60 Free PMP Questions that Aid Your Memorization

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Difference between precision and accuracy?

Ethnocentrism refers to belief that ones culture is superior to other cultures.
Precision is values of repeated measurements are clustered and have little cluster. Accuracy is measured value is close to true value.
Ways to handle negative risks are Avoid, Transfer, Mitigate and Accept.
The room the co-located team meets in is called a war room.

What are different types of conflict management techniques?

Different stages of team development are Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing and Adjourning.
Management Reserve to cover unknown unknowns (unknown risks)
Information gathering techniques used in identifying risk are Brainstorming, Interviewing, Delphi technique and root cause analysis.
Conflict management techniques are Withdrawing/Avoiding, Compromising, Smoothing, Forcing, Collaborating and Confronting/Problem Solving,

What are ways to handle positive risks?

Purchase order is fixed price type contract
Ways to handle negative risks are Avoid, Transfer, Mitigate and Accept.
Ways to handle positive risks are Exploit, Share, Enhance and Accept.
WBS activity should be between 8 and 80 hours.

Components of decision tree?

Different types of contracts are Fixed Price, Cost-Reimbursable, Time and material.
Zero defects/Do it first time is mentioned by CrosbySquare - Decision node, Circle- Chance node, Triangle - end of branch.
The room the co-located team meets in is called a war room.
Decision tree components are square - decision node, circle- chance node and triangle - end of branch.

List some information gathering techniques used in identifying risk?

Undocumented change to contract is constructive change.
Different stages of team development are Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing and Adjourning.
Contingency Reserve is to cover known unknowns (known risks)
Information gathering techniques used in identifying risk are Brainstorming, Interviewing, Delphi technique and root cause analysis.

What is zero sum reward system?

Quality is management problem is mentioned by Deming
Different types of contracts are Fixed Price, Cost-Reimbursable, Time and material.
Resources, schedules and priorities cause 50% of project problems and conflicts. Schedule is the biggest source of conflict.
A Zero Sum reward system is a win-lose recognition program. For example, with an employee of the month program their will only be one or two team members who will win the award each month. Reward programs should be more win-win.

Who are stakeholders?

Stakeholders are persons or organizations whose interests may be positively or negatively affected by the performance or completion of the project. Stakeholders include project team as well.
Ethnocentrism refers to belief that ones culture is superior to other cultures.
Workaround is response to negative risk event. Differs from contingency plan in that workaround is not planned in advance.
Choose project with high NPV (i.e high net present value)

What is marginal analysis?

Sensitivity analysis is a technique in Quantitative Risk Analysis
Marginal analysis - The best level of the quality is reached at the point where the incremental revenue being gained from improvements equals the incremental cost being spent to secure it.
Ethnocentrism refers to belief that ones culture is superior to other cultures.
Gold plating is when the team adds more work to the project that was not requested by the sponsor or client. It is not scope creep.

What is staffing management plan?

Staffing management plan adds time (schedule) component to Human Resource (HR) plan. It also includes rewards and recognitions, training requirements and release criteria.
Ways to handle positive risks are Exploit, Share, Enhance and Accept.
Management Reserve to cover unknown unknowns (unknown risks)
Quality is management problem is mentioned by Deming

What are seven basic tools of quality?

Process is considered out of control when a data point in control chart exceeds control limit or if seven consecutive points in control chart are above or below (i.e on one side) of the mean.
The room the co-located team meets in is called a war room.
Seven basic tools of quality are Cause and Effect (Fishbone or Ishikawa) Diagrams, Control Chart, Flowcharting, Histogram, Pareto Chart, Run chart and Scatter Diagram.
Sensitivity analysis is a technique in Quantitative Risk Analysis

What is gold plating?

Project sponsor issues project charter
Gold plating is when the team adds more work to the project that was not requested by the sponsor or client. It is not scope creep.
Contingency Reserve is to cover known unknowns (known risks)
Product scope means the features and functions of the product or service being built. Project scope means the work that's needed to build the product.

What is free float?

Total float is time that an activity can be delayed from it's early start date without delaying the project finish date.
Free float is time that an activity can be delayed from it's early start date without delaying early start of any immediately following schedule activities.
The room the co-located team meets in is called a war room.
Project scope statement contains deliverables and also the work required to create those deliverables.

What is procurement audit?

Kaizen approach is Continuous improvement
The room the co-located team meets in is called a war room.
Once you've closed out a procurement, it's important to conduct a procurement audit. This is where you go over everything that happened on the project to figure out the lessons learned, and look for anything that went right or wrong.
Choose project with high NPV (i.e high net present value)

What is total float?

Quality is management problem is mentioned by Deming
Total float is time that an activity can be delayed from it's early start date without delaying the project finish date.
The room the co-located team meets in is called a war room.
Free float is time that an activity can be delayed from it's early start date without delaying early start of any immediately following schedule activities.

Difference between quality and grade?

Murder board is a process where a committee asks questions from project representatives as part of the project selection process.
Quality is management problem is mentioned by Deming
Quality is degree to which a set of inherent characteristics fulfill requirements. Grade is category assigned to products or services that have the same functional use but different technical characteristics. Low quality is not acceptable, but low grade may be acceptable.
Sensitivity analysis is a technique in Quantitative Risk Analysis

What is value engineering?

Ways to handle positive risks are Exploit, Share, Enhance and Accept.
Agreement is not legally binding but a contract is legally binding.
The room the co-located team meets in is called a war room.
Value engineering is less costly method to deliver same scope without performance degradation

Quality is management problem is mentioned by?

Most effective power is Expert power.
Kaizen approach is Continuous improvement
Program is group of related projects
Quality is management problem is mentioned by Deming

What is critical chain?

Resource constrained critical path is critical chain.
Purchase order is fixed price type contract
Project sponsor issues project charter
Undocumented change to contract is constructive change.

Define stakeholder characteristics?

The stakeholders of a project typically have conflicting objectives. They have maximum influence during initial stages of the project.
Stakeholders are persons or organizations whose interests may be positively or negatively affected by the performance or completion of the project. Stakeholders include project team as well.
Choose project with high NPV (i.e high net present value)
Resource histogram is part of staffing management plan. It describes the type and quantity of resources needed over a period of time.

How to interpret control chart?

Process is considered out of control when a data point in control chart exceeds control limit or if seven consecutive points in control chart are above or below (i.e on one side) of the mean.
Seven basic tools of quality are Cause and Effect (Fishbone or Ishikawa) Diagrams, Control Chart, Flowcharting, Histogram, Pareto Chart, Run chart and Scatter Diagram.
Undocumented change to contract is constructive change.
Purchase order is fixed price type contract

Mention some sources of conflicts?

Resource constrained critical path is critical chain.
Resources, schedules and priorities cause 50% of project problems and conflicts. Schedule is the biggest source of conflict.
The scope baseline is made up of Project Scope Statement, WBS and the WBS Dictionary.
Quality is management problem is mentioned by Deming

What is the sequence of actions that should happen when an issue happens?

Ways to handle negative risks are Avoid, Transfer, Mitigate and Accept.
Ways to handle positive risks are Exploit, Share, Enhance and Accept.
When an issue happens, analyze impact of issue -> submit change request -> if approved, update schedule and scope baselines -> implement the change.
The room the co-located team meets in is called a war room.

What is code of accounts?

Code of accounts is numbering system used to uniquely identify each component of the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).
Quality is management problem is mentioned by Deming
Force majeure is a powerful and unexpected event, such as hurricane or other disaster.
Control account is management control point where scope, cost and schedule are integrated and compared to the earned value for performance measurement.

What is management reserve?

Undocumented change to contract is constructive change.
Contingency Reserve is to cover known unknowns (known risks)
Management Reserve to cover unknown unknowns (unknown risks)
Most effective power is Expert power.

What are different stages of team development?

Different types of power are Reward power, Coercive (penalty) power, Legitimate power, Referent power and Expert power.
Agreement is not legally binding but a contract is legally binding.
Different stages of team development are Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing and Adjourning.
Different types of contracts are Fixed Price, Cost-Reimbursable, Time and material.

What is contingency reserve?

Management Reserve to cover unknown unknowns (unknown risks)
Kaizen approach is Continuous improvement
Contingency Reserve is to cover known unknowns (known risks)
Most effective power is Expert power.

What are ways to handle negative risks?

Ways to handle negative risks are Avoid, Transfer, Mitigate and Accept.
Ways to handle positive risks are Exploit, Share, Enhance and Accept.
Resource constrained critical path is critical chain.
Purchase order is fixed price type contract

What is force majeure?

Ethnocentrism refers to belief that ones culture is superior to other cultures.
Force majeure is a powerful and unexpected event, such as hurricane or other disaster.
Undocumented change to contract is constructive change.
Agreement is not legally binding but a contract is legally binding.

What is a project?

Project sponsor issues project charter
Project is temporary endeavor undertaken to create unique product, service or result (has defined start and end date)
Project scope statement contains deliverables and also the work required to create those deliverables.
Resource constrained critical path is critical chain.

What is Kaizen approach?

Most effective power is Expert power.
Kaizen approach is Continuous improvement
Project sponsor issues project charter
Purchase order is fixed price type contract

60 Free PMP Questions that Aid Your Memorization