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






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






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






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






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






6. 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






7. What is the output of Identify Risk?






8. 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.






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






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






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






12. Communication in writing or oral






13. Strategy defines as approach to increase the support and minimize negative impacts of stakeholders throughout the entire project life cycle






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






19. 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






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






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. The process of making relevant information availible to project stakeholders as planned






23. A contigency put into action when a risk reesponse and any backup plans don't work. It is the reactive "wing it" reponse






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






25. Doing activites in parallel that are that are normally in sequence. Inc cost could occur with rework but additional risk could occur because of possible rework.






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






27. The Process deciding how to approach and conduct the risk managment activities for a project






28. 3 main components of the communication model






29. Plan defines the communication needs of the stakeholders - the communications format and frequency and who delivers them. It can include reports meeting scehdules - changes process and contact information for the team.






30. Modern quality philosophy that states that approx 99.999% of the everything a company creates or processes it executes are error-free






31. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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






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






40. 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






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






42. Forecasting method that uses historical data as the basis for estimating future outcomes






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






44. The consequences (good or bad) or the amount at stake if something does occur






45. 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






46. 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






47. 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






48. A delay between activities. You use it when there is some type of constraint in which something must wait before it can continue






49. 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






50. Communication that is not on the record