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PMP: Project Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Practice of providing more than what the customer request






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






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






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






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






6. Shows the type of resources broken down






7. A jeopardy that results from the implementation of a risk repsonse






8. 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.






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






10. States that 100% of the work of a project needs to be represented in the creation of the WBS. What is the 100% rule?






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






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






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






14. The Process deciding how to approach and conduct the risk managment activities for a project






15. Form of power is one that project managers must earn on their own.






16. Employee works a great deal on the project and assumes that the reward will be relative to the amount of effort or perceived effort






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






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






19. The narrative description of the project scope - including major deliverables - project assumptions - project constraints - and a description of work - that provides a documents basis for making future project decisions and for confirming or developi






20. 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






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






22. Activity A must be completed before Activity B






23. Process of identifying and documenting project roles - responsibilities - and required skills reporting relationship - and creating a staffing managment plan






24. 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






25. Commuincation within the project






26. Deals with the known Unkowns and is the Project Plan






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






28. Communication that is on record such as as newsletter and annual report






29. The Process of predicating furture project performance based on the actual performance to date.






30. Aka Standard Deviation. It is considered the quality standard. 1 Sigma - 68.26% 2 Sigma - 95.45% 3. Sigma - 99.73%






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






32. Team members - quality of their work - Project Manager - quality on the project - Senior Exe - quality standards at the company






33. When Activity A starts Activity B can starts






34. 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.






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






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






37. 3 main components of the communication model






38. States that if you seven consecutive data points on either side of the mean - without crossing the other sid - the process is considered out of control and needs investigation






39. 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






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






41. Conflict Solution that entails considering insights and views from a variety of sources and leads to consensus management which in turn leads to commitment






42. Forecasting method that incorporates intuitive judgement - opinions and probability estimates






43. 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






44. Used to asses the impact and consequnces of requested changes on the project






45. What is the output of Identify Risk?






46. 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.






47. 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






48. Difference between internal and external risk






49. A schedule network analysis technique applied to a schedule that has already been analyzed by the critical path method. It can be used when shared or critical required resources are only available at certain time - are only available in limited quan






50. Communication in writing or oral