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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. Plan Quality - Perform Quality Assurance - Perform Quality Control






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






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






4. An after the fact look at what caused a difference between the basline and the actual performance






5. A deliverable or project work component at the lowest level of each branch of the work breakdown structure






6. Type of Mgmt style that tries to find a common goal when there is a disagreement. This style is ideal when there are varying technical opinions or disagreement among resources managers






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






8. 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






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






10. Calculating the expected monetary value (EMV) of a project risk is found by....

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






12. Provides details of the planned Scope for the project - this includes the Project Scope Statment - WBS - WBS dictionary. It is the key output in the Create WBS.






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






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






15. 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






16. 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






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






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






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






20. Type of Mgmt style that helps keep things progressing making them occur. This style is not super proactive nor does it have ownership






21. Type of Mgmt style where managers have strong or unlimited power and authority






22. Conflict Solution where there is an effort in which attempts are made to work out the actual problem. It is the best type of conflict resolution






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






28. Type of communication that convey more than just words (inflection of voice body language)






29. Activity A must be completed before Activity B






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

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






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






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






34. 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






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






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






37. Communication formula






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






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






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






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






42. 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






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






44. Delphi Technique Interviewing






45. Putting more resources on the Critical Path activites. Usually increases cost but minimal risk exposure






46. Communication up and down the organization






47. Diagramming type where the activity is on the arrow or line and the circle or box connects the activities






48. One choice does not include any other choices






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






50. People make good project manager simply because they are good in their fields - regardless of background training in project management