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






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






3. Group whose function is to review - approve or reject changes on the project as they relate to the various areas of the represented bussiness






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






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






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






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






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






9. One choice does not include any other choices






10. Amount of time that an activity can slip or be delayed without delaying the finish date of the project (or activity or published project completion date)






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






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






13. 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






14. Process of identifying and documenting project roles - responsibilities - and required skills reporting relationship - and creating a staffing managment plan






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






16. Commuincation within the project






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






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. Information Gathering Techniques from Identify Risks - tools and technique






20. 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






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






22. Communication with customer - other project - the media - and the public






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






24. 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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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






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. 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






33. 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.






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






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






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






37. 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






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






39. When an activity cannot be estimated with a resonable degree of confidence the work within the activity is decomposed into more detail. Estimates are made to the smallest incremental level need and then aggregated into a total quantity for each of th






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






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






42. Inputs to many process because they deal w/ variables external to the project such as government requlations and market conditions. Examples are org structure govt standards - personnel - policies business market






43. Cost associated with conformance to requirements and the step taken to elimate non-conformance






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






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. 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






47. 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






48. Process of using expert opinion - which could come from people already on the project or those outside the project or even the organization






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