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PMP: Project Management Professional

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Self Actualization - Esteem - Belonging - Saftey - Physological


2. 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






3. Type of grid that groups the stakeholders based on thier level of authority and their level of concern regarding the project outcomes






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






5. 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






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






7. 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






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






9. 1 Has a specific purpose 2. Creates specifi results 3 Has a definite start and finish dates 4. Is temporary 5. Could be progressively elaborated






10. What is the output of Identify Risk?






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






12. Shows the risk that potentially occur broken down by risk category






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






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






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






16. 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






17. Communication in writing or oral






18. 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






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






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






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






22. 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)






23. 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)






24. 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






25. Used for communication and information distribution on the project - not necessarily a hightech system but what ever is used for project communication on the project. Normally a mixture of technology and non-technology.






26. Employee works a great deal on the project and assumes that the reward will be relative to the amount of effort or perceived effort






27. Communication that is not on the record






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






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






30. Chart used Project Management on the left - Talbe of information (Usually activities - dates - resources etc) on Right - horizontal bars showing when those activities are occuring use it to track the day-to-day.






31. 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






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






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






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






35. 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






36. Process of Confirming human resources availibilty and obtaining the team necessary to complete project assignments






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






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






39. Used to track technical performance such as how well something works or schedule or cost performance such as how things were completed on time or budget - respectively






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






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






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






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






44. 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






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






46. 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






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






48. Process of developing a document that formally authorizes a project or a phase and document initial requirements that satisfy the stakeholders needs and expectations






49. Type of power that comes from senior Mgmt at a company authorizing you to be a P.M. and whatever authority comes with that.






50. 3 main components of the communication model