You are the project manager of the HJU project for your company. This project will last for 18 months and has a
project budget of $567,000. Robert, one of your stakeholders, has introduced a scope change request that will
likely have an impact on the project costs and schedule. Robert assures you that he will pay for the extra time
and costs associated with the risk event. You tell Robert that the change request may affect more areas of the
project than just time and cost and that you are worried about the additional risks the change request will bring.
What project management component is responsible for evaluating a change request and its impact on all of
the project management knowledge areas?
Amy is the project manager for her company. In her current project the organization has a very low tolerance for
risk events that will affect the project schedule. Management has asked Amy to consider the affect of all the
risks on the project schedule. What approach can Amy take to create a bias against risks that will affect the
schedule of the project?
Adrian is the project manager of the NHP Project. In her project there are several work packages that deal with
electrical wiring. Rather than to manage the risk internally she has decided to hire a vendor to complete all work
packages that deal with the electrical wiring. By removing the risk internally to a licensed electrician Adrian feels
more comfortable with project team being safe. What type of risk response has Adrian used in this example?
Linda is the project manager of the NAB Project. One of the risks her project team has identified is too
dangerous for the project team to manage internally so she has hired a vendor to complete this portion of the
project and to manage the identified risk. What risk response has Linda used in this instance?
You work as a project manager for SoftTech Inc. You have implemented the risk action plan and it was not
effective. What type of plan should you as a project manager will create for implementation if a selected risk
strategy fails to be fully effective?
You are the project manager of a large construction project. This project will last for 18 months and will cost
$750,000 to complete. You are working with your project team, experts, and stakeholders to identify risks within
the project before the project work begins. Management wants to know why you have scheduled so many risk
identification meetings throughout the project rather than just initially during the project planning. What is the
best reason for the duplicate risk identification sessions?
You are the project manager for a construction project. The project includes a work that involves very high
financial risks. You decide to insure processes so that any ill happening can be compensated. Which type of
strategies have you used to deal with the risks involved with that particular work?
Harry is a project manager of a software development project. In the early stages of planning, he and the
stakeholders operated with the belief that the software they were developing would work with their
organization's current computer operating system. Now that the project team has started developing the
software it has become apparent that the software will not work with nearly half of the organization's computer
operating systems. The incorrect belief Harry had in the software compatibility is an example of what in project
management?
You are the project manager of the NHK Project. Management wants to know how often your risk identification
process will occur during the project. Considering that your project is scheduled to last one year and involvs five
distinct phases, how often should risk identification take place?
Della works as a project manager for SoftTech Inc. She is working with the project stakeholders to begin the
quantitative risk analysis process. Which of the following inputs will be needed for the quantitative risk analysis
process in her project? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.