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PMP: Project Management Professional

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Employee works a great deal on the project and assumes that the reward will be relative to the amount of effort or perceived effort






2. 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.






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






4. Best form power to use. Someone receives a benefit for doing something that is needed






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






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






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






8. Process of improving the competencies - team interaction - and the overall team environment to enhance project team






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






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






11. 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






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






13. Activity A start before Activity B finishes






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






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






16. 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)






17. 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






18. A planning technique which progressively details the work as information becomes firm - and allows for less detail in later project phase where uncertainty is greater is called






19. Plan Quality - Perform Quality Assurance - Perform Quality Control






20. An output of Define Activites that identies all milestones and indicated whether the milestone is mandatory






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






22. ID all potential project stakeholders - Identify the potential impact or support each other stakeholder could generate and classify them ...ie the grids - Assess how key stakeholders are likley to react or respond in various situations






23. 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






24. 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






25. 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






26. Used for very large volumes of information or for very large audiences that requires the recipients to access the communication content at their own discretion - Inclued intranet sites - e-learning - and knowledge repositories






27. 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






28. Communication in writing or oral






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






30. 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






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






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. Displays a breakdown by resource type accross an organization. This breakdown makes it possible to view where resources are being used regardless of organizational group or division they are in. Can include non-H.R. resources as well as personnel






34. 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.






35. Shows the risk that potentially occur broken down by risk category






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






37. 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






38. Used to track technical performance such as how well something works or schedule or cost performance such as how things were completed on time or budget - respectively






39. Shows what has been accomplished at a given time frame






40. Form - creation of the team - Storm - refers to the chaos that occurs when people start working together - Norm - behavior starts to normalize - Perform - activity that transpires as the team works as a team instead of solo - Adjourn - work is compl






41. A constraint that should be completed but is not absolutly required to be completed before subsequent item can start






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






43. 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.






44. Deals with the Unkown Unkowns and are not in the Project Plan Contingency Reserves VS Mgmt Reserves






45. One of the biggest potential problems facing a project team member in a strong matrix is....






46. 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






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






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






49. One choice does not include any other choices






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