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PMP: Project Management Professional

Instructions:
  • 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. The company's quality system must conform to the criteria set forth in ISO 9001.






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






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






4. Components - assemblies - sub assemblies used to build a product or service Whaty are the 4 breakdown structures?






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






6. 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






7. Forecasting method that incorporates intuitive judgement - opinions and probability estimates






8. Communication with peers






9. 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






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






11. Can come from the following factors: Business Need - Market Demand - technological advance - customer request - legal requirements






12. A deliverable or project work component at the lowest level of each branch of the work breakdown structure






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






14. Team members - quality of their work - Project Manager - quality on the project - Senior Exe - quality standards at the company






15. 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






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






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






18. A comprehesive list including all schedule activites required on the project






19. 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.






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






21. One choice does not include any other choices






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






23. The Process of prioritizing risk for further analysis or action by assessing and combining their probability of occurrence and impact - The Process of numerically analyzing the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives






24. Type of grid that groups the stakeholders based on their level of authority and their active involvement in the project






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






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






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






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. Best form power to use. Someone receives a benefit for doing something that is needed






30. Putting more resources on the Critical Path activites. Usually increases cost but minimal risk exposure






31. 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






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






33. Estimate is usually a total time or cost estimate that has no significant detail. Info can be created quickly - lack detail






34. Activity B msut be Finish by the time Activity A is finish






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






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






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






44. Key tool that is a statistical method or tool - that helps identify which factors may influence specific variable of a product or process under development or in production. It lets you change many factors at once.






45. 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






46. Forecasting methods that uses the assumption that is possible to identify the underlying factors that might influence the variable that is being forcasted






47. Responsiblity Assignment Matrix The tool lets the project team know who is involved in each area and what they are responsible for an in what area






48. 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






49. Formal or informal system used in project management to ensure that the work is done as planned. It ensures that right work is done in the right order at the right time by the right people






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