separate from another






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






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






38. 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






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






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






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






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






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






44. A schedule network analysis technique applied to a schedule that has already been analyzed by the critical path method. It can be used when shared or critical required resources are only available at certain time - are only available in limited quan






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






46. 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






47. Type of Grid that groups the stakholders based on their active involvement in the project and their ability to effect changes to the projects planning or execution






48. Difference between internal and external risk






49. 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)






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