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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Activity A must be completed before Activity B






2. 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






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






4. One advantages of sensitivity analysis is?






5. Type of communication method between two or more parties performing a multidirectional exchange of information. It is the most efficient way to ensure a common understanding by all participants on specified topics - and inclues meetings - and phones






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






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






8. 3 main components of the communication model






9. 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






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






11. Communication with peers






12. Forecasting methods that uses the assumption that is possible to identify the underlying factors that might influence the variable that is being forcasted






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






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






15. dministrative closure for the feasibility phase of a project requires that ________.






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






17. Request that have been through the changes control system and approved. They are now part of the project with any potential ipact now affecting the project Difference between requested changes and approved changes






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. Any numbering system used to uniquely identify each component of the work breakdown structure






20. Plan Quality - Perform Quality Assurance - Perform Quality Control






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






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






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






24. 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






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






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






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






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






29. One choice does not include any other choices






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






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






32. Shows the type of resources broken down






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






34. Type of grid that groups the stakeholders based on their active involvement in the project and their ability to effect changes to the projects planning or execution.






35. When Activity A starts Activity B can starts






36. Tool you can use initially in a project to evaluate what could potentially cause defects. You can use it during the project to review symptoms to determine the real problem (continue to ask questions until the root cause is determine)






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






38. A network diagramming technique in which schedule activites are represented by boxes (or nodes)






39. Characteristics which indicate that a risk event is possible in the near future. They are identified when the risk are identified






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






41. Delphi Technique Interviewing






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






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






44. Conflict Solution where the PM ignores the problem and hopes it either fixes itself or disappears






45. Shows a pattern between two variables associated with a process. This helps see a correlation (or lack of) between variable - if it exists






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






47. A constraint that must be completed before subsequent items can start






48. 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.






49. Type of Mgmt style where the PM sees what can be - where the company or team needs to go. Focusing more on the big picture of the company - with others focusing on the day to day events.






50. 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.