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| Name 2 things the PMP Certification exam DOES NOT test: |
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1) Your project management experience
2) Your common sense
3) Your knowledge of industry practices
4) Yourknowledge of how to use software tools
5) What you learned in management school
6) Your intelligence |
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| Name 2 things that the PMP certification Exam DOES test |
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1) Your knowledge of PMI's processes
2) Your understanding of the many terms that are used to describe the processes
3) Your ability to apply those processes in a variety of situations
4) Your ability apply key formulas to scheduling, costing, estimating and other problems
Your understanding of professional responsibility as it applies to project management |
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| What term or terms are used to describe the evaluation of deliverables from a project phase to determine if the project should continue to the next phase? |
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| "Exit Gate" or "Kill Point" |
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| Explain what is meant by, 'progressive elaboration'. |
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| Progressive elaboration means that the project will need to be refined over time as more becomes known and encountered. |
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| What is a project baseline? |
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| It is the original baseline PLUS any approved changes. |
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| What are the components of a project baseline? |
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| A group of related projects coordinated together is called ____________. |
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| What is meant by a companies project portfolio? |
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| A company's project portfolio represents the entire investment in projects and programs. |
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| What does P.M.I.S. stand for? |
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| Project Management Information System |
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| Who is the person ultimately responsible for the outcome of the project? |
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| What are the 5 types of organization in the order where the PM role is strongest to weakest? |
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1) Projectized
2) Strong Matrix
3) Balanced Matrix
4) Weak Matrix
5) Functional |
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| Who has more strength - the project coordinator, or the project expeditor? |
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| Stakeholders are individuals whose interests may be affected as a result of the execution or completion of the project. |
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| The person paying for the project. |
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| On the exam, what is meant by senior management? |
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| Anyone above the Projec Manager |
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| What is a project lifecycle? |
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| A representation of the phases a project typically goes through. |
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| Your company's organization structure and the overall state of the marketplace for your project are two examples of what? |
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| Enterprise Environmental Factors |
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| An automated system to support the project manager by optimizing the schedule and helping collect and distribute information (contains the configuration management system which contains the change management system). |
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| An official document that provides guidelines that must be followed, issued by government or another official organization, where compliance is mandatory |
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| How does a standard differ from a regulation? |
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| Compliance with a standard is not mandatory, however, compliance with a regulation is |
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| A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service or result. |
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| What is project management? |
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| Project management is the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements. |
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| How many project management project GROUPS are there? |
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| What are the five project management process groups? |
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1) Initiating
2) Planning
3) Executing
4) Monitoring and Controlling
5) Closing |
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| Order the following from highest to lowest: Portfolio, Project, Program. |
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1) Portfolio
2) Program
3) Project |
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| Name the nine knowledge areas. |
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1) Integration Management
2) Scope Management
3) Time Managememnt
4) Cost Management
5) Quality Management
6) Human Resource Managememnt
7) Communications Management
8) Risk Management
9) Procurement Management |
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| How do the 42 processes relate to Project Management Methodology? |
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| Project Management Methodology may vary somewhat organization to organization, but all project methodologies will adhere to the 42 processes. |
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| What is a work authorization system? |
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| It is a component of the PMIS and notifies resources and releases (authorizes) them to begin work. |
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| Give a few examples of Organizational Process Assets |
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1) Templates for common project documents
2) Examples from a previous project plan
3) Organizational policies, procedures, etc.
4) Software Tools
5) Databases of project information
6) Estimating data for budget or schedule components
7) Historical Information
8) Lessons Learned
9) Knowledge bases
10) Special Corporate competencies |
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| What is 'expert judgement'? |
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| The tool of expert judgment used time and again, used whenever the project team and the project manager do not have sufficient expertise. |
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| In what process is 'expert judgement' commonly found? |
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| What is the 'project management plan'? |
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| It is the culmination of all the planning processes. |
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| What are 'lessons learned'? |
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The learnings gained by the process of performing the project. They may be identified at any point. Lessons learned are:
> Considered a project record to be included in the leassons learned knowledge base
> An example of Organizational Process Asset |
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| How many process groups does Integration touch? |
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| All five (it is the only one that does). |
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| What does the project charter do? |
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| The charter officially starts the project. |
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| Is business need a project trigger? |
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| Is re-organization a project trigger? |
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| WHat are the two inputs to 'develop project charter? |
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| Project Statement of Work & Business Case |
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| The Project Management Plan is an output of which process? |
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| Define, 'Project Management Plan' |
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| A formal, approved document that is agreed to and signed. |
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| WHere are most of the project's time, cost and resources consumed? |
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| Direct and Manage Project Execution |
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| What is the Key Output of the process, 'Develop the Project Charter'? |
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| What is the key output of, 'Develop the Project Mgmt Plan'? |
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| WHat is the output of the process, 'Direct and Manage Project Execution'? |
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1) Deliverables
2) Work Performance Information
3) Change Requests |
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| What is a key output of the 'Monitor and Control Proejct Work' process? |
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| Which of the following is NOT a project business case? |
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1) Legal Requirement
2) Social Need
3) Ongoing Operations Work
4) Business Need |
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| WHat are three things that the project charter contains (at a hig level) |
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1) Scope
2) Cost
3) Timeline |
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| WHich of the following is NOT a component of the project plan? |
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1) Change Management Plan
2) Scope Management Plan
3) CHange Control Management Plan
4) Risk Management Plan
5) Communications Management Plan |
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| When changes are approved and made to the project, they should be: |
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1) Tracked against the porject baseline
2) Incorporated into the project baseline
3) Included as an addendum on the project plan
4) Approved by someone other than the project manager
D) |
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| Which of the following statement is NOT true about the project charter? |
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1) It justifies wyh the project is being undertaken
2) It assigns a project manager
3) It specifies and high-level schedule and milestones
4) It specifies what type of contract will be used |
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