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PMP: Project Management Professional

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

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2. An accelerant of an activity You use a lead when something can begin before its predecessor is totally complete






3. 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






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






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






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






7. When Activity A starts Activity B can starts






8. ID all potential project stakeholders - Identify the potential impact or support each other stakeholder could generate and classify them ...ie the grids - Assess how key stakeholders are likley to react or respond in various situations






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






10. Shows the overall state of the project - aka the sum of all reports






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






12. 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.






13. dministrative closure for the feasibility phase of a project requires that ________.






14. 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






15. ompany pays for quality in a reactive way - on the back end - decrease morale - decrease customer perception Cost of Conformance and nonconformance examples...






16. Proactive stance to development - one that makes improvement throughout a process






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






18. Generally seen as the founding basis for total quality managment - Main Points are: 1. be proactive - not reactive 2. Utilize leadership and accountability 3. Measure and strive for constant improvement

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






20. Delphi Technique Interviewing






21. 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.






22. Plan Quality - Perform Quality Assurance - Perform Quality Control






23. 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






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






25. Factors that limits project options such as the number of people available - amount of time or money available to finish the job or other resources or assest issues






26. The process of subdividing project deliverables and project work into smaller more managable components






27. Shows a reporting relationship between the resources in a organization. This structure is typically shown in company division - departments and group. Typicall is does not show details related to project organization and work






28. 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






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






30. 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






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






32. 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






33. 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






34. 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






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






36. 3 main components of the communication model






37. Communication that is not on the record






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






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






40. The amount of risk remaining after a risk response 9from the risk reponse plan) has been implemented






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






42. 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)






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






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






45. Breakdown structure to help dreak down the risk on a project. It helps create a brainstorming type of environment that allows the team to identify and categorize additional risk. Similar to WBS but the team creates it.






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






47. 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






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






49. Shows the type of resources broken down






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