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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Quality philosophy that focus on proactive attitude toward quality with a detail toward statistical analysis to document improvement






2. A milestone has a ______duration






3. What is the number source of conflict?






4. Communication that is not on the record






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






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






7. Type of Mgmt Style where managers have an appealing persona that makes team members enjoy working with them






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






9. 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.






10. Deals with how we are effeiciently using our money






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






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






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






14. 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.






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






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






17. Classification Models (for Stakeholder Analysis)






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






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






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






21. 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.






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






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. Document that develops and helps attain buy-in on a common interpretation of the project scope. It can describe what it is - as wel as what is not - in the project






25. Practice of providing more than what the customer request






26. One choice does not include any other choices






27. If the contract is not completed by the contractor either for failure to comply - bankruptcy etc. this is know as






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






29. 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






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






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






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






33. Customer Satisfaction - Prevention over inspection - Continous Improvement - Management Responsibility






34. One advantages of sensitivity analysis is?






35. An inventory managment process that lets a company have little or no excess inventory in stock- Ideally a stocks ZERO inventory with supplies arriving only when needed for the products being built






36. 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.






37. Earlier in the project - the PM does directing - as the project evolves the PM shifts towards coaching. As the project gets a great deal of work accomplished - the PM goes to a Facilitator. The PM then goes to support at project closure






38. Risk for which insurance can be purchased - thereby transferring the risk for financial benefit to the party accepting the risk






39. Model describing classes of stakeholders based on thier power - urgency and legitmacy






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






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






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






43. Type of Mgmt style that brings out the best in the team - bringing mbrs to their potential or where they need to be with regard to the project






44. 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






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






46. Considering both development and operating costs when evaluating project alternatives






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






48. Type of Mgmt style that drives the direction of the team or team members to accomplish specific activties and goals






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






50. When Activity A starts Activity B can starts