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What are certifications?

Certification is the recognition of an individual to be qualified for a job or task. These Certification programs setup IT standards and play major role in developing a qualified workforce. Certifications can raise the technical standards.

Why certifications?

One can measure his/her abilities in their respective professional knowledge and present themselves through certificates. The certification programs assure technical proficiency of IT professionals by measuring their technical skills and knowledge in a specific IT support function or technology.

Who can do certifications?

Definitely who aim for professional growth in their respective functionality or technology can plan for Certifications. This can also tell how valuable certifications are to be potential employers. Any qualified and well experienced IT professional can step-up to take the certification.

How to do certifications?

When you decided to take the certification, well done! You have stepped up the professional ladder to upgrade your skills and knowledge. You can easily plan, work hard and grab a certification. Find some help from following steps.

  • Decide your certification – explore your skills and find a certification that matches your skill set.
  • Research the certification-evaluate the process of certification. Find details of validity, qualification for certification.
  • Evaluate your experience - asses your real experience with the material you gathered for certification and come up with a plan which areas to concentrate more.
  • Apply for certification – Get registered for your Exam.
  • Plan of study – you can study your well experienced areas yourself and can take trainings if required to boost your preparation. You can practice more through mock tests you find online, can keep discussing in forums and blogs.
  • Grab Certificate – finally, you can grab a certification with your positive attitude, hard work.
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The schedule performance index (SPI) is calculated as

A) Planned Value (PV) divided by Earned Value (EV) B) Earned Value(EV) divided by Planned Value (PV)
C) Project duration divided by Earned Value divided by Planned Value (Duration/(EV/PV)) D) Earned Value (EV) minus Planned Value (PV)
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Earned Value(EV) divided by Planned Value (PV)

Explanation:

Answer A is reversed. Answer C is sometimes mistakenly used to forecast project completion (it’s invalid because it does not take into consideration which completed tasks are on the critical path). Answer D is the definition of Schedule Variance. 

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The procurement documents to be used, the supplier management processes and the types of contracts that will be used are to be found in which document?

A) Solicitation management plan. B) Contracting management plan.
C) Organizational policies. D) Procurement management plan.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Procurement management plan.

Explanation:

Key elements in the procurement management plan are enumerated in this PMBOK section. [12.1.3.1]

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Which of the following is usually not considered a goal of portfolio management?

A) To manage the effective and efficient use of resources. B) To balance the portfolio among incremental and radical investments.
C) To maximize the value of the portfolio by careful examination of candidate projects and exclusion of those no meeting strategic objectives. D) To ensure that the relationship between projects in the portfolio clearly reflects strategic objectives.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) To ensure that the relationship between projects in the portfolio clearly reflects strategic objectives.

Explanation:

There is not necessarily a relationship between projects in a portfolio. Answer D is actually one of the goals of PROGRAM management. PMBOK Guide [1.4]

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Integration is primarily concerned with

A) ensuring that the time, scope and cost baselines are consistent with an acceptable quality standard and with the customer’s expectations. B) getting people working together effectively toward common project goals through appropriate training, management and leadership.
C) effectively integrating the processes among the project management process groups that are required to accomplish project objectives with an organization’s defined procedures. D) ensuring that all the tools and techniques of the various planning processes are appropriately scaled to the complexity and risk exposure of the project.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) effectively integrating the processes among the project management process groups that are required to accomplish project objectives with an organization’s defined procedures.

Explanation:

Answers A, B and D all result from effectively integrating the work of the project management process groups. PMBOK [4.0]

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A statistical method for identifying which factors may influence specific variables of a product or process under development or in production is called

A) cost benefit analysis. B) sensitivity analysis.
C) cost of quality analysis. D) design of experiments.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) design of experiments.

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The project manager meets with the project team to review lessons learned from previous projects. In what activity is the team involved?

A) Performance management B) Scope identification
C) Risk identification D) Project team status meeting
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Risk identification

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The project manager develops a process improvement plan to encourage continuous process improvement during the life of the project. Which of the following is a valid tool or technique to assist the project manager to assure the success of the process improvement plan?

A) Change control system B) Process analysis
C) Benchmarking D) Configuration management system
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Process analysis

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An accepted deadline for a project approaches. However, the project manager realizes only 75% percent of the work has been completed. The project manager then issues a change request. What should the change request authorize?

A) Additional resources using the contingency fund B) Escalation approval to use contingency funding
C) Team overtime to meet schedule D) Corrective action based on causes
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Corrective action based on causes

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