Test your basic knowledge |

PMP: Project Management Professional

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. Deals with the known Unkowns and is the Project Plan






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






3. Approach for scheduling that emphasizes resources flexibility - by using duration buffers for resources - and leveling over the course of the project to accommadate






4. Displays a breakdown by resource type accross an organization. This breakdown makes it possible to view where resources are being used regardless of organizational group or division they are in. Can include non-H.R. resources as well as personnel






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






6. Schedule typically used in executive repoting with each milestone having a zero duration. It lack detail - generally listing only the main project milestones as diamonds instead of the Gantt bars






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






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






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






10. 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.






11. Difference between internal and external risk






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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






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






20. Conflict Solution where there is an action in which a direct order to resolve something is given. It is typically the worst type of conflict resolution.






21. What is the output of Identify Risk?






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






23. Shows the type of resources broken down






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






25. Used to asses the impact and consequnces of requested changes on the project






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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






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






35. Risk that is typically uninsurable. Its a risk inherent in the porcess of doing business






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






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






38. 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






39. Aka Standard Deviation. It is considered the quality standard. 1 Sigma - 68.26% 2 Sigma - 95.45% 3. Sigma - 99.73%






40. In the area of legal risks the reasons for licensing of projects






41. The narrative description of the project scope - including major deliverables - project assumptions - project constraints - and a description of work - that provides a documents basis for making future project decisions and for confirming or developi






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






43. Document what you do - Do what you document - Document any variance (from the normal process)






44. Plan Quality - Perform Quality Assurance - Perform Quality Control






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






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






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






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






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