Mark works as a project manager of the NNH project. In this project, he has created a contingency response
that the cost performance index should be less than 0.91. The NHH project has a budget at completion of
$950,000 and is 43 percent complete - though the project should be 50 percent complete. The project has
spent $470,897 to reach the 43 percent complete milestone. What is the project's cost performance index?
Diana is the project manager of the QPS project for her company. In this project Diana and the project team
have identified a pure risk. Diana and the project team decided, along with the key stakeholders, to remove the
pure risk from the project by changing the project plan altogether.
What is a pure risk?
Management has asked you to perform a risk audit and report back on the results. Bonny, a project team
member asks you what a risk audit is. What do you tell Bonny?
Consider the risk probability-impact matrix in the figure given below:
If Risk B happens in this project, how much will be left in the contingency reserve?
Mary is a project manager in her organization. On her current project she is working with her project team and
other key stakeholders to identify the risks within the project. She is currently aiming to create a comprehensive
list of project risks so she is using a facilitator to help generate ideas about project risks. What risk identification
method is Mary likely using?
You are the project manager for the ABC organization. Your current project has 75 internal stakeholders and
245 external stakeholders. Many of the risks within your project will only affect the internal stakeholders, but
several of the identified risk events will affect the external stakeholders. Management would like to know the
total number of communication channels in the project. How many communication channels exist in this
project?
Tom is the project manager of the GGG project for his company. He is working with the project team on the
Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis process. Tom is having the project team to review the project scope
statement as an input to the qualitative risk analysis process. Why?
You work as a project manager for BlueWell Inc. You are currently working with the project stakeholders to
identify risks in your project. You understand that the qualitative risk assessment and analysis can reflect the
attitude of the project team and other stakeholders to risk. Effective assessment of risk requires management
of the risk attitudes of the participants. What should you, the project manager, do with assessment of identified
risks in consideration of the attitude and bias of the participants towards the project risk?
You are the project manager of your organization. Your organization will receive a bonus if the project finishes
by December 20. Management has communicated this bonus to you and your project team and has asked you
to evaluate the project to see if it is possible to realize the reward. The bonus offered to your organization is
$750,000. You have examined the project and believe that you can crash the project for an additional $275,000
and reach the December 20 date. Management is thrilled with your assessment and they approve the crash
fee. What risk response is this?
You are working as a project manager in your organization. You are nearing the final stages of project
execution and looking towards the final risk monitoring and controlling activities. For your project archives,
which one of the following is an output of risk monitoring and control?