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| When product is priced as a whole this is known as... |
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| A group of cross-functional stakeholders that is used during project initiation is known as... |
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| Planning project in parts by delivery dates is known as... |
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| The type of requirements gathering process that includes brainstorming and out-of-box thinking is known as... |
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| Alternative Identification |
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| Requirements, objectives, deliverables, constrains, assumptions are all part of... |
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| Project Scope Statement or Scope Statement |
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| Scope statement, WBS, and WBS dictionary are all part of... |
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| Project Scope Baseline or Scope Baseline |
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| Adjusting schedule to finding replacements of overallocated resources is known as... |
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| The PDM method most commonly used precedence is... |
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| The amount of cost variance the stakeholders will allow is also known as |
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| The most common type of curve shape for cost baseline or earned value is known as... |
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| The parameters to consider when doing requirements analysis includes... |
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| # of communication channels |
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| Risk register is an output of... |
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| The risk analysis process that generates impact, probability, priority and risk score is known as |
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| Qualitative Risk Analysis |
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| The risk analysis process that generates impact to cost and schedule is known as... |
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| Quantitative Risk Analysis |
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| The document that describes processes for identifying and analyzing risk is known as... |
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| The contract used when there is most uncertainty about the project is... |
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| Prevention, appraisal, and failure are all parts of... |
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| The theory of "0 defects in the process" was developed by... |
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| The theory of "make it right the first time" was developed by... |
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| The theory of "quality is a management problem" was developed by... |
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| The theory of "Total Quality Management" was developed by... |
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| The theory of "Plan-Do-Check-Act" was deveoped by... |
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| The theory of "Continuous Improvement" is known as... |
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| Meeting quality standards, higher stakeholder satisfaction, less reword, and lower costs are all benefits of... |
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| Meeting Quality Standards |
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| Corrective, preventive, and defect repair are all change requests that are part of which project process? |
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| Direct & Manage Project Execution |
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| Hierarchy of needs motivational theory was developed by... |
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| Hygiene Theory was developed by... |
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| Expectation Theory was developed by... |
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| The theory that people are motivated by achievement, power, and affiliation was developed by... |
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| The theory that people are motivated by achievement, power, and affiliation is known as... |
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| The theory of X/Y was developed by... |
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| The theory where Y type of individual would perform better with proper motivation is known as... |
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| The time series performance forecasting tool is based on... |
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| Historical project information |
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| The forecasting tool that is used to determine variables and their impact on the project is known as... |
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| Judgemental and Monte Carlo tools are part of... |
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| Forecasting Project Peformance |
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| The parts of the Configuration Management system are... |
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| Configuration Identification, Configuration Status Accounting, and Configuration Verification |
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| Development of cohesive team occurs during... |
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| The concept used to determine persons willingness to take a risk is known as... |
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| The output that shows patterns and trends in a row of data points is known as... |
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| The computer program that is used to simulate and determine probabilities is known as... |
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| A company wants to deal with only 1 seller. This seller is also known as... |
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| Flexibility and inclusion of PM are characteristics of the... |
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| Status meeting, conversation, presentation, and email are parts of communication. Which is NOT a formal communication? |
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| A positive cost variance at the end of the project is known as... |
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| Best way to calculate ETC is... |
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| The source to provide best language to be used for multinational projects is... |
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| T/F PMBok is a recommended set of standards only; PM do not have to adhere to it. |
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| The best way to adjust a team to working with overseas counterparts is via... |
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| Verification of compliance of results or deliverables to required specifications is known as... |
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| Verification that a process complies with standards is known as... |
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| The last step in project closing is... |
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| The best group to work on lessons learned at project closure is... |
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| Stakeholders or Project Team (different websites give different advice) |
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| A key component to team development is... |
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| Peer review is a tool used during... |
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| Which deliverable-oriented document assures that all work is included |
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| Bar charts, Gantt Charts, S-Curves, Histograms, and Tables are all examples of... |
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| A common meeting place used in co-location is known as... |
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| T/F Functional charts are part of Organizational Charts |
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| Any input with word "template" is most likely part of... |
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| Organizational Process Assets |
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| T/F Resource Breakdown Structure is Organizational Chart |
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| The contract type used when large initial investment is required is known as... |
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| Configuration Manager requires all approvals to come from... |
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| The project scheduling technique that allows for conditional and probabilistic treatment is called... |
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| Project conflicts should always be resolved in favor of the... |
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| In what type of project the deliverables of previous phase must be approved before the next phase begins? |
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| In what type of project can the planning for the next phase begin while current phase in executing? |
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| Project Management Information System is part of... |
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| Enterprise Environmental Factors |
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| NPV assumes reinvestment is made at... |
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| T/F Weighted Scoring techniques are mathematical models. |
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| The process that acknowledges the authorization to begin project, assignment of project manager, and defining objectives is called... |
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| Project Charter should be published under name of... |
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| Person with authority, usually project sponsor. |
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| The types of decision reached during group decision making techniques are... |
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| Plurality, Majority, Unanimity, and Dictatorship |
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| Is activity list part of project schedule or WBS? |
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| Which diagramming method utilize only 1 time estimate for each activity? |
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| Network template is a different name for... |
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| What is the main flow of Project Management software? |
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| It requires management from PM |
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| Alternative names for EV, AC, and PV are... |
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BCWP (budgeted cost of work performed)
ACWP (actual cost of work performed)
BCWS (budgeted cost of work schedule) |
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| What are the categories of results of variable sampling? |
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| Acceptable, acceptable after rework, and rejected |
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| Acceptable, acceptable after rework, and rejected are all examples of results from ... |
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| What is the the output of Source Selection technique? |
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| What is the category or rank given to entities having the same functional use but different technical characteristics? |
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| Maximum intensity conflicts occur over... |
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| Performance reporting, trend analysis, and earned value analysis are all part of ... |
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| Performance value analysis, functional analysis, quality function deployment are all tools of (a), and the function they serve is (b) |
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(a) product analysis
(b) develop better understanding of the process |
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| What type of conflict resolution belittles the conflict and focuses on positives? |
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| T/F Any configuration changes that are classified as "automatic approval" can be implemented without seeking approval from CCB. |
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| T/F Earned Value Management is a tool of project plan development. |
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| T/F WBS is a tool of project plan development. |
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| Salaries of corporate executives and overhead costs are known as... |
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| T/F Cost Management Plan is an input to Estimate Cost or Estimate Budget processes. |
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| T/F Cost Management Plan is an input to Identify Risk process. |
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| A project under CCPC contract has ran over budget. Will the percentage award amount be calculated based on budget amount or actual amount? |
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| Who has power over project in a functional organization? |
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| T/F Process analysis function is part of quality improvement plan. |
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| False, it is part of Process Improvement plan |
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| T/F Product requirement is an input to the assessment of the completion of project scope. |
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| False, it is part of assessment of Product Scope |
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| A customer receives a defective deliverable and decides to fix and bill the supplier for the time and materials. This is considered a... |
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| The changes to cost baseline will go through the system known as... |
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| Cost Change Control system |
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| During which project phase do we do Perform Quality Assurance |
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| During which project phase do we do Perform Quality Control? |
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| As a rule of Thumb each activity in WBS should take less then... |
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| Management thinks that a good software developer would also make a good manager. This is an example of... |
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| T/F Quality control chart indicates 7 points on one side of the mean. This shows that the process is out of control. |
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| An estimation technique that assumes that cost per unit will decrease as more units are produced is known as... |
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| Level of accuracy for order of magnitude should be between... |
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| The tool or technique used during Develop Project Charter process is known as ... |
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| T/F With respect to product or service being produced bad grade is acceptable while bad quality is not. |
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| From the perspective of the project a compromise is what type of resolution? |
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| T/F If the project is running ahead of schedule the project manager should ask to reduce staff. |
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| T/F During exit gate or kill point the project deliverables are evaluated. |
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| High level requirements, schedule, and budget are found in... |
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| T/F As a rule of thumb when choosing between projects based on NPV the project with lowest NPV should be selected. |
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| T/F Benchmarking is a tool of Quality Control process. |
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| 5 stages of Maslow pyramid are... |
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| Physiological, safety, social, self-esteem, self-actualiation |
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| A process where a committee asks questions from project representatives as part of the project selection process is known as... |
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| Amount of time after the completion of the predecessor activity, when the successor activity can start is known as ... |
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| Project managers spend (x) amount of time communicating. |
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| T/F When the project is completed additional modifications to scope are allowed with CCB approval. |
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| False, should be done as part of new project. |
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| When the team is afraid of the Project Manager, the power yielded is of type... |
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| T/F WBS is an input to conduct procurement process. |
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| The contract type that is most often used for staff augmentation is called... |
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| The contract with cost based incentive percentage fee is called... |
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| The 6 typical constrains on the project are... |
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| Scope, resources, budget, team, schedule, and risk |
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| The 3 outputs of Verify Scope process includes... |
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| Accepted deliverables, change requests, and project document updates |
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| What does PM use as a basis for budget and schedule in the reporting process? |
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| T/F At the very least senior management should do reviews at a phase end. |
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| T/F Scope definition process assigns task responsibility |
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| A system to control emerging project scope against the scope baseline is... |
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| T/F Variance analysis is a tool used during Scope Change control |
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| Forecasting future based on past performance is called (x), and is usually displayed using what type of chart (b)? |
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| (a) Trend Analysis (b) Run chart |
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| The 4 responses to positive risk are... |
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| Exploit, enhance, share, accept |
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| T/F The document to consult when risk has occurred is risk response plan |
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| Completion of the product scope is measured against... |
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| Verify scope primary role is to... |
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| Obtain stakeholders formal acceptance |
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| T/F Project charter is an input to WBS. |
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| T/F Work package is the lower component of WBS and can be scheduled. |
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| Negotiating with functional managers for resources is part of what process? |
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| The review of projects and programs for prioritization is part of... |
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| Which activity is done during Verify Scope? |
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| Who creates the project baseline? |
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| Fishbone and Pareto diagrams are tools of which process? |
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| Managing changes is part of which process? |
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| Integrated Change Control |
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| T/F Project performance appraisals focus on individual performance. |
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| T/F Meetings are considered informal verbal type of communication. |
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| 3 most important inputs to administrative closure include... |
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| technical documentation on the product, project plan, and project reports |
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| 4 tools of Report Performance include... |
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| Variance analysis, forecasting, communication, and reporting systems |
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| T/F Administrative closure occurs before contract closure. |
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| A list of stakeholders and their influence on the project is known as... |
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| T/F Risk register may contain risks with 100% probability of occurrence. |
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| T/F Procurement audits will also review Plan Procurement process. |
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| Which type of contract has elements of both fixed-price and cost-reimbursable arrangements? |
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| What are 5 elements of contract? |
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| Offer, consideration, acceptance, capacity, legal purpose |
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| Bidder conferences is a tool and technique of what process? |
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| T/F Critical Path Method uses deterministic method, meaning it case one time estimate |
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| Procedures for closing out a contract can be found in... |
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| Contract itself (terms and conditions) |
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| T/F Interviewing during Quantitative Risk Analysis process helps to determine impact and probability of risk on the project goals. |
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| False, interviewing is data gathering technique only, does not generate actual numbers. |
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| T/F A program is a collection of related projects, and provides a higher level on management control versus projects being done separately. |
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| When closing out contract what document do you need to review? |
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| Determining procedures to be used to meet quality standard is conduct in which process? |
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| Perform Quality Assurance |
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| T/F Control accounts are not part of RAM |
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| The process of adding features to the project in order to consume budget is called (a), and such projects are considered (succussful or unsuccessful)? |
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| gold-plating, unsuccessful |
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| A process that determines if result conforms or does not conform to standard is called (a), while process that determine the degree of conformity is called (b) |
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(a) attribute sampling
(b) variable sampling |
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| The process performed in response to contract changes, funding changes, or changes in project's objectives is called... |
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| The amount of item an activity can be delayed without delaying the early start date of immediately following activities is called... |
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| The amount of item activity can be delayed without compromising project finish date is called... |
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