PMP Exam Questions Answered Correct
Acceptance Criteria - ANSWER A set of conditions that is required to be met before
deliverables are accepted.
Accepted Deliverables - ANSWER Products, results, or capabilities produced by a
project and validated by the project customer or sponsors as meeting their specified
acceptance criteria.
Accuracy - ANSWER Within the quality management system, blank is an assessment of
correctness.
Acquire Project Team - ANSWER The process of confirming human resource
availability and obtaining the team necessary to complete project activities.
Acquisition - ANSWER Obtaining human and material resources necessary to perform
project activities. Blank implies a cost of resources, and is not necessarily financial.
Activity - ANSWER A distinct, scheduled portion of work performed during a course of a
project.
Activity Attributes - ANSWER Multiple blank associated with each schedule activity that
can be included within the activity list. Blank include activity codes, predecessor
activities, successor activities, logical relationships, leads and lags, resource
requirements, imposed dates, constraints, and assumptions.
Activity Code - ANSWER One or more numerical or text values that identify
characteristics of the work or in some way categorize the schedule activity that allows
filtering and ordering of activities within reports.
Activity Cost Estimates - ANSWER The projected cost of the scheduled activity that
include the cost of all resources required to perform and complete the activity, including
all cost types and cost components.
Activity Duration - ANSWER The time in calendar units between the start and finish of a
schedule activity.
Activity Duration Estimates - ANSWER The quantitative assessments of the likely
number of time periods that are required to complete an activity.
Activity Identifier - ANSWER A short, unique numeric or text identification assigned to
each schedule activity to differentiate that project activity from other activities. Typically
unique within any one project schedule network diagram.
,Activity List - ANSWER A documented tabulation of schedule activities that shows the
activity description, activity identifier, and a sufficiently detailed scope of work
description so project team members understand what work is to be performed.
Activity Resource Requirements - ANSWER The types and quantities of resources
required for each activity in a work package.
Actual Cost (AC) - ANSWER The realized cost incurred for the work performed on an
activity during a specific time period.
Actual Duration - ANSWER The time in calendar units between the actual start date of
the schedule activity and either the data date of the project schedule if the schedule
activity is in progress or the actual finish date if the schedule activity is complete.
Adaptive Life Cycle - ANSWER A project life cycle, also known as change-driven or
agile methods, that is intended to facilitate change and require a high degree of ongoing
stakeholder involvement. Blank are also iterative and incremental, but differ in that
iterations are very rapid (usually 2-4 weeks in length) and are fixed in time and
resources.
Additional Quality Planning Tools - ANSWER A set of tools used to define the quality
requirements and to plan effective quality management activities. They include, but are
not limited to: brainstorming, force field analysis, nominal group techniques and quality
management control tools.
Adjusting Leads and Lags - ANSWER A technique used to find ways to bring project
activities that are behind into alignment with plan during project execution.
Advertising - ANSWER The process of calling public attention to a project or effort.
Affinity Diagram - ANSWER A group creativity technique that allows large numbers of
ideas to be classified onto groups for review and analysis.
Agreements - ANSWER Any document or communication that defines the initial
intentions of a project. This can take the form of a contract, memorandum of
understanding (MOU), letters of agreement, verbal agreements, email, etc.
Alternative Analysis - ANSWER A technique used to evaluate identified options in order
to select which options or approaches to use to execute and perform the work of the
project.
Alternatives Generation - ANSWER A technique used to develop as many potential
options as possible in order to identify different approaches to execute and perform the
work of the project.
,Analogous Estimating - ANSWER A technique for estimating the duration or cost of an
activity or a project using historical data from a similar activity or project.
Analytical Techniques - ANSWER Various techniques used to evaluate, analyze, or
forecast potential outcomes based on possible variations of project or environmental
variables and their relationships with other variables. Examples are Regression
Analysis, Earned Value Management, and Time Series Forecasting methods.
Application Area - ANSWER A category of projects that have common components
significant in such projects, but are not needed or present in all projects. Blanks are
usually defined in terms of either the product (i.e. by similar technologies or production
methods) or the type of customer (i.e. internal versus external, government versus
commercial) or industry sector (i.e. utilities, automotive, aerospace, information
technologies, etc.) Blanks can overlap.
Applying Leads and Lags - ANSWER A technique that is used to adjust the amount of
time between predecessor and successor activities.
Apportioned Effort - ANSWER An activity where effort is allotted proportionately across
certain discreet efforts and not divisible into discreet efforts. (Note: blank is one of three
earned value management (EVM) types of activities used to measure work
performance).
Approved Change Request - ANSWER A blank has been processed through the
integrated change control process and approved.
Approved Change Requests Review - ANSWER A review of the change requests to
verify that these were implemented as approved.
Assumption - ANSWER A factor in the planning process that is considered to be true,
real, or certain, without proof or demonstration.
Assumptions Analysis - ANSWER A technique that explores the accuracy of
assumptions and identifies risks to the project from inaccuracy, inconsistency, or
incompleteness of assumptions.
Attribute Sampling - ANSWER Method of measuring quality that consists of noting the
presence (or absence) of some characteristic (attribute) in each of the units under
consideration. After each unit is inspected, the decision is made to accept a lot, reject it,
or inspect another unit.
Authority - ANSWER The right to apply project resources, expend funds, make
decisions, or give approvals.
, Backlog - ANSWER A listing of product requirements and deliverables to be completed,
written as stories, and prioritized by the business to manage and organize the project's
work.
Backward Pass - ANSWER A critical path method technique for calculating the late start
and the late finish dates by working backward through the schedule model from the
project end date.
Bar Chart - ANSWER Graphic display of schedule-related information. In the typical
blank, schedule activities or work breakdown structure components are listed down the
left side of the chart, dates are shown across the top, and activity durations are shown
as date-placed horizontal bars.
Baseline - ANSWER The approved version of a work product that can be changed only
through formal change control procedures and is used as a basis for comparison.
Basis of Estimates - ANSWER Supporting documentation outlining the details used in
establishing project estimates such as assumptions, constraints, level of detail, ranges,
and confidence levels.
Benchmarking - ANSWER Blank is the comparison of actual or planned practices, such
as processes and operations, to those of comparible organizations to identify best
practices, generate ideas for improvement, and provide a basis for measuring
performance.
Bidder Conference - ANSWER The meetings with prospective sellers prior to the
preparation of a bid or proposal to ensure all prospective vendors have a clear and
common understanding of the procurement. Also know as contractor conferences,
vendor conferences, or pre-bid conferences.
Bottom-Up Estimating - ANSWER A method of estimating project duration or cost by
aggregating the estimates of the lower-level components of the work breakdown
structure (WBS).
Brainstorming - ANSWER A general data gathering or creativity technique that can be
used to identify risks, ideas or solutions to issues by using a group of team members or
subject matter experts.
Budget - ANSWER The approved estimate for the project or any work breakdown
structure component or any schedule activity.
Budget at Completion (BAC) - ANSWER The sum of all budgets established for the
work to be performed.
Acceptance Criteria - ANSWER A set of conditions that is required to be met before
deliverables are accepted.
Accepted Deliverables - ANSWER Products, results, or capabilities produced by a
project and validated by the project customer or sponsors as meeting their specified
acceptance criteria.
Accuracy - ANSWER Within the quality management system, blank is an assessment of
correctness.
Acquire Project Team - ANSWER The process of confirming human resource
availability and obtaining the team necessary to complete project activities.
Acquisition - ANSWER Obtaining human and material resources necessary to perform
project activities. Blank implies a cost of resources, and is not necessarily financial.
Activity - ANSWER A distinct, scheduled portion of work performed during a course of a
project.
Activity Attributes - ANSWER Multiple blank associated with each schedule activity that
can be included within the activity list. Blank include activity codes, predecessor
activities, successor activities, logical relationships, leads and lags, resource
requirements, imposed dates, constraints, and assumptions.
Activity Code - ANSWER One or more numerical or text values that identify
characteristics of the work or in some way categorize the schedule activity that allows
filtering and ordering of activities within reports.
Activity Cost Estimates - ANSWER The projected cost of the scheduled activity that
include the cost of all resources required to perform and complete the activity, including
all cost types and cost components.
Activity Duration - ANSWER The time in calendar units between the start and finish of a
schedule activity.
Activity Duration Estimates - ANSWER The quantitative assessments of the likely
number of time periods that are required to complete an activity.
Activity Identifier - ANSWER A short, unique numeric or text identification assigned to
each schedule activity to differentiate that project activity from other activities. Typically
unique within any one project schedule network diagram.
,Activity List - ANSWER A documented tabulation of schedule activities that shows the
activity description, activity identifier, and a sufficiently detailed scope of work
description so project team members understand what work is to be performed.
Activity Resource Requirements - ANSWER The types and quantities of resources
required for each activity in a work package.
Actual Cost (AC) - ANSWER The realized cost incurred for the work performed on an
activity during a specific time period.
Actual Duration - ANSWER The time in calendar units between the actual start date of
the schedule activity and either the data date of the project schedule if the schedule
activity is in progress or the actual finish date if the schedule activity is complete.
Adaptive Life Cycle - ANSWER A project life cycle, also known as change-driven or
agile methods, that is intended to facilitate change and require a high degree of ongoing
stakeholder involvement. Blank are also iterative and incremental, but differ in that
iterations are very rapid (usually 2-4 weeks in length) and are fixed in time and
resources.
Additional Quality Planning Tools - ANSWER A set of tools used to define the quality
requirements and to plan effective quality management activities. They include, but are
not limited to: brainstorming, force field analysis, nominal group techniques and quality
management control tools.
Adjusting Leads and Lags - ANSWER A technique used to find ways to bring project
activities that are behind into alignment with plan during project execution.
Advertising - ANSWER The process of calling public attention to a project or effort.
Affinity Diagram - ANSWER A group creativity technique that allows large numbers of
ideas to be classified onto groups for review and analysis.
Agreements - ANSWER Any document or communication that defines the initial
intentions of a project. This can take the form of a contract, memorandum of
understanding (MOU), letters of agreement, verbal agreements, email, etc.
Alternative Analysis - ANSWER A technique used to evaluate identified options in order
to select which options or approaches to use to execute and perform the work of the
project.
Alternatives Generation - ANSWER A technique used to develop as many potential
options as possible in order to identify different approaches to execute and perform the
work of the project.
,Analogous Estimating - ANSWER A technique for estimating the duration or cost of an
activity or a project using historical data from a similar activity or project.
Analytical Techniques - ANSWER Various techniques used to evaluate, analyze, or
forecast potential outcomes based on possible variations of project or environmental
variables and their relationships with other variables. Examples are Regression
Analysis, Earned Value Management, and Time Series Forecasting methods.
Application Area - ANSWER A category of projects that have common components
significant in such projects, but are not needed or present in all projects. Blanks are
usually defined in terms of either the product (i.e. by similar technologies or production
methods) or the type of customer (i.e. internal versus external, government versus
commercial) or industry sector (i.e. utilities, automotive, aerospace, information
technologies, etc.) Blanks can overlap.
Applying Leads and Lags - ANSWER A technique that is used to adjust the amount of
time between predecessor and successor activities.
Apportioned Effort - ANSWER An activity where effort is allotted proportionately across
certain discreet efforts and not divisible into discreet efforts. (Note: blank is one of three
earned value management (EVM) types of activities used to measure work
performance).
Approved Change Request - ANSWER A blank has been processed through the
integrated change control process and approved.
Approved Change Requests Review - ANSWER A review of the change requests to
verify that these were implemented as approved.
Assumption - ANSWER A factor in the planning process that is considered to be true,
real, or certain, without proof or demonstration.
Assumptions Analysis - ANSWER A technique that explores the accuracy of
assumptions and identifies risks to the project from inaccuracy, inconsistency, or
incompleteness of assumptions.
Attribute Sampling - ANSWER Method of measuring quality that consists of noting the
presence (or absence) of some characteristic (attribute) in each of the units under
consideration. After each unit is inspected, the decision is made to accept a lot, reject it,
or inspect another unit.
Authority - ANSWER The right to apply project resources, expend funds, make
decisions, or give approvals.
, Backlog - ANSWER A listing of product requirements and deliverables to be completed,
written as stories, and prioritized by the business to manage and organize the project's
work.
Backward Pass - ANSWER A critical path method technique for calculating the late start
and the late finish dates by working backward through the schedule model from the
project end date.
Bar Chart - ANSWER Graphic display of schedule-related information. In the typical
blank, schedule activities or work breakdown structure components are listed down the
left side of the chart, dates are shown across the top, and activity durations are shown
as date-placed horizontal bars.
Baseline - ANSWER The approved version of a work product that can be changed only
through formal change control procedures and is used as a basis for comparison.
Basis of Estimates - ANSWER Supporting documentation outlining the details used in
establishing project estimates such as assumptions, constraints, level of detail, ranges,
and confidence levels.
Benchmarking - ANSWER Blank is the comparison of actual or planned practices, such
as processes and operations, to those of comparible organizations to identify best
practices, generate ideas for improvement, and provide a basis for measuring
performance.
Bidder Conference - ANSWER The meetings with prospective sellers prior to the
preparation of a bid or proposal to ensure all prospective vendors have a clear and
common understanding of the procurement. Also know as contractor conferences,
vendor conferences, or pre-bid conferences.
Bottom-Up Estimating - ANSWER A method of estimating project duration or cost by
aggregating the estimates of the lower-level components of the work breakdown
structure (WBS).
Brainstorming - ANSWER A general data gathering or creativity technique that can be
used to identify risks, ideas or solutions to issues by using a group of team members or
subject matter experts.
Budget - ANSWER The approved estimate for the project or any work breakdown
structure component or any schedule activity.
Budget at Completion (BAC) - ANSWER The sum of all budgets established for the
work to be performed.
