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PMP: Project Management Professional
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Self Actualization - Esteem - Belonging - Saftey - Physological
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2. 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
Approved Change
Organization Process Assests (OPA)
Forcing
Director
3. People make good project manager simply because they are good in their fields - regardless of background training in project management
Finish to Start (Most common)
Concept of the Halo Theory
Risk Register
n *(n -1) /2
4. An after the fact look at what caused a difference between the basline and the actual performance
Commincations Mgmt plan
Variance Analysis
Activity List
Hygiene factors
5. Process of using expert opinion - which could come from people already on the project or those outside the project or even the organization
Delphi Technique
Pure Risk
Statistical Independence
Distribute Information
6. An output of Define Activites that identies all milestones and indicated whether the milestone is mandatory
Sender Message/Receiver - Medium - type of format of the message
Plan Communication
Sigma
Milestone list
7. 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.
n *(n -1) /2
Project Selection
PMIS
ISO 3 Steps
8. The process of subdividing project deliverables and project work into smaller more managable components
Create WBS
Risk breakdown structure
Risk Register
Maslow's Hierarchy of needs
9. Invokes determining the latest that an activity can start w/o delaying the activites that follow it.
Free (or Total) float
Schedules - project priorities - resources
Just-in-time (JIT)
Analogous or Top down Estimating
10. Activity A start before Activity B finishes
Start to Finsh
Mgmt Reserves
Life-cycle costing
Power/ Interest Grid
11. The Process deciding how to approach and conduct the risk managment activities for a project
Smoothing and withdrawal
Schedules - project priorities - resources
Strong Matrix
Plan Risk Mgmt
12. Type of grid that groups the stakeholders based on thier level of authority and their level of concern regarding the project outcomes
Power/ Interest Grid
Assumptions
Coaching
Manage Project Team
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
Often assign project tasks to the various functionals managers
Causal/econometric
Indentify Risk
Organization Breakdown Structure
14. A constraint put in place by something external to the project team or organization
Requested Changes
Level of Scope development
External Contraints
Crashing
15. Conflict Solution where there is an attempt to focus on the positive and distract the attention from the negative
Scope Baseline
Smoothing/Accommodating
Time series method
Bottom-up Estimating
16. The person responsible for a risk event if it occurs and is simialr to the person responsible for completing on activity
Start to Finsh
Autocratic
Arrow diagramming method (ADM)
Risk Owner
17. The consequences (good or bad) or the amount at stake if something does occur
Visionary
External Contraints
Charateristics of a project
Impact
18. A delay between activities. You use it when there is some type of constraint in which something must wait before it can continue
A Lag
Level of Scope development
Reward Power
Scatter Diagram
19. A milestone has a ______duration
Written or oral
Zero duration
Manage Stakeholders Expectations
Discretionary (Soft Logic)
20. Strategy defines as approach to increase the support and minimize negative impacts of stakeholders throughout the entire project life cycle
Milestone Schedule
Vertical Comm
Stakeholder Mgmt Stategy
90%
21. You determine how the much of something must be tested to ensure that defects are caught
External Comm
Sigma
Sample Testing
Statistical Independence
22. Group whose function is to review - approve or reject changes on the project as they relate to the various areas of the represented bussiness
Change Control Board
Benchmarking
IT indicates that there is a range of possible outcomes
Bottom-up estimating
23. 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
Conflict between functional manager and project manager
Elements of scope
Expectancy Theory
n *(n -1) /2
24. Communication up and down the organization
Vertical Comm
Work around
Develop Project Charter
Monte Carlo Technique
25. 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
EEF - Enterprise Enviromental Factors
Perks
Code of Accounts
Influence/Impact Grid
26. 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.
Fringe
Plan Communication
Time series method
Cost plus percentage of cost
27. 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
A lead
Mgmt by Objectives
Impact
Steps for using the Stakeholder Analysis
28. A jeopardy that results from the implementation of a risk repsonse
Secondary Risk
Fringe
Commincations Mgmt plan
Referent Power
29. Process of identifying and documenting project roles - responsibilities - and required skills reporting relationship - and creating a staffing managment plan
Work Authorization System
Develop Human Resource Plan
Run of Seven Rule
IRR - Interal Rate of Return
30. The Process of determing which risk may affect the project and documents their characteristics
Indentify Risk
People responsible for quality
Acquire Project Team
Mandatory Constraints (Hard logic)
31. Any numbering system used to uniquely identify each component of the work breakdown structure
Judgemental methods
Work around
Code of Accounts
External Comm
32. 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
Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
Design of Experiments
Salience Model
n *(n -1) /2
33. The control points of the Sigma proces. Typically the limits are set +/- 3 sigma
Phase results are verified and documented
Upper Control Limit (UCL) - Lower Control Limit (LCL)
Run Chart
Requested Changes
34. If the contract is not completed by the contractor either for failure to comply - bankruptcy etc. this is know as
Breach
Concept of the Halo Theory
Project Scope Statment
A Lag
35. Communication formula
IRR - Interal Rate of Return
IT indicates that there is a range of possible outcomes
n *(n -1) /2
Compromising
36. The amount of risk remaining after a risk response 9from the risk reponse plan) has been implemented
Residual Risk
Pure Risk
Status Reports
Zero duration
37. Communication that is on record such as as newsletter and annual report
Offical
Demings' 14 principles of Management
Forcing
The 100% Rule
38. Process of indentify all people or organization impacted by the project and documenting relevant infromationo regarding their interests - involvement - and impact on project success
Secondary Risk
Bill of materials
Project Scope Statement
Indentify Stakholders
39. In fixed pricing the most important consideration is ____.
Run Chart
Acquire Project Team
Precendence Diagramming Method (activity on the node)
Level of Scope development
40. Approach for scheduling that emphasizes resources flexibility - by using duration buffers for resources - and leveling over the course of the project to accommadate
Approved Change
Critical Chain Method
Leadership and Managment Styles within the project managment life cycle
Internal comm
41. Plan Quality - Perform Quality Assurance - Perform Quality Control
3 Processes of quality managment
Elements of scope
Hygiene factors
Organization Breakdown Structure
42. 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.
Unoffical Comm
Distribute Information
Withdrawing/Avoiding
Logic Bar Chart (Gantt Chart)
43. Shows the risk that potentially occur broken down by risk category
Schedules - project priorities - resources
Risk breakdown structure
Work Authorization System
Organization Breakdown Structure
44. One choice does not include any other choices
Make money and to protect the public
Mutual Exclusivity
Internal comm
internal risk can be controlled but external cannot be controlled
45. 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
Sequence for Closure (for a project) Ver2
Scatter Diagram
Autocratic
Conformance
46. Worst form of power to use. People experience negative impact if they don't do what is desired
Organization Process Assests (OPA)
Crashing
Penalty Power
People responsible for quality
47. 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.
Design of Experiments
Strong Matrix
Total Quality Management TQM
IT indicates that there is a range of possible outcomes
48. Activity B msut be Finish by the time Activity A is finish
People responsible for quality
Finish to Finish
Judgemental methods
Indentify Stakholders
49. Customer Satisfaction - Prevention over inspection - Continous Improvement - Management Responsibility
ISO 9000 (International Org for Standardization)
RAM charts
Project management and quality
Fast Tracking
50. Can come from the following factors: Business Need - Market Demand - technological advance - customer request - legal requirements
Project Selection
Create WBS
Sender Message/Receiver - Medium - type of format of the message
Develop Project Team